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Old 22nd December 2009, 06:14 AM
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Originally Posted by DEEP RIVER View Post
Mai wrote all her lyrics but she didnt compose the songs. Hikki is a song writer. Mai is also a native in Japan, and Utada a foreigner. Both of those add to Utada's appeal and spark interest. Maybe the people at Kuraki's company thought it would be better to use that style seeing how Utada pioneered it with such success
My point was, is that it probably could have been anyone to do it. Doesn't matter if it was Mai, Utada, whoever whoever and certainly doesn't matter if the person wrote their own lyrics or music; that's just a bonus. The genre was just waiting to break wide open and Utada was really at the right place at the right time with the right connections and catchy songs.

I realize that probably makes me sound like an Utada hater, but I assure you I'm not. In fact I was an Utada fan before I was even an Ayumi fan.
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