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I totally don't think using foreigners has much to do with her or her directors wanting to make Ayu more popular overseas. It seems that she is really only concerned with Japan.
I do not think that representing other cultures and backgrounds in her videos is spitting in the eyes of her own countrymen and women, or means that she underestimates the beauty or whatever non-Japanese people get so excited about when they think about Japan.
It's about music. Whether or not she has ambitions to make her mark out of Japan, I think that the inclusion of other people besides Japanese people makes her message more universal. She's not just making Japanese rock, or Japanese pop or what have you. Music has a message and makes you feel something no matter who you are or where you're from.
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