[Utada Hikaru] Volume XLVIII: The Return of the Queen - Page 11

jean-baptiste · #1 24th May 2013, 03:23 AM

Random question: in the HEART STATION interviewarhat was posted a few pages back hikki says she thinks HS is one of her most masculine albums, or something like that. Does anyone else see this? I personally always thought that HS was her most feminine album. Is it just me?

Zahara · #2 24th May 2013, 06:07 AM

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Originally Posted by jean-baptiste

Random question: in the HEART STATION interviewarhat was posted a few pages back hikki says she thinks HS is one of her most masculine albums, or something like that. Does anyone else see this? I personally always thought that HS was her most feminine album. Is it just me?

I recall her stating in a few songs that it was feminine because she started using Watashi.

I could totally be wrong about that, though.

Not Fade Away · #3 1st June 2013, 04:15 AM

^I don't know, I still think Utada could easily outsell Kuu and Ayu, even if she put out an album with the sounds of her making breakfast.

I mean, this is the woman who put out a music video of her washing dishes in her kitchen along to one of the most popular songs in her discography.

I can't believe it's been 12 years since 'Hikari'. This is the longest time I've been a fan of a musician before, let alone a Japanese musician lol.

So glad that Utada brought me to the world of J-Pop (and then later on, K-Pop, inadvertently).

NintendoHTF1242 · #4 1st June 2013, 04:18 AM

Dude, she could record the dialogue she speaks while taking a dump and that would sell more than First Love. An album with a pure ethereal theme would be amazing, and I think it would sell quite well.

Polyrhythm · #5 11th June 2013, 04:54 AM

Omg dead at the KHIII trailer but who's gonna do the theme song... Hm....

terra · #6 11th June 2013, 04:58 AM

^I wonder the same thing too, I really really hope she will do the theme song despite the whole controversy or whatever I don't really remember about it. If she's not the one singing the theme to KH3, it won't be the same

or SE could just shove us Hikari again lol

Delicious n Bold · #7 11th June 2013, 04:59 AM

Someone tweet her and ask

terra · #8 11th June 2013, 05:09 AM

^I did

NintendoHTF1242 · #9 11th June 2013, 05:19 AM

If Utada doesn't sing the theme song I'm gonna boycott the game not even joking.

HTMSD · #10 11th June 2013, 11:36 AM

I think we should make a project in twitter, mass-mention her to make a theme song for KHIII, lol. It's the final saga and numbered (main title), I don't want to hear Passion and hikari repeatedly, hahahha.

Sorry, I'm just too excited with the announcement of KH III today, lol.

terra · #11 11th June 2013, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by HTMSD

I think we should make a project in twitter, mass-mention her to make a theme song for KHIII, lol. It's the final saga and numbered (main title), I don't want to hear Passion and hikari repeatedly, hahahha.

Sorry, I'm just too excited with the announcement of KH III today, lol.

I think we should

Btw what was the problem with her song in KH? Is it about money and blablabla I don't really remember

HTMSD · #12 11th June 2013, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by terra

I think we should

Btw what was the problem with her song in KH? Is it about money and blablabla I don't really remember

Interviewer: Are you going to be involved in the soundtrack for Kingdom Hearts III?
Utada: I don’t think so, I don’t know. Probably not.
Mr. Utada (her father): We said no to Disney.
Interviewer: You turned down Disney?
Mr. Utada: Yeah. Because they don’t pay.

Source : interview with JEETANY Quartely Magazine on Spring 2009 when she released This is the One.
PDF magazine archive : http://jetaany.org/magazine_files/JQ_Spring_2009.pdf
(can be read on page 22)

The Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme Alumni Association of New York - http://jetaany.org/

Andrenekoi · #13 11th June 2013, 11:16 PM

^She sings for money, not to make a bunch of otakus happy. ;P

And God, please don't let her release something repeated like her fans are asking her to, let Godutada keep envolving and surprising us with unexpected music. <3

Let the repeated crap to the Avex girls...

terra · #14 12th June 2013, 05:04 AM

^Did her fans asked her to release something repeated? I never know Hikari and Passion sound alike, and imo those two songs differ and I can still see her experimental qualities in both songs.

I personally didn't wish her to 'release something repeated', but the fact that her music made the two Kingdom Hearts as a 'perfect' game made me realized that it would felt different for Kingdom Hearts 3 if she doesn't sing in it. I don't mind any kind of song from her for KH3 as long as she's singing. Besides I hope that by asking her and/or Disney/SE they can work something out for the problem.

CoriKaru · #15 13th June 2013, 04:34 AM

The exposure Utada could get from Kingdom Hearts III.

Mr. Utada's will isn't strong enough to keep his fat fingers from what is his- I mean his daughter's.

Or Disney will just remix us "Simple & Clean". They used the orchestral version for the reveal trailer. Too late to bring someone in with a different sound now. They have their sound. Might just forgo a theme song this time. Not all games have them.

The masses aren't thinking about a song anyway. They don't care. They just want a Game. We care because we are here. Lulz.

CoriKaru · #16 19th June 2013, 03:00 AM

Edgur · #17 1st July 2013, 05:45 PM

Okay. To keep this thread somewhat relevant

- Kuma Power Hour Two. Discuss.

terra · #18 4th July 2013, 11:10 AM

I watched WILD LIFE today, I wished she released some sort of re-arrangement album, COLORS and Letters were just awesome

CoriKaru · #19 7th July 2013, 08:41 AM

Do ya'll think Utada's absence has any influence on Namie's popularity?

Because like out of the 4, Namie is really the only one out there right now. Lawd knows ayumi don't count no mo'. Afraid to even release a Single. That should be the least of her worries. It's them Album sales. And Kumi Koda is stagnant and stuck in a rut and hasn't really tried to mature and evolve. Her baby will mature and grow before her music ever does.

I feel like the only one of the originals left to go to right now is Namie so nobody has a choice. And Namie is taking full advantage. She'll release another album at the beginning of next year if she doesn't quit and become a full time Mentor of ayumi hamayuck.

bluegie · #20 7th July 2013, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by CoriKaru

Do ya'll think Utada's absence has any influence on Namie's popularity?

Because like out of the 4, Namie is really the only one out there right now. Lawd knows ayumi don't count no mo'. Afraid to even release a Single. That should be the least of her worries. It's them Album sales. And Kumi Koda is stagnant and stuck in a rut and hasn't really tried to mature and evolve. Her baby will mature and grow before her music ever does.

I feel like the only one of the originals left to go to right now is Namie so nobody has a choice. And Namie is taking full advantage. She'll release another album at the beginning of next year if she doesn't quit and become a full time Mentor of ayumi hamayuck.

Isn't it funny that namie came into the music scene before the other three, and now she's the only one being active AND popular. I think hikki is still quite popular (judging from her digital sales of Sakura Nagashi), but she's inactive. ayu and kuu are still active, but at this moment I dun think ayu is popular, and I'm not really sure about kuu since I dun really follow her nowadays. And I must include mika and ai-chan as well, since both of them were pretty popular back then. Well mika is kinda struggling (not that she may care). Ai-chan is with that rabbit band and it's not doing very well.

So please, hikki, please come out and do something. I beg for your music...