[Utada Hikaru] ☆ Utada Hikaru: The 46th Thread ☆

[NintendoHTF1242]

Originally Posted by CoriKaru

^Unh Unh. I don't like that song.

girl bye

[CoriKaru]

Originally Posted by NintendoHTF1242

girl bye

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by CoriKaru

Originally Posted by Delicious n Bold

One night magic is kinda trashy, be my last and keep tryin' are DEFINIELY growers. Anyway, keep tryin' has this amazing ethereal sound but the chorus takes some getting used to.

All the other songs are gold.

Wow, Keep Tryin' I loved from the minute I heard it. Absolutely fantastic - super catchy. An effin' blast to sing to (my favorite part is the end when it's really fast). Don't know how anyone would need time for Keep Tryin' to grow on them - always thought it was one of her most flawless songs.

[Delicious n Bold]

Well, whenever she decides to return to music, I'll be there for her.

I've been listening to Ultra Blue a lot lately, and it has grown on me considerably. The only songs that I think are trash are: Kairo, Wings, Dareka no negai ga kanau koro and maybe nichiyou no asa. One night magic is kinda trashy, be my last and keep tryin' are DEFINIELY growers. I love the melody and arrangement in be my last, but hikki RUINS it with "be my laAAAAAAAst x4". Ugh, the melody right before that was fire. It was just like the time when Ayu decided NOT to belt during the chorus of"Key ~eternal tie ver.~. Should have been anata gaaaaa, not anata ga. Oh well. Anyway, keep tryin' has this amazing ethereal sound but the chorus takes some getting used to.

All the other songs are gold.

[emi♡]

I'd rather listen to traveling


hikki conversation always sucks.

[Delicious n Bold]

inb4 Sakura Drops

[JackieRos]

my ultimate favorites are wait and see, swift kick and hayatochi

[isthisLOL?]

I like TITO. Utada accurately predicted just about every mainstream pop trend 1-2 years before it happened on it. Of course, that doesn't stop the album from being generic and one of her worst.

[HTMSD]

Just OOT topics, here's Yoko Shimomura (Kingdom Hearts main composer)'s comment about Passion and Hikari regarding to the release of Kingdom Hearts 10th Anniversary FAN SELECTION -Melodies & Memories-

http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/s...0th_fan/#!/top
translate by : www.khinsider.com

Hikari
And now we're finally at the theme song for the first title, Hikari. I've heard the demo track from before this song was finished. I'm really proud of that, haha. Even the demo track had an indescribable strength to it and I felt a premonition that it would be a famous song, but even so, when I heard the master track I was still surprised at what an amazing song it had turned out to be. This song, which Ms Hikaru Utada said had the first title she'd written in kanji, and that she had taken it from her own name, is a hugely impressive famous song. When I'm down town, even now, no matter where I am around (ha ha), for an instant I slip back in time. --Yoko Shimomura

Passion ～opening version～
My first impression on hearing this song was, "this song is quite difficult to grasp..." There's a reverse-playback phrase with profound hidden meaning running in the opposite direction to the catch. For some reason it really stays with you... it's an incredible song. Ms Utada is definitely a genius. (No, I'm sure you all know that already without the likes of me having to say it) I have a friend who is really great at karaoke, and it's a long story, but they told me "it's a super hard song to sing~!" Um, please don't ask something as tactless as whether I can sing it, okay~! --Yoko Shimomura

[CoriKaru]

Considering The Album "This Is The One" is the highest charting Album on American iTunes by a Japanese/American artist (I believe it reached #19), and was recognized for it, it was indeed not made for nothing and yet another touchstone in History set yet again by Utada.

Making Records, Setting Records.

Ha-leao.

[R_Hikki]

I don't take This Is The One very seriously and I get a feeling Hikki doesn't either. I think that's why I like it so much.

[Zahara]

^If I recall right, she got sick during promotion.

[emi♡]

She still could have been promoting like all year.

That's what artists do here. That's how this industry works...it's not like Japan where you just front load everything.

If she REALLY cared about making it here...she would have had western people around her who knew that.

Instead, she's just another ~whoever~ dropping an album, and then going away.


She doesn't care...no one else cares.

[CoriKaru]

I thought it was already established that Utada was just fulfilling the last bit of her contract in making this Album because they were pestering her. I role played the whole scenario and everything. No one is projecting Headline News here.

[emi♡]

There's just THAT little to talk about.


We should talk about her hair. Sometimes she has the weirdest **** going on there.

[ayu_ready?]

Originally Posted by emi♡

There's just THAT little to talk about.


We should talk about her hair. Sometimes she has the weirdest **** going on there.

maybe about her looks overall? XD

[CoriKaru]

Originally Posted by ayu_ready?

maybe about her looks overall? XD

No, trick.

[Not Fade Away]

LMFAO at this thread. I love all of you. Seriously.

@Emi: Yeah sometimes when it came to her hair I just wanted to throw one of Ayu's wigs on her and call it a day.

[RikkuK]

Originally Posted by Not Fade Away

LMFAO at this thread. I love all of you. Seriously.

@Emi: Yeah sometimes when it came to her hair I just wanted to throw one of Ayu's wigs on her and call it a day.

I know. This thread makes my day

BUT I feel for utada she always goes for short easy with her hair after that long growing period when she looked so good. I just hope to see her produce some quality stuff eventually... :c

[Delicious n Bold]

Anyway, I really love prisoner of love. Better late than never to fall in love with a song.
Also, be my last has grown on me considerably. Like, whoa. It's like.... An album highlight now. Maybe It'll grow on me even more. Dayum.