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Originally Posted by evolusean
can anyone explain Arashiro Beni to me? Why does she exist? Ahh yes, she won a beauty contest (and boy does she take the cake when standing still, quietly).
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It's true that Beni isn't as talented as Ayu or some other Avex artists, but you have to forgive her because she's only just begun her career as a solo artist. When Namie was in the Super Monkey group, and Ayu was releasing her first songs, their voices definitely sounded different than they do today. I'm not promising that Beni will come to have a beautiful or distinct voice like Namie and Ayu (who were also Kosé Visée spokeswomen like Beni is now!), but I think that she deserves a chance.
Her latest single is my favorite new summer song so far. I like it considerably better than fairyland, though I like Namie's new stuff a little better than Beni. I'm not going to fight to the death for Beni, but I'm a huge fan and now is the time that she needs support most. Hopefully then she'll be able to be more heavily promoted by Avex and release really great songs.
I think one thing Avex has done right is to allow Beni to be one of the opening acts at A-nation '05! This will be her chance to showcase what she's got, and hopefully she'll do a great job and win a lot of fans over.