14th album 'LOVE again' out February 8th, 4th of five 15th anniversary releases [V]

[RylanJames0]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

Really? Why o why?

It'd be something new and nice as it's my first language and I'd want to see how I'd appreciate it differently if NEVER EVER or Endless sorrow were in English as they are my faves.

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by RylanJames0

It'd be something new and nice as it's my first language and I'd want to see how I'd appreciate it differently if NEVER EVER or Endless sorrow were in English as they are my faves.

Most of the time, the songs don't end up that great once translated into a language that's different from the one the song was originally written in. For instance KEY OF HEART turned out quite awkward in the end, but that was the case with almost all the BoA songs besides DOUBLE. The vocal melodies for the majority of Ayu's songs were made so they'd suit the Japanese language. Trying to rewrite the lyrics would be very hard and a mare translation would most likely end in failure. I mean look what happened when GACKT sang Mind Forest in English during his YFC! tour - I could barely recognize the song. It was plain awful.