[Utada Hikaru] ʕ•̫͡•ʔ Upcoming 2018 Album and Tour in the 57th thread ʕ•̫͡•ʔ

[orbitalaspect]

Originally Posted by oaristos

That's quite a lot! I'm glad the single is selling so well, but it's Utada and it's good music so I'm not that surprised Thanks for the information!

The one thing I've never liked since the end of the UB era is how different the public may respond to one Utada single over the next. They're all decent sellers, but look at Forevermore vs. Anata. Anata turns around and sells 300k, Forevermore went what... gold? Hatsukoi then does gold? And they're really not all that different?

I wonder if it has to do with the tie-ins. I wish Utada would do a full physical single for Chikai though. Just something with a nice, Passion-style PV for the return of KH. It'll probably be the last major game release for KH until a solid remake gains interest in like ~10 years.

[Sky High]

Waiting for new album, I hope it sell well.

[bluegie]

Originally Posted by orbitalaspect

The one thing I've never liked since the end of the UB era is how different the public may respond to one Utada single over the next. They're all decent sellers, but look at Forevermore vs. Anata. Anata turns around and sells 300k, Forevermore went what... gold? Hatsukoi then does gold? And they're really not all that different?

Maybe the album is dropping soon, so people want to wait for the album instead? Generally speaking, Hatsukoi is holding on better on digital charts compared to Forevermore.

[Akutenshi]

I'm so excited for this album, and just at the fact that she's so musically active now after a long hiatus. This album came much quicker than I thought her next after Fantome would!

[Maemi]

Sooo she's released 5 songs from the upcoming album until now:

• Play A Love Song
• Anata (あなた; You)
• Hatsukoi (初恋; First Love)
• Forevermore
• Oozora de Dakishimete (大空で抱きしめて; Embrace Me In the Sky)

The beginning of Hatsukoi is almost identical to Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro, at least to me. Play A Love Song also sounds similar to some older song of hers but I just can't put my finger on it.
Anyway I can enjoy all of them but Play A Love Song and Oozora de Dakishimete are the weakest, I don't care about them like at all. Forevermore is the best.

[orange_witch]

looking forward more on her concert instead of the album.

[aliceshields]

I love Play a Love Song, Anata and Hatsukoi but Anata just keep repeating in my mind, and I got the sad feeling when I listen to Hatsukoi. Oozora de Dakishimete sounds cute to me.

[thinkingoutloud89]

Originally Posted by Maemi

Sooo she's released 5 songs from the upcoming album until now:

• Play A Love Song
• Anata (あなた; You)
• Hatsukoi (初恋; First Love)
• Forevermore
• Oozora de Dakishimete (大空で抱きしめて; Embrace Me In the Sky)

The beginning of Hatsukoi is almost identical to Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro, at least to me. Play A Love Song also sounds similar to some older song of hers but I just can't put my finger on it.
Anyway I can enjoy all of them but Play A Love Song and Oozora de Dakishimete are the weakest, I don't care about them like at all. Forevermore is the best.

Those two are the most enjoyable to me lol

[Mirrorcle Monster]

Originally Posted by thinkingoutloud89

Those two are the most enjoyable to me lol

same here

[amorphose]

I think Anata is the strongest single. I like Oozora and Play a Love Song too. Not as into Forevermore or Hatsukoi.

[bluegie]

I'm most into Hatsukoi, then Anata. Forevermore is a grower. Play A Love Song sounds sweet but it gets a bit boring after repeating 100 times .

[ShiniTakashi]

The only song that hasn’t grabbed me is “Hatsukoi”. No surprise then that the Japanese are eating it up. I always enjoy the opposite of what the Japanese do. Lol

[terra]

I always feel this nostalgia whenever I listen to Oozora de Dakishimete, and felt as if she wrote it for her departed mother; and I relate to it as I remember my grandmother. So I love the song.

I like Hatsukoi and Play a love song, also kinda like Forevermore
I don't really enjoy Anata, it's nice but that's it

[Surreal17]

I finally listened to all 5 singles.
Oozora de Dakishimete has nice verses and a nice beat at the beginning, I was really excited to hear the chorus but I was disappointed.
Forevermore is interesting, I appreciate the jazz feel
Anata sounds like it could have been on Fantome, not bad but feels too long. Memorable chorus though
Play a love song is one of my favourites but it is basically Michi part II
Hatsukoi also sounds like some of her old songs

Hoping for some interesting songs on the new album. All these songs sound like something I've already heard in her discography, maybe except the first two.
Probably the best thing about these songs is her voice which evolved a lot these past years.

[HTMSD]

free magazine "UtaMaga" and pamphlet from tsutaya

Spoiler:

Shelf arrangement in tsutaya

Spoiler:

Collaboration with Tower Records

Spoiler:

Physical CD will be available tomorrow!

Spoiler:

Apparently, some Japanese fans who preordered from amazon already had their order shipped today. So, we might get some rip very soon (hopefully).

[voltron]

^ "Kingdom Herats" - looks like they hired Ayu's proof-readers at the store lol

[ahtka-chan]

Originally Posted by orbitalaspect

The one thing I've never liked since the end of the UB era is how different the public may respond to one Utada single over the next. They're all decent sellers, but look at Forevermore vs. Anata. Anata turns around and sells 300k, Forevermore went what... gold? Hatsukoi then does gold? And they're really not all that different?

I wonder if it has to do with the tie-ins. I wish Utada would do a full physical single for Chikai though. Just something with a nice, Passion-style PV for the return of KH. It'll probably be the last major game release for KH until a solid remake gains interest in like ~10 years.

Passion has elements of KH in its PV, so it would be nice to have a MV of Chikai providing some insight of what the world of KH3 would look like. I don't see it happening, though.

I love all the singles (which a possible exception of Play A Love Song) and, for some reason, I miss some good RnB beats in Hatsukoi. I think it would miss nicely

[ayumi_croatia]

Play A Love Song is easily my favorite and my favorite song from her in years.

[HTMSD]

the actual cover looks nice physically (the background is blue and not pink?)

Spoiler:

source: https://twitter.com/Re_tk8G4/status/1011324442587217920

[bluegie]

Gosh I can't wait anymore. Hope the rip will release soon, cuz I'm not gonna wait for cdjapan to ship the album. (Not likely I will unseal the album anywayz, as I wanna preserve it lol).