[CoriKaru]

The Good Morning America appearance was corrected to be The Early Show apperearance. It was just a mistake as of now.

Also, I'm glad Utada keeps knocking down walls that fans put up. More Japanese Influence in her future American releases is so full of win and the fact that she acknowledge that there will be more American releases period just subdued so many of my fears.

How did I feel about the addition of "Sanctuary" and "Simple&Clean" as Bonus tracks on the U.S. Album when I heard about it? Hmmmm........still don't know. I have both songs already so it's not like it'll be a big thing for ME personally. I have "Simple&Clean" on my Kingdom Hearts Soundtrack Album. I guess it'll be nice to finally have "Sanctuary" on an Album but they're so old that I can't imagine myself playing them much.

My dilemma is I hate the English Track Order so I plan on continuing to only play my Japanese Album in my car and on my stereo in my room. But then I'd like to have Sanctuary from the English Album on a Album to finally play it somewhere else besides my little computer speakers so that sucks. So that means I'd have to play my English Album to get it that way which I won't be doing so I'd still be missing out. I'll just have to settle for moving the song over to my Japanese Tracks in iTunes even though I could do that right now. And I'm definitely not going to put in a CD in my car just for one song. Decisions decisions. If she does get the rights and she sounded like it was in the bag, I wish she had did it for her Japanese Album as well. Would have been so much better than the Bonus tracks that one got that I don't even listen to. Ugh.

Also, Utada is at #55 on Mediabase. Very good. Keep requesting.

Also I just found this Biography and I found this part of it interesting:

"One Japanese-language platinum-selling album after another followed and the Japanese press took note of Utada's unique style, influenced by the alternative rock from America. Academics kept her away from doing many interviews, and her mystique grew as a result. In 2004 she announced she was moving to the Island-Universal Music Japan label and recording an English-language album. Her single "Exodus 04" became a heartbreaker for her solid fan base when her lyrics were taken as a goodbye to Japan. The album Exodus was released in Japan on September 8, 2004, and Utada now held the record for largest-ever one-day shipment of an English-language album by doubling Mariah Carey's previous record of 500,000. The album mixed wistful pop and sparkling dance music and featured producer Timbaland and Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore. American J-pop fans were aware of her for years, but Utada got her first mainstream U.S. exposure when the "Devil Inside" single appeared in September 2004 with Rjd2, the Scumfrog, and Richard Vission handling the remixes. Exodus received its American release on Island in October of the same year. In 2007 EMI announced that Utada had set a record for a Japanese recording artist with combined sales of 7.7 million across all formats (CDs, digital downloads, ringtones, etc.). ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide"

I had no idea that her fans in Japan thought she was leaving them for good for America based on that song. That would have been a depressing moment lingering in that assumption until it was deemed untrue. And when you think of the song that way it brings on a whole new feeling and meaning. I need to go back and listen to it soon to see if I can bring up that feeling.