I think it's just because she has a taste for european music (which is obvious in the Utaite Myouri project) and also because Roots music like Blues, Tango or maybe Flamenco are obviously a major part of her musical culture (not forgetting ancient french songs...) and naturally come out as she writes songs.
We could have a whole thread about her musical culture which is such a specific quality of her that puts her so above the rest of the japanese scene.
I could add that 10 years ago her alternative-grunge-rock musical culture mostly influenced her and that in today's SG, this is more her american and french 1960's jazz taste that leads her artistic choices.
How many singers will do 3 or 4 versions of the same songs in such different styles as what she did with "La salle de bains", "Kuki", "Ringo no uta", etc...
You just can't do that without a solid and universal musical background.
Hope I helped the thread somehow...
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