[Utada Hikaru] 58th Thread: New album BAD Mode, out 19.1.2022

[Next_Level29]

is the album doing well digitally?

[Gubsi]

Originally Posted by Next_Level29

is the album doing well digitally?

i think we'll get the numbers tomorrow

[ShiniTakashi]

^ Japan is really conservative when it comes to things like this. I doubt many people understand what non-binary is, so they're unable to comprehend it.
I actually live here, but didn't even pay attention to what was being reported on the news, though, so I'm just speculating.

Also, I hope this isn't rude, but I was curious as to why everyone only refers to Hikaru as "their" now. Hikaru's Instagram says pronouns are "she / their". I know it's not a big deal, but I just wanna make sure I'm using their preferred pronouns.

[summerain]

Originally Posted by ShiniTakashi

Also, I hope this isn't rude, but I was curious as to why everyone only refers to Hikaru as "their" now. Hikaru's Instagram says pronouns are "she / their". I know it's not a big deal, but I just wanna make sure I'm using their preferred pronouns.

In English, "they" is the most common pronoun used to refer to non-binary people. It's a solution to avoid referring to someone who doesn't identify as a male of female (or at least not completely). Maybe they also use "she" as a way to simplify things at the beginning, because they are socially seen as a "she".

[koumori]

Omg! I'm so happy those two met!
Utada looks so beautiful, I can't.

[Katsuyuki012]

Well, the video is out now! I really like those effects they added, that was a nice idea and rather unexpected. Definitely made the whole thing more interesting! Hikki looks absolutely breathtaking!



They used a different version for the video - it's about 1 minute and 20 seconds shorter.