It indeed was very nice and it shows how good hikki is no doubt, but I can't get myself connected to the song because it's a little kids song...
It's a bit special song (therefore I hope somehow it won't be on the new album) it can ruin its flow, because the song is special =\.
Even if I don't like it I appreciate hikki for doing it ^_^.

hmm...the song is a bit draggy imo..the chorus is making me feel a bit sick with the 'ghostly' vocal from hikki... the verus was great though!

but i don't really care cuz anything from hikki is awesome! :yes

This is my fifth time in a row listening to Stay Gold! :weep It's too beautiful! I want to hear HEART STATION now.

I wonder how the Japanese thought of Stay Gold?

they are crazy over hikki ever since she debuted...so they will love it :yes

The piano part is beautiful...but the song as a whole sounded.....boring :no I'll await for a better quality track and it may change my opinion.

Honestly I think Stay Gold is so pretty! I love the piano, I love how it's just this steady, pacing beat... I always like Hikki's style because it's so uncharacteristically "pop," I guess. She's so awesome. :>

Your heartless, ImpactBreaker! :weep (*SLAPS IB FOR BEING A BAD CRITIC*)

@UHPlus: Yea....but I hope the single sell well bcuz when she releases the album no telling when she'll release another J-single. ToT

i been listening to it for the past 30mins and it's making me dizzy + sleepy omg ....

maybe it because of the lousy quality...

^It's putting me asleep now!

Later everyone! (I'll be back on in the next hour or so! XD)

NO YOU ARE NOT *drags you back here*




anyone prodigious enough to make sheet music of it by ear? (maybe i can ask my perfect-pitched friend :3)

The song is too low quality for me to like it. From what I hear it's very repetitive and the last part of it is just random ooh, yeah, breathing. I don't know if I'll like it or not.

i think there are some ablibing there in the later part which cant really tell from the radio rip..i think the HQ one will definitely sounded much much better

The HQ ones always sound better. I didn't like Beautiful World until I heard it in HQ.

I think this Stay Gold rip is just like the Sakura drops rip when the latter song was released from radio... I believe the quality is mono, so some background vocal (or ad-lib) disappeared. When I first heard Sakura drops, apparently it was mono so some harmonies in the song disappeared, and I thought that was the real thing I heard, so I didn't like the song. But when I watched the pv it was a different thing.

So I bet Stay Gold would be like that, only one channel was recorded, so that is one of the reasons why the quality sounded so bad

HEY!

HEART STATION will be available for download from Chaku Uta on January 21 !!! *___*

^Yayyyyy! Thankies!

I can't wait to hear it! I'm still mad about those covers though! :grumpy

She sounds pretty horrible in the song The song is quite nice though.

If HEART STATION will be available in Chaku-Uta in that day, probably we'll get a rip near to 28th (my birthday eh :lech )

Here, her new profile picture.
http://www.emimusic.jp/hikki/profile/image/prof_ph.jpg

^ Her, hair!

Yeah, her hair =\
However she looks natural, LOL
My Hikki!

^ At least the cover is explained now. :mischief

hehehehe I got that pic from .:Hikki:. blog. I already a siggy out of it! XD

See:

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i3...kkisiggy13.png


Don't you luv it! :laugh

LOL!
Maybe the photoshoot will be on the pamphlet...

feet!
*oddly reminded of Deep River

Okay it is official
I am so obsessed with Stay Gold it is not even funny!!!! :weep
When I heard the snippet on CM a while back I CRIED and listned over and over!
AND NOW I keep listening, and I love it more and more each time :weep

Sorry, I am over emotional.....LOL! XD


EDIT: OMG YOU GUYS!!
Something weird happened on my iTunes!
The cover for ULTRA BLUE somehow is completely RED tinted now! Like Hikki's face and everything is all red!!! its so weird!!! :weep

Weird maybe it's possessed. O_o.

I heard that something similar..well, not all that similar...happened when people bought Flavor of Life. :shrug

Just find another ULTAR BLUE piccy and replace the tinted one.

Ew. Her hair looks so fugly. And he looks fugly too.

LOL! Thankies!

I just noticed that Hikki has long feet! XD I like that pic though. It looks like a rockish type of style for Hikki. Very nice!

(guilty....you need to get on MSN!)

LOL!

I have long feet too. I'm a 9! lol

I luv my Hikki siggy I made....*i was staring at* I wish someone would model if for me! XD

I have soooo many Hikki siggys that I hadn't used yet...it's not even funny! lol

LOVE THE NEW HAIR!!!!!!!!!!! <3

^I'm not sure how I feel about her new hair style.
I like short cuts, but I've never seen this style on HIKKI before (I LOVED the cut she had for UB), it'll take a while for me to get into it, I think.

new hair = hot
it looks great on her
i never really liked her with long hair

new hair = not


she looks like a guy ._.

*SLAP*

She does not look like a guy. Honestly, she does look HOTT! I like this style but I DO miss her long her. I was very beautiful on her.

O_O ..

she has short hair and now she cut it even shorter...

now she looked like matsu takako >_<
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/static/ima...250px-1561.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...atsutakako.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...lus/hikki2.jpg

is short hair the 'in' thing now?

the difference is that that lady looks good with short hair


now if utada did something sorta like that with the 'messy' style, then i guess it might be an upgrade *shrugs*

^yeah, if she messed it up it might look better. :laugh it looks to close to her head right now.

LOL that picture makes me want to be clinically depressed. She pulls the look off great.
But GRRRL, this isn't 1998. D: U BETTA GET CHO ~ACT~ 2GETHA N SHOP WHERE ALL DA GALZ SHOP OR SUMT.

LMAO! Your using slang talk, criminal! :laugh

I can't put my finger on it but Hikki looks like a certain japanese female singer! Someone help me out here!

Duh, Kaela Kimura is Hikki's long-lost twin!

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/1613/000441pq6.jpg

^LMAO!

No one on here uses slang to talk on here. Now only if Hikki could take on some of Kaela Kimura characteristics. lol

Hmm, I like Hikki's new hair. It's a nice change.

I want the long hair back! T_T Does anyone feel my pain?

I wish I could hear HEART STATION though. I WANNA HEAR SO BADLY! Ugh, I wanna a great comeback PV from Hikki too.

Mini-HIKKI News Everyone! :shimmy

According to U.BLOG, Hot Express has released their daily FM airplay chart, and Utada’s “Stay Gold” goes straight to #1 on it’s first day on air. Hopefully the song will show longevity as the single release date nears.

That's all for now! :)


Yay for Stay Gold! It was obvious that it was going to debut high! XD

I miss Hikki's long hair, looks like we won't be getting it back...
But, it's awesome that Stay Gold is getting to the top already.

Why the hell she doesn't has a long hair? Long hair looks amazing in her. Exodus era was the best <3 She looked so hot.

Wait, are you saying I shouldn't or are you encouraging me or are you just noting a fact? :D

And the occasional rock (dare I say, punk?!) influence wouldn't be bad.

Maybe a rock influenc LOL
But punk?
LOL

Hope her new album contains a track with a rock feeling like "Drama".

Hikki would pull it off so good and you know it. The rebel inside [haha, devil inside] is just waiting to be released from the paws of Kuma-chan.

HAHAHAHAUAUA!
Crominal why you dont have that amazing aiko avatar!
And why do you have that written on you signature?
:irked

I liked her hair in Distance. But UB is still the best.
kthxbai.

does anyone else feel a COLORS-esque pv for stay gold? *shrugs*

Utada, you have excellent hair color and length, BUT GURL YOU GOTZ TO USE DA BUDONKADONK!

i dont see something like colors, but as long as its better than the crappy pvs she's been giving us lately, itll be fine.

if she's in it anywhere at all, thatll be a step-up from the recent atrocities.

iunno, i feel it'll be somewhat COLORS-esque...prolly a bit slower =3

I want Traveling! :grumpy Traveling is the perfect inspiration for her next PV. I just hope to god it's not lame. She needs to reclaim her PV Queen crown! My fave PV....after Addicted to You! XD I luv R&B Hikki...nothing tops her! ;)

I don't know... there's just something about short hair on hikki that just works
It doesn't even look boyish at all

Passion and COLORS PVs are hikki's best PVs. :yes

^I like the Passion PV but it doesn't beat Traveling! :grumpy

@s1012h: Did I mention that you're my new best friend! :shughug

Hikki NEWS Everyone!

Beautiful World/Kiss&Cry is in it's 19th week of charting and it had great sales during the week that Oricon was off and this week. It sold 1,689 copies during the two weeks that they were combined. Let's hope that it continues to chart well.

Flavor of Life did amazing during the two weeks that were combined. It sold 2,074 copies in the two weeks that it was combined. It is currently in its 39th week of charting! Let's hope that it continues to chart.

Special Hikki News! :shimmy

According to U.BLOG, More information regarding Utada’s upcoming “HEART STATION” have been revealed. According to sources:

HEART STATION is a mid tempo track with a beat; a slight retro/throwback feel.
The “station” in HEART STATION refers to radio.
Main theme is about frequencies of the hear.

HEART STATIONwill be available for chaku-uta downloads beginning on the 21st. We can expect a 45 second clip available on Utada’s Japanese website at that time.

Because it was there for a really long time and Luv~Venus~ pointed it out.
I have that written because aiko, Mika and the JPop schedule were the last things I had as my avatar and signature. :P




WOW FREQUENCIES. GUILTY comes to mind. But um, retro/throwback.. do they mean, like. the 40s or do they mean the start of her career? x_x

:roflmao

I surely hope not! I mean, it's nice that Hikki is taking a scroll back tothe old days but damn, the 40s and 50s is a little way back don't ya think?! lol I wouldn't if Hikki would be in the Neo Soul genre like Alicia Keys (<----- I luvs her!).

I don't want hikki's songs to sound like any american artists' songs XD

Listened to Stay Gold radio rip - I like the piano part.

OMG can't wait to hear HEART STATION *-*

thanks for the news!

^ That will probably = best song on the album.

^guilty.....I'm sorry but I can't take Hikki getting hit by another car! :weep (:laugh)

(O_O')

I thought she was already finished with her album. So....we might get an April or May release then? Oh, well, so much for her tradition release of her albums in March.(u_u)

This album is going to be amazing. Every single one of her a-sides has been super great so far <3

^ Agreed with doki!
Iam super excited!!
Just one thing...She never talked about the english album...

^I just hope she finally give us a DVD with her album with an album PV version of Flavor of Life, Beautiful World, Kiss&Cry, Stay Gold, and Heart Station. If she doesn't, I'll be sad even though I be enjoying the album. :laugh

That English album prolly won't be done until the end of this year....maybe! @_@ Aww.....:( Now I'm sad!

umm...mentioned pvs SUCK??

^*SLAP* You silly thing, you!

Traveling DOES NOT suck.....nor does Passion and Be My Last. (And you know it too! :yes)

^ I luv Keep Tryin'! Hikk was so KAWAII in it. You know, as many times as I've seen that PV, I still hadn't seen the part were that show that cat Chichu...or whatever! I didn't even see it in Traveling. XD I so wanna see it again now. She needs to use Pinto (that robot in Can You Keep a Secret?) again....I miss him! lol

AHHHHH! the Keep Tryin' PV one of my true favorites! I love the COLORS pv so beautiful!

oooh I love Keep Tryin' PV is my favorite >.<

SUBLIMINAL MESSAGESSSSS












FINAL DISTANCE
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/6...istanceuv4.png

traveling
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5...gpeoplect5.png

SAKURA Drops
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/8653/dresses1dp6.png
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2863/dresses2yx1.png

Cat
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/8890/catko8.png

Cats? not sure if it's the same...
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7704/catsin9.png

O_O'

WOW! THAAAAAAAAAAANK YOU SORA! BLESS YOU AND SACHIKO!

I thought that cat marched at the end of the PV?!

I should see for myself....XD


@ yukihira: LMAO! Something about that forest seems attract alot of people to that song! lol No seriousl, that's the only PV I though Hikki looked gorgeous in. Well, she look pretty in all of her PVs but Colors really showed her looks. The fact that she didn't really have that much make-up at all, tells you that she is naturally beautiful. lol

Question: In that PV, were those real men in underwear or where those manicans (the little dolls that are windows at stores and stuff) in underwear?

Be My Last wasn't all that great. I'm sure it was supposed to be emotional, but all I could do was laugh.

^Hikki was a stalker in that PV too. CREEEEEEEEPY! :laugh The car scene was funny a bit. When she go hit by thr car, it was funny hpw she flew up in the air! :laugh It's like, "It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Hikki...flying in the air!" XD

if u watch UH4 .. the director (hikki's ex) told us that he is using stuffs from his other pvs in it...

stuffs like the starting scene where hikki moves around the restaurant and serving food is the mimic of the scene in traveling where hikki also move down the train to serve drinks...

but i have not idea what the cat jumping on top of the roof means >_<

^hmm, interesting...

I NEVER KNEW THAT PART WAS A MIMIC OF TRAVELING! WOW! NEVER EVER GUESSED IT! (O_O')

Thankies UH! Oh, I've. Never. Seen. UH4. :weep

oh, i didn't really know it was intentionally mimicing traveling, but that was the first thing i thought of. that and when the train was traveling *COUGH COUGH*

WHAT TRAIN? I DIDN'T SEE NO TRAIN IN KEEP TRYIN'!

*SLAP*

Tell about stuff like this, Sora! :grumpy

...and I thought you were a Hikki expert! >_>

SHE'S A FUGGING TRAIN CONDUCTOR HOW DO YOU NOT REMEMBER THAT?! :thud

There is also a scene in the Keep Tryin' PV where Hikki is walking down the aisle in the office which refers back to the Passion PV.

T_T

Like I was suppose to know that. She wasn't pullin' out the little things like she was when she was in Traveling. I read what was in the PV on wiki.theppn. Is there anything else I should know about in the PV? Like the part she was in the office? (Nevermind, ALPHABET just said it! Thankies ALPHABET! :glomped) When she playing the guitar to the people? When she danced with all the people? Huh..IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? :grumpy

I thougt that the "subliminal messages" aren't subliminal... like the Pasion one x_X

thanks for the info XD

^What's subliminal messages???? I never heard of it! :laugh

Terrrrrrrrik...you still hadn't answered my questions! :grumpy

...that's sorta stalker-analyzing but i'll take it XD

when she plays the guitar it shows that she wants to be just like yui, while when she dances it shows she can actually dance