^Well, I hope i didn't sound like I was wanting a fight xD It's just that HS needed someone on its side u____ú :P

No its just peaceful dialogue (u could tell if I were arguing with u :P ) buti feel its going nowhere. :) and I'm on my phone and can't explain myself well. *fingers hurt*

There is not a single Hikki album I dislike, but HEART STATION is the one that felt the most underwhelming for me. I was so hyped for it, and when it came out I was like: =__=; It grew on me though and now I love it! It's a really great album~ I just don't want another one. HS's music is very "mellow" and I want something less mellow.

I'd love for something like Hikari and Passion (in terms of epicness) and I don't wanna sound like a Kingdom Hearts geek here, but those are such epic songs, in the literal sense of the word, no? I think it's because they were actually made to represent a story, you know? They just have that really classic, powerful sound~ I'd like a song like that.

Also, I hope to hear something that's like an ode to First Love (no Automatic Part III, please.) When I say that, I mean, I do wanna hear an R&B track, but not as forced as the R&B on TiTO. Maybe something like Movin' on without you meets traveling. Maybe listening to JASMINE a lot lately and being reminded of early Hikki with a modern J-R&B flare is the reason I'm feeling this way~

Oooh, and definitely something like SAKURA Drops. *o*; When I say that, I don't mean a carbon copy or anything, or even something that one could hear and be like "oh, this is similar to SAKURA Drops!" I just want something with that serene composition and Hikki's heavy vocals. Ughh.. :heart Pure love!!!

Sorry.. look at me going on a mini rant. :shakehead Can you tell I'm excited? xDD

We need to get this magazine now! I tweeted to U.Blog that we think it's from Smart Osaka. Hopefully he can get on it. x)

^the only track from first love to grace my fsvs list for hikki was Movin on without you. I love. The other tracks are meh. But if she can make something cool like jasmine. I would be happy (doesn't that sound backwards).

Ikr. Those songs tell a story. They're love. Especially for that

Still she doesn't have to be all one genrem er I mean old genres. She could try something new for variety to her disco

I guess it helps when Heart Station is the first album you hear. I hadn't heared Ultra Blue before that so I couldn't be dissappointed! XD.

The more I've taken a step back and really studied Hikki's discography...I've realized that ULTRA BLUE really is better than HEART STATION. HS was a masterpiece to me when it first came out, but after I gave it some time to sink and allow for the initial excitement to subside, I realized that UB was actually much stronger musically. Don't get me wrong, I love both albums a lot, but I just think UB was more diverse.

And for the older albums, they were good, but I like Hikki's electro sounding music a bit more. The R&B got a little monotonous after awhile. I just find her pop/electro sounding music to be more interesting to listen to.

Amorphose, can you remember the thread I made about buying all the Exodus singles?

Are you still willing to sell your copy of You Make Me Want To Be A Man? :)

Also rossbarney2003, are you willing to sell your CD+DVD promo-disc of YMMWTBAM?

Sorry for using the Hikki thread for this :P

If this new album thing is true I am going to FREAK OUT. And i dont even care what language its in lol! it could be in gibberish and i would still be excited! weeee~!

@Keiichi I'm willing to sell but I need to get my PayPal all straightened out. =_=; I haven't used it in ages... xD

About the magazine with the interview... It definitely wasn't the July issue of Smart. Here's scans of the whole thing:
http://www.zazhimi.com/shishangzazhi/smart-10-07.html

No mention of Utada. :(

Also, I don't think there's an Osaka specific version of this particular magazine. The only magazine I can think of that has different versions for different cities is Walker. I'm not even sure if that's a magazine or a newspaper. *sigh*

This is starting to look less true.

Hopefully the guy from last.fm can just take a pic and/or scan it or at least properly identify the magazine for us!

Boo. I want new stuff darn it! :(

Still, we'll just wait on Keiichi to get a response from that guy and hopefully we'll get a picture/scan or proper name. Looking at their correspondence, it totally doesn't look like the guy's lying at all!

I'm trying not to get my hopes up x3

No, the guy is definitely not lying! on his last.fm profile I can see he is a big fan of Hikki, he's commenthing her stuff and listening to her music, etc.

I'm also waiting for him to scan something.. hope he will! :)

Oh well UB and HS comparison again.. But I guess there's nothing to talk about in hikki's world at this moment except the possibility of releasing a new (Japanese?) album.

Again I hope she'll do something different this time. After two albums with sync sounds I guess she's ready to go into another direction.

Well, I got into Utada when she released Colors, so... My fandom is 7 years old now, and I still prefer HS to UB, just cuz I find it more cohesive and polished... Even being a big Hikki fan, I can't help finding all of her pre-HS to not being cohesive... What is ok considering she still is very young for a musician :P

I agree, I think HS is definitely her most cohesive album. It's just not my favorite because the others just have more songs that I like. xD

It's probably actually in the August issue, if I had to guess, because Japanese magazines come out considerably earlier than the month listed on them....

oooo, I hope he scans it soon!

I think First Love is actually the most cohesive album somehow, followed by HS. IMO Distance is still the worst album to date. I remember I listened to A BEST more than Distance when I got both albums.. :P.

^half the songs on First Love sound the same. its so easy to be cohesive (i dont mean theres no difference but theres not much variation on that album)

.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .want confirmed info. but i believe it very well