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[Utada Hikaru] ~There's Chemistry like Apple and Cinnamon In Her 29th Thread~
New thread. :)
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yay!~~ thanks for the new thread...
---- hikki's being featured on imeem..... |
<3 nice thread title~ i've been addicted to apple and cinnamon, definitely a fave from TITO for me
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cute title! :P
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To be honest, I liked the 30 second preview of A&C then the whole thing. After I bought it was kinda like :dead2
It's still good though I think it'll take me a while to appreciate it. BTW, does anyone know when her next Japanese single is going to come out? I can't wait! :yes |
^I have no clue...sorry for seeming like I'm ignoring your question but I love you're signature and avatar....the brown looks really nice on her =]
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LOL My brother is playing Come Back to Me right now...= =
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i was really enjoying dirty desire, but with the ending of "bring that beat back", that basically just destroyed the whole song for me @_@
does any one else dislike that part? |
In regards to the 28th thread. I don't like that FYE or etc. are promoting UTADA when they can't even find her CD. It's like...unless they keep that there for 4 Months or something (HIGHLY DOUBTFUL), then it won't do much promotion for her "i have never heard of you" fans.
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I don't think it should be there...but it's still funny. |
lol should Apple & Cinnamon be released as the 2nd single , I so can't imagine the PV at all :laugh
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Thought Id transfer this over to the new thread. xD
Utada Promotion at FYE. ;D http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/1...04000jpg12.jpg Also, for Haikadasu (Not sure If I spelled their screenname right?) When I was on my dad's laptop, it wouldn't go past that post for me either. He has IE on his computer. It was doing it for me on my computer too, and I use firefox on here. |
So... It's been a drought lately on the news-front... Nothing happening these days? :)
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Have Utada in the midst of this terrible aftermath singing the song while looking back on before when they had no idea what was coming. But really make it dramatic and terrible to heighten the fact. Also the "Spacey" effects they use on Utada's voice when she sings "Simple and Innocent" and "Apple and Cinnamon" give me this feeling as well. Very surreal and foreboading. Now this just came to me to kind of give an example, not that I'm really saying they should use this, but have like a dead body face first on the floor so that we don't know who it is and then like when Utada sings, "Started off so simple and innocent", flashback to really good blissful times and then keep going back to the dead body on the floor or Utada or somebody standing near it with a knife. Whatever. Just something like that. And then at the end we realize the dead body on the floor was like somebody in the background of the scenes that we hadn't even noticed and not who we thought at all and then we go through all of these flashbacks revealing the mystery. Very ominous. Ever played "Braid". The award winning XBOX360 game that had to do with Time Travel. Well what I'm talking about would very much be like the ending Climax of that game. Very creepy and unexpected. And with Utada's "Ohhhhh"'s at the end of "Apple And Cinnamon", which I love, it would fit very appropriately with such a dark and depressing ending. This is just me though. I can see how someone may think this is completely ridiculous and that the Music Video should be something like Utada playing hopscotch while eating Apple Jacks or something. Meh. I'd die. And yeah, you'd have to completely disregard some of the lyrics to get this outcome. Lyrics aside, this is the feeling the music itself gives me. Plus it's better for me to think of if this way than just another Love Song dealing with Breaking Up. They Kill Me. |
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ahhhh that would be scary!! Murdering Hikki!!!
Though it sounds more interesting than CBTM PV :P |
Where's Luv ;(
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^she got banned like...two threads ago or something.
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wat~ why did she get banned
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This one (Crying Like a Child) should be the second single <3
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Yeah I wondered why luv got banned too :S ~!!!
I think A&C should be the 2nd single lol but This one could be it too lol! I dunno I just really like A&C <3 lol! Wow that is a deep interpretation cori! Interesting lol ~! I didn't even know the song was about a break up Lol! I listen more for the musicthanthe lyrics and I for some reason never look up english lyrics haha XD |
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i enjoy that part too :)
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I saw a news article in which Hikki mentioned that she's currently dating someone and that he's not a celebrity or someone famous. It's during an interview in US. Is it posted here yet?
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Does anyone have photos from the Sen book? I see them in sigs and stuff, but I can't seem to find them anywhere. D:
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I haaaaaaate it!!!!!!!! It really ruins the song for me. :( |
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Second Single: On & On, make some sort of clubbing PV, or something with flashy neon lights and cool sneakers like the ones she wore in the promo pic :p. I dunno something cool that'd appeal to a clubbing audience while keeping it Utada.
Third Single: One of the mid-tempo ballads (FYI, Apple & Cinnamon, This One) to appeal to the masses and break through :D She'd need a mainstream PV with her walking through a rainy street and flirting with guys with a sad look upon her face (I dunno if that makes sense) what an ingenious master plan.. hope it works ;) she could even make a fourth single Dirty Desire. not like that'll ever happen :( |
^ I like your idea! All the songs you picked out are the songs I adore! :)
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Utada in People!!!
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...tist-story.png ALSO Complex Blog finally got around to posting their article of Utada. They went on Youtube and found videos that have to do with Utada and got her opinion on them. Some of them are fanmade. |
^Oh so now theyre calling BoA Britney Spears too? When will the comparisons to Britney stop?
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BoA has always been compared to Britney. Nothing new there. Oh and they will never stop.
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I'm totally buying that magazine! I like the comparision of wonder girls being like a younger version of spice girls! Oh, and I've never heard of Utada being compared to Mariah Carey!
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i dont think theyre alike much >< |
Mariah's voice is way stronger than Hikki's.
Hikki has a more unique genre to her music, too. Mariah makes alot of Pop/R&B stuff. There's a huge difference, IMO. However, I'm convinced that the comparison might drive some people (Mariah fans?) to go listen/buy This Is the One. So I'm okay with the comparison, even though it's not very good. |
Does anyone have the pictures from Ten and Sen?
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Well...I personally prefer them to call BoA britney over hikki lol
that's just like "thank god". I actually like that description of hikki. I have no qualms with people dropping the name Mariah Carey when talking about her...although I think I would choose someone else...they seem to have chosen very basic artists, Mariah, Britney, Justin, Spice Girls lol so...I think it's okay. |
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comparisons often lead to fights.. and most ppl "compared" to mariah or any other artists are often considered as copies of them. i hope i didnt start an argument ^^ |
Top 50 Albums Of '09 :
14 *,177,268 *16,924 This Is The One / Utada 09/03/14 |
I wasn't surprised when People said she's like Mariah, I've read some comments here say the same thing.
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aren't the pictures in the last thread?
if not, they're all up at last fm...I know that much lol |
Utada's new album definitely sounds like some of MC's stuff... especially the ballads. Love 'em!
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listen closely she does sound like mariah in some parts in her tracks.
like in "Come Back To Me", how the background voice was like "Come back" "One in a million" sounded kinda like mariah. i don't find mariah's voice strong, just high LOL. |
^mariah's voice is both high and strong<3 .
somebody mentioned that "come back 2 me" sounded mariah-ish too |
So the Billboard charts came out and This Is The One fell off the chart. Come Back to Me went up 4 spots on the Hot Play Dance chart to 20. She losing steam there. I hope she hits the Top 10 at least.
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^I was quite surprised that TITO even made it on the charts at all last time being that it was a digital release and that barely anyone even knows who Utada is. Hopefully with the release of the next single(s) the album will get enough attention to rocket up the charts at the physical release.
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^Yes, I hope so too.
It's interesting how different the charts are in US from Japan, and the way artists promote their albums, single releases etc, very different from in Japan, where you release several singles at first, then the album, in the US it's kind of opposite, so that means there's still good chances of the album rising on the charts |
^ I think the US way is weird... why would you buy an album with all of the songs in it, and then go back to by a single with a song that is already on the album! I think it works out in hikki case though because it gives her a chance to promote herself more,especially since she only has her album available digitally, and she isn't known so well in the US...
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People that buy singles in the US usually are interested on the remixes (and most of the time are DJs or something)
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I don't think she sounds anything like Mariah (in terms of voice) but some of the melodies, I can see that. Anything to get people to notice her (so comparisons are okay with me xD)
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most people that buy singles in america, only buy it because they only like that one song. I don't even think physical single releases exist for many songs released these days. Just digital.
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^A bit more? haha BoA is not only a better singer, but she can dance and sing at the same time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ak1cpi74RM -Haha not sure if that is real but I still think BoA's voice is leagues ahead. |
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Does anyone know how Utada did on the Pop 100? Or was it the Pop 100 Airplay? I didn't know there was a difference between the two at first. They have way too many charts. It's music segregation or something lol. Anyway I wanna see if she went up or fell off that chart.
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Yep, just a bit lol
Well I think that's how it's going to come off to Americans anyway...who are used to "good singers" being like...Leona Lewis, and Kelly Clarkson or whatever. They aren't really used to the style that Asian singers sing in. |
I was kind of assuming that FYI would be the next single, she also sung it at the CBS live but anyway.
I remember watching this MTV thing where they said Utada was like "Sarah Machlanahan and Madonna dipped in sake" :/ I honestly think that there is no true version of Hikki in the US. |
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And unless you're a total prude dweeb, using swear words is not the same as screaming profanity at someone, :laugh |
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Anyways the sales in the US don't look too good T^T ~! I hope she can still pull a lady gaga and boom upwards D: ~! |
Utada is still at the #4 position on iTunes Japan with her Album. Very Good Stuff.
And she occupies the 3, 6, and 9 positions on iTune Japan Music Video List. |
I voted for Ayu. :D But I love them both...
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OMG, while I was in F.Y.E. today,
I saw an ad for "This is the One" It was a big poster over the CD's with a box for reservations. And it looked pretty full, too!! |
I need to go to my FYE!! It'd be so cool to see more of her in public. I want her to be on MTV or something. BTW, does anyone know what she has scheduled to do next?
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hikki is so unique<3 |
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And UK and US have the same system. So in the end I dun really know if Japan system is actually the "interesting" one. Logically I think Japan system seems cooler because you get chances to listen to couple of songs to determine if the upcoming album suits your taste. Most importantly, I really love the cd cover arts in Japan. They're so attractive compared to those dull US/UK covers :P. |
frankly I prefer the way Japanese artistes release their material .
Single/s & then album . It's rare for you to see recut singles being issued in Japan's context unlike in other parts of the world & that should be the way . It kinda defeats the whole purpose of releasing your album & then somemore singles to be released from the album after it's out ? it can be quite hard for people to keep up |
Utada being compared to Mariah. In my own prespective, those people who compare her to Mariah are those who have known her just by now or recently. I mean, most of us known Utada for 10 years... we are sooooooo used to her voice... That's what i mean. XD
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In some songs Utada does sounds like Mariah to me even if I have listened to Hikki for 4 years or so now. :D Especially song On and On brought Mariah to my mind at once when Hikki started singing the song. I was wondering "Why's a Mariah Carey song on this album?" and I haven't gotten used to that voice yet but I still adore the album. And yes, I'm a Mariah fan too. :p I'm not very annoyed of the comprasion of both of these artists since they are both my favourities and I love their voices.
And about singles. Here in Finland artists releases 1-2 singles off one album before it's released. They also release re-cut singles that has no remixes in, which is sad. I, for example, prefer japanese way of releasing things. :) |
Japan MTV Video Music Awards 2009:
Utada nominated for Best Female Video and Best Album of the Year http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/6650/mtvutada.jpg http://www.mtvjapan.com/vmaj/vote/index.html Wonder if she'll attend this year... |
Well Utada won't be winning that Music Video Award.
Here are some reviews of Utada's Album: Rhapsody Review The Japan Times Review DirrtyRemixes Review Also, here's a video on Amazon of Utada talking about each song on her Album: Utada Amazon Album Video |
They are not getting her sence of humour again xD
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Utada Introduces TITO @ Amazon.com
Official Link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m186P3VUYO1LVR Youtube Video: |
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yea, the video sucks, but the song rocks, lol. :P i'd vote just for the song.
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I thought POL video was a little boring but cute. I'm surprise Aoyama Thelma's Nandomo was nominated; another cute but boring video/// I think it might go to Britney or Amuro.
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My FYE had a ad banner for This is th One too!!!!
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doesnt anyone think that she should put out more of a dance track then another ballad. I would love to hear dirty desire and stations like z100 would play the heck outta On and On. if she was gonna put out a ballad This One (crying like A child) should have been the first pick not CBTM imo
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oh wow. has anyone noticed that IDJ has actually done some background work and was able to get myspace to give utada her myspace "myspace.com/utada" ?? it's crazy but they are doing small things for her. It's nice.
myspace.com/thisisutada goes directly to myspace.com/utada now. oh and universal music group has finally added her video to youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPd_c...e=channel_page finally. I think they had it on private for weeks and didn't realize it or something. |
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I think the less enthusiastic guy@dirrtyremixes was more on the munny with what the album is more or less. |
Well...I was bored trying to cram all my spring break HW before break ends (monday) so...I was listening to Ayu...thinking about A-Best2White for some reason....and I just got this question...like "what would it be like if Utada released a multi disc album"...so yeah...I just made one x_x. It was kinda lame and really stupid (I didnt have Distance album so i skipped it and the Ultra Blue disc is bootleg). I used the box of a bootleg multidisc soundtrack I found in my garage (from Alion Records LAWL)...so yeah...I have a stupid obsession with the large japanese CD box x______x.
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I always remember Last Friends whenver the song comes up |
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^Well....I think Beyonce would sound really nice singing the part that goes "BRING THAT BEAT BACK!" in dirty desire (the current voice is too high for my liking)...and maybe the part that goes "Girls, you know we've got it better than the guys..." in Poppin'...but other than that....i cant really see which song they're talking about either...=/
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can someone recommend me some good songs from First Love besides the title track?
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^Automatic (the album version OWNS the single version), Moving On without you, time will tell (love that song)...and yeah...I cant remember the rest but those were the standouts
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I also like Wait & See ~Risk~ too |
wait & see is from distance...
Amai wana~paint it black is one of my favorites from first love |
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B&C is good too. And I love Give Me A Reason :D. Actually all the songs on First Love are good :). |
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2 great songs from that album. I personally didn't like much the rest. |
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Automatic -Album Version-, B&C, Never Let Go are some of my favorites.
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Utada at J-WAVE:
She looks so nice here....something happened to her hair...when I saw the first photo i was like...Utada from Distance era? @_@ |
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