Real Me (Ayumi Hamasaki song)
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"Real me" is a song from Ayumi Hamasaki
's 2002 full-length studio album RAINBOW
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Ayumi Hamasaki
is a Japanese singer-songwriter, record producer, model, lyricist, and actress. Also called "Ayu" by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. Born and raised in Fukuoka, she moved to Tokyo at fourteen to...
's 2002 full-length studio album RAINBOW
Rainbow (Ayumi Hamasaki album)
Upon its release, the album received mixed reviews. Adam Greenberg of Allmusic stated, "[Rainbow] came after a string of high-charting albums, itself not reaching the same heights thanks to some interesting but uneven experimentation with her sound"...
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Lyrical Content
RAINBOW marked the beginning of Ayumi Hamasaki's incorporation of English into the lyrics of her album-released songs (with the exception of her songs under Nippon Columbia, during her Nothing from Nothing days. Also, the B-side of her single "Love: Destiny", "Love: Since 1999" used English. However, the lyrics for "Love: Since 1999" were composed by TsunkuTsunku
, better known professionally as , is a prolific Japanese record producer, songwriter, and vocalist.He is best known for having two major roles in the Japanese music landscape: first as the lead singer of the popular rock group Sharam Q, and now as the producer, primary composer, lyricist and main...
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