Namie Amuro

Namie Amuro
Namie Amurois a Japanese singer, dancer, fashion model, actress and businesswoman. She achieved popularity by a series of successful singles and albums, both exploring different genres and working with producers and musicians outside of Japan, one of the first Japanese artists to do so at the time. Due to her longevity and resilience in the industry, she has been often referred by critics and music publications as the "Teen Queen" of Japan, "Queen of J-Pop", and the "Japanese Madonna or...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth20 September 1977
CountryJapan
I feel like with Suite Chic, I was able to show a lot of different things, and also that I got the closest to the kind of thing I want to be doing.
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.
I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried.
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.
From my debut until now, I've always wanted to sing and dance.
If I get to wrapped up in how I have to be, or what I have to do, things gradually get worse and worse.
People around me called me an idol, so that's what I was.
Until now, I was insecure and I believed what the people around me said in regarding what I should sing.
My popularity plunged three years ago and I didn't try to court publicity.
I think afterall, a promotion video is a piece of work in it's own right.
Up until now, I had ideas that I wanted to try but didn't have the opportunity to do them.
I'm not completely at ease at rapping, I can't do it well yet.
I wish I could balance life as an artist and a mother, but sometimes when I am doing live concerts, I have to ask people to help me in my other role.
If I don't think about anything, and start with a clean slate, in terms of what I have to do, a lot of different ideas come up, and I can think about things more openly.