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Mikkel S. Eriksen (less Mikkel): Utada and collaboration has been great. I had a very good time. To get us to listen to her music, I immediately hit it off from there. It was awesome and Vibe. And this is how to work with off-key, and have made music together, and sends back to us from Japan to take them to flesh out her case there was further developed, it was really fun process. I finally finished something great.

Tor Erik Hermansen (less Tor Erik): "Utada interested in a collaboration with Japanese artist? Her album of contemporary pop, urban pop I want to作RITA a purely contemporary album with" response when we approached the record company and said, "Japan? What Japanese artist knew? I do not know anyone" like I was. I met her, but full of confidence and the integrity of the body are漲RA to make a man of remarkable voices, I have been overwhelmed by the song that she sends back the first. Terms of lyrics and excellent vocals also. So once more it's Roh. First, we convinced them to try to do songs, and another and so do a song, it ultimately snowballed. I do not remember how many songs made the final at all, and the considerable number of songs, I do not look perfect.

Mikkel: Yes.

Tor Erik: And we also 80 and I love her music age. She is a little younger than I, but we know a lot of 80's songs, I was talking to each other of their favorite artists. , We "do you think you have a partially similar to Kate Bush," I said, she "Really? I love Kate Bush!" He said, "Well, Well It is important to point "of the story. And sometimes it can be similar to Madonna. Tell it to the pointe Liv, a vintage-era Madonna. The important point that, too. So we are just human, but an entirely different country, to get together to produce this album, the music I could find a common sound.

Mikkel: I think so. We had a lot to share that point, it was her best vocal performance. In the face and voice features and robust, though blessed with great talent as a songwriter, according to the land based on the expression of it, but it's more realistic. There are also songs which scenario, I would catch the ears of listeners at once.

Tor Erik: You know, "eat delicious chocolate lying on the bed" (Note: The Me Muero's from) I phrase I書KEYASHINAI anyone else (laughs). The expression that we hear is that the first life, I really do not know where I thought, I guess it's a place where great.

Mikkel: I am probably rooted in real places. I was reminded of the scene from.

‘One’ Love
Japanese Superstar Utada Aims To Conquer The States
By Rob Schwartz

What do you do when you’re a J-pop superstar in Japan, and a native English speaker, but have failed to take off with your first U.S. release?

Try again, of course. Japanese phenomenon Utada will release her new English-language record, “This Is The One,” March 24 on Island Def Jam, with all parties predicting greater success the second time around. Her first English-language record, 2004’s “Exodus,” peaked at No. 160 on the Billboard 200, selling 55,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

“My first English album was a very experimental, mad-scientist-in-a-laboratory kind of album,” Utada says. “It was a bit of a mess on my side as well as on the record company’s side. I didn’t know how to [express] myself to the public.”

This time, Island Def Jam Music Group president/COO Steve Bartels says the label is “extremely committed to breaking Utada in the United States.” Kimitaka Kato, president of Universal International in Japan, says, “Utada’s talent has been recognized by [IDJMG chairman] L.A. Reid, which led to this launch. We believe that the moment has come for the world to embrace Utada as a true global superstar.”

She’s already achieved that status in Japan, despite being born and raised in the States, until she was 14. Her 1999 debut album, “First Love” (Toshiba EMI), is the best-selling album in Japanese history, selling more than 7.5 million copies, according to SoundScan Japan. All but one of her subsequent six releases have moved more than 1 million copies.

Managed by her father, Teruzane Utada, on both sides of the Pacific, her star status at home is such that she has separate deals for her Japanese repertoire — which appears on EMI under her full name, Utada Hikaru –– and English language releases, which come out through Universal under the name Utada. “Exodus” has sold more than 1 million copies in Japan, and “This Is The One” is due there March 14. But Utada says she remains committed to Japanese repertoire and is already working on her next Japanese album.

As for “This Is The One,” she says it’s “an album made for the purpose of [being] mainstream,” having enlisted top songwriter/producers with U.S. track records and strong ties to IDJ, including the-Dream, Stargate and Tricky Stewart.

“For this project, Utada wanted to work with some of the hottest producers on the charts right now,” Bartels says, “but more importantly they wanted to work with her. The-Dream, Tricky Stewart, Stargate and many others are big fans of hers, and all of us know what the U.S. and Europe are soon to find out — Utada is a star.”

Bartels says Utada’s American “sensibilities and sound” set her apart from other Japanese artists seeking stateside success, noting early press supports from Nylon, the New York Times and Vibe. A slot is also booked on CBS’ “The Early Show,” with more TV appearances to be scheduled.

Utada had her longtime hair and makeup artists fly in from Japan for key U.S. promo work after feeling her image wasn’t presented correctly in the States on “Exodus.” The artist says she’s feeling more confident about how she’s perceived this time around.

“I feel very comfortable about all the promotional work I’ve been doing,” she says. “probably because there is less of this hype about a Japanese pop star making a breakthrough that I struggled with last time.”

＊日本でのメディア露出情報
＜雑誌＞
「WHAT’s IN？」（2/14）
「CDでーた」（2/14）
「CDジャーナル」（2/20）
「i-Pod Fan」（2/21）
「Zipper」（2/23）
「smart」（2/24）
「CHOKI CHOKI」（2/24）
「BLENDA」（3/7）
「In Red」（3/7）
「S-Cawaii！」（3/7）
「sweet」（3/12）
「JELLY」（3/17）
「金沢倶楽部」（3/20）
「HMV the music&movie master」（3/20）
「新星堂 DROPS 024号」（3/20）
「VA for TSUTAYA RECORDS」（3/20）
「装苑」（3/28）

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01. On And On
02. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - FYI
03. Apple And Cinnamon
04. Taking My Money Back
05. This One (Crying Like A Child)
06. Automatic Part II
07. Dirty Desire
08. Poppin’
09. Come Back To Me
10. Me Muero

Extra Remix Tracks:
11. Come Back To Me (Seamus Haji & Paul Emanuel Radio Edit)
12. Come Back To Me (Quentin Harris Radio Edit)