 "Duty" is also Hamasaki's third consecutive album to be composed, arranged, and produced by Japanese producers and composers.For the album, she contributed as the main and background vocalist, and became her third studio album to feature songs written by her.Three songs on the album; the trilogy set "Vogue", "Far Away", and "Seasons", focus on the theme of hopelessness, a reflection of Hamasaki's disappointment that she had not expressed herself thoroughly in any of her previous lyrics and a sense of shame of her public image.