New Utada Single "Keep Tryin'"
 

New Single
「Keep Tryin'」

2006.2.22 On Sale
TOCT-5005 \1,100(tax-in)

Tracklist:
1.Keep Tryin'
2.Wings
3.Keep Tryin' [Original Karaoke]

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http://www.toshiba-emi.co.jp/hikki/news/index_j.htm

Oh cool! It's official!! :D :D

Surprised that it's more than one song.

me too, probably in different ways though :P I like her singles with only one song each, that probably means more buyers for the next album :yes

By looking at the title, I thought it was a UTADA single, not a Hikaru Utada one :P I definately can't wait to hear "Keep tryin'". Sounds R&B.

Yay for a new song.

We'll see if it beats Passion.

Oooh yey a three track single :)

*creams her pants*

oh sweet sweet elation......

I'm not liking the title Keep Tryin' but Wings sounds so nice. Can't wait Feb 22 huh. -sigh- more money.
*seems like everytime i come to this forum i have to budget my money*

:bshake Yay! and it comes with a b-side!

I wonder if this is an Utada single or an Utada Hikaru single? I'm looking forward to this as well as "Sanctuary" (the eng ver of Passion)

oh nice! there's a B-side & an Instrumental! ^^ hope it's good!

Wow, another single already!

This is good news! Keep Tryin' sounds like it will be an R & B song, as Annabelle stated.
Aw man, I hope another Hikki is album coming soon!

An album is scheduled to be out this year, I'm sure I've read it somewhere :)

Finally :luv2! Oh, the anxiety!!!!

That's good! I've been waiting for Hikki's new album!

She's gonna keep trying to sell as the old times...

Hopes she's selling well this time!

OMG SANKYUU!
This is an early release Oo; usually she waits lyke...forever...
Didn't passion just release like...2 or somethin' months ago? o_o; Anywho
SANKYUU FOR THE NEWS!

^ Yes. In Japan, when an artist has a considerable drop in sales, they just start releasing a single after another.

Oh yay! At first I thought it was UTADA as well, but good! It's Hikki! I have a feeling that this will be R&B, and I wouldn't be surprised that if her next album hints back to Deep River.

yea....I might think of buyin' this one heheee, Wings sounds soo cool ^^

I think this is an Utada Hikaru release, not an Utada release, since it was in Japanese on her Japanese site. (I'm hoping it'll sound really good!!!)

it must be a hikki release only because american doesn't market singles like its another album as they do with the actual album.

confused?

CD Japan ~>

First single release from Hikaru Utada for 2006 and already people are saying its her best work to date! Song features more of Utada's increasingly stylized lyrical perspective and peerlessly perfect arrangement. This song is st to revolutionize the music industry.

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=TOCT-5005

best work to date? ... amazing ...

Hm.. wonder how it shall be then. Probably Hikki is planning this song to be the one which puts her back into track as a top artist.

Cover:
http://www.toshiba-emi.co.jp/vmc/art...6/toct5005.jpg

Here is a first Preview ->

http://www.toshiba-emi.co.jp/app/scr...oct5005_01.wma

CREDITS - U-O

fix the link@!

Sorry ^^

lol no problem those were the worst 3 minutes of my life

where can i hear wings?

btw it sounds soo nice <3 i really like this i think its going to be my fav out of the 3

The cover is o_O

my eye pops out as i see lots of hikki on the cover... it's so unoriginal. I hope the pv will not have lots of hikki inside.

Really.. this cover reminds me of the Ladies Night pv. Probly I will have a nightmare of lots of hikki marching tonite.. LOL

The song is er... quite freshy :D

The song's so and so. It kinda sounds like passion though.

I like it lots but the cover strikes me as one of the most unique! :D Its nice to see a change.

Yes it's a nice change from those face shots true.

She does have an extensive collection of mugshots.

2004-04-21 // Darekano Negaiga Kanaukoro (single)
http://xs56.xs.to/pics/05470/2004042...oro.jpg.xs.jpg
2004-10-05 // EXODUS (album)
http://xs56.xs.to/pics/05470/20041005_exodus.jpg.xs.jpg
2004-10-06 // Easy Breezy (DVD)
http://xs56.xs.to/pics/05470/2004101...dvd.jpg.xs.jpg
2005-05-16 // EXODUS '04 (single)
http://xs56.xs.to/pics/05470/2005051...s04.jpg.xs.jpg
2005-10-24 // EXODUS (album)
http://xs56.xs.to/pics/05470/20051024_exodus.jpg.xs.jpg
2005-12-14 // Passion (single) (updated)
http://xs59.xs.to/pics/05501/passion1.jpg.xs.jpg
2001-07-25 // FINAL DISTANCE (single)
http://xs56.xs.to/pics/05470/2001072...nce.jpg.xs.jpg
2002-05-09 // SAKURA Drops (single)
http://xs56.xs.to/pics/05470/2002050...ops.jpg.xs.jpg
2002-06-19 // DEEP RIVER (album)
http://xs56.xs.to/pics/05470/2002061...ver.jpg.xs.jpg
2003-01-29 // COLORS (single)
http://xs56.xs.to/pics/05470/20030129_colors.jpg.xs.jpg
1999-02-17 // Movin' On Without You (single)
http://xs56.xs.to/pics/05470/1999021...you.jpg.xs.jpg
1999-03-10 // First Love (album)
http://xs56.xs.to/pics/05470/1999031...ove.jpg.xs.jpg
2001-02-16 // Can You Keep A Secret? (single)
http://xs56.xs.to/pics/05470/2001021...ret.jpg.xs.jpg
2001-03-28 // Distance (album)
http://xs56.xs.to/pics/05470/2001032...nce.jpg.xs.jpg

Yup well I suppose Hikki decided to present a new image of herself and a new kind of music. I just wonder how it'll do in the market.

Both the cover and the song are amazing <3 Now when's her 4th Japanese album coming? :D

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/8140/au3238kw.jpg
Bigger image. Amazing. So Bjorky.

gosh....it's scares me off!
very american-ish though...

Errr... it looks odd. I don't like it.

I'm glad to hear that Utada Hikaru is trying to get back up there in the J-pop scene...I liked her last two singles though...seems not many people did. =\ Can't wait for an album either!

o_O That cover looks scary though....

Wah, the cover is cool!

The preview sounds great! :) :)

WOOHOOO yay another single. her recent singles have been awesome. i hope i like an R&Bish song after all of her newer stuff.

she's copying ayumi's audience single idea...

just kidding. :laugh

^ :laugh

Seriously, I can't get enough of this 45s preview. It's her best single since SAKURA DROPS. Not that the others weren't awesome too. <3

Yeah agreed. Sakura Drops is her best! And Keep Tryin' might be as good as it. Its more accessible than Passion though, from what we get in the preview.

The cover is a bit scary to me. So many identical Hikkis O_____O.

It's the Hikki clone army!

Damn I Have some hikki things but I never noticed the Face pattern.

Gotta go DL the preview, if it's as good as everyone says it is, I'll buy the single.

I heard the preview and I don't like it very much. I prefer BML and Passion. Wonder what Sanctuary's going to sound like...

The covers is so ick.

The song is amazing.

I GOT RID OF SPYWARE!

The sample of Keep Tryin' sounds really 'Passion'-like!

I love the preview of Keep Tryin', I'm really looking forward to the single. I wonder what Wings will be like, the title sounds like it might be a ballad. Is there any information about it yet?

Sanctuary??? What's that?

What..(!) thats a freaky cover...the song...just "so" "so" :\ But, just a preview, maybe the full song sounds better.

I believe that it's the rumored title for the English version of Passion.

where can i find more of her single/album hq pictures :luv2 or for other singers like koda kumi or ayumi :love i just replaced all my pics on itunes with those those are awesome thanks

just a question, i never heard the preview yet. is it good? how does it sound?

It sort of sounds like Passion but faster and more lively.

I dunno Ayufan11.

The full song is very good, but repetitive.

yeah i agree... i hate that blah blah keep tryin' tryin' blah blah keep tryin tryin part... otherwise this song is perfect :D

Its not blah blah.. xD Its something like "father, keep trying trying, mother keep trying trying..." dunno for what though. ITS SO REPETITIVE!!!

Repetitive and boring. Maybe I'll change opinion but right now I'm really bored at this song. I wish Hikki would think of quality over quantity.

I love this song! I'll definitely buy the single.
At first, I thought the chorus was weird sounding in one part. However, I've learned to love the whole song so much. The fact that there's a B-side and instrumental makes it an even better deal!

I enjoyed the song. Yes it is repetitive but still quite good.

A tad borning, but I still like it.

I'm kind of on the fence on the song... I mean I ..think I like it.... but something is just kind of off about it.. V_V; Once I see the pv, I might have a better liking... or not, but probably more on the liking side @_@

PV PREVIEW IS OUT!!!
Awesome, so cute and colourful!!!

http://www.toshiba-emi.co.jp/app/scr...t5005_01v3.wmv

You know, the more I listen to this song, the more I like it. :)

i agree... at first i didn't like this song because of the repetitive chorus + bad quality. then i started liking it... and now aftering watching the pv this song is fantastic :D

this song is good and catchy like no other! definitely grabbin' this single

Repetition for effect. This song makes me want to get up and start the day.

^totally

i want to hear "wings"..

yeah... one time i put this song on the playlist of my alarm, and all i could hear is "okosan keep tryin' tryin', okasan keep tryin' tryin..." while i didn't hear other songs somehow... LOL it really wakes me.. :D

Yeah, I want to hear Wings too!

This is the single JPop has been needing for quite some time.

Get out of here Ayumi generic is so last season.

Keep Tryin' and Wings are BOTH great songs. Wings stays true to staying a B-Side track but it's a nice balance on the cheery song Keep Tryin'.

^ I agree. This single is amazing. Keep Tryin' >>>>> Startin'/Born to be...

I don't agree. Keep Tryin' is nice but it's got nothing new or fresh. It sounds like the replica of Passion with more repetition.

Hmmm... I don't think that I've listened to Ayu's new songs enough to compare to Keep Tryin' yet...

I do love the Keep Tryin' PV, and I didn't like the Startin' PV very much...

i loved startin' but after i heard keep tryin' and WINGS....damn! utada is back.

Keep tryin' really doesn't sound like Passion at all to me. The mood is really different for both songs. Keep tryin' is pretty nice to listen, I'm surprised with pv =D

I don't see why people say Passion and Keep Tryin' sound alike... o.o;

I love both keep tryin' and wings. im gonna get this single for sure now.

when i listen to keep tyin' i DO think about passions though...weird..haha

but yeah..utada's songs have been pretty awesome lately


question:

will colors be included in ehr upcoming album?

^ i want to know too..but most ppl say only the songs starting from dareka

Its a huge debate over at Utada-Online.

Half the people say the new album will include:

COLORS
Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro
Be My Last
Passion
Keep Tryin'
WINGS

and the rest say it will include:

Be My Last
Passion
Keep Tryin'
WINGS

Personally I think it will be on the new album. :yes But it was on Single Collection Vol. 1 so it doesn't have to be...

I heard that it will start from Dareka...I hope for more songs..! of courseXD

People are complaining because Hikki's albums usually have around 12 tracks with one interlude so about 11 full songs and if COLORS, Dareka, Be My Last, Passion, Keep Tryin' and WINGS are included that only leaves space for five new songs. That's usually the amount of new songs she has anyway though, so....

I'm hoping she'll do an Ayu-length album though. :D

ohhh 0_0 well I want the album soon, hehe

Here is my theroy.

Hikari (the Japanese theme to KH) was released and then Deep River was released which had Hikari on it. Then COLORS was released which contained Simple and Clean (the English theme to KH) directly after the release of Kingdom Hearts in the west.

So... if the pattern is the same...

Passion (the Japanese theme to KHII) is released then an album should be released and a new single with Sanctuary (the English theme to KHII) as the b-side should be released right after Kingdom Hearts II in the west.

Kingdom Hearts II comes out March 28th in North America which means if my theroy is correct there will be a new Hikki album before March 28th and a new Hikki single in early April.

:).

Does that make sense?

^ yes that makes sense=D wonderful theory~

http://wiki.theppn.org/Keep_Tryin%27_%28song%29

I fell in love with the song at first listen, the lyrics are really beautiful and positive...in a "japanese lifestyle" way (the "business man" part is wrong... it is "salary man"). I like how Hikki took time to create such great lyrics... They mean that no matter what you do, no matter how you live your life and no matter how many times you try to do something but it doesn't work out, everything's fine if there's passion in what you do. They sound simple and a bit plain, but they work perfectly with the bgm if u ask me.

Check the translation and see what i mean. :)

Wonder how it's going to do on Oricon...if it tanks like the other two, XD I'll laugh.

i doubt it... unless toshiba is gonna announce that in a few day, I dun see hikki releasing an album in march. PLUS koda kumi new album is released on 3.8, while EXILE's new album will be released on the 29th.. I dun want hikki to squeeze in between them.. Why not release the new album in april then?? make it as the hikki month :P

Keep Tryin' > Startin'
Wings = Born To Be...

I'm stunned by the simplicity in Wings. Its just simply beautiful and relaxing. So little yet so perfect. It isn't exactly little, but it gives the illusion of simplicity without being simple. The melodies are complicated, and I think there is certainly many instruments used in the song.

>_< I really was SUPER disappointed by WINGS...I didn't like it at all...