:roflmao

I didn't know she was such a Yui fan. XD I didn't kniw Hikki was such a good dancer too. I'm amd that I didn't know she liked YUI though. Why do you always hold things out on me, Terrik?!

cuz in order to be a maniac, you gotta find info like this YOURSELF

i'm still in love with the promo pic
i haven't seen her look this good in a while...
even the outfit isn't weird at all <3
hikki makes everything better

T_T

How do I become a Hikki maniac....sensei?!

Tell me! Tell me! I wanna know everything about Hikki, her music, and her lyrics. I suck at understanding her stuff. I'm not wise like you terrik! Teach me! *bows*

@s1o12h: I know. I just hate when people talk bad about her pics and stuff. She takes some really nice pics. You see I model her in my siggy...lol. You should too. :lech

That's what I thought :shrug It was weird.

Aw, I thought it was sad :no

You should see the Automatic PV. It's funny at the beginning. You can see how Hikki use to dance! lol

@AyUta: LMAO! It does sound like she's breathing hard. I can't complain though....at least we heard the song fully..even if it's a crappy quality of breathing! XD This quality will hold me out until the HEART STATION clip is released which I wanna hear so badly.

She more like moved her leg on Automatic PV, I sooo love the song!!!

BTW what is it all about hikki look bad?

hikki looks so good she could model EVERYTHING alongside with ayu, they have to open their own brand clothing shop someday, they are hood beautiful chicks!

it was sad, but i don't see how you could NOT laugh at the car crash XD i still felt sympathy for her friend








MY COUSIN ON THE OTHER HAND IS A TOTAL BASTARD AND THOUGHT IT WAS PORN JUST CUZ OF A FEW KISSYFACES >(

haha yeah i saw it, it was nice!
hikki doesn't take horrible pictures, but i think most of the time her outfits are just a bit weird
the hoodies during FoL, and the big dress for the BW photoshoot didn't really fit her
but this promo pic has it all together
the outfit is simple but doesn't look weird in any way
and the hair style and color are just perfect
if this picture was the cover of her new album (obviously it won't), i would be ecstatic - that's how much i love this picture haha

*GASP*

You didn't like the hoodies either?! Wow, that's what I thought too. XD

I just hope her single cover for HEART STATION/STAY GOLD isn't fugly like the other side of the cover. T_T

I didn't see this posted, so I'll try.
BEGINNING OF KEEP TRYIN' = beginning of Passion! :D :D :D
Of course I'm talking about PVs.

O_O'
Sora didn't tell me that! T_T

Ciminal, do you have a screencap of it? I wanna see! I wanna see!

No one in UH forum mentioned about the beginning of Keep Tryin' resembles the beginning of Passion, and I dun really think they are similar in sense anywayz. However Keep Tryin' is a pv with lots of older hikki+Kaz pv contents inside..

1) The background of the TV shop = the background of FINAL DISTANCE when two hikki met (separated by glass).

2) There was a kid touching the window of the TV shop, and actually you see he's actually touching a "white statue", separated by the window, so this again resembles FINAL DISTANCE part

3) the running part in the cafe (when she was gonna get the laptop and chased the customer) = traveling

4) walking in the company with lots of guys typing = Passion

5) biking while those weirdo passed by = traveling

6) the white turning thing on the ceiling (the kid sleeping scene) = Dareka

7) The scene where hikki was standing before the train passed by = the moment when hikki stood before the car hit her in Be My Last

8) the dresses in the clothing store = SAKURA DOROPPUSU

That's all I can remember.. can't remember the rest..

It was sad the first time. But the second time it was so weird looking that I laughed too.

Sora never told me annny of this....:weep

I'm going to go look at the PV again because I can't remember any of the stuff of that PV nor see it. I must look at the other PVs that were used in the KT PV as well.


@Mirah: :roflmao You're mean for laughing at Hikki getting hit! :laugh

Oh so Keep Tryin' has no reference to any of the First Love or Distance songs? =\

No, cuz Kaz didn't direct those pvs. Keep Tryin' only refers to the ones Kaz directed.
- FINAL DISTANCE
- traveling
- Hikari (dunno if there's any scene... but I doubt it.. I dun see Hikki washing dishes or drinking water in Keep Tryin'... LOL)
- SAKURA DOROPPUSU
- Deep River (someone said the girl in the sleeping scene was in this pv as well, but I'm not sure about it)
- Dareka
- Be My Last
- Passion

And I think Keep Tryin' pv has been discussed when it was out, I guess both of you weren't into hikki back then :).

I think I didn't see any Keep Tryin' discussion, I always knew that the song was about hikki wish she could make some stuff from her work better.
Never knew those things about the PV though!

I'm a fan of hikki since the beginning of 2005 ^_^"

wow.. that means you have been a fan the year she released Be My Last :P.

It was really fun to watch Keep Tryin' pv cuz it reflected what hikki did for the past 2 or 3 years on her pvs. It is also the last pv project with Kaz :no...

wow, that's great. I've been a fan since... 2003 :yes Ever since I played KH. But I became really interested in her works in 2004 when I was exposed to her japanese albums. :yes

how many of you starting loving hikki since... 1999 then? (I raised my hand LOL).
I guess it would be shocking to meet someone who has been hikki fan since Dec 1998 in AHS.. :P

^I had no internet then. before 2000 was the dark ages for me. :cry

^:roflmao

I know right! I didn't even know what the internet was until what...2001 or 2002. I didn't get into Hikki until 2003/2004 which was the KH/Exodus era.

xiaou-I posted in the KH thread...I need a question be answered...I posted it over in the KH thread. Could you please answer it? Terrik isn't much help! T_T

^I'll be over in two shakes.

I remember buying Exodus from Amazon so cheap. It was great.

^:roflmao

Thankies!

I shop at amazon! That place is great...especially if you want to Hikki albums for cheep, even her recent singles are cheap. I just her new album will be cheap on there when it comes out. I'm really tryin' to keep myself from spending 30 dollars + tax on her new album. I just wish UU06 was up for sale on there. I cannot find it anywhere on Amazon!!! :cry

^nooooooo!
stay away from Amazon for imports. :backhand They'll suck you dry. (60$ for a CD + shipping/tax = wtf?)
Get her albums OS on Yesasia for like 17.99. singles you can get for 9.00.

^*rub cheeks*

i know....I saw Hikki's best album sale for a whooping 70 bucks! I was pissed because that was the only price I saw it for....thh used price was 50 bucks. I hurried and clicked out of it. T_T Yesasia? I read that place suck you dry too. I've been there for and I find that they charge a bundle for some of Hikki's stuff...of course that was way early 2007...so I haven't been there for a moment. I go there...to yesasia to see if I can find some reasonable prices for Hikki's stuff.

Hey, what about CDJapan and HMV?

17.99 USD?? That is not a Japanese version CD then..
I never buy cds at yesasia. I heard too many cd case getting cracked case. I prefer cdjapan all the way :D. cdjapn is probly expensive on shipping, but they never raise up their prices (as yesasia always do). They wrap the cd nicely so you won't hear any damage case there.

^ofcourse its OS, I said that.
I don't do CDJPN because of the higher JPN ver. Prices. :shrug YA has a history of cracked cases, but I think that's more USPS than anything else, besides how hard is it to comment for extra bubble wrap? (I love playing with it any how..)

:roflmao

So I guess I'll go with Yesasia. All I need to do is ask for extra bubble wrap that is to play with, right?! :laugh Oh, does CDJapan charge overseas customers with Japan's CD prices or do they charge whatever price that is usually charge on an overseas CD?

Sorry for all the questions! I'm tryin to make a final decision on which company I should buy Hikki's new album (:banana1) from! :tipsy

^its the JPN ver of the PRODUCT so they go with the list price and don't change the price according to where the buyer lives. YA JPN Ver. are natuarlly a bit pricer than CDJPN because YA is in Hong Kong. Its also why the OS/HK ver. are available at a lower price on Yes Asia.

Hong Kong ver. also sometimes come with diff. goodies than the JPN ver, like Ayu's GUILTY OS ver is available with a PB AND 2 posters.

am I the only one who order casually from yesasia and get nothing cracked?

I got a tiny crack on the case, but I don't really care, I'm satisfied with Yes Asia, besides it's not as if it's the actual CD that's cracked and that's what you actually buy the CD for right? Cases can be replaced easily anyway.

^Exactly! I have plenty of cases I can replace it with! lol

:eyes

Are you serious? EEEEEE! I'm going with Yesasia then....sorry bluegie but I wanna poster of Hikki! --That's if she has one which I hope she does. Yay!

Ayumisrael: No, you're not, hun! XD Did you get a Hikki gift when you ordered Deep River and First Love???

^sorry sweet heart but all her posters went out of stock years ago and she hasn't had one since...
By the way talking about YA made me buy Distance (and a movie for my japanese club) just a second ago. Should be in my mail box by monday.

^Noooooooooooo! :weep I want a Hikki poster. Nooooooooo! :weep

Did you happen to see any of Utada's Exodus singles on sale at Yesasia? I want the CD+DVD versions of the singles so bad! I don't understand why Def Jam didn't gimmick us with an DVD version that came along with Exodus. They are crappy promoters....except to my gurl, Rihanna. :laugh

^they're no CD+DVD ver. But there is a DVD I think of Easy Breezy. And there are singles from Exodus there.

EDIT: I'm actually ripping UB onto my Xbox 360. I had no idea you could do that! I wonder if you could play it as you're playing a video game.

I just checked Yes Asia and it looks as though the Exodus singles have sold out. :(

^yeah you're right. That sucks cause it wasn't out of print last month. Must have just run out. ah well. At least I've got them on my ipod. Its better than nothing.

No worries, everyone has one's own preference, I'm just saying I trust cdjapan hehe. Afterall I've been ordering albums on that website since DEEP RIVER.

Talking about DEEP RIVER... sigh I was stupid, I didn't specifically request for the first press poster, so cdjapan didn't send me one.

I'm not sure about YA, but apparently if you get a poster from cdjapan, they won't charge extra for the shipping. Last time I receive ayu's Secret with the poster (a long box), and the shipping fee was still the same. :D.

wow, i did not know most of these

1. there's a background??...
2. knew
3. was reminded of it but never really payed much attention
4. this one i never was really thinking of passion =\
5. knew
6. actually, now that you mention it, it sorta looks like it
7. also the train itself is traveling sorta (the bunny train XD)
8. someone should buy the dresses XD



also, seeing that kazu directed the (ever-so-horrible) hikari pv:
i'd say when she was brushing her teeth XD;


and in DEEP RIVER, i remember a kid with his (or her?) head on hikki's lap. or maybe it's a reference to hikki herself, when she's laying down in the hut?

okay, back on topic.
Subliminal Messages in Keep Tryin' eh? interesting... (start the conversation again...)

yea, but i never knew there was THAT much ._.;


EDIT: OMG I JuST REACHED GOLD STAR STATUS!!! *dance*

O_O

*AHEM*

Yes....you're right, Xiaou!

The part where she was in the office walking...is a mimic of how she walked in Passion right? I guess the dance scene in the town square was a mimic of how she danced in Traveling, right?

???

*PUNCHES TERRIK*

eh, i thought her traveling dancing was more spasms than dancing =\



OW!!!!!

:roflmao

Okay, now that was funny!


I'm sorry! :shughug

lol first time I enter this thread and I see Luv beating up Sora XD! what a start =D! I agree with Sora about Travelling XD it wasn't really dancing but the PV was AWESOME and song too XD!

sachiko's more interested in blackstone and trapnest :P






omg i just had a sorta scary idea:









WHAT IF THE KEEP TRYIN' PV WAS THE FAREWELL GIFT FROM KAZU-KUN TO HIKKI?! i mean, they were shaking hands in the making of (and they're MARRIED)




O.O *dies*

^I heard that it was normal for hubby and wifey to shake hands rather to be all luvly dovey in public. Or so I heard! :grumpy

Btw, Sachiko doesn't like them because of the whole cheating story and stuff that happened between her and Shoji. That's why she likes you and First Love. XD

@gulity:I found out about Hikki like a few months before the whole KHs thing.....I believe. I'm not for sure but I was in the 10the grade when I first heard of her though. Oh, I rewatched the Keep Tryin' PV and I saw most of the secret stuff in the PV...so yaaaaaay! You must hadn't heard of the Passion/KH2 comparasion, huh? (Go to the KH thread in the gaming section to see what I mean?)

well, knowing japan that's prolly true



as for the KH comparison, i really never gave it much though till you gave it to me. i can see the girls being _____, but i can't see the guys being ____, not hikki being ______. and what are the horses, pray tell?

Hahaha thank u so much sora. Please everybody avoid the spoilers about KH.
If u feel you could die it if you don't say it, please post it in a "spoiler" way:

I just skim through at least a page and it's all about Luv & sora... I didn't know he has that many lovers (well I dun go to the chat room... I just wander around ayu and asian artists forums :P).

For the FINAL DISTANCE background... if you look at the zoom out scene when 2 hikki were in that "glass tunnel" (again separated by a piece of glass), you will see the background (3D), and that is exactly the background shown in the tv shop (painted version tho :P).

Edit: Oh oh... no no actually the background of the tv shop resembles that "glass tunnel" of FINAL DISTANCE.. (just watching Keep Tryin' now... LOL)

Actually the whole cafe scene resembles traveling, hikki did serve the aliens during the 2nd verse of traveling pv :P.

^The things in Traveling......where aliens???? I never ever knew that! OMG! :laugh

What was Hikki suppose to be...an japanese alien?! OMG! I really didn't know that! :roflmao

I hope Terrik doesn't get mad.......

Oh the Final Distance thing, I have no clue as to what tunnel your talking about but I'm gonna watch that PV and KT PV again to see what your talking about......thankies bluegie! :shughug

I'm going to have to watch the Keep Tryin' PV some time and see how many little references I can spot.

Hmmn.. probly it's not a tunnel thingie, a room..? LOL

FINAL DISTANCE:
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/4769/fdeu4.png

Keep Tryin'
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/3095/ktmy1.jpg

I uploaded the HQ version of Stay Gold in the media center, enjoy. I loved the song so much.

Man, her shaky vocals are totally killing the song. I would have liked it more if it wasn't for that.

^Oh, C'mon Huaka! How can you say that? Her vocals are perfect in this song. If you wanna her sound shaky, then watch the Keep Tryin' performance at UU06. Though they were shaky, I still luv it. :laugh

Ooooooooh, I see! I see! I does look like the Final Distance thingy. lol

Wow! O_O Thankies!


@Cloud: I just heard the HQ and IT IS SOOOO MUCH MORE BEAUTIFUL than the radio rip! I'm getting teary-eyed and sleepy from listening to this. Go...Hikki! :weep

I thought it looked more like a box to me, like one of those carved jewelry boxes or inscents boxes.

^...inscents boxes :roflmao

Oh, man! I just came back from choir class and I found out that I can't take that class because I had to have tried out for it in last April. I really thought I was going to audition while I was there...I was going to sing First Love in english too. T_T Oh, well, I might try out for choir in April.

Don't give up, I'm sure you'll make it in next time.

^Well, I'm not really sad about though. Although they (my friends and family) say I can't sing, I know I can! XD I really wanted to sing First Love though. lol

My family says I can't sing either, I think I'm OK, but not good.

You betcha. The song is ...crys... though.

I was a fan when the iTunes copy of Kiss & Cry was uploaded here in May-time. D:

I like 'Stay Gold,' but for some reason I'm really obsessed with 'Kettobase!'

^its the weirdest thing, so am I! see my sig?

Oh I will never ever forget
the picture you attached to that New Year’s card









and to think that is part of the lyrics to passion

I love Hikki's shaky vocals lol I think they add emotion and feeling
Just I love Stay Gold so much!! :weep

i don't hear shaky voices...except at the end =\ but that's one chorus

I CALL THE NEXT THREAD

YOU ALREADY MADE THIS ONE, SO NO!

*SLAP*

owwwww







fine, i relinquish my thread making power for the next thread

^I hope whoever makes the thread...name the thread, Hikki NEWS Everyone! It's 8th Official Utada Hikaru Thread!


Just for little old me! hehehe

It's sooo creative that Hikki would like it...if she knew about it! XD

ooo that's a nice name ;D

^You're not getting the webby to U.BLOG! :laugh [Hint: Google it!]

OH! Are Hikki's new songs good? haven't heard them yet and too lazy to download. When she gets the mvs I'll watch them and decide to buy them then =)!

I just realized I don't like any of Utada's work post Colors with the exception of Blue and This Is Love. Haha.

But its the 8th thread now...?
I was thinking of doin' it, but if I did I'd just name it The Official Utada Hikaru Thread VIII or something. I don't know why or when people went whacko for in naming the threads, but sometimes simple is best (especially when it can either sound really good or really corny.

;)

anyway, I hope whoever does it makes it good.

^you're 500!

yeah new thread. :laugh

I started off the thread and now I don't know how to start off the conversation... :(

I haven't listened to it yet. I downloaded Cloud_honey's ver. and yet...I'll do it now and tell you what I think.

I love it, it feels so spiritial and relaxing and it's just plain beautiful. :love

We should surround Hikki's house and chant "We want Heart Station, we want Heart Station!"

I'm listening to it now. Her voice does sound weird. I'm not sure if I like the song yet.

That's a pretty dress she's wearing in that promo picture. :P

Yay for new thread. Stay Gold <333333333