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Originally Posted by primavera♥

And idk how the lyrics make an album worth buying. "Music" can be wonderful without good lyrics but good lyrics don't make good music imo. For me, good lyrics are something extra and very very nice. For me, music is one thing. Poetry and lyrics and such is another. Interesting how you feel that way about ASFXX though. Sorry if I overanalyzed what you said lol. I thought that was a great album, without You & Me proving it lol.

To be honest, I am not a huge fan of lyrics (except Ayu's). I just listen to the melody more than 90% of the time. With songs like HEAVEN and HANABI, they make me teary eyed because of the lyrics and melody. This song's lyrics (You & Me), I find them awful. In that case, I can't even listen to the song. The melody also has gotten to me... My friend and I argued about lyrics and their importance. He said he needs them, I said I don't. Whenever I listen to Japanese music, half the time I will never know the lyrics unless I look them up or I listen VERY carefully. Most of the time, I don't even care. Therefore, lyrics have no huge meaning for me (except as stated before). It's my fault for looking up the lyrics to this song. Upon seeing the translation and that awful verse, I just couldn't. Lyrics are also extra to me (except in extreme cases like HEAVEN and HANABI). Even the song feel the beat by Ami Suzuki is alright. She repeats the same line over and over like its out of style but its alright with me. All I can do now is huff and cling to Memorial Address like there's no tomorrow.

As for ASFXX, I'm not a big fan because Ayu just sounds like a dying shrew/hyena/cow/insert random animal here. 1.4 million people bought it anyway XD. I may... one day. I would rather buy a new copy, if anything. There are better sounding debut albums. But I know for a fact that they made the fact that Ayu wrote the lyrics a big deal. Many Japanese people still love A Song for XX (song) because it's so relatable. (personally, I listen to the A BALLADS version. the arrangement and Ayu's voice are tolerable). I only like the song Poker Face, but I've moved on from that song since I've discovered her entire discography.