How do you explain your love & appreciation for Ayu to others?

[koumori]

For me, it's hard to explain? I guess I'd never really been into much kinds of music before I discovered Ayu. I was a fan of a few bands - The Cranberries, james, The Verve - so a very different kind of genre to J-Pop. So when an old friend of mine showed me evolution, she introduced me to a whole different genre as well I loved her songs, but I wasn't allowed on the Internet much as a kid so finding new, genuine songs was rare. Over three years I managed to get about thirty to forty songs of Ayu, from original tracks to remixes. My high school friend would translate the lyrics for me and we'd sing together whilst studying So there's a lot of memories there too for me.

Ayu has brought me together with a lot of friends, and cool people. When I found AHS, a year later I went through a hard, isolating time and people here always gave me good advice and made me feel like I hadn't lost everyone. If it wasn't for Ayu, I wouldn't have the good memories I do now, and I've met people both in real life and online through her music that I wouldn't have met or talked to otherwise. Her meaningful music is just a bonus

I actually remember being really surprised when I found how close she was to her fans. I never thought a celebrity would be.

So how I explain? I basically try not to rant the above ahahaha.

"She's a really cool singer, I like a lot of her songs."