I wonder what Hikki's dad meant when he said "they don't pay".

Well...KH is huge promo....I'm guessing that they paid her for Hikari/Passion by promoting the songs in the CM's instead of in cash...BTW...I love Hikki but her dad pisses me off....uh....they don't pay...ok....isn't she making enough money already....and also, why the hell are YOU answering when its not even your interview 0________o Yeah. I'm biased cause I don't want a KH game to be without a Hikki theme song...imagine if they had to get someone else to sing it...like....misono..*facepalm*...(although I suppose JYONGRI would do alright)

misono only sang for Tales because she sang for Tales with dat, I doubt they'd ask her to do another video game tie-in XD

"dont pay" as in don't pay much or well, I've heard other celebrities saying stuff like this was the cause for them not to work for Disney >_<

(im biased cuz i dont like disney haha, but KH is cool)

I still they there is a chance that Utada still may do the theme song for the third game. Things change and if they've even started production on the game yet, they probably won't need the theme song for a long while and that gives Hikki plenty of time to change her mind. I don't really bother with video games anymore, but it'd be sad to see the final KH game without Hikki singing the theme, especially since that was originally how I got into Hikki so many years ago.

And if she really ends up deciding to not make a new song, they always can still use Hikari/Simple and Clean and Passion/Sanctuary. (They just used the whole of Hikari in a new trailer for KH PSP game.) So if that happens maybe they can just use one or the other (or both) songs for the third game?

^ Yeah, I was going to say :). They used Hikari again for Birth by Sleep, so there's a chance they might recycle the songs again for the next game.

Really, they re-used a song..? What a bunch of lazy, cheap ****s, lol. -.-

Kingdom Hearts has reused songs a lot:

-Simple And Clean appears on the original game
-Sanctuary on KHII
-Simple And Clean appears again on Chain of Memories
-Sanctuary appears again on the DS game, 358/2 days
-Simple And Clean appears for a third time on Birthy by Sleep

hardcore. I will also be disappointed if she doesn't does the theme song for the last game :(

And about the tour setlist, when this starts, PLEASE, PLEASE POST THE TOUR TRACKLIST ON SPOILERS OR PREFERABLY ON THE TOUR THREAD.

PLEASE DON'T SPOIL THE EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE WHO ARE GOING!

If that UtadaNet Facebook update had an accuracy to it-- some portion of the tracklist will be different for each show. :yes

But yes, I agree with this. xD No pictures or videos outside of spoiler tags either, please. :P

^oh wait the tracklist is out already? *closes eyes* I don't want to know. I want to be completely suprised when she sings them.

anyways. I've been snooping around.
http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=480497

If that is correct, then there is an official Rjd2 instrumental out there for devil inside. which means, we can make a really good vocal track, which means more opportunities for remixes and mashups. :D I'd buy if it I could but even if I did, I have no idea how to rip vinyl into mp3. ontop of that, its only 11 USD! its a knock off! but again, I don't really have a credit card or anything. D;

if anyone wants to help me look (intense googling :P) for the inst. here is the catalog number. ISLR16141-1

^^I have the actual vinyl and that's not on the tracklist. :( I don't know how to rip vinyls anyway... haha But I don't think that version is a knock off. It looks like an official promo to me.

And also, the tracklist isn't out yet. hpg23 was simply asking people not to post it outside a spoiler tag once the tour starts in two weeks.

^that's good, I didn't want to have to not come back to this thread for fear of spoiling anything for myself. the way hpg posted it made it look like he was angry that someone posted it and is spoiling it.

Anyways that vinyl is real. The one you have is the commerically available one. The one I posted is a sample/djs only/not for sale/promo sampler. Something with 1 or 2 tracks just to get an idea of what's coming your way when the real vinyl is released. I'm half tempted to spend 11 dollars to get the vinyl and rip the inst. myself. although I have no idea how.

February 10th - New BoA album.
February 12th - Utada concert.

An intense week for me!

^ Well how cool is that? :cool

If anyone has a record player with a usb cord it can be done that way.

^^I don't think my vinyl player has a USB plug. *sigh* I'd love to rip the tracks that are on the Exodus '04 vinyl that I don't think have ever been uploaded before. They're good! :heart

I've got a question! Do you guys like the song Play Ball from the Deep River album? It's my absolute favorite from Hikki. I haven't listened to it very much recently but I'm starting to binge on it again!

I love one of the opening lines about how-- "The most effective defense is an offense." Gahh! :heart :heart :heart

^ I love Play Ball! Definitely one of my favorite Hikki songs! :D

Dirty Desire debuts at #46 on Billboard’s Hot Dance Club Play Chart, a respectable position considering she's had no promo whatsoever. Come Back To Me debuted at #43 on the same chart almost two months after it was released and rose to #5. Dirty Desire can actually become a hit 0_o. It's not my favorite but atleast she's getting some attention now....a bit of promotion wouldnt hurt though and would probably secure her success...but I guess that's what the tour is for. @_@

^^ I don't think anybody said it was going to be the last one, did they..? Though, I wish it would be--KH has been a huge embarrassment to both FF and Hikki. -___- But that's a whole other story, lol...

^ I'm actually surprised Dirty Desire got so high, with no promotion! :O That's good! And it's my second favourite song off of TITO, so I hope it'll hit a little bigger, even. :)

Same here!! ^_^ I loved it from the first time I heard it. :yes