Ayu has been using too much English in her songs lately...

[yoshino]

Originally Posted by artcika

i think it might be the fact that she realized she had quite a big audience of foreign fans that she started using so much english. More people can get the message she's trying to give. *shrug*

as for titles... I am a little confused about that too xD maybe it's just the fact that there's so many different ways to write the names down on the covers and simplier than japanese? Lots of artists use english titles....I do wonder why...

it's kind of weird when artists who sing in their naitive language add english lines into the lyrics, because it never made sense to me why, but it never bothered me lol And i noticed that when someone is in process of taking over the world stage they go straight to using english xD same happened with GACKT and Miyavi and bla bla....they are just too nice to us who don't bother/can't study japanese xD i appreaciate that!

I also dun understand why many Japanese artistes have English as their song titles, even when they have 100% Japanese lyrics. lol.

Anyway, my concern is that what if her future releases will have all songs with English lyrics in an album.. I dun really want that!

[primavera♥]

Originally Posted by orangedream

I also dun understand why many Japanese artistes have English as their song titles, even when they have 100% Japanese lyrics. lol.

Anyway, my concern is that what if her future releases will have all songs with English lyrics in an album.. I dun really want that!

I think that's a very unecessary concern, ijs. Ayu doesn't even use English so obsessively. One, if she's comfortable expressing herself in English, then I don't see the problem with using English. English is a widespread language. No one has to understand why they have English song titles. They do and idk what's wrong with that as long as the music and lyrics are fine. I don't get the big deal with using another language lol

[waterballoon]

"uh lunch-time" is embarrassing. everything else is okay though imo

[Delicious n Bold]

I love Ayugrish(full moon hits me like a log). Love it as much as Kodagrish (oh just a fart/crap your hands) and Namiegrish (answer machine/crub/that nonsense at the beginning of Only You).
I kinda want a full english song from Ayu. Kinda.

[Coelacanth]

Originally Posted by Delirium-Zer0

If you look in the RAINBOW album credits, there's a translator credit that was never there before. She had help from someone who spoke English back then. She's doing it all on her own now.

I never knew that. That's a little disappointing, lol. Guess it makes sense tho...

[Miidoriness]

I actually like it!! I think Ayu is going global ^^

[ll moments ll]

ayu's attempt at english isn't too bad. it can be a bit weird, but i've heard worse over the years from other j-pop artists, so... at least they sorta make sense to me.

[PoetGirl]

lol ayu hits USA scene with a brand new single 'lunch-time'

[Larisa-chan]

I'm a Japanese-only lyric fan for Ayu all the wayyyy.

Though I don't mind it quite so much if there are native English speakers that are part of the background music...

[Bad Wolf]

Originally Posted by NintendoHTF1242

I love it. Haters gon' hate.

This. idk what the big deal is. Cope.

[ImpactBreaker]

The reason I find it somewhat annoying is because even with improvement she still has a terrible english accent. It ends up sounding too cutesy bogus, lame and tacky. namie had a terrible accent but she has improved so much with it that the english excerpts in her songs actually sound nice recently.

She saying "on saturday" (sounds like a crow choking) in You & Me is so bogus that I feel like rolling and exploding.

[microphone]

I don't mind English in her music as long as they are well-written. Her short segments of English lyrics (well, some of them) are better than the crap Americans write. I do have a problem with her poor pronunciation. I will go off-topic here but what really bothers me are her, "WO-WOAH WOAH" and "OOOH YEAAH YEAAAAAH". Terrible...

[Delicious n Bold]

^ The end of forgiveness comes to mind. That was semi-broken english but better than most music.

[JackieRos]

Originally Posted by takufox

i dont mind it honestly... i couldnt care either way.
like sometimes when she uses a lot of english in her music and with her accent
it can sound a little silly but thats my only complaint.

omg off topic but your signature had me laughing

[Ayu-roBeat 13]

Sometimes I mind and sometimes I don't, it really depends. I always prefer 100% Japanese lyrics but if she wants to add some English here and there she can go ahead and experiment so long as it doesn't turn out like You & Me.

[Tony G]

Originally Posted by microphone

I don't mind English in her music as long as they are well-written. Her short segments of English lyrics (well, some of them) are better than the crap Americans write. I do have a problem with her poor pronunciation. I will go off-topic here but what really bothers me are her, "WO-WOAH WOAH" and "OOOH YEAAH YEAAAAAH". Terrible...

What?! her woah woah's, yeah yeah's and la la lai's are the best!

RE Ayu & English lyrics - her English has dramatically improved over the last few years, so maybe now she feels comfortable including English because she actually understands it. I have a feeling in 2002 she translated Japanese phrases into English to use. But some of the English-based hooks in her recent songs are more thought out, like that's the first thing that came to her head instead of Japanese words.

And how can anyone hate on "uh lunch time"? That line is all sorts of great.

[kotora]

Well. Ayu sings English making her songs more enjoyable.
1,2, Stab you

yayayayaya gagagagaga dadadada wowowowo

[SheFliesHigher]

I remember when "Real Me" first came out, and people on the forum voted on MTV.com to get it played on TRL. We were all excited about the English and thought it was enough to get the song on American TV, lol.

[JackieRos]

the parts on real me are always going to be my favorite

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

I sort of agree...I don't like when she uses English because of her heavy accent...like in You & Me or hbya. Definitely prefer her all japanese songs.