[thinkingoutloud89]

^You got that wrong I think. The English parts in Kumis songs often remain the same, yes, but with her own lyrics she often changes the meaning.
Moreover, we only get those demos for some songs (I think PhraseDifferently is one of the few we always get the demos from, since they have some sort of online catalouge)

But many of Kumis songs are written for her / with her.
I would even say that many of the demos Kumi uses are offered to her specifically /written with her in mind. And well, lets face it. She is an alrounder as someone said earlier. She is capable of wirting, composing, singing and performing, yet I feel that she isn't the best in writing and composing and therefore it is okay for her to take some help. It does not take away her artistry in any way - at least for me. She still has a vision, she still made the concept and she is the one to carry it out in the end.

One of her signiture songs is a cover, yet it feels very very much like her own.


edit: as for ayu. the case is special. I sometimes doubted she is writing her own lyrics - but she maybe is just special here. She wants to control everything - and I think she does not want to take help cause what she sells is her - and if it goes wrong she wants it to be her fault. She is a very interesting human being in some way.
That, however, does not change that her lyrics got kind of flat/repetive in recent years. The explenation here is easy - she is in a state where she has nearly written everything and her life doesn't seem to be that struggeling anymore. A ONE saw a little comeback in terms of lyrics - but overall she may has to move on to some more uiversal problems. But that is another story (and nothing that really bothers me. so I hope no one gets upset now)