[freedreamer]

Originally Posted by ville

^yes because her music is new and fresh, that's why.
namie has been the most popular japanese female artist at the time since 2008.

Lol u're obviosuly a much bigger Namie fan from the other comments I saw u post in the other thread.

Yes her music is catchy but....im not gonna COPY THAT.

Originally Posted by AngelSenshi

Because music is so important to me, I was really able to enjoy GREEN and BALLAD; it's actually a real shame that other people couldn't. Even if sales for Ayu were to decline, I hope she persistently goes on with the styles of music she wants to explore.

Namie's music is waaaaay too generic; so generic I actually can't have any sort of real feelings towards any of it. I mean I don't like it because I don't feel anything from it. It's just catchy stuff recorded to get things to sell well. Then there are loads of reasons I don't like her as an artist, but that's not the point of this discussion so I won't really go into it...

I guess that over the years, putting aside the economics all over the world, people really lost the relationship they had with the music of the past. It was music that made people cry, that touched them immediately because it suited their feelings perfectly. These days topics tend to be a lot more general and not the same way, and people these days don't quite look at those emotions the same way. These days...it's different.

Music like of certain other JPop artists is more popular in the world today, so when an artist releases an album that is greatly promoted, and the music is played everywhere, and it's music that's catchy and people can just dance to then people are going to take interest.

I think for emotional, powerful, moving music, people don't go to female Jpop artists very much anymore, like they used to in the past; a lot go to pop or rock bands, or enka singers or something like that. Somewhere along the line, things began to change and a lot of the artists showing up, even in the last five years, are the sorts of artists used to promote fun, cheerful, dance etc sort of music, with the occasional ballad for some diversity.

AGREED! While P<F was great imo, it died on me within a month. Maybe u can attribute it to me not being such a big Namie fan (i do love her music when they come out) but that is also because I really dont feel for some of her songs that she has. I think people nowadays really dont have the time and patience to listen to something that has emotion..it probably wears them down.