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Old 27th October 2009, 12:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Picaflor 7/4 View Post
it still really makes no sense,

Let's take an american artist. someone that doesn't speak a word of japanese, taylor switft! its like her album fearless, is it? having every single song title in japanese. It would make no sense, she doesn't speak a word of japanese and you turn to the back of the album and see every single song title is in kanji like sotsugyo shashin, and anata ga shite kureta koto (yes, koda kumi!)

I don't even think ayu knows what they mean. she didn't speak a word of english till just a few years ago and I bet if we went years and years back and had her read us the track list off one of her albums. she wouldn't be able to do it. it would be just as weird as if every single song off an album of hers had a title in french or swahili. Really pointless unless your incorporate that language into it.

namie has tooons of english song titled...songs. but they all have tons of english in the lyrics and yes, she has a french titled song with no french in it (moi et tu? is it?) but that is one. you don't see her naming every song she has in french.
ayu lived in New York for 2 years before her debut. She had to know at least "just some" words in English.
It doesn't mean she is fluent or anything but I'm sure it was enough period of time to understand the titles she is coming with. I'm sure she also learns new words when the time goes by.

Also YUI is another example of using just English/romaji titles, she has no title in Japanese.
Naming songs in English is just a trend in japan. For ayu's case at least she must know at least the meanings of the titles she chooses as she lived in New York 2 years before her debut and she visits the US/Hawaii almost every year.

Last edited by ayumisrael; 27th October 2009 at 12:18 AM.