Originally Posted by Kashoku

As a listener to 'emo' music, having emo music is not just about the lyrics. It's about the tone of music, and the appearance and mood of the singers/bands. A lot of the emo bands I listen to have beautiful lyrics that could easily fit into an Ayu song, but if they were an Ayu song they wouldn't be emo anymore because of how she presents her music, and vice versa. Ayu doesn't present her music as emo, and thus I don't classify it as such.

But that's my opinion.