Namie Amuro
Yes that's right. I, personally, like rap and hip hop music; doing this is diversing my music but I think up until now it's totally different than what I've done before, I wonder if this is good.
Where make-up is concerned, since I dance and work up a sweat, I never like mascara.
When I was younger, there was a huge gap between what I wanted to do and what I could do as an idol.
When I was still in a group, I danced all the time, but since I went solo, I didn't have any promotion videos where I danced at all.
When I was snowed under with the work of an idol, I didn't have time to think.
When I think of my older songs, I can't believe that some of the key were so high!
When I sing and dance I act really cool, but when I sing a ballad I pretty much go back to being a normal girl while I'm singing, and that's kind of embaressing and I also worry if the audiance will accept me like that that.
Up until now, I had ideas that I wanted to try but didn't have the opportunity to do them.
Until now, I've not done a project where the produce, rapper and singer has never worked together like this before, and I had a chance to try a variety of styles.
Until now, I was insecure and I believed what the people around me said in regarding what I should sing.
So tunes with lower keys are increasing and I'm trying to do it with a different feel that agrees with the current style.
Simply, there are many things I would like to do.
Rather than asking people to make songs from my image I have inside myself, I wanted different people to bring out many different Amuro Namies.
People around me called me an idol, so that's what I was.
Now, on nights that I can't sleep, I play video games alone until the morning.
My popularity plunged three years ago and I didn't try to court publicity.
My favorite thing in the world is Zaru-soba, and it has been since my debut.
It was a shock to see teenage Amuraas.
It was a real challenge forcing myself to be consis-tent in not playing up to my fans.
In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.