Lol I do this anyway. I go through phases where I ONLY listen to Ayu for like, a month and a half. D: I do the same with other artists--I'll go through their entire discography and be more than happy to just spam the hell out of my iTunes and iPod with all their work and nothing else. It's been that way since 04 when I started listening to Rammstein, and Ayu carries that tradition today.
I'll be starting on one of the several playlists I made of hers last week, which is "Life in Repair: Ayu." Life in Repair is kinda... a story idea I've had going on for a while (but that's not the title, just a working one) and I've gone through every Ayu song I have to find those that nicely fit the theme, emotions and characters of the story.
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Originally Posted by Love Appears
Not even a problem for me.
I've actually tried listening to other J-Pop artists exclusively and while I do enjoy some of the songs, as a whole I don't find these songs as meaningful or enjoyable to me as Ayu's music. Ayu's entire discography is a masterpiece IMO really. I always feel happy when I hear an Ayu song. Not saying there aren't some less-than-perfect tracks, but every song speaks to me on some level. I can't help but seeing other artists songs as just fluff, or I'll only enjoy a handful of songs from an artist (such as Mika Nakashima) and the rest is just okay, but nothing really special.
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This is EXACTLY how I feel about Ayu's music. Sure, I listen to other artists (Hikki, Angela Aki, Namie, Kuu, OLIVIA) but I think with the exception of one (OLIVIA) I can't say that I'm as engrossed in their music as I am with Ayu's. Her entire collection of albums, styles, songs, themes, moods, reflections just speaks to a deeper part of me that NONE of these artists touch upon even nearly as frequently. Hikki might be a close third behind OLIVIA, as a few of her songs are truly brilliant and beautiful, but with Ayu I just feel this pull that's inexplicable to me. No other Japanese artist can come anywhere close to it.