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Anyway, I wish the people who are complaining how this song isn't like her Japanese stuff would just shut up. Nobody in their right mind would release ANY of her Japanese stuff (with English vocals of course) in the States right now. Can you imagine how badly "Flavor of Life" or "Stay Gold" would do here? 
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I wish they would shut up too, but for a different reason: she has clearly stated that Utada and Utada Hikaru are different artists. People who haven't caught on by now must be retarded. Even up 'til a couple of days ago, I read a post somewhere that wished it would be "more Hikki and less Utada". Well, if she wanted to do this, she would just release it all under Utada Hikaru. Obviously. Some people will never get it.
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People need to get over it. The stuff that sells in Japan just doesn't sell in the States. This song is generic, but it's got a killer hook. It's got A+ production and excellent melodies that will hook people in instantly.
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That didn't stop IDJ from OKing and releasing Exodus. I agree that the song is generic and has a killer hook (I've had it on repeat since it was made available), but it's only because StarGate got their untalented hands on it (most likely). This song would be way less generic if Utada had arranged it herself. It reeks of ***tastic StarGate production (tinny drums, stupid electric guitar, strings and synth you can barely hear). I can say as a fact that Utada is a better producer than they will ever be. StarGate has been the biggest contributor to this same sound you hear all over the radio. Most of the insanely popular songs people regard as "mainstream crap" for the past two years or so has been provided by them. I'm actually really angry she produced even one track with them because her work is so much better than anything they have done or ever will do. I hope they stayed far the **** away from the rest of the tracks (and yes, this includes Apples and Cinnamon, which I was actually partially excited about despite its having anything to do with StarGate -- now I just get really anxious if I even see the title). Have you read her MUSICA mag interview? She talks a lot about her thoughts on the direction the second album and her experience making Exodus. You all should read it if you want to understand what's gonna come next.
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"Simple & Clean" or "Sanctuary" would flop so hard in the States outside of the manga-obsessed loser weeabo community, so I don't understand why people want her to debut with music like that. It just isn't going to happen and everyone needs to get over it
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FINALLY, SOMEONE SAYS IT (and I think YooBin concurred). I registered a few days ago just to lurk (like I did before), but this post made me actually want to contribute here. Besides the fact that both would flop incredibly hard, both songs are clearly inferior to the recent work she's done.
Oh, and much love to the people who pointed out that many of the same people complaining about the song wouldn't utter a peep if it were in Japanese! So true.
