Question:
I've been told that boku is a male form of saying watashi and, as such, its usage is restricted to guys. However, I know a lot of J-Pop songs by female groups, mostly AKB48 and their sister groups, that use boku all the time. Example songs from AKB48 alone include 僕(ぼく）だけvalue, 僕（ぼく）のＹＥＬＬ, and songs where they seem to use boku to refer to themselves.
So is boku really male-only? If so, why are J-Pop girl groups using it?
Answer:
僕 is normally used only by boys.
AKB sing from boys' stand point; boys' feeling towards girls/others.
These lyrics are apparently boys' wording, which girls usually don't speak in their daily life.
It the lylics of "僕だけのvalue", they sing like folloing and its clearly boy's words.:
君がいい You are my type.
どんな世界中の美女たちよりも 比べられないぐらい 君がいい
No other beautiful girls on earth cannot beat you. You are my type.
Some very particular case, girls might use 僕 to make it funny or make it sound boyish, but it's not very common.
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