Ayu's Twitter/Weibo discussion #34

[attractive nausea]

I thought of Ivy at first :

"So many loves I’ve met
So many forms they had

So many sins I’ve committed
So many people I’ve hurt (...)"

Pls ayu take some time to make quality and not repetitive lyrics even though i know it's hard to come up with something new

[Zeke.]

Think of how many songs she's written solely on her own. I always wonder how she even has the ability to contine writing! She's probably said all that there is to say.

[axmish87]

Was there a time she suffered from Writer's block?
Or did she addressed having that situation in song or an interview.

[//ABEST]

wasn't it during Zutto... / Last minute / Walk single?

[attractive nausea]

Yes if i recall correctly she mentionned it in a tweet during Zutto.../Last minute/Walk
I wonder how many songs she's written since then for the new album!

[axmish87]

Maybe you are right.
I'll go check those lyrics again

[primavera♥]

Originally Posted by Zeke.

Think of how many songs she's written solely on her own. I always wonder how she even has the ability to contine writing! She's probably said all that there is to say.

Same. It's kind of ridiculous. Ayu's had lyrics about love, loss, pain, hope, commentaries about life, people (especially women), and society...hmm...friendship, longing, belonging, family....I still remember being fascinated with the lyrics to eyes, smoke, magic because of the topic can she approached and the way she approached it...idk...she's done so much. Like, that's a lot of songs to pen lyrics for. It's awesome though. And I still enjoy her lyrics. Walk was great.

Anyway, if those are lyrics she posted, I like where it is going. I like when addresses the conflicting sides of things.

[ExodusUK]

Reminds me of Because of You.

[adantatu2]

No problem ayu, if you don't know what to write, then compose the melody of the song !!
#CREA

[Delicious n Bold]

Originally Posted by Aderianu

29℃

People who I love
People who love me
People who I hurt
People who hurt me
..?..

Ivy part 2!!!

[Aderianu]

weibo: I miss you... Do you miss me?

[Aderianu]

twitter: 對台灣的各位

I will pray for the families and friends of those passengers... and keep hope that there are survivors.

ayu

[AyuGAME]

^what is she reference for? Airasia?

[Yuniz_hime]

I think it is for TransAsia Airways accident at Taiwan yesterday.

[Bigtop]

Yikes...that was devastating. And it was CAUGHT ON TAPE. Horrible - 31 people died...

[Aderianu]

weibo:
"对台湾的各位 I will pray for the families and friends of those passengers... and keep hope that there are survivors. ayu

I'm sorry about my Chinese to 對台灣的各位...."

[AyuGAME]

yes Transasia accident is so scary...

[Delirium-Zer0]

Originally Posted by primavera♥

Same. It's kind of ridiculous. Ayu's had lyrics about love, loss, pain, hope, commentaries about life, people (especially women), and society...hmm...friendship, longing, belonging, family....I still remember being fascinated with the lyrics to eyes, smoke, magic because of the topic can she approached and the way she approached it...idk...she's done so much. Like, that's a lot of songs to pen lyrics for. It's awesome though. And I still enjoy her lyrics. Walk was great.

Anyway, if those are lyrics she posted, I like where it is going. I like when addresses the conflicting sides of things.

She's one of the most spectacular lyricists whose work I've ever read. Bar none. I've been a music fan my entire life, I read a crapton of poetry, but Ayu's stuff is just really that good. One thing you don't really get to see if you don't speak Japanese is how she plays with words in very unusual ways (this makes her really hard to translate sometimes... not Shiina Ringo levels of hard to translate, but really freaking hard).

She has several songs where the way she divides sentences up between lines is very unusual and makes it all sound very stream-of-consciousness, like she's making the words up along as she goes across the melody (the first half of "JEWEL" comes to mind). Then there's songs like "Connected" where she uses alliteration which is INSANELY unusual in Japanese pop lyrics. "Moments" where she uses "kachoufuugetsu" as an outline for the structure of the choruses. And then there's her Mitsuo Aida-esque haiku-style habit of using tangible, specific, concrete, real-world things like phone calls, highway exits, and restaurants as microcosmic representations of larger themes.... even alcohol is reduced to "gold bubbles" in "Party queen."

She does a good deal of experimentation in her lyrics, and there are certainly songs where she's talked about the same theme as an earlier song but she's now doing it in a different way ("Like a doll" tackles the same concept as "Marionette" but with a different emotion behind it). There are also plenty of times where her feelings have changed or developed over time and she's addressing her new perspective ("vogue" could absolutely be considered a sequel to "Hana"). As long as she has a life to live, and as long as she's experiencing new things, her world view is going to shift over time and that'll always give her more to write about, and more ways to write about it.

[freedreamer]

Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0

She's one of the most spectacular lyricists whose work I've ever read. Bar none. I've been a music fan my entire life, I read a crapton of poetry, but Ayu's stuff is just really that good. One thing you don't really get to see if you don't speak Japanese is how she plays with words in very unusual ways (this makes her really hard to translate sometimes... not Shiina Ringo levels of hard to translate, but really freaking hard).

She has several songs where the way she divides sentences up between lines is very unusual and makes it all sound very stream-of-consciousness, like she's making the words up along as she goes across the melody (the first half of "JEWEL" comes to mind). Then there's songs like "Connected" where she uses alliteration which is INSANELY unusual in Japanese pop lyrics. "Moments" where she uses "kachoufuugetsu" as an outline for the structure of the choruses. And then there's her Mitsuo Aida-esque haiku-style habit of using tangible, specific, concrete, real-world things like phone calls, highway exits, and restaurants as microcosmic representations of larger themes.... even alcohol is reduced to "gold bubbles" in "Party queen."

She does a good deal of experimentation in her lyrics, and there are certainly songs where she's talked about the same theme as an earlier song but she's now doing it in a different way ("Like a doll" tackles the same concept as "Marionette" but with a different emotion behind it). There are also plenty of times where her feelings have changed or developed over time and she's addressing her new perspective ("vogue" could absolutely be considered a sequel to "Hana"). As long as she has a life to live, and as long as she's experiencing new things, her world view is going to shift over time and that'll always give her more to write about, and more ways to write about it.

reading this. you just made me respect and love her even more

[~StarCatcher~]

Originally Posted by freedreamer

reading this. you just made me respect and love her even more

I agree. Since I don't understand much Japanese I can now totally love her even more knowing how much work is done by Ayu in her lyrics