My hero is Ayumi Hamasaki who is a Japanese singer and she is mainly familiar with her lyrics and her fashion.
The reason why she is a hero to me is that I have been touched, encouraged, and fascinated due to her songs and the stories behind them. Also, I sometimes follow her style or learn from her because I like to write lyrics by myself.
Although she has not revealed the style of her works and practice, I pick components that can be her messages to the audience from her songs, her published books as well as some TV programs that focus on herself. According to them, there are some facts that made her very famous in Japan, and they are her words that show up her songs and her fashionable styles. When she became popular among the audience, people said her lyrics always stayed by them and those lyrics were like what her fans wanted to say out loud. I personally strongly agree with this point because her songs and lyrics have so much power that can make people move even though her words are very simple. In addition to that, people like her lifestyle such as fashion, make-up, and her smile so she published some books that reveal her daily life to show who Ayumi Hamasaki is ( I am also her fan so of course I have her books).
It is possible to see how she has been a singer and what she feels, thinks, and works from those books. This is one example.
She put a short message on the picture “I really disliked any flowers because they need people who give water and cannot live their own lives by themself”. I guess these kinds of styles can represent her thoughts and it is important to realise her message as her fans.
To me, her contribution and methods are “her voice, messages, and words”, and I like the way of her thinking and she is like a signal that lights my way up. So if someone asks me what is your vision or creative style, I will answer “be honest to my heart and just express myself with my own words”.
If you can tell your message through paintings, then take the pen and draw it.
If you can tell your message through conversation, then make a phone call.
I can do neither and that’s why I chose MUSIC.
Ayumi Hamasaki
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