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

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Recochoku 2018.06.27 ranking:

Single:
初恋 - No. 1
誓い - No. 2

Hi-res single:
誓い - No. 1
初恋 - No. 2

Album:
初恋 - No. 1

Hi-res album:
初恋 - No. 1

Uta:
初恋 - No. 1
誓い - No. 7

Oh god, Chikai from 2:49 to 2:58...

https://i.giphy.com/media/a0deUH6CoiwSY/giphy.gif

This my least liked Utada album :( I liked that last track tho, and that's the only song I'm keeping.

Lol what happens between 2:49 and 2:58 that you didn't like so much? Hahaha I'm curious

Did anyone preorder from CDJapan? My order isnt shipped out yet. SADLY.

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Originally Posted by Baco__ (Post 3276049)

Lol what happens between 2:49 and 2:58 that you didn't like so much? Hahaha I'm curious

I never liked Chikai's melody starting from 0:45 because it sounds awkward, it gives me a headache. And between 2:49 and 2:58 you have that + Utada robot talking, it sounds really messy.

Hahaha I see. I personally loved it, but what made me wonder if there was something else is because before 2:49 she is already speaking with that voice hahaha so I was like "hmm is there something I ain't listening?" haha

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Originally Posted by Baco__ (Post 3276064)

Yeah she started with that voice some seconds before 2:49 but with different instrumental. After 2:49 it just became the full messy package.:P

Quote:

Originally Posted by freedreamer (Post 3276061)

Did anyone preorder from CDJapan? My order isnt shipped out yet. SADLY.

Eh? Mine shipped yesterday. Is it in shipping process at least?

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Originally Posted by Meat Pao (Post 3276067)

Eh? Mine shipped yesterday. Is it in shipping process at least?

Yes it is for the past 3 days though hmm

Mine was shipped yesterday as well.

初恋 @ Oricon album daily chart:

2016.06.26 - No. 1 - 78,948 copies
2016.06.27 - No. 1 - 50,814 copies (total: 129,762 copies)

Fantome's comparion:
Day 1: 87,088
Day 2: 49,728 (total: 136,816 copies)

so in love with 初恋. pretty amazing sales too for the 1st two days

I've listened to all but the last two songs, waiting on lyric translations for them before I do. So far I love the album though... It's very Utada. There's some interesting experimentation going on when it comes to composition and I really like how the songs are all distinct, but still feel part of the same era.

I am surprised how there's no big epic rock ballad-y piece though, especially with it being the album with the KHIII track on. Unless one of the last two songs is one (which I doubt, given the comments here), then that's the only thing I'm missing since her comeback. I love her new sound but she was always so good at those surreal, intense songs.

The album is pretty much on pair with Fantome for me. It's nice, but nothing too outstandingly amazing. I like Chikai and Younagi best (and Forevermore of course). I enjoyed most of the singles except from Hatsukoi which somewhat annoys me. The thing that seems to be prominent in a number of songs is that she starts repeating a word over and over, kind of kills some of the songs for me. I do miss Hikaru who did Deep River and Ultra Blue, but over-all this is a nice album.

初恋 @ Oricon album daily chart:

2016.06.26 - No. 1 - 78,948 copies
2016.06.27 - No. 1 - 50,814 copies
2016.06.28 - No. 1 - 21,427 copies (total: 151,189 copies)

Fantome's comparison:
Day 1: 87,088
Day 2: 49,728
Day 3: 27,782 (total: 164,598 copies)

So about 15K less than Fantome, but still doing fine :yes.

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Originally Posted by bluegie (Post 3276171)

初恋 @ Oricon album daily chart:

2016.06.26 - No. 1 - 78,948 copies
2016.06.27 - No. 1 - 50,814 copies
2016.06.28 - No. 1 - 21,427 copies (total: 151,189 copies)

2016?????????????????

I love the new album :heart

Chikai, Goodbye, Yuunagi and Shitto sareru beki jinsei are my favorites. Too Proud is fun when she's singing, but the talking part makes me cringe a bit.

I do think this album is more enjoyable if you know Japanese. Some songs probably sound a bit slow/long if you don't understand the lovely lyrics.

I love this part in Shitto sareru beki jinsei:

I will stop living so as to meet
other people’s expectations...
That's what I think while replacing the flowers
in front of my mother’s portrait
If you were to leave this world before me
I will never take another
If I were to die before you
I will smile until the very last second

My eyes got tears when Yuunagi (I listen with my earpiece), pang of sadness, I miss my grandma... T-T

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Originally Posted by Koumori (Post 3276152)

kimonobeat (tumblr) translated everything:

Yuunagi

Quote:

A little boat leaves a scar
On the glassy ocean

Everything will come to an end eventually
Without exception
Without a doubt
Now and forever

How many years has it been
Since the last time I spent
A moment this peaceful with you?

You’ve gotten so small
I held you in my arms so I wouldn’t lose you

Each and every one of us
Truly and indiscriminately
Follows laws that never change
Even without hurrying it along, we do

Everything is ending now
Without exception
And all by chance, by chance
The waves arch, then disappear

Everything is headed somewhere
Without exception
Without a doubt
It’s always been that way, and always will

Shittosarerubeki Jinsei

Quote:

I just knew after a slight bow
And a self-introduction
That I’d be spending my life with this person

It all started with us telling our life stories
I don’t really remember the beginning
But it didn’t end in a single night

It’s eerie, almost, how it never seemed to end
Something came pouring out of me
My life felt so long to me before, but suddenly it felt so short

Even if today were the last day of my life
Even if I ran into you fifty years from now
I’d say I was happier than anyone else
I’d say I had a life to be jealous of

Even if today were the last day of my life
Even if I ran into you fifty years from now
I’d say I was happier than anyone else
I’d say I had a life to be jealous of

I would
As modest as I try to be
I’d say that I had a life to be jealous of

I’m done living my life
Just trying to live up to other people’s expectations
I’d be faithful to you if you passed before me
I think to myself
While changing the flowers
In front of my late mother’s portrait
If I die first
I’ll spend my final moments smiling

Today’s the first day of my life
Even if I saw you fifty years from now
I’d say I was happier than anyone else
I’d say I had a life to be jealous of

I would
As modest as I try to be
I’d say that I had a life to be jealous of

I would
As much as I try to be modest about it
I had a life to be jealous of

I don't like Chikai that much. This song seems so basic compared to Hikari or Passion. Maybe it will have a remix for the game?

Listened to the album and i can listen again and again til Good Night. The last 5 songs are blah.
IMO, these last two albuns have good songs (and maybe one or two masterpieces) but nothing compared to UB or HS.

About promotion, i saw lots of outdoors in Osaka and Tokyo (shibuya, shinjuku, akihabara, JR stations). Maybe i saw one outdoor in Hiroshima too (but not big as in tokyo). Actually when I went one day to Harajuku i could hear Hatsukoi (the song) in every place. It was awful one time, i think i listened to this song 15 times in one hour X__X