^ This is true! I bought a song (off amazon, not itunes) and I haven't the slightest clue what the cover is xD;

I hope her company shows commitment to promoting her to their fullest extent, that's all. This font seems like an early sign of that.

I see some people "complaining" about Utadas eyes and mouth.
If you didn't realize until now, I think Uta-chan has what they call a "lazy eye". She has also small hips, pretty big shoulders, is very small, has thick lids under her eyes, looks not that good with brown make-up (see Exodus cover.....), her lips aren't even formed.
She has two little dots in her face (which I actually think are very cute! but some people don't like those kind f things) and sometimes she does have a plain look.
She doesn't even like to wear make-up at all, and doesn't dress up as Miss-Mention-Me-Ahm-Sexay.


THEN WHAT. That's just what I like about her. She's not a high-up celebrity that you could never meet in your life, she looks like a cute girl from around the corner who you run into at the bakery's.
She's down-to-earth, philosophic, writes damn good songs and weird (~kumaaaa/rolling on the floor to get the fire I'm in out/I love that bottle of Sahara sands I got from a fan/...)
I think she's way more interesting than all those boring artists that show of as much from their bode as legal, sell a lot but aren't interesting one bit and are more known for their personal issues than for their music. (Britney...)


Utada hasn't got very good covers for some albums and singles, but she stays simple - isn't that refreshing in these times where all kinds of visual stunning things are thrown into you when you even take a quick walk to the mall?
I think of her Wait&See ~Risk as one of the best I've ever seen from an artist, LOVE the Distance and Deep River and Ultra Blue pictures because of their genuine simplicity.
Not to forget the quality of music she's giving.

So for this single. I agree that the font could have been chosen better, but I adore the picture. It makes me think of a '90- Utada Hikaru (think it's the clothes - they look a little hippie-ish), like it's from the start of her carreer.
It's stylish, except for the front that looks a bit out of place, she look decent (much more decent than on First Love cover) and I think this cover will give a good image of her. Heck, I imagine her there coming from the studio where's she's been working on some music with Kuma XD

^ Lmfao. Love the rant. I am shocked to even see how amazing she looks on the Wait & See ~Risk~ single cover. So cute! I wish she did more things like that!

EDIT: So with all this talk about covers, I decided to remake the Passion cover ~

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/b...passioniv7.jpg
That's for if you wanted to stick with the original, just improve on it.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/b...traver/p04.jpg
But I love this one!

It just goes to show you that they don't have to try that hard. They just have to try.

Srsly certain ppl need to get a clue. 99% of Americans who like pop music don't even know what a single's cover looks like. Get over it.

^ Lol. I could care less but I'm just having fun making photoshop art.
I just think people are afraid that the album cover will be garbage. I'm just not gonna expect anything. I mean, if her Japanese album/single covers aren't all that great, then why should we believe the US one(s) will be any better? I just hope for some good music. After making those covers, I turned on Passion and now I really miss Hikki music. :(

all.night.raver I guess me and you had the same idea in mind. I was also fooling around in PS:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13...mebacktome.png

I think I did a good job :)
I also agree with kang daesung and similar things that others have said in this thread about people in America mostly not giving a frack about covers. People care more about the music; shaking their ass to a good beat on the dance floor as hard as that is to believe to some of you people. I'd love to know if people in Japan care about covers as much as the online Western J-pop Community do.

^ Lol. I literally just saved the Come Back To Me Cover so I could fix that up in photoshop as well. Ha ha. You did a really nice job!

And on a side-note, I really think Hikki looks gorgeous on the Exodus '04 CD single.

Haha, that's pretty interesting. I'm one who is always interested what a single's cover is like. ^^

^ Same here! IT doesn't effect whether I'll by the single , that's the song's job!

It's like HS meets FOL... The cover is ok, nothing special.. The font is terrible tho.. very terrible..:shakehead

Well here's what I finalized on:

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/b...acktomenew.jpg

I could not figure out what to change the background to. Anyone have any good ideas?

^ Cool.

horrible cover art... who's the art director for it?

give me other photoshoots of it and i can make one better than THAT...

I did 3 slightly different versions:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13...ktomesmile.png

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13...mebacktome.png:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13...mebacktome.png

Those would be some pretty cool covers. They should hire me to do her cd art, lol

^ The third one looks the best! ^^

omg HonMaru, your covers are amazing compared to the real thing, LOL.

HonMaru!
Those are AMAZING! Damn, you win. Lol. They are all really good but my favorite has to be the first one. It really fits the whole photo and it blends in nicely. Seriously, it's perfect!

^ Thanks for the compliments guys. :) My favorite is the last one.

Ahh, these fanmade things are so much better than the real thing. XD You guys are doing a great job! :D

And to agree with what kang daesung said-- I don't think 99% of American teens would even know what you meant if you said 'single.' Only the people old enough to remember the '70s, '80s, and very early '90s can remember the US industry releasing these now fabled singles. XD

I'll admit, when I bought my first JPop CD, which was COLORS, I was stunned to find out it only had 4 tracks! I was expecting a full length CD. XD

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