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Originally Posted by happiholic★
I just respect that Kuu writes the vast majority of her lyrics, or, at the very least, will re write her demos to make them hers. Added to the fact that she self produces and is an amazing dancer/performer, I would say Kuu is a very well rounded artist. I have so much respect for her, her passion is really evident. And I think that's why fans are quick to jump on anyone who tries to discredit her, even if they are a fan themselves. People are always putting Kuu down as a lesser artist, for her sexier image, singing skills, etc. Its frustrating, because there are plenty of other singers who don't participate nearly as much as Kuu does in her music, and they are hailed as being superior, usually because their overall sales are better, have a less controversial image, or they simply like the songs better. So, yeah, its just frustrating to see people acting like she's some third rate pop star, when her passion clearly says otherwise, and I think that's why fans jump down anyone's throat, even when it's an innocent comment by another fan.
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I don't really think Kumi writes most of her song just because her name is there in the "words" part of the booklet... just like Beyoncé doesn't.
I respect Kumi as a singer and performer but I have a really hard time considering her a "well rounded artist". She does have a nice voice, and I really love the fact that she has a lot of control over her image and career, but I have huge problems with her last releases ever since Deja vu. The impression that I have is that she just buy bulks of demos, releases them and keep recording/releasing generic songs like there's no tomorrow.
She doesn't compose songs and, for me, merely "writing" or changing some words in songs is not enough. Yeah, she did write WOML which is nice, but HOTEL is there too and the lyrics are so bad.
I'm not judging the sales or image, I just think she handles the package very nicely (like the concerts, the promo pics, PVs) but for the real content/music she doesn't put that much effort. The demos already have melodies, the instrumental is already finished and, based on the ones I heard, much of the original lyrics are kept in her versions.
For example, I consider Utada a true artist because 100% of the songs she releases comes from her, just like I used to not consider BoA an artist because she merely sung what was given to her and wrote songs every now and then, gladly, this changed for her.
I'm not saying Hikki or BoA are better than Kumi, but since this is a forum, I thought I could share my opinion on the matter. In short, I myself have problems calling Kumi an artist because I don't see her making her music from scratch and the quality of her material is decreasing (imo).
I wasn't meaning to disrespect anyone, just wanted to share my thoughts and talk about it