[Utada Hikaru] ʕ•̫͡•ʔ A Vacation for Only Two Hours in the 55th thread ʕ•̫͡•ʔ

[hud]

happy birthday Hikki!

can't wait to see Boukyaku!

[DeepRiver]

You can watch the new MV on her YouTube Channel ...

[kotora]

Originally Posted by DeepRiver

You can watch the new MV in her YouTube Channel ...

Dude, your selfie > Utada new MV.

lololololol

[amorphose]

It's so beautiful. Made me like the song a lot more.

[DeepRiver]

Originally Posted by amorphose

It's so beautiful. Made me like the song a lot more.

It is so simple ... but i really really like It. Much better that this Hanataba o Kimi ni Clip.

@ kotora -

[dreamalley]

The MV was pretty much what I expected.

I thought that, worst case scenario, we'd get an MV like "Sakura Nagashi" with no Utada in it.

[ahtka-chan]

^I don't particularly think that a MV is bad without the artist.

The PV for Manatsu no Tooriame is amazing <3

[bluegie]

I like they can illustrate the concept of the song with just dark background and some lights. Simple but powerful.

Now please do Tomodachi, then all three collabs will have pv .

[Akutenshi]

This was beautiful

[Andrenekoi]

I find that really beautiful.

Can't stop thinking if Ayu did something like that her fans would tear her apart

[bluegie]

To be honest, ayu could give spectacular pvs like that if she can tone down her exaggerated acting a bit. It's obvious that Boukyaku's pv is on pretty low budget (a dark room with some light tubes I assume), but the execution is really good. This reminds me recent ayu pvs (low budget as well). She was only in the hotel room in flower. I thought the pv was good until, well, she cut her hair with exaggerated expressions. For me she totally ruined the pv.

Anywayz, I should stop here cuz I don't wanna bring another ayu vs hikki thing .

[Katsuyuki012]

Originally Posted by bluegie

To be honest, ayu could give spectacular pvs like that if she can tone down her exaggerated acting a bit. It's obvious that Boukyaku's pv is on pretty low budget (a dark room with some light tubes I assume), but the execution is really good. This reminds me recent ayu pvs (low budget as well). She was only in the hotel room in flower. I thought the pv was good until, well, she cut her hair with exaggerated expressions. For me she totally ruined the pv.

Anywayz, I should stop here cuz I don't wanna bring another ayu vs hikki thing .

Imo Mad World is very simple yet so beautiful...

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by bluegie

To be honest, ayu could give spectacular pvs like that if she can tone down her exaggerated acting a bit. It's obvious that Boukyaku's pv is on pretty low budget (a dark room with some light tubes I assume), but the execution is really good. This reminds me recent ayu pvs (low budget as well). She was only in the hotel room in flower. I thought the pv was good until, well, she cut her hair with exaggerated expressions. For me she totally ruined the pv.

Anywayz, I should stop here cuz I don't wanna bring another ayu vs hikki thing .

if I would compare this pv with an Ayu one would be Last Minute. Even because I can't really see Hikki properly executing an one-shot pv like Flower (and let's just agree to disagree about Ayu's execution).

Most of the complains about Ayu when she releases a simpler, low budget pv are people saying she didn't had money to record an expensive one.

[koumori]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

if I would compare this pv with an Ayu one would be Last Minute. Even because I can't really see Hikki properly executing an one-shot pv like Flower

Wasn't Goodbye Happiness PV done in one shot?

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by Koumori

Wasn't Goodbye Happiness PV done in one shot?

So was Hikari. In Goodbye Happiness she remaided sit for most of the video, and was out of camera for the whole bridge of the song. She also had people helping her through the video. For sure it's not easy, but it's also not as hard.

Not saying it was a bad video, I actually love it.

[koumori]

Ah, I get what you're saying I remember being really impressed by all of the teamwork and effort at the time, but Ayu did have to conjure up a much more emotional performance in her PV.

[kotora]

I think the new PV is good.. the b&w PV gives a great feeling.

You don't need to spend lots of money for a good PV.

[Maemi]

[ahtka-chan]

^THE PV for Last minute is really boring, oh my, even though I like the way they use lights there

[thinkingoutloud89]

^hmm how old are you if I may ask? Without offending you, Last Minute is a pretty amazing PV. "Boring" is a really unspecific critic younger people tend to use for things that "don't have much going on". I'd say Last minute captures the essence of the song and does not overshadow the actual thing - music and lyrics - and is very well executed. Same goes for this new Utada MV.