The Official Hidemi Uematsu Thread
 

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Ladies & Gents , I bring you another great & very under-rated indie artiste in the form of Hidemi Uematsu

I have to take my hat off Roxanne @ http://charisma2.livejournal.com for introducing to me Hidemi's music because I seriously have not come across such an unique voice in today's jpop music scene .

Too bad I don't know much about Hidemi except the fact that she's in her early 20's & so far she has released 2 singles in which both singles's material were written & composed by her

In anycase , hope you will have fun listening to her stuff as she's really good imo . It's quite hard to say what kinda music she does , I say it's a cross between a good mix of indie pop , r&b , folk thrown in for good measures .

Discography

Singles ::

1) Dear My Friends / Trauma (08.10.2008)
2) Jidai (04.03.2009)
3) Dear Lady (18.11.2009)

Downloads

1) Dear My Friends / Trauma ::

Single - http://sharebee.com/f5973e9e

Dear My Friends PV - http://sharebee.com/8bc64151 (credits - http://www.a-nation.org/)

Trauma PV - http://sharebee.com/fb67a74a

2) Jidai :

Single - http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ikmiyw3vq30

Jidai PV - http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mimtfgxgzyn

3) Dear Lady :

Single - http://www.mediafire.com/?hzj0nzzzzti ; credits - x-megumi-x

Dear Lady PV - http://www.mediafire.com/?t3n0te0dgmj ; credits - x-megumi-x

Record Label - TOY'S FACTORY

Music Genre - Pop , R&B , Folk

Official Site - http://uematsuhidemi.com/

Useful blogspot site on Hidemi - http://hidemiuematsu.blogspot.com

All Download links for Hidemi's material except for Dear My Friends PV - credits to Roxanne @ http://charisma2.livejournal.com

Yey! I love love her!

I want an album already lol and she's barely on her second single...

Her voice...is just...woah...

Anyway...thanks for uploading the second single, I didn't have it <3

I remember you posted the Dl link for her first single a few months ago and I really loved both songs and she sings so damn good too :yes

She's so awesome, and it's so sad she's under-rated too :( she deserves better imo, her voice is so good :luv2

the 2nd single is nice, but i like the first single just a bit more imo

:D , oh yes I really love her voice she's so unique , glad that you like her just as much as I do :D

:yes , I was the 1 who posted her debut single last Oct , more people should know about her in AHS just like BREAKERZ :laugh

& I agree with you , her debut single's a bit more stronger than her latest one but it's still good for me :yes

yeah I love Jidai....but I still love Trauma more...and Dear My Friends.

same for me :yes

I really do hope she can release another new single soon , a debut album will be great as well :D

hey karen i was just hanging around your blog last night and i saw her pics, and i thought wow this girl is pretty even though its just the side face :luv2 and i youtube her and found the song trauma, and guess what? i instantly love her! <3 the song is very nice! must try another song from her soon

YAY , glad that you like Tramua , Seb

frankly her PVs are nothing to shout about but she made it up with her great blend of music

her song is so great! i like the way she change her voices (is that called falsetto?)

umm I think you got that right Seb

Very nice! Her voice reminds me of someone but I can't put my finger on it.

lead singer of Superfly maybe ?

I have added in Dear My Friend's PV for download in the 1st post :)

Actually I've never listened to Superfly (knowing that it was them anyway) but I'll look them up as well.

She must just have one of these voices hehe. And thanks for uploading the PV.

I heard a bit of Superfly on MTV China so that's why I can't help but draw similarities to Superfly & Hidemi , voice wise

Hidemi's PVs are frankly not outstanding as she's in an indie label but she make it up for her music so it's all good for me

Yeah it's the music that's important. :yes.

I just clicked on this thread because her name is familiar so she's completely new to me. Her voice is so different from anyone else. And not different in a bad way, but appealing. I loved Jidai from the beginning. Though...does she always wear a hat? If she does wear the hat, she should sell hats or do promos for them. One of them on her website looks to be knitted and she looks so cool in them. Made me want one.

that's very true :yes

I think so

since the 1st time I've seen her pic from Dear My Friends / Trauma onwards , it's as that so yeah

Oh^^ I love her songs too~ But I prefer her 1st single.. I love her style too :D But her PVs are always very low budget eh?

yeah can't be helped since she's under an indie & not a major record label

Oooh her second single, thanks~ The one I downloaded has a pass and I couldn't find it to unzip it D:...

I really love Trauma, that song is epic. The video was really cool too, it totally fit I think :3 The lyrics were really good too, does she write her own?

:yes

she wrote & composed all songs in both singles that she has released so far

Jidai reminds me of "Hana" by ORANGE RANGE. I like her so far! =D She has an awesome voice!! (^^)

I took this photo from http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=87946

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/w...23786e379b.jpg

cool

wow! pretty cool! how was her single sales for her new single?

wish I know the answer Seb but I honestly don't know how her 1st 2 singles fared on the chart :O , probably quite badly since she's an indie artiste & etc

:thud i wish she has already a fan base since the poster is soo big

I know man grr

more people need to know about her definitely

that & I want a new single from her soon

I listend to it her first single. It's a good single! I hope her second will be better.e

Jidai's slightly weaker than Dear My Friends / Trauma but both are still good overall :)

i thought jidai is much much stronger than dear my friend

her voice in the chorus is amazing!

this's a great blogspot site on Hidemi which I'm going to add in the 1st post :) - http://hidemiuematsu.blogspot.com

really nice blog. Thanks for sharing Karen^^

wow, i havent noticed this pic before, she sure deserves to be recognized. i cant take out jidai from my head for days now

hey hey i love her, i listen to her since her debut single when someone of the forum highly recommended she. Her voice's amazing and i adore her mvs!! ^^

:D & that will be me :laugh

I'm real good at brainwashing people to like good music :roflmao

^ yes, u really r =D , thank you so much *-* i'm totally addicted in her hahahah XD, bytheway somebody anything about her sales?

none idea!

Where are the masters of info?

wish I know the answer guys but I really don't know

both her singles probably didn't chart as she's an indie artist & not that many people know about her at this point in time

oh, too bad!!! im telling everyone on msn and forums about her!

ugh yeah that's the thing , I don't know much about Hidemi . I want to but it's difficult to dig up info about her

I suppose she rather let her music do the talking instead

I didn't know that she had an official thread. I'm not big on posting in official threads for singers, but I'm glad she has one!

:D

I decided to create 1 cos I wanted everyone on AHS to know about her just like BREAKERZ cos if there's good music around , it's needed to be shared around here

Very true. Hopefully she will gain more fans, both overseas and in Japan.

I think she'll probably have more fan if she continue to make great music!

:yes

I hope she can release another single soon

that & hopefully a debut album will follow

I think she'll do it

What's her music label?

she's under Pony Canon

ARASHI used to be under them & so's the now disbanded Shuchishin

So not CD+DVD limited edition only^^
It's a good point!

lol :laugh yeah so far both her 1st 2 singles are released in CD only format & in digipak style too which's good

CD only!!!!
Maybe they'll release her first album in CD+DVD too!

I'm hoping that she will release her debut album somewhere this year

but before that , maybe another single will be nice

yes you're right!
It'll be good t have a summer single!^^

i just found out about her yesterday and i'm very impressed!
My favourite type of music is electronica/dance so it's rare that i enjoy ballads, especially 4 (i don't know how to classify traume exactly) in a row, but i like all of her songs. her voice is powerful and unique and seeps with emotion in every song.
overall, i think 'jidai' is better than 'dear my friends.'
here are her songs in my order of best to....least best:

Trauma - i love how her voice flows in and out of the synth especially at the start with the dan dan dan dan dan's. musically i like it alot too. the talking is very cool at the end.
Jidai - the uniqueness of her voice is really evident in jidai. plus, there is a folk-y sound to the song with i really like. i like it more and more each time i hear it!
Dear Ladies - :luv2 I LOVE the way her voice cracks in the chorus, it really makes the song.
Dear My Friends - i know this is generally everyone's favourite, but to me it's her most ordinary song. it's ok nonetheless.

soooo looking forward to more singles and an album!!! :yes

Yay!! A new fan^^

Welcome in this thread^^

wonderful :D & a note to know , the B-side in Jidai is NOT titled Dear Ladies

it's titled Ryo-kun . I know because you're not the only 1 who mistakingly thought it's so .

& I have both her singles on hand so yup

Thanks Karen for the heads up on ryo-kan. It's great you made this thread too, there is SOOO little about her anywhere at the moment, she needs all the exposure she can get!! Hopefully as she releases more music, she'll have a bigger fan base. :yes
Maybe an album mid-late this year?

Merci! C'est très gentil!

ugh yeah I know it's so hard to dig out more information on Hidemi which's sad as I'm quite sure if she's on a major record label as compared to an indie one , she will get more exposure

I do hope that she will release another single too & followed by a debut album

more people on AHS definitely need to know about this very under-rated lady for sure :yes

Ryo-kun ? omg, i need to rename it

Is she always hiding under her hat?

yeah it's Ryo-kun , I don't know why everyone all thought that it's Dear Ladies -_-'''

:yes , I don't really know how she actually looked like without her hoodie/hat

Took her damn long enough to get to this....

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYY

finally a new release from her omg :thud & eh Nov 28th's a Sat :O but anyway it doesn't matter , I will add this info to the 1st post now

*faint*

finally finally FINALLY :weep :weep

eh Seb you also listen to Hidemi ar ? that's great to know

she really loves to take her own time to release material man T_T

LOL i thought you have already knew? i've posted in this thread before leh :roflmao

the 2 singles before is sooo fantastic, i hope this one wont disappoint me

oh paiseh & sorry ar , this thread hasn't been active for a while so ya that's why

but yes I agree with you , her 1st 2 singles were great & I'm quite sure the same thing will goes for Dear Lady too

Yeah, glad for a new single. We'll get an album yet! Unexpected theme though.

mi|kshake~

woo new single!

I guess it takes her more time because she writes the music and the lyrics? Maybe lol

:thud
finally!
I'm so excited!! :D
A solo indie artist who composes and writes her own music and lyrics is going to take a while to release stuff.

I'd like a song that's similar to Trauma or even Jidai :)

I suddenly have a feeling that Dear Lady might sound like a Dear My Friends part 2 :shrug

but that's just me :laugh

I think everyone's pretty much said it. Finally!

I've just recently gotten into her music and I am HOOKED. A friend actually introduced me to her and I've been so hooked on Trauma ever since. ♥♥♥ The English translation is what really did it for me, those lyrics are so deep and powerful. ♥

that's great to know Stephy & yes I agree with you , Hidemi's music's great :heart

she's long overdue to put out a debut album :S

omg it's song long time since she decided to release new stuff!

I hope her new single we'll be good :yes

thank god~ i even thought hidemi gave up on her music.

^ yeah me too @_@ & you imagine , Jidai was released way back in March so from that period onwards all the way to now , ick , there was no word about her doing new things & etc

thank goodness that's not the case now anymore :dead2 ... for now

Maybe she took a long time to work on an album. She wrote all song and choose some of them to release in single before to announce the out of her debut album!

I know I shouldn't stop to dream >.<

yeah I guess so

she , alongside with Matsushita Yuya , are both long overdue to release debut albums of their own .____.

I've been waiting for this single since I discovered her. I was checking her site regularly, up until a month ago. Excited for it.

NO HAT!!
Dear Lady cover
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...xia/amdvdp.jpg

Wasn't expecting that!!

Finally she shows her face.

oh wow thanks for that

nice & yes no hoodie/hat's involved LOL

ooo it's so gorgeous!!!

i have no idea how she looks like, she looks much different from what i've expected

she looks like korean too

Here's a picture of her from her website. She looks darker here, but the eyes look to be the same size and the nose ridge looks similar too.
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...xia/Hidemi.jpg

er no offense but I understand now why she prefer her past promo pics to be hidden because she's not really that good looking @_@ :dead2

but who cares it's the music that matters :D

I don't feel like it's her in the cover. Maybe, its because of the flower?
Anyway it's a nice cover

she's so sexy to me lol.
im so happy she's showing more on her new cover. its really gorgeous.
and i want so desperately her album. she's so talented. IM IN LOVE WITH HER VOICE AND HER STYLE.

I'm so used to seeing her hiding under a hat. But at least she reveled herself haha.

LOL :laugh

I hope a preview of Dear Lady will be up & running soon

it's strange that CDJapan hasn't sent me an update preorder email for this o_O

Just discovered her. Her two first singles are amazing, I really like her style and her voice :heart

She looks cute in the new cover. Dear Lady is beautiful too <3
You can hear the song here: http://www.imeem.com/yuki1974/music/...tsu-dear-lady/

good to know so Aurelie & thanks for providing the link to Dear Lady

love the piano :heart & are you able to rip the song from imeem.com ? :S

aaah it sound so good :luv2 hidemi never disappoint her fans so far :yes such a taltented singer

I ripped the song :yes
http://www.mediafire.com/?in4lykqntdd

ah thank you so much :heart *____*

will be putting it inside my mp3player now

:yes

she needs to release an album man . I will buy it for sure

Dear Lady is up for preorder on HMV Japan - http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/3683285

OMG megumi thanks so much for the rip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i like the song <3

argh I need a PV for Dear Lady now T_____________T but then again it might not be that great after all :laugh

*points to her 1st 3 PVs :innocent

:laugh Karen! lol you're right, she isn't that good looking...

you think her manager suggest she hide her face? Like what they did to mink?


honestly...i didn't think she'd look anything like that lol

well prussian blue / Seb & I were talking about Hidemi last night on MSN & he said that Hidemi doesn't somehow have the typical Japanese look going in her

he thought that she's mixed or maybe even Korean LOL