She looked good on HEART STATION cover. She doesn't need to look like a diva to sell hundreds of copies of her godly music♥

I need new Hikki album, I need fresh jpop

LOLz.

So I popped HEART STATION into my car stereo. I still know the words to Beautiful World even though I haven't heard that song in a long time; and Stay Gold is still the most flawless thing to ever be blessed upon the earth o.m.f.g.

Niji-iro Basu is so freaking perfect like y u underrated bro

Lmfao I'm dead.

Well... I still don't care about This is Love hahahaha I find it annoying >.<

Wish she had performed live Drama or Tokyo NIGHTS

I remember when the Exodus album came out and was thinking, "Boy...this is waayy ahead of it's time!" And now I see many singers try experimental/electronica music just like what was on the album. O.o

I liked the HS cover and the Ultra Blue one too. I think her worst is and always will be the one for TITO. Still, she may not have super flashy covers like tons of others, but she has real talent and that's where it counts. She doesn't need to be a fashion icon or anything else but herself either and yet she still sells TONS of copies of her music. Plus, to my knowledge she's also the ONLY Japanese artist now getting all her albums (except her 1st 3) officially released in North America. :D :heart

I see most of them quite often in my local HMV quite often, which says a lot for her. :D :heart

Also just to add, but I :heart LOVE :heart EVERY LAST ONE or her songs, both Japanese & English. :D :heart

The best cover for me is Deep River.

Best Album Cover: DEEP RIVER

Best Single Cover: Be My Last

I really had a hard time to choose my fav single cover because Hikki has quite many of those that I like. :D

album cover: ultra blue

single cover: travelling

Album cover: ULTRA BLUE

Single cover: Be My Last, or SAKURA Drops / Letters, or Beautiful World / Kiss & Cry

FINAL DISTANCE should have gotten a better cover.

Album Cover: Ultra Blue

Single.... I'm actually not too familiar with most of the single covers. However I love the Sakura Drops and travelling covers.

I want a gorgeous poster of Hikki too, but I can't find ANY at all except for the TITO one on ebay. :(

Album cover: Distance

Single cover: Beautiful World / Kiss & Cry without a doubt!

Album Cover: Ultra Blue

Single: ...Be my last, or sakura nagashi cause it's pretty.

I also love the Dareka cover...but it's got all that text...but I still kinda like it anyway. It's so weird.

Album cover: DEEP RIVER
Single cover: Passion

^I dont remember the single cover to Passion....

However, it is a favorite song of mine. :D

LOL! I hate the HS cover as much as I hate the album. Thats why I had to get the singles collection II to get the good songs.

Best covers
Album: Deep river.

Single : Sakura drops/Can you keep a secret/Traveling

Worst covers
Album: I want to say HS, TiTO, single collection I or Utada the best or even First love since I hate them all but really, nothing beat singles collection II. With all the others, no matter how ugly or lame someone had to atleast add text. They just took a picture of the sky for SC II and couldn't be bothered to add anything else.

Single: I can't decide if I hate Automatic or First love more. But I think First love wins because it looks so damn awkward.

TiTo is definitely the worst Hikki album cover I've ever seen. Ew. -.-
I also hate You Make Me Want To Be A Man cover so much. It's just so ugly that it makes me want to puke. :D

Album cover: Ultra Blue :luv2
Single cover: Can you keep a secret/ Sakura Drops :love

Best Album Cover: DEEP RIVER
Best Single Cover: Traveling
Worst Album Cover: Tito
Worst Single Cover: Easy Breezy


For the worst album cover I was going to say singles vol. 2 but
I have grown to love it.

Oh my god the guy sounds like a monster but I love it!

all i got was "from disney and square enix"

from is from in german? whoa
oh and utada in the background....

animato is such a good song

Looking at that German CM for KH2 reminds me of these two things:

1) There was no CM shown on Finnish TV (Original KH got one and THAT was awesome).
2) I got 2 versions of the original KH, one German and one English. I own German one because my dad bought it from Germany in 2002. It was fun to play it when I didn't understand anything when I was playing it. Still I was able to get to Halloween Town before I got annoyed. XD

Oh, and Animato is indeed a good song♥

A Fan Spotted Utada On A Subway In London & Took Pictures!

But I don't want her in Subways. I want her in Japanese Studios darnit. She is wasting my life.

wow~ and they even got pictures! We didn't get pictures that last time someone said they met her.

So she DOES exist.

How lucky she is...one-in-a-million moment!

omg

What is she doing at London? Study?

UGHHHHHHHHH
can't believe that fan
I would have ran late!!

I thought this was the old story until I saw the date of the entry. Wasn't someone bumping into hikki in a train in London as well last year???

What a lucky fan to bump into Hikki like that! :)

I thought at first this was a re-telling of that one guy who said he met her on a train, but she told him not to take pics of her. But this one is recent and has pics! :O What an amazing chance! I would have ran late too so I could have said more to her than that!

OMG!!! SOOOO JEALOUS!!!!! WHAT AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE!! :D

And actually that would be a fun way to meet your favorite singer. It's one nice thing about how half the opposite side of the planet is oblivious to some of these Asian singers. If you'd had run into her in Asia you'd be surrounded by thousands of other people in a moment and not got even one second to say a single thing.

OH MY GOD WHY CAN'T THIS HAPPEN TO ME I HATE MY LIFE </3

I watched Casshern yesterday. Too damn long; but pretty visuals (looked horribly cheap at times though). Ending was PERFECTION though. Hearing Dareka no to end it too was just perfect like I can't even right now.

Did her hair just stop growing :laugh

But such a lucky fan!

If it was me, I'd fall on my knees and bow.

OMG Hikki apparition again! loL

Watch it be like Miracle Hikaru on the subway.

Hear, hear!

I would just faint because I've always wanted to see her myself lol. :D

Amazing, it's just that she looks a bit tired. Darn I want her in a Japanese studio making new music! Or in a London one :P

The chances to see your favorite singer are so thin !! This guy is so lucky ^^

she kinda looks dead inside in the pics
but not as dead as the heart station cover.

so i listened to distance again. it's so uninteresting. time limit is still the best. it's silky smooth.

^ :weep It's slowly becoming true!!!!:weep

What if she's actually listening to her new awesome songs through? She is, after all, listening to music in that pic. ;3

Noooooooooooooooooooo

Listened to Time Limit the other day since one of the members here mentioned it. Damn, it's so smooth. So much swag from Utada I can't even.

^Distance era is filled with flawlessness and swag♥

Distance is my favorite album from her. Even though Be My Last is my favorite song from her discography, Distance is still the best! It's so much easy to relate your life to the lyrics of that CD!

Ohhohohoh. What a good chortle.

As much swag as hikkis brightly colored furry-booty fanny pack.

my INFLUENCE

time limit, automatic and movin on without you remain my favourite RnB songs from her.

Is Movin' on without you even R&B? To me it sounds more like dance. :D

Whatever it is, it's one of the best songs on any debut album

I had a dream I was singing Flavor of Life at a coffee shop and a cute girl recognized it but I had to go so I asked for her number and she gave it to me lol

True that. :yes

GUYS


HIKKI WILL HAVE A NEW RADIO SHOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

LOL

called

KUMA POWER HOUR
KUMA POWER HOUR
KUMA POWER HOUR


Ahhh so coooooooooooooooooooool!!

It starts April and the radio os InterFM (http://www.interfm.co.jp/)



I hope she releases something soon!! I really hopee ..I miss hikki =(

It's happening...she's getting bored.

Can't believe she will start a radio program again, even tho it's only one episode per month. That's like back in early 2000 or so :P. Hopefully this is the sign of ending her hiatus...

wth is she going to do for an hour? lol

You killed me.

I hope Miracle Hikaru will appear as a guest ahaha

wtf is she doing.

So excited!!!!

She can do whatever she pleases.
Hikki come back Hikki come back!
Yeah I get it but she'll come back when she wants to.

In the past, when she was a teenager she had her own radio show called "Très Bien Bohemian" where she covered songs, interviewed people and etc.

She already interviewed Aaliyah and some of her best covers came from that show, like Michelle ♥

how can we hear this outside of japan?

She gets her own radio show? Wow. :D I didn't even know she had one in 2000. That's pretty cool. I wonder if she'll sing something in this new program then. I like it when she does English covers. She's so flawless♥

I only listen to her show once (to be more accurate, the first few mins). I gave up in the end since I didn't know what she was talking (yeah I listen to JPop when I dun speak Japanese at all lol :P). She did sing a few cover songs in her show tho.

1. Download Stealthy plug-in for firefox
2. Reset firefox
3. Turn Stealthy on
4. Choose in configuration settings connect to internet if you were in another country and write "JP"
5. Now you can enter to radiko.jp
6. Choose the radio you want to listen
7. When you are listening to the radio you have to turn Stealthy off (because it's too slow)
8. Enjoy

PM me if you have any problems :)

Is that plug-in for chrome as well?

Really nice! Already tested the plugin here!

When does it start her radio program?

Can anyone tell me when is the exact day Hikki's radio show starts?

EDIT: Nevermind. I found it. I was too lazy to browse the entire site. LOL I hope it'll be the start of the end of our long wait.

I listened to the song as well when I read your post, and I realized it again that the song is very powerful and emotional. It got me teary.

Yes, although imo I kinda like the PV but they can do a better job :yes 'Everybody finds love in the end' it's simple and common but it is still very beautiful especially in this song

BURN HER ALIVE

I never like final distance cuz I thought she made a happy pop song into an arm-cutter. Then I read the reason why, watched the video and got so sad. Now I love it.

I'm glad that you joined the fandom of FINAL DISTANCE-ism. We accept new members daily. Such a flawless song I can't even. FINAL DISTANCE >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DISTANCE

I know Final Distance is like when Utada really started to express herself with music...

Her super skinny, depressed, marriage days brought out the best music IMO. bwahaha c;

Even tho I'll always love Ultra Blue.

This is a bit embarassing to admit, but I actually heard Final Distance before Distance despite I've been into Hikki since her debut album so it had me a bit confused as to why the 2 songs sounded similar til I looked it up.

^ I was the same with you! :thud
The first Hikki album I bought was Deep River and listening to FINAL DISTANCE I though the song is very beautiful despite I don't even understand what she says :laugh

It's not until 1-2 years later I could get my hand on Distance and notice the songs similarities, I thought she was just re-arranged it. Then I got internet and learns the sad thing behind FINAL DISTANCE :cry

Final Distance and its pv are just art seriously.

I heard FD first too. Yey for that. It's one of her best songs.

Distance is...boring. I even like the mflo remix over it. I think it's the mflo, might be the planitb. Can't remember.

It's mflow remix, and it's definitely better than the original!

I do like that live she did of Distance on a tv program though. It was back when she had that short hair, but she was dancing pretty well and getting so into it.

ah so it is :heart Who even cares what the Distance sounds like when you have that.

I love all versions of DISTANCE equally. I can't even choose my favorite because they're all so cool♥

Theres a remix by mflo?.... When did this happen?

A long time ago, lol. It's one of the most godly tracks to ever grace my ears~

Have at it: http://www6.zippyshare.com/v/76272451/file.html

It's on the FINAL DISTANCE single

I always thought this song sounded so cheesy and this mix if very "cut & pastey" ...

@chocopockymaster Thanks! ^_^

@Nintendo Nice. Thanks, but i think thats why i didnt know. Never have paid much attention to her singles as much as i love her music. :P :heart

What? You, expressing dislike for something? I'm in total shock.

I love m-flo's earlier stuff and while FINAL DISTANCE is amazing and completely in a class of its own, this mix gives the original rendition the little kick in the butt it sorely needed. It's one of my staple songs on any running playlist I make.

*cough*


Anyway, time to find the final distance single!

Hikki's got some awesome b-side/remix tracks. I always loved Travelling -bahiatronic remix

I like the B-sides on Wait & See ~Risk~ and I jam out to the instrumental of Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro all the time; like holla!