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koumori 20th April 2012 09:53 AM

☆ Utada Hikaru: The 46th Thread ☆
 

Welcome to Utada Hikaru's 46th thread at AHS ♡

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Biography ღ


Hikaru Utada was born in Manhattan as the only child of Teruzane Utada, a Japanese record producer, and his wife Junko Utada, an enka singer, performing under the stage name Keiko Fuji.
She did her recordings with her mother, releasing songs under a band named “U3” (also known as Utada 3). until 1996 when she started her first solo project, "I'll be Stronger."

The "Cookin' With Moses Vocal" from this project was called the "Cookin' With Gas Vocal" on the promotional release.
I'll Be Stronger was the first song Utada wrote.
It was released under the artist name "Cubic U", a mathematical reference to her being the third Utada 'power', which was Hikaru's pseudonym before becoming a superstar in Japan.
The song was not released in the United States, and in 1997, she started her next project, though at first she was hesitant.
Cubic U released her debut single Close to You, which was a cover of The Carpenters' song. She then released her debut album Precious.

2011 update

The Japanese TV station NHK premiered a documentary about Utada on January 15, 2011. Titled Utada Hikaru ~今のわたし~ (Utada Hikaru: Ima no Watashi, Utada Hikaru: What I Am), the documentary featured new studio performances by Utada (Show Me Love (Not a Dream) and Goodbye Happiness), as well as some of her Wild Life performances from December. It also featured a post-Wild Life interview with J-Wave host Chris Peppler about her decision to go on hiatus as well as what she plans to do, in which she said she wanted to do volunteer work overseas, and also travel. Utada also stated that she would continue writing music during her hiatus.
- Wikipedia



Discography ღ (Japan)



Spoiler:

First Love - 1999



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Tracklist

1. Automatic -Album Edit-
2. Movin' On Without You
3. In My Room
4. First Love
5. Amai Wana: Paint It, Black (甘いワナ ~Paint It, Black; Sweet Trap: Paint It, Black?)
5. Time Will Tell
6. Never Let Go
7. B&C: Album Version
8. Another Chance
9. Interlude
10. Give Me a Reason
11. Automatic: Johnny Vicious Remix


Chart Positions and Sales

Oricon Daily Album Chart: #1
Oricon Weekly Album Chart: #1
Oricon Yearly Album Chart: #1

Debut Sales: 2,026,870
Total Sales (Japan): 7,650,215
Total Sales (Worldwide): 10,056,000


Distance - 2001

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Tracklist

1. Wait & See (Risk)
2. Can You Keep a Secret?
3. Distance
4. Sunglasses
5. Drama
6. Eternally
7. Addicted to You (Up-in-Heaven Mix)
8. For You
9. Kettobase!
10. Parody
11. Time Limit
12. Kotoba ni Naranai Kimochi (Translation: "Indescribable Feelings")
13. Hayatochi-Remix (bonus track)


Chart Positions and Sales

Oricon Daily Album Chart: #1
Oricon Weekly Album Chart: #1
Oricon Yearly Album Chart: #1

Debut Sales: 3,002,720
Sales Total (Japan): 4,472,343



DEEP RIVER - 2002

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Tracklist

1. Sakura Drops
2. Traveling
3. Shiawase ni Narō (Translation: "Let's be Happy")
4. Deep River
5. Letters
6. Play Ball
7. Tokyo Nights
8. A.S.A.P
9. Uso Mitai na I Love You (Translation: The Dubious I Love You)
10. Final Distance
11. Bridge (Interlude)
12. Hikari (Translation: Light)


Sales Positions and Sales

Oricon Daily Album Chart: #1
Oricon Weekly Album Chart: #1
Oricon Yearly Album Chart: #1

Debut Sales: 2,350,170
Total Sales (Japan): 3,605,000


ULTRA BLUE - 2006

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Tracklist

1. This Is Love
2. Keep Tryin'
3. Blue
4. Nichiyō no Asa (Translation: Sunday Morning)
5. Making Love
6. Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro (Translation: When Someone's Wish Comes True)
7. Colors
8. One Night Magic ft. Masashi Yamada
9. Kairo (Translation: Sea Route)
10. Wings
11. Be My Last
12. Eclipse (Interlude)
13. Passion


Sales Positions and Sales

Oricon Daily Album Chart: #1
Oricon Weekly Album Chart: #1
Oricon Yearly Album Chart: #7

Debut Sales: 500,317
Total Sales (Japan): 900,343


HEART STATION - 2008

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Tracklist

1. Fight the Blues
2. Heart Station
3. Beautiful World
4. Flavor of Life ~Ballad Version~
5. Stay Gold
6. Kiss & Cry
7. Gentle Beast Interlude
8. Celebrate
9. Prisoner of Love
10. Teiku 5 (Translation: Take 5)
11. Boku wa Kuma (Translation: I am a Bear)
12. Niji-iro Basu (Translation: Rainbow-Coloured Bus)
13. Flavor of Life (bonus track)


Sales Positions and Sales

Oricon Daily Album Chart: #1
Oricon Weekly Album Chart: #1
Oricon Yearly Album Chart: #5

Debut Sales: 480,081
Total Sales (Japan): 1,011,373



Discography ღ (English)



Spoiler:


Precious - 1998 (USA and Japan)
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Tracklist

1. My Little Lover Boy
2. Lullaby
3. How Ya Doin
4. I Don't Love You
5. Here and There and Back Again (promotion copies only)
6. Promise
7. Ticket 4 Two
8. Take a Little While
9. 100 Reasons Why
10. Work Things Out
11. Close to You ft. Shiina Ringo
12. Precious Love
13. How Ya Doin (Rap Version)~(bonus track)

Oricon Weekly Album Chart: #2
Oricon Yearly Album Chart: #5

Total Sales: 702,060



EXODUS - 2004 (USA, Japan and U.K)

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USA ver.
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U.K ver.

Tracklist

1. Opening
2. Devil Inside
3. EXODUS '04
4. The Workout
5. Easy Breezy
6. Tippy Toe
7. Hotel Lobby
8. Animato
9. Crossover Interlude
10. Kremlin Dusk
11. You Make Me Want to Be a Man
12. Wonder 'Bout
13. Let Me Give You My Love
14. About Me


Japan

Oricon Daily Album Chart: #1
Oricon Weekly Album Chart: #1
Oricon Yearly Album Chart: #6
Total Sales: 1,074,393


USA

The Billboard 200: #160
Top Heatseekers: #5
Total Sales: 55,000



This Is The One - 2009
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Tracklist

1. Come Back to Me
2. Me Muero
3. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - FYI
4. Apple and Cinnamon
5. Taking My Money Back
6. This One (Crying Like a Child)
7. Automatic Part II
8. Dirty Desire
9. Poppin'
10. On and On


U.S only Bonus Tracks:

Simple and Clean
Sanctuary (Opening)
Sanctuary (Ending)
- Physical copies only -


Japan

Oricon Weekly Album Chart: #3
Total Sales: 242,657


U.S.A

U.S Billboard 200: #69
U.S Top Heatseekers:: #2
Total Sales: 16,000



Best of Albums ღ



Spoiler:

Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol.1 - 2004
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Oricon Daily Album Chart: #1
Oricon Weekly Album Chart: #1
Oricon Yearly Album Chart: #1

Debut Sales: 1,403,102
Total Sales: 2,586,347


Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2 - 2010
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New Tracks

1. Arashi no Megami (Translation: Storm Goddess)
2. Show Me Love (Not a Dream)
3. Goodbye Happiness
4. Hymne à l'amour (Ai no Anthem)
5. Can't Wait 'Til Christmas


Oricon Daily Album Chart: #1
Oricon Weekly Album Chart: #1
Oricon Yearly Album Chart: #20

Total Sales (Japan): 441,000



Utada the Best - 2010
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Oricon Weekly Charts: #12
Total Sales (Japan): 20,278



We miss you Hikki~! ☆

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Andrenekoi 20th April 2012 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluegie (Post 2854755)
Hikki was never the best live singer since the beginning. I remember I heard First Love on music station and thought it wasn't as good as the studio recording :P (and I wasn't really a hikki fan until 3 months after - the release of ATY). I think the last 5 songs she made tho (single collection vol. 2) were in her range, so actually she did really good on those songs. And after hearing Wild Life, I think her voice was getting better actually. (Yeah I repeated my post again and again lol. Forgive me).

So do we want less attractive songs from hikki but she could comfortably sing them, or should she go for wild songs, like BLUE?

I find SC2 songs to be pretty attractive :P

And she can rearrange older songs to suit her voice better, what wouldn't be a big problem considering she always changes the arrangments anyway :P

Polyrhythm 20th April 2012 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by emi♡ (Post 2854724)
Personally, my first concert was UU...and her vocals never really seemed that bad to me. I know I didn't pay as much attention back then though :shrug

but meh. I always say, if I can handle Ayu, I can handle anything.

This

isthisLOL? 20th April 2012 06:22 PM

Right now(as in latest Utada recordings/lives and latest Ayumi recordings/lives) Ayumi is easily a better vocalist than Utada, she doesn't destroy her own vocals the way she is singing. However for the longest time Utada definitely was better.

Evolution7/4 20th April 2012 06:42 PM

For me that only time where Ayu was destroying her vocals was concert 2000. then she got better and better, and after some adjustment due to her conditions has vastly improved. But for me, 2002-2006 was ayus bets vocals. I mean that I am performance from 2002 is such a powerhouse

Maemi 20th April 2012 06:42 PM

^ LOL no matter what people say, Utada will ALWAYS have better vocals than Ayu. It's the fact.

isthisLOL? 20th April 2012 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maemi (Post 2854939)
^ LOL no matter what people say, Utada will ALWAYS have better vocals than Ayu. It's the fact.

What exactly does Utada have on Ayumi?
Pitch? Both are off half of the time.
Range? Utada's useable chestvoice range is tiny and everybody can go high(and off) with headvoice.
Strenght? Ayumi has a more powerful voice now.
Control? Equally mediocre.
Technique? Ayumi wins here(she lost before 2011) since she uses correct support and doesn't sing out of her range.

Maemi 20th April 2012 07:48 PM

Well we won't agree on that, but to me, Hikki has always had more powerful voice than Ayu, and no matter how much I love Ayu, I've never loved her for her voice :) When you listen to Hikki and Ayu, it's obvious which voice is more powerful and which is more annoying.

isthisLOL? 20th April 2012 10:22 PM

I love how you state your opinion as fact without any reasoning aside you liking it while completely ignoring what I said. Priceless. Both are rather mediocre singers, the difference is that Ayumi improved like crazy while Utada has been around the same place, possibly getting worse.

koumori 20th April 2012 11:09 PM

Let's not turn a reasonable discussion about Utada's voice into a flame war between Utada and Ayu fans please.

Polyrhythm 20th April 2012 11:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by isthisLOL? (Post 2855004)
I love how you state your opinion as fact without any reasoning aside you liking it while completely ignoring what I said. Priceless. Both are rather mediocre singers, the difference is that Ayumi improved like crazy while Utada has been around the same place, possibly getting worse.

wut the fack have you been listening to? :shrug

emi♡ 20th April 2012 11:52 PM

um I can see where he's coming from with Ayu's improvement...

but...with all her screaming, and the tone of her voice now...I think hikki is a little more pleasant to listen to than her because even if she's progressively getting worse...she still sounds like her and okay.

idk I saw her at In The Flesh, and I listened to the recordings later...I can see how her voice has deteriorated...but I think her songs help keep her afloat.

I never want to say this in the Ayu section...but she kind of reminds me of Koda now. Just in the way that, Koda has the power, and is on key....but her tone is always so low and just not as ~pleasant~.


I think it has to do with that anyway. Why people think hikki is still better. Ayu's tone is so obviously different...but hikki's isn't. Even though she's off key and whatever...a lot of people can't really tell those differences. They go by the sound...and hikki still has her same sound.

isthisLOL? 21st April 2012 12:05 AM

I can understand not liking her tone now. Ayumi's tone is something quite unusual and has changed a lot over the course of her career, but it's really not something making her vocals objectively bad so it's not something to use when calling one of them superior or inferior. When looking at the actual objective aspects of singing, control, pitch, range...Ayumi and Utada have been on a rather similar level for a long time but are going into opposite directions now, with Ayumi's vocals having constantly improved since 2008(after having gotten worse for a few years) and Utada's having been on the same level and/or gotten worse.

For Ayumi having improved like crazy...it's really no rocket science. If you know anything about vocals you will realize for the last year she has employed proper vocal technique, something she has never done before. Her range has been growing back to her old 2 octave chestvoice(it was around 1.6-1.8 octaves for a long time before lately, she had to stick to "safe" songs or transpose them to lower pitches), her pitch and control have improved greatly.

emi♡ 21st April 2012 12:20 AM

I agree~ But, we both know people...and...they go by their opinions all the time. They'll be like "This song is better because I don't like that other song." All the time.

I also think, it's difficult to have everyone understand those technical things, especially if they're tone deaf lol

what else can they go on? Oh well.

Minttulatte 21st April 2012 01:38 AM

Why can't Maemi think Hikki is better if she feels that way? It's okay not to agree to anything Ayu fans say. This is a Hikki thread so you should expect Hikki fans to defend their queen. It's a matter of taste anyway. You can argue but it doesn't change it anyway.

Oh, me? I have no opinion on their live vocals because I like both a lot (but Kuu will always be the best for me and that's not going to change) and they both has had their ups and downs but it's not a crime imo. :)

Maemi 21st April 2012 01:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drdolce (Post 2855046)
Why can't Maemi think Hikki is better if she feels that way? It's okay not to agree to anything Ayu fans say. This is a Hikki thread so you should expect Hikki fans to defend their queen. It's a matter of taste anyway. You can argue but it doesn't change it anyway.

Oh, me? I have no opinion on their live vocals because I like both a lot (but Kuu will always be the best for me and that's not going to change) and they both has had their ups and downs but it's not a crime imo. :)

His problem is that I stated it as a fact. I guess I should correct myself, but that doesn't change anything. I honestly can't see how Ayu improved and I listened to a couple of Hikki's latest lives and can't see how she deteriorated. I love both of them and both of their voices in a different way, but when someone asks me whose voice is better, my answer will always be the same. I know what I hear and I know what is pleasant to my ear. No technical proof will change that.

Andrenekoi 21st April 2012 01:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by emi♡ (Post 2855019)
um I can see where he's coming from with Ayu's improvement...

but...with all her screaming, and the tone of her voice now...I think hikki is a little more pleasant to listen to than her because even if she's progressively getting worse...she still sounds like her and okay.

idk I saw her at In The Flesh, and I listened to the recordings later...I can see how her voice has deteriorated...but I think her songs help keep her afloat.

I never want to say this in the Ayu section...but she kind of reminds me of Koda now. Just in the way that, Koda has the power, and is on key....but her tone is always so low and just not as ~pleasant~.


I think it has to do with that anyway. Why people think hikki is still better. Ayu's tone is so obviously different...but hikki's isn't. Even though she's off key and whatever...a lot of people can't really tell those differences. They go by the sound...and hikki still has her same sound.

Well, Utada also has her scream queen moments... I got surprised everytime anyone praise the UU Kremlin Dusk performance cuz she was basically screaming off key there... It's among the worst live performances I ever saw for a professional singer (Ayu also has one of those).

I agree with ThisisLOL through... both are mediocre live singer with some good moments, and since Ayu started taking proper singing lessons, she got better than Hikki (but she still is mediocre). Hikki need proper singing lessons...

Anyway, it's not like I think any of the 00s big female singers is amazing... most of them are mediocre, with one of them being just plain bad (Mika Nakashima). If u go for good jpop vocalists, the top of the charts is not the best of the places...

edit: Tomiko Van was also a disaster on the golden age of DAI...

emi♡ 21st April 2012 02:05 AM

@dolce: it's not that she can't...it's just that, at least I think, isthisLoL prefers to look at it from a more objective point of view in terms of vocal technique...which is not really a matter of taste.

Personally, I prefer hikki's voice over Ayu's...but does she have better technique? ouch, I don't think so.

We're all hikki fans in here. No one said people have to agree with Ayu fans, it's not even about that. And no one said it was a crime to not have perfect vocals.

But if people want to say that hikki has a better whatever...you just need some more proof.

I personally can see where isthislol is coming from, cause I've seen what he means with Ayu, and I see what he means with hikki.

As far as what Maemi said...I'm not so sure it's obvious that hikki has more power, but I think it is obvious that ayu is more "annoying" cause what I said about the ~pleasantness~ of her voice.


@vini: poor mika! lol

relmy 21st April 2012 02:32 AM

I've always (subjectively) liked Ayu's vocals more than Hikki's, but in some cases - like Sakura Drops or something, nothing but Hikki's voice would work. Which is... how it's meant to work. :D

This may sound really bizarre, but Hikki's vocals sound significantly worse to me in English. I guess it's because I know what the words are meant to sound like, I can understand how they fit together and work to create the song, how the structures of the words work for the song... and how her voice just doesn't work at times.

Until I listened to her English work, I thought she was REALLY good (the typical opinion of her, basically), but then when I heard her in English I was just like...wow, she's kinda average, she just makes good songs and sounds interesting.

It's odd :/

AyuBlackwind 21st April 2012 03:02 AM

?? They are both great vocalists. They have completely different styles though, apples and oranges here. lol.

ayu_ready? 21st April 2012 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maemi (Post 2854939)
^ LOL no matter what people say, Utada will ALWAYS have better vocals than Ayu. It's the fact.

definately. I hate their both techniques but their voices & vocal range are uncomparable, lol

Lady~Deviance 21st April 2012 06:47 PM

Please take the "Hikki vs Ayu" fan war somewhere else. Seriously. It's always the usual trolls adding more fuel to the fire. *major side eye*

But on a serious note, I do feel that Hikki seems to lack technique with her vocals as of late. I'm a huge Hikki fan, as loyal as they come but I do feel that homegirl could use more vocal training. Also, maybe her change in vocals has to deal with the fact that she used to drink alcohol regularly (which she admitted to) heck, she probably still does for all we know. Alcohol has a tendency to dry out the vocal cords and cause a change in sound. :yes

Agree to disagree and take my opinion with a grain of salt. ;)

isthisLOL? 21st April 2012 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ayu_ready? (Post 2855263)
definately. I hate their both techniques but their voices & vocal range are uncomparable, lol

Considering that their chestvoice ranges are almost identical and headvoice is usually not considered part of a singer's range since everyone can naturally reach a huge range with it I don't see how they are "uncomparable".

ayu_ready? 21st April 2012 07:49 PM

^ I do not read your posts about vocal, just because. sorry.

emi♡ 22nd April 2012 01:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by relmy (Post 2855056)
This may sound really bizarre, but Hikki's vocals sound significantly worse to me in English. I guess it's because I know what the words are meant to sound like, I can understand how they fit together and work to create the song, how the structures of the words work for the song... and how her voice just doesn't work at times.

Until I listened to her English work, I thought she was REALLY good (the typical opinion of her, basically), but then when I heard her in English I was just like...wow, she's kinda average, she just makes good songs and sounds interesting.

It's odd :/

her english stuff is just odd all around I think lol and then coupled with some of the weird lyrics she sings lol idk, it sure is unique though.

About her vocals...idk it always seemed like they weren't as important as like...the music. Sometimes I feel like she doesn't mind how gritty her vocals get because it can give a different effect...but I'm sure she does anyway...

Not Fade Away 23rd April 2012 02:24 AM

Whoever said 'Blue' was a hot mess during 'Wild Life' was right haha....I have to skip past that song every time.

I feel like Utada needs to get back into her R&B stuff because she can hit those notes.

When it comes to a lot of her Japanese songs, she goes higher than she can on some notes, and while she DOES get those notes out, it's obviously a struggle. A struggle in both studio form and live form.

As weird as a lot of her English-language songs are, she does a better job hitting those notes (ie: The verses in Exodus '04, Devil Inside, The verses in FYI, The verses in Taking My Money Back...etc...)

For some reason...she feels the need to go a few notes higher in the choruses of most of these songs...I don't know why.

In terms of technique, tone, quality...w/e on Ayu's part...I just find myself going "whaaat?"

As much as I love her, the last live that I thought was pretty solid from her vocal-wise was Rock N' Roll Circus, and even a lot of that was improved due to technology.

Despite Kuu going crazy with the vocal pyrotechnics at times, I think she probably knows her range the best out of anyone.

Zeke. 23rd April 2012 07:48 AM

R&B stuff is gross.

koumori 23rd April 2012 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeke. (Post 2855742)
R&B stuff is gross.

You're gross!

Idk, I like her R&B stuff too. And she does sing it better live~

relmy 23rd April 2012 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by emi♡ (Post 2855400)
her english stuff is just odd all around I think lol and then coupled with some of the weird lyrics she sings lol idk, it sure is unique though.

I like her English music more than her Japanese, even if I go wtf at it a lot. I really like the weirdness in it.

I can't get into a lot of her Japanese music. ):

Not Fade Away 23rd April 2012 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeke. (Post 2855742)
R&B stuff is gross.

lol maybe so, but at least she can sing her r&b stuff extremely well.

Automatic live is still nearly flawless (barring UU when her voice was going to hell - though it still sounded amazing) and it seems that she sings Automatic better with age.

A lot of her experimental stuff is when she struggles to get notes out. Passion, Stay Gold, This is Love, Keep Trying (though again that was probably the worst live in UU because of her vocal issues) being prime examples.

I still wouldn't call it vocal deterioration though. I just think she composes songs that are, often times, not in her range.

Dear heavens, I almost typed "Is this Love" instead of "This is Love" my JPop artists are overlapping too much with song titles. Maybe Utada's song is the response song to Ayu's.

amorphose 23rd April 2012 06:46 PM

Her cover of Lovin' You :heart


ayu_ready? 23rd April 2012 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Not Fade Away (Post 2855665)
Despite Kuu going crazy with the vocal pyrotechnics at times, I think she probably knows her range the best out of anyone.

I agree 100% :yes

CoriKaru 24th April 2012 07:07 AM

I'm sorry, but that's a flickted cropped picture right there in that Youtube Clip.

Cover was really good though. I actually expected her to go for the whistle notes. Aww. Maybe someday in a song.

Andrenekoi 24th April 2012 08:51 AM

Êrn... I don't think Hikaru ever hit a whistle note...

Zahara 24th April 2012 06:30 PM

Does anyone know what hikki's range is now? I know her voice deepened a few years ago, but I was alwys curious about her vocal range and type.

Andrenekoi 24th April 2012 06:43 PM

This blog has a post about her voice:
http://www.divadevotee.com/2011/10/u...ile-range.html

It's very short and I don't know how accurate it is, but it covers her range...

isthisLOL? 24th April 2012 06:57 PM

The range should be fine. Though it doesn't make a difference between chestvoice and headvoice. And the inclusion of the chestvoice G5 is weird since it's not really sang or pronounced out, she's just peaking there for a tiny part of a second. But overall the article seems right.

Zahara 24th April 2012 08:28 PM

Thanks guys!

Pieces_of_SEVEN 28th April 2012 04:37 AM

Listened to a few hikki songs today, include sakura drops and Show Me Love (Not A Dream), and man...at least she went out with a bang. SME (NAD) is just...epic.

CoriKaru 28th April 2012 05:01 AM

^I was so about to listen to "SAKURA Drops" today as I passed by it on my iPod. Haven't listened to it in ages. Went straight to Brown Eyed Girls instead. I shall be punished.

Pieces_of_SEVEN 28th April 2012 06:10 AM

^^LOL you shall! I listened to Automatic too...what a classic!

JackieRos 28th April 2012 06:52 AM

so this is how you guys completed the last thread by comparing ayu to hikki :sarclap


I thought there was something new *sniff*

bluegie 28th April 2012 11:56 AM

Yeah and I couldn't even make any comments... :no. Recycling topics like her favourite songs/albums etc. are fun, but comparing artists aren't :P.

microphone 1st May 2012 11:20 AM

Hikari remains my favorite song by Hikaru. She doesn't have a great voice but the lyrics and melody are beautiful.

RayJason 1st May 2012 10:08 PM

Excuse me if I'm asking a retarded question but,
When will she start releasing stuff again? I read that she's on hiatus now for longer than a year. I really want her to be 'active' again!

My first Utada song was "Simple and Clean"

Deep snow 2nd May 2012 12:24 AM

Almost two years since her last music update, 78 days since her last tweet. I'm not even sure she's alive anymore. If she isn't, then please rise from the underworld, Hikaru, people could really use some good music around here.

emi♡ 2nd May 2012 01:40 AM

she never told us. I think someone said she might have been working on something, but idk.

Not Fade Away 2nd May 2012 01:55 AM

Working on something, unfortunately, could mean she did something for fun and we won't see it for like.......years...or it could mean we'll see it soon, but who knows? I'm glad I decided to explore other Asian music though, otherwise I would be totally dead without the goddess in my life.

Wahh miss her.

CoriKaru 2nd May 2012 08:37 AM

Had Utada not went away, the only Korean thing I'd know would be lil' Kim Jong Il.

CoriKaru 6th May 2012 07:21 AM

Quote:

"Why aren’t Japanese singers successful in the American market?

Language plays a big part. It doesn’t sound believable if they sing in English that they have learned phonetically. Sometimes the artist management companies in Japan, which have all the power, only want to use songs they can control the rights of, and those songs may not work in America. Sometimes the artist tries to imitate instead of being original. It also takes a tremendous commitment of time, money and energy to penetrate a market like America, and you would have to compete with the best of the best.

I have seen some great artists in Japan with potential. For example, I have produced six songs for Crystal Kay, and she is one of the best singers in the world. Also, her English is flawless, she is a great dancer and beautiful. I think she would have a great chance! On the other hand, I was disappointed when Hikaru Utada’s album was released in America. Her English was perfect but the album didn’t have the same soul or feeling in it as her Japanese CDs. I guarantee that probably some American record executive changed the direction of the music to make it more appropriate for the American market. It ended up sounding contrived.

Another reason, I’m sorry to say, is that there are probably discrimination factors involved. I think the American market mostly wants American, British and an occasional Australian or Swedish artist. I hope it will change in the near future."

JapanToday: Joey Carbone Keeps The Hits Coming

Andrenekoi 6th May 2012 08:27 AM

^I don't really think having the feeling of her japanese work would help her sell more copies, as this "feeling" and "soul" is too japanese in the first place. I also don't think any of her 2 albums is THAT generic... It has the tracks planned to be lead singles, and those are pretty generic (like Easy Breezy and Come Back to me), but also has some stuff pretty unfriendly to mainstream radios on both releases...

It was a interesting reading anyway...

bluegie 6th May 2012 11:52 AM

I agree. I dun really know if the "soul" can merge with the EPop world. I dun think there are many English songs that use lots of metaphors/poetic terms/etc.

isthisLOL? 6th May 2012 12:52 PM

I always thought Exodus was by far her best album and possibly her least generic. /unpopular opinion

emi♡ 6th May 2012 01:07 PM

I love that album, but the unpolished sound kinda grates on me lol and I KNOW it would grate on everyone else.

I think my favorite album Ultra Blue would have been more popular over here...maybe if it had promotion in the right places...idk. Maybe only among the people who could get over the language barrier.


I don't really think that the fact that we want people from the UK, Aus, or Sweden has anything to do with it. Those are just places that make western music that fits into the market lol

And discrimination...I think in certain areas....but in all the areas that matter, no. They just need to bring better music. I'm sorry, but imo Exodus and TITO weren't good enough :shrug

I think BoA's brand of generic dance music was better, but then her accent is horrible, she wasn't crazy hot to look at, and promotion was also nonexistent.

how could they have really expected any of those things to do well and be popular this past decade.

Andrenekoi 7th May 2012 12:18 AM

^Considering the lack of Asian-american superstars, even those who can only speak english as native speakers, I would say discrimination plays a huge part... I mean, I doubt there aren't any asian american children trying to break it big into the market and failing for decades now... and even those who does will end acting in fight themed movies or as freakish exteriotyped villains. We also can't forget it's already harder to see massive black and latin massive stars on the western entertaiment market than to see white people.

Exodus and TITO are among my favorite Hikki releases, and I would never underrate how unique her english lyrics can be, what also makes some people having problems with them, as she takes some pretty unusual aproaches to lots of subjects... If anything, I would say she never got generic enough to grab a position on the market, and every new pop artist needs to play it far safer than Hikki did to fit, and slowly putting more and more personality into their work... In the end of the day, her reigning as the biggest japanese pop musician since 98 doesn't make her much more than a nobody in the USA scene...

emi♡ 7th May 2012 01:06 AM

oh I can see where you're coming from with that. There's definitely discrimination in the industry. But then again, I guess we'll never know how many asian kids try to go that path and fail lol It's definitely going to be easier for them to enter the music market though vs. movies. If they have the voice or the dance experience.

Anyways, I think hollywood is a little out of touch with people these days.


Personally, I don't feel like her western releases were generic enough, nor creative enough. I mean, if you get really creative crazy, people want to see lol You might not get radio plays...but it's not all about that. Especially now...

Or if you have some new style. Even if it's not totally original. Like Lana Del Rey. ew.

I also think...you know, it only takes ONE REALLY good song that people want to hear. And I don't see those anywhere around in those two albums. idk maybe I'm in the minority on this one, but if I want someone around me to really like and respect hikki as a musician...I'm probably not going to give them her english albums. Unless it's someone who likes unique R&B stuff.

I do love and appreciate them...but...I would have liked to see more...at least from TITO. I think Exodus is pretty creative in its sound.

Andrenekoi 7th May 2012 03:33 AM

^Well, after The Last Airbender movie, I really hope hollywood is out of touch with the rest :P They took all the asian good guys and turned them into white blond people @_@

I do believe Hikki's releases could do better on the USA being more generic or more exteriotiped and with a better timing... Some stuff she tried during both albums got big some time after on the hands of more well known musicians...

Yumsushi 7th May 2012 05:47 AM

Her English work is strange; musically its very unique but lyrically, often its seems like she's just trying too hard. I too agree that her English work seems to be missing the "soul" her Japanese work has. And I don't know if anyone else will agree, but I think Devil inside was pretty darn generic, and maybe that's why it was popular on the dance charts. Maybe if poppin' was a single it would've been popular in the clubs too?

Zeke. 7th May 2012 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by emi♡ (Post 2861021)
I think BoA's brand of generic dance music was better, but then her accent is horrible, she wasn't crazy hot to look at, and promotion was also nonexistent.

And this is?
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KcZyZd0zaO...is-the-one.jpg

Lol.

emi♡ 7th May 2012 06:28 AM

I never said it was?

That cover is dead to me. I replaced it with a fan version so I'd never have to look at it.


And I actually felt bad about BoA for that. She had those super hot pics and the netizens just tore them to pieces cause they're morons.

Andrenekoi 7th May 2012 09:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yumsushi (Post 2861228)
Her English work is strange; musically its very unique but lyrically, often its seems like she's just trying too hard. I too agree that her English work seems to be missing the "soul" her Japanese work has. And I don't know if anyone else will agree, but I think Devil inside was pretty darn generic, and maybe that's why it was popular on the dance charts. Maybe if poppin' was a single it would've been popular in the clubs too?

Do you really find Poppin' to be generic? Must people on her fanbase seens to dislike it by finding it overly weird (and sexual, as Utada will die a virgin as much as Ayu if this decision is up to her fans)

Yumsushi 7th May 2012 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi (Post 2861292)
Do you really find Poppin' to be generic? Must people on her fanbase seens to dislike it by finding it overly weird (and sexual, as Utada will die a virgin as much as Ayu if this decision is up to her fans)

The music isn't really super innovative but the lyrics are hilarious. It definitely stand out on the album lol You already know she pours all of her sexual frustration into her english stuff. But I think you'll agree that Dirty Desire is much more generic and maybe thats why it was chosen as the second single and I think it also charted on the dance charts. Personally I would die of embarrassment if I ever had to sing that song infront of anyone, but obviously she has no such reservations

My point is that no matter how innovative her music writing skills maybe, when you choose generic songs to promote yourself, your fans will start to question how you want to be perceived in this new market

Andrenekoi 7th May 2012 06:26 PM

^Considering some of her biggest hits on the jpop market, I would say picking the generic stuff to promote wasn't really new to her... Her first 2 albums singles, Traveling and them Flavor of Life and Prisioner of Love from Heart Station and Goodbye Happiness are anything but innovative. Actually, most pop musicians tend to use the most generic stuff to promote, even those who are usually seen as very innovative...

Delicious n Bold 7th May 2012 06:47 PM

All this hooplah about Utada's English albums is the reason why I stick with my Deep River :P

emi♡ 7th May 2012 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi (Post 2861393)
^Considering some of her biggest hits on the jpop market, I would say picking the generic stuff to promote wasn't really new to her... Her first 2 albums singles, Traveling and them Flavor of Life and Prisioner of Love from Heart Station and Goodbye Happiness are anything but innovative. Actually, most pop musicians tend to use the most generic stuff to promote, even those who are usually seen as very innovative...

:laugh

but those songs = / = her generic english songs. They might all be generic....but very different generic lol


I'm happy she has a sense of humor, but at the same time, I don't want to listen to amateur crap like Poppin.

Polyrhythm 7th May 2012 11:21 PM

Exodus and TiTO were both embarrassing attempts to be "American." TiTO was more mellow of course, but poorly pulled off. Exodus was more innovative (in sound) but the lyrics are contrived and downright retarded.

If you have a proper command of the English language, there's just no way you won't burst out laughing, or feel second-hand embarrassment to a degree while listening to either of those albums.

Pieces_of_SEVEN 7th May 2012 11:26 PM

OMFG. I cannot believe she is back. FINALLLLLLLLY!!!!!!!!!!

Andrenekoi 7th May 2012 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by emi♡ (Post 2861485)
:laugh

but those songs = / = her generic english songs. They might all be generic....but very different generic lol


I'm happy she has a sense of humor, but at the same time, I don't want to listen to amateur crap like Poppin.

So, the problem is jpop fandom being otakuland, what makes everything that sounds western bad and english a cursed language, right? I get it now :P

Quote:

Originally Posted by Polyrhythm (Post 2861486)
Exodus and TiTO were both embarrassing attempts to be "American." TiTO was more mellow of course, but poorly pulled off. Exodus was more innovative (in sound) but the lyrics are contrived and downright retarded.

If you have a proper command of the English language, there's just no way you won't burst out laughing, or feel second-hand embarrassment to a degree while listening to either of those albums.

Well... people like Elton John were vocal about liking Exodus... as one of western top pop musicians of all time, I guess he has a proper command of English. Also, the overall reviews to that album, made by professional music reviewers who happened to be native english speakers (but not jpop fans) were also pretty good... Exodus was overall very well received by the western critics.

I guess the main problem was people expecting something deep, and magical, and ethereal and getting Hikki's quirk sense of humour and sexual innuendo instead^^

emi♡ 7th May 2012 11:57 PM

uh I dont know lol But I do agree with yumsushi and polyrhythm that the songs are a little embarrassing.

her exodus lyrics are weird too, but maybe the music makes up for it? Some things came at me completely from left field though...like why is Tippy Toes about what it's about :laugh


And you know, personally, I'd give Exodus and TITO a good review, but that doesn't mean I don't have issues with them.

And it also doesn't mean that, if she went and performed some of the songs, that regular people wouldn't laugh or think "wtf" at her lol But who knows, maybe she can become known for her freaky lyrics and people will be receptive cause it's funny.

Andrenekoi 8th May 2012 12:08 AM

But the whole point WAS being funny! She was for sure not trying to do a deeper statement about human sould while recording stuff like The Workout, Easy Breezy, Turn the Table, Tippy Toe, Me Muero, Poppin'...

Even songs like Come Back to me and FYI have hints of humour...

emi♡ 8th May 2012 12:57 AM

lol well I guess if she wanted to be taken as a joke then she got exactly what she wanted.

I really don't want or need deeper music. I mean, I just like good songs. If I wanted someone to forego making cool music in order to be funny, I'd go listen to a comedian's album.

It's just like ayu. I'm happy she's experimenting and being herself, and I appreciate that beyond understanding. Just know it's not really gonna go anywhere lol and I'm personally not going to listen to it, nor will I recommend it to other people looking for music that's meant to be listened to, and not laughed at.

Andrenekoi 8th May 2012 01:00 AM

People take things way too seriously... and underrate the power of well crafted humour...

Yumsushi 8th May 2012 01:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi (Post 2861393)
^Considering some of her biggest hits on the jpop market, I would say picking the generic stuff to promote wasn't really new to her... Her first 2 albums singles, Traveling and them Flavor of Life and Prisioner of Love from Heart Station and Goodbye Happiness are anything but innovative. Actually, most pop musicians tend to use the most generic stuff to promote, even those who are usually seen as very innovative...

You've purposely picked some generic sounding stuff and I only agree that goodbye happiness or Hear Station is such. The rest is not at all and no were other singles like Sakura drops, Colors, Be my last, Passion, keep tryin etc etc

And just because Elton John liked it doesn't mean that it is infallible; really half the reviews criticized the ridiculously lame and try-hard lyrics and said that she sold out to appeal to a new audience

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi (Post 2861524)
People take things way too seriously... and underrate the power of well crafted humour...

Honestly I don't think she meant it to be funny at all, unless you can provide a source where she said that her English stuff was all a joke. Like I said before, I think she just pours all of her sexual frustration into the songs and it just comes out awkward but she somehow thinks its cool

Andrenekoi 8th May 2012 02:04 AM

^1. I didn't take "some singles", as I said, all of her first two albums singles, that happens to be her best selling albums, traveling, Flavor of Life, Prisioner of Love and Goodbye Happiness. This is 11 of her 27 japanese singles, almost half. If we take Heart Station (that I myself don't find generic, but you do), Final Distance and Boku wa kuma we have 14 easy listening, radio friendly, low risk singles. This makes her any worst of an artist? Nops... it's just one of the oldest promotional strategies ever on the music industry. She is a pop musician, her music is meant to have heavy airplay, so, obviously, she will promote herself trough the most comercial stuff.

2 . You are mistaking Exodus reviews (mostly done by people with no knowlegment about her japanese work other than the fact that she was big in Japan) with TITO reviews (done mainly by people who reviews mainly japanese entertaiment and were expecting Deep River in english)

3. She actually said Exodus was infused with her quirk sense of humour... I can find the interviews, but it will take me some time (as I read them 8 years ago :P). I think I remember saying something about that during TITO promotiong too. I also don't think Hikki is sexually frustrated at all, she actually seens to be pretty... kinky by some of her personal blog posts and english interviews...

emi♡ 8th May 2012 02:10 AM

maybe she should try being a lesbian after all :laugh Just because she's kinky doesn't mean she isn't frustrated :P


and well, her well crafted humor went nowhere so, maybe next time hikki.

You know, I never thought about it before, but maybe it's no wonder why Island Def Jam didn't want to promote the album.


Anyway, I like fun music, I like things that make me laugh...but I like music music better, so. I remember her talking about her sense of humor for exodus. Like the japaneasy thing. I think it probably just reflects how she really doesn't care about the market here...but sometimes I wish she did.

Andrenekoi 8th May 2012 02:28 AM

^I don't get what makes a humorous aproach less as effort as a dramatic aproach... Maybe it's the fact this is an Ayu forum after all...

And if she didn't lied during Exodus interviews, Hikki had her share of girl on girl action :P

emi♡ 8th May 2012 02:54 AM

lol no, not because it's an ayu forum.

Not Fade Away 8th May 2012 03:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Pieces_of_SEVEN (Post 2861487)
OMFG. I cannot believe she is back. FINALLLLLLLLY!!!!!!!!!!

You got me really excited for nothing...... :grumpy

In regard to her English music, I just think the majority of her problem is that she doesn't really know what direction she wants to go in. I feel like the first effort was an experiment for her (since she can't really experiment too far off the charts in Japan, otherwise she'll lose her fan base), and the second effort was her trying to break into the main stream market by creating lyrics that were a 'little' more what the American market would be used to hearing.

I think - for the most part - if she had kept doing tracks that had a similar sound to FYI and On and On, like upbeat dance tracks, combined with lyrics that were even more mainstream, she could have had a top 40 hit on her hands.

My hopes are that now that she's under EMI she will have a better shot promotion-wise. Also, I think she just needs to suck it up and do a cover that doesn't feature her face looking sickly (IE: TITO, Heart Station). Put some make-up on, grow the hair out, and get an innovative shoot going and then finally she should have a hit.

Zahara 8th May 2012 03:58 AM

Did you guys ever think that she was just fufilling her contract obligations with TiTO? She has a pretty wicked sense of humor and I think that she was just messing around with that album. Yes, it would have been nice to have broken into the US market, but it's clearly no skin off her back.

Andrenekoi 8th May 2012 04:03 AM

^She hired top hitmaker producers to TITO, I doubt she would spend that money just to fullfill contract obligations

emi♡ 8th May 2012 04:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zahara (Post 2861582)
Did you guys ever think that she was just fufilling her contract obligations with TiTO? She has a pretty wicked sense of humor and I think that she was just messing around with that album. Yes, it would have been nice to have broken into the US market, but it's clearly no skin off her back.

I remember people talking about that when it came out lol to be a reason for the lack of...everything I guess.

Yumsushi 8th May 2012 06:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi (Post 2861553)
^1. I didn't take "some singles", as I said, all of her first two albums singles, that happens to be her best selling albums, traveling, Flavor of Life, Prisioner of Love and Goodbye Happiness. This is 11 of her 27 japanese singles, almost half. If we take Heart Station (that I myself don't find generic, but you do), Final Distance and Boku wa kuma we have 14 easy listening, radio friendly, low risk singles. This makes her any worst of an artist? Nops... it's just one of the oldest promotional strategies ever on the music industry. She is a pop musician, her music is meant to have heavy airplay, so, obviously, she will promote herself trough the most comercial stuff.

2 . You are mistaking Exodus reviews (mostly done by people with no knowlegment about her japanese work other than the fact that she was big in Japan) with TITO reviews (done mainly by people who reviews mainly japanese entertaiment and were expecting Deep River in english)

3. She actually said Exodus was infused with her quirk sense of humour... I can find the interviews, but it will take me some time (as I read them 8 years ago :P). I think I remember saying something about that during TITO promotiong too. I also don't think Hikki is sexually frustrated at all, she actually seens to be pretty... kinky by some of her personal blog posts and english interviews...

Again, looks like we disagree on what is considered generic for her Jpop releases, but I think most people would agree that Dirty Desire and Devil inside were pretty generic. And again, all the reviews I read for Exodus said more or less the same thing they said about TiTO; great production, questionable lyrics and delivery so feel free to share the links to the reviews only raining praises.

Re #3 I would really like to read this interview and certainly, I have never heard her say anything remotely kinky on any of her English interviews. She definitely has a quirky sense of humor, I can agree to that at least.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi (Post 2861555)
^I don't get what makes a humorous aproach less as effort as a dramatic aproach... Maybe it's the fact this is an Ayu forum after all...

Remember that you too are a member here before you go around being pretentious.

CoriKaru 8th May 2012 06:35 AM

New Utada Single Preview

Spoiler:

Nu-NRG 8th May 2012 07:12 AM

Heard that a while back..sadly is a fanmade song :( but it was something I'd love Hikki to release for real!!

Andrenekoi 8th May 2012 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yumsushi (Post 2861632)
Again, looks like we disagree on what is considered generic for her Jpop releases, but I think most people would agree that Dirty Desire and Devil inside were pretty generic. And again, all the reviews I read for Exodus said more or less the same thing they said about TiTO; great production, questionable lyrics and delivery so feel free to share the links to the reviews only raining praises.

Re #3 I would really like to read this interview and certainly, I have never heard her say anything remotely kinky on any of her English interviews. She definitely has a quirky sense of humor, I can agree to that at least.

I would never call Devil Inside generic by 2004... Since 2006, yeap, but in 2004 nobody was releasing songs like that on the mainstream.

She never said anything kinky, but implied some stuff from times to times... And I didn't find the interview, what can mean I missunderstood something she said, but I found a forum thread about the Exodus era with a compilation of reviews:

http://pulsemusic.proboards.com/inde...d=23052&page=1

Most of them are pretty good, some even praising her lyrics^^

There are a lot of Exodus interviews there too... That's why I'm questioning myself about the intention of being humorous, even if I still do get this feeling from her lyrics... nothing wrong about that IMO, 80s Madonna had a humourous aproach to a number of topics too, and a good part of those songs are pop classics today. It may be a interview done in the time Exodus was released on the UK (it was one year later +-? I remember she got new reviews and interviews back them)

I also don't agree that thinking Ayu's fandom lacks sense of humour makes me prententious or anything, but I do agree I can be pretty prententious a lot of times ;)

Yumsushi 8th May 2012 08:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi (Post 2861692)
I would never call Devil Inside generic by 2004... Since 2006, yeap, but in 2004 nobody was releasing songs like that on the mainstream.

She never said anything kinky, but implied some stuff from times to times... And I didn't find the interview, what can mean I missunderstood something she said, but I found a forum thread about the Exodus era with a compilation of reviews:

http://pulsemusic.proboards.com/inde...d=23052&page=1

Most of them are pretty good, some even praising her lyrics^^

There are a lot of Exodus interviews there too... That's why I'm questioning myself about the intention of being humorous, even if I still do get this feeling from her lyrics... nothing wrong about that IMO, 80s Madonna had a humourous aproach to a number of topics too, and a good part of those songs are pop classics today. It may be a interview done in the time Exodus was released on the UK (it was one year later +-? I remember she got new reviews and interviews back them)

I also don't agree that thinking Ayu's fandom lacks sense of humour makes me prententious or anything, but I do agree I can be pretty prententious a lot of times ;)

Devil inside's arrangement reminds me of NIN's Pretty hate machine and Bjork's Post, all pre 2000, so it didn't sound totally new to my ears, but the koto sound was cool and definitely unique to it. (interestingly, I think she's a NIN fan herself)
Thanks for the link to the reviews. I see most of the reviews praising the production and many questioning the lyrics, like TiTO, but I think that Exodus musically is much more progressive than TiTO thus the positivity in the reviews.
And that was pretty pretentious and presumptuous. Funny how you always harp on people using their opinions as fact but have no problem doing the same lol

Andrenekoi 8th May 2012 09:57 PM

Well, and here am I believing I overuse "IMO" to make sure it's clear i'm just stating opinions... :P And there was a quote of a post of mine admiting I may be wrong about something I said (you can find those all over AHS btw).

Anyway, neither NIN or Bjork can be considered mainstream artists, so, I don't really think this makes Devil Inside a generic song or even a easy to hit one. :P

Zahara 8th May 2012 10:11 PM

For me, NIN is/was a mainstream artist. Bjork, not so much.

ahtka-chan 8th May 2012 11:53 PM

I see you guys are discussing about Exodus and TiTO, and in my opinion, Exodus is one of the best english albums ever.

Man, the lyrics are pure fun, and I didn't understand the point of "having a proper command of english language", I mean, to make songs like "Stupid Hoe", "Alejandro" and "Womanizer" (just to cite a few) you don't really need to have great knowledge of english. (But I like those songs, except for SH)

Don't compare the lyrics of english songs from 80s or 90s to what we have now, and lyric-wise I think Hikki did a very good job on Exodus. We don't see people that often singing about the life of a aging prostitute or how to teach a guy how to get down in the club.

TiTO was a regular american album. You can't say it's generic or stuff because I can imagine Mariah Carey or Rihanna singing those songs easily, and if they did people would probably call them masterpieces.

And, in the end, I love all her stuff (with exceptions) but I can't understand some songs, like traveling for example.

Wonder 'bout, Hotel Lobby and Tippy Toe will remain in my top 10 english songs forever.

Yumsushi 9th May 2012 01:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi (Post 2861841)
Anyway, neither NIN or Bjork can be considered mainstream artists

Two Grammys and over 30 million albums sold says NIN may not be as popular as Micheal Jackson, but Trent Reznor is not a nobody by any means. While Bjork is not as popular, The album in question, Post, went on to be certified Platinum in the US. Not bad for a nobody either!

Anyhow, I think we've derailed the thread enough. When I want music to make me laugh, I'll listen to Faith no more/Fantomas. Dirty desire will always just make me cringe. Hopefully she is working on something grand.

Andrenekoi 9th May 2012 04:32 AM

^I never said they are nobodies, just not mainstream... What just means they don't get massive radio airplay and have a pop image around them like... Madonna or Britney or Maroon 5. Even if they sell well and are pretty much successful, inspiring your sound on them is hardly an easy way to sound like everyone else does on MTV, what is the more generic anything can get. And I'm with you, let's just agree on disagreeing^^

Pieces_of_SEVEN 17th May 2012 12:45 AM

I wonder what she is doing with her time though...just being lazy? Traveling the world? Hmmm

CoriKaru 17th May 2012 06:27 PM

I'm so scared she's making babies.

Pieces_of_SEVEN 19th May 2012 08:39 PM

^^I honestly think she's a lesbian. I guess she could still make babies though. haha

emi♡ 19th May 2012 09:23 PM

I dont think she's a full lezzie. I think she's bi.

Not heteroflexible. Bi. lol

Pieces_of_SEVEN 19th May 2012 09:41 PM

^LOL you might be right. I just get that vibe from her for some reason.

isthisLOL? 19th May 2012 09:55 PM

She has a gay teddy, she might as well be bi :D

bluegie 19th May 2012 10:05 PM

lol this is quite a fresh topic in hikki's thread. :P

Pieces_of_SEVEN 20th May 2012 01:10 AM

Seriously? I can't possibly be the only one who has gotten that vibe from her. LOL

Calico 20th May 2012 04:00 AM

^Lol no you're not. She's tripped my bidar for quite a few years now. She just seems so laid-back about it that I wouldn't be surprised one day if she just went "yeah, I have a gf, parents are freakin' out but no1curr man."

I think she said she was going to do volunteer work and learn more languages during her time. Wonder how that's coming along.


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