I was just joking it's not Easy Breezy!! XD

Lol she couldn't have improved so drastically since the recording of songs like XOXO and especially Angel.

Hmm. I don't really think anyone should cover Hikki's songs. Her voice is the only one that really works for them imo. But I'm interested to hear how it sounds anyway.

you think she has problems in those songs? Hm, Ill have to go back and listen, but I never noticed anything before.

I'm probably the only one who couldn't care less about this. Never got the Utada hype. Just listened to "Prisoner of Love" and "FINAL DISTANCE" and I'm instantly reminded of why I like Ayu, truly some of the most boring melodies I've ever heard in pop music.

Angel for sure. It's not the fact that you can't UNDERSTAND her English (although angel is a little bit difficult) it's the fact that her voice is UNPLEASANT to listen to when she sings in English.

I agree with the fact that Prisonier of Love is extremely boring and generic. I like Utada but man, she is overlyvaluated most of times. I love her Deep River/Exodus/Ultra Blue/Singles Collection Vol. 2 but half of Heart Station is so lazy and First Love/Distance eras are nothing spectacular.

I really hope that Ayu won't do Prisonier Of Love.

I'm not too keen on prisoner of love but I LOOOVE DJ Amaya's remix of it. I think ayu could put her own spin on it and make it very enjoyable.

Uh oh
I told everyone under the sun when the forum told me this.
I kinda wish she did sing it though

I thought about Colors, too! That would awesome!!!!

Deep River would also be pretty! Or Letters...Now I'm gonna write a list of all the songs I could imagine! WEEEEEEEEE!!

I like a lot of her music too but agree she seems really overrated. idk, I've always felt like people wouldn't think she was SUCH a godly composer if she just composed for other people and wasn't the actual artist in the forefront. Because her songs are nice but they're really nothing super special?

And that's why I'm not excited about this at all lol. The only Utada song that I could see suiting Ayu is FINAL DISTANCE and I hate that song very very very very very much.

I've been a fan of hers for close to ten years and her album Heart Station is my favorite of hers! It's not lazy, it's just taking the style she had in Ultra Blue and perfecting it.

Everyone has different tastes, though. It's definitely my favorite album, though, and for me, that's saying a lot because I love every album of hers.

Her music is very special and intricately made. I will always love Ayu's music the most, but Utada has a skill level that far surpasses many modern musicians!

It's not popular, obviously, but I could picture ayu singing kairo.

omg, Kairo is gold

Count me in.
I don't care for Hikki, for me she's totally overrated as well.
I like her KH songs, but that's probably about it. Never got into the albums I listened to.
So this release is doing nothing for me, too.

I think you quoted the wrong person? I didn't mention anything being lazy. :P

But since you quoted me anyway... I don't think her music is special or intricate. I could get behind calling it "good" but it's not really special or intricate or unique in any way. With Utada, you know you're getting either a basic R&B pop song or a basic ethereal pop song. The only time she really experimented and did something out of the box was DEEP RIVER and EXODUS, and even then DEEP RIVER was really mainstream for jpop, just not totally in her safe R&B comfort zone. And I feel like if you took her as the artist performing it out of the equation, nothing would really change for the songs; she doesn't add much to them aside from the melody, lyrics, and a basic R&B/ethereal pop arrangement. Anyone could do what she does and make the music she does. That's why I don't get the (in my own opinion) mass overhype for Utada as a composer/artist. Because she's good at composing really consumable music, but I don't think it's very interesting or special as far as music and songwriting goes. idk I just don't get it personally.

Hikki has this supernatural ability to cultivate amazing and unique environments for her music. I'm speaking more-so about her work after and including ULTRA BLUE. She has this certain style that you just simply CANNOT get from anyone else. Her best songs are Keep Tryin', Take 5, BLUE, This Is Love. I'd say try those songs out if you haven't. Id even include Sakura Nagashi in there. For me, everything pre-ultra blue is severely overrated. If you haven't given the latter stuff a chance, you really should. It's vastly different.

I could see ayu doing BE MY LAST, simply because the environment of that song always seemed reminiscent of the environment that ayus song RAINBOW evokes. They are similar in that regard.

I hope she sing the remix of Boku wa Kuma
And change it to [Boku Wa Teddy Bear~ Real Queen Ver.~]
⊂((・x・))⊃

That Jolin Tsai performance was....yikes...:puke

maybe 'COLORS' because 'same name' with ayu's album 'COLOURS' :D