LOL By the way they (Or Utada) chose the singles to be released, I'm sure the next one will be Wonder' bout (which sucks). Honestly, EASY BREEZY and devil inside were the most boring pieces of the album along with Wonder 'bout so seeing how they chose the singles that one is surely to be the next :laugh I don't think Utada has much place of putting "japanese sounding" songs (devil inside) and songs redundantly (is that a word? ahaha) talking about how she is Japanese and expect american people to get hooked to it :rolleyes

i got a friend thats goin to japan to work on his debut album... he been signed by sony music entertainment and he gonna b workin with utada on his album and also namie and boa... his album should b out by summer 05 so ppl.. look out for it... i know i will... "cory heywood - at 35,000 feet"

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I'm actually happy about this news. LOL. She's working on a new single in Japan? ALRIGHT!! Now this is interesting. Screw the international idea. It just doesn't work. I'm anticipating her and Ayu's challenge next year.

i was so disappointed in the promotion, Utada should have made them promote her. like ayu is practically her own boss, and she makes SURE she gets promoted properly. Utada shoulda pushed for a better promotion. neway, im not blaming her. im sad that the US cant accept JPop yet :( but i'm kinda glad she's going back to japan coz i like her japanese work the best, i'd love to hear a new japanese album from her

utada deserves another chance

They supposedly had a PR team ready for her, but I didn't like the way they were going to rely exclusively on generated buzz. If you can generate buzz and create a grass-roots fanbase, great. But, you cannot rely on this.

In order to tap the American market, RADIO PLAY and a strong MUSIC VIDEO presence are the most important. Without MTV time and radio play, it is increasingly difficult to release something that will sell. We don't do many CM tie-ups or have dramas on television that have popular songs as theme songs. This leaves precious few ways to advertise.

UTADA's album was a paramount to how terribly Japanese albums are advertised. The same fate befell other Japanese who fancied crossing over. Dreams Come True comes to mind immediately. They even created English-language music videos but they weren't played stateside. Asian countries got them, but we did not.

i saw the easy breezy video. it was too plain and did not stand out at all. i think the video should have been grand or innovative to attract mtv play

i hope if she does release a 2nd single, it would be something like The Workout.
i'm not a big fan of the song, but i think it will attract listeners.

i want hikki to go back to japanese...i liked exodus, but it wasn't as good as her japanese stuff, imo. the vocals were weaker, and the songs didn't have the beats you would expect of hikki. i would have prefered her have some songs like devil inside and the workout and easy breezy, but then fill in the rest in english versions of her japanese songs...but that's too BoA and really cheap. so i can't really complain about what she did. I just wish it could have gone better, so she would release something better in english?

koda's Shake It video would've attracted an audience..heh

Yep....its over
I bet she regrets signing with def jams now V_V

She could've looked at other IDJ members and realized it was a crap company to go to. None of the artists receive promo there.

well I think that was kinda a stupid more for her to do. I mean before u sign with the label do some research first. She should of Signed with the Regular Def Jam or Arista. They would give her all the promotion she needs. But I think Utada's lazy she has enough money to promote with help from the record company

I didn't like EXODUS, and I'm glad she's going back to Japan, as her Japanese stuff is a lot better. Sorry it didn't work out, but she should have just re-done good old songs from Distance and Deep River. It would have been a lot better...:(

island records is not a crap company.

ok then so what artist on Island? Are popular?

Thursday! ^_^

There are some popular artist from Island, although, they're not really my favorites:

Cristina Millan
Hoobastank <-- Good band
Sum 41
Fefe Dobson
Saliva

In other thoughts, Exodus was really bad, and I'm sad to spent money on it. It really just wasn't worth it. Her Japanese stuff is so much better.

i dotn even listen to it.......OVER