[Utada Hikaru] ✿ New single! Sakura Nagashi ✿ the 47th thread

[blackmage]

Thank you for Hikki for breaking her hiatus for this song. haha It was so well worth the wait. <3 <3

I'm going to be obsessing over this more than I already am.

[KremlinChaos]

What a great surprise! The song is so beautiful and I'm so happy to hear her voice again <3.

[RikkuK]

TRANSLATION: Shes still Godtada.

[Kazeyomi]

SPEECHLESS.

The song itself it's not her best, but I love it. Her voice, the piano and the lyrics are so beautiful.
I cried, seriously.

I always loved Hikki (maybe not as much as Ayu, she comes after her) but I never realized how much I miss her until I listened to this song .

[Yumsushi]

I don't think Ive ever heard her voice sound so beautiful. Amazing

[kotora]

Originally Posted by RikkuK

TRANSLATION: Shes still Godtada.

I cannot believe you bring this.. this cracks me up.........LOL ROFL

[chikocchi]

This is such a lovely song
It's restarted my interest in Hikki
It may not be her best song
But it's so lovely
The PV is kinda wtf tho

[jeffycue]

she sounds like Chihiro Onitsuka in the new song.

[ayu_ready?]

the news about new Hikki song is just unbelievable!
I am ultimately happy about this!

still need to listen to the song, later

[tinka69]

;_____; I cant guys.... no words can describe how much I have missed this woman.

[bluegie]

Yeah the song is currently no. 1 on iTunes jp .

[Gustavopc]

That was the best surprise of the month for sure! I love the song, the lyrics are so sweet, I see a bit of her heart in this Love it, mainly the second half of it, it gives me chills

[owlflight]

The song is really pretty. Though I'm not a big fan of her singing style, maybe I should give her music a chance.

[Mirrorcle Monster]

Im really glad she is back. I thin Sakura Nagashi is a grower

[bluegie]

It's definitely a grower. The more I listen the more I love it. I dunno if it will end up in my top hikki list, but right now I just dun care. Even if she makes boku wa kuma Pt. 2, I would still listen anything she throws at me .

[Chibi-Chan]

Am I the only one who thinks that this song is a bit bland? "Can't wait for Christmas" was a perfect piano ballad! (oh god, how I overplayed this song xD) But this is just... boring. And the video also doesn't help to get through the full song. Sometimes lyrics make me appreciate a song more, but after reading the translation this song failed completely for me. The lyrics are just bad - I would take "Dirty Desire" lyrics anytime over those...

[NintendoHTF1242]

The song is too good for us mere human beings. Utada has blessed us.

[Deibel]

Loving the new song! It's simply amazing

Btw, did anyone saw this before, or it's me that I'm late?

So today I met Japanese SUPERSTAR Utada Hikaru!

I was on my way to Belsize Park riding the Northern line when at either Angel or Kings Cross a small Japanese lady got on the tube a few feet away from me.

I looked at her and I thought to myself “LOL she looks like Utada” and was laughing to myself-some Taiwanese dudes to the left of me started laughing at ME because they obviously thought I was crazy or something.

Anyway as the train becomes emptier (after Camden Town) I get a better view of the woman sitting down and thats when I’m like, “Wait that could be Utada!” But then I was like nah, “Why would she be in London?” plus she looks almost EXACTLY like she did on the ‘Ultra Blue’ cover with the same bob cut…

So I decided to gas myself up and played ‘Sakura Drops’ and imagined what I’d say to her if I met her.

Curiosity really got the better of me so I stood up when the tube was near Belsize (so I could get a better look) and when I looked directly at the woman I was damn near sure it was her.

So I went up to her and said “Excuse me are you Utada Hikaru?” and she had her earphones on so she asked me to repeat what I said and when I did a bashful grin spread across her face and she said, “Yes I am”.

Luckily there was an empty seat next to her so I sat down and shook her hand and started chatting with her. I showed her that I was listening to ‘Sakura Drops’ and she was very shocked at that.

I asked her why she was here and she said she was just visiting a friend and was a bit disappointed with how the weather changed-she’s been here for over a week so far and staying around the Camden area (I won’t say where exactly).

I told her how she was the first Japanese artist I ever heard (apart from Ryu Sakamoto) and she was like “Wow Really?”

She asked ME how I even found out about her and I explained that from loving Chinese music and being on forums (like JPM which I told her about a bit) that people talked about the ‘First Love’ cd and her song for Kingdom Hearts-LOL that part of the conversation made me laugh because there I was, listing Hikki’s discography to her as if she didn’t know her own music-I’m so lame.

I told her that I went to the show in Islington (if you never went you missed a great show!) and she thanked me for that and I asked her if she’s ever going to do another one. She said it’s all up in the air and that she was on a break (I told her how pressed everyone got when she did that and she laughed!). But she said that she’s currently working on a few projects that she couldn’t really talk about but new stuff is coming soon!

I did ask for a photo but she said she’s not really taking photos right now-and I could see that she felt bad for having to say that, but I was like “No that’s fine, it’s just great to finally meet you!”

After her stop came up (YES I missed my stop just to keep talking to her LOL) we got off together and walked and talked till I realised I was going to be late for my meeting so I thanked her for the music and she said it was nice to meet me and shook my hand again and went off on her way!

She is TINY under 5 foot and she was wearing pink converse and animal print skinny jeans and she still rocks the short bowl cut from way back when!
She looks EXACTLY like the photos and she hasn’t aged at all.
All in all was a GREAT night! If you’re in London and you see a woman that looks like Hikki, don’t chance it, go up to her and say hi!

From www.utadanet.com

[Mari-chan]

I can't open the video.. what a pity. I wanna listen to it too.

[blackmage]

I know she has no plans to leave her hiatus, but I wonder if she'll do any promotion for Sakura Nagashi. Would love to see a live performance of it.