I’ve understood that many people foolishly put hopes, happiness in the hands of famous celebrities. Then they scream or cry or have all these crazy emotional reactions to someone they haven’t met. It’s a bit odd, but if there isn’t inspiration or connection in real life, I’m not surprised it happens. Attachments to Michael Jackson have waned, as most people are mere fans of the music due to his … less than inspirational state of the last decade or two. But others, would cause major trauma around the world. Can you imagine if, Groban, Celine Dion died? a Springsteen or Madonna? All sorts of will be deeply saddened and have all these stories of how these celebs gave them strength, or got them through tough times.

For myself,
I would get cheered up by watching a Kina Grannis video maybe because she seems genuinely kind, and she talks about her life, it’s either a new form of celebrity, or perhaps not really a celebrity at all, and just a public person. It doesn’t really justify my connection any better than a Celine or Madonna one, and I can’t really say Kina got me through anything. She’s just a nice smile moment provider here and there.

However, in recent hollow times, I have turned to JPop sensation, Namie Amuro, who definitely fits the standard pop star mold. I really don’t know what she’s actually like as a person, and her smiling on television interviews or the odd music video on youtube really gives me no sense of what she is like. Yet I find playing her stuff therapeutic. Not as much from a musical standpoint, since City and Colour, new Mandy Moore, calm type music usually does that for me. But no, from a standpoint that she’s attractive, she exists in my head as a person beyond a musician, I feel better having this force in my life. I recognize that she is not in my life at all, and it is purely music that I play, but that doesn’t stop me from finding therapy in her celebrity persona.

To me it would make more sense to pick a female that is sensible, respected, genuine and I know more about, like Mandy Moore. I even like her new music. But no, I think I picked Namie because she speaks Japanese 90% of her lyrics and the nonsensical ambiguity leaves it open to interpretation. I like not really knowing much of what she’s talking about, that way I can just cling to she’s singing about something. Modern pop stars like a Britney shatter this possibility with offensive terrible lyrics and there is no way that would work for me.

I guess I just like words I don’t understand, sung by an attractive foreign woman. Weird.
I love her name Na-me-eh Ah-moo-row, 5 letters each, 3 syllables. Symmetric and unique.
My favorite is called “baby don’t cry”, a slower song of hers, live performance: (Just now I found it subbed here)

Another one, “rock steady”, a 70s style pop r&b song with more english.