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Originally Posted by Delicious n Bold
^ So one could probably sum that up as
"Ayu's popularity grew because she made people nostalgic. She herself reminded people of others, so they latched onto her in order to remember the past"
that, and dem lyrics.
I have no emotional attachment to shrills and shrieks of death.
Here I go, judging...
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Well, to be fair, this is not an "Ayu thing"... It's very common for pop singers to both inspire themselves on past vocalists and add some technical imperfections to their voices as a way to make it recognizible and unique. I don't know enough jpop to get deeper on that, but taking western music as an example, Britney's singing started as a mix a way to explot her virgin/***** image and 80's Madonna, 80's Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson with hints of Whitney on the ballads. She was a far more competent vocalist before, but her voice wasn't either recognizible or iconic on it's own.