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Originally Posted by sugarbasil
This.
I'm a hard-core Hikki fan and as such I bough Exodus regardless to support her, but it was probably the worst junk I've heard in centuries. If it came from any other Asian artist I would probably excuse it; but because she is fluent in English, has written perfectly good English songs in the past, and her songs are wonderful, there was absolutely no reason why that album had to suck so bad. I completely regret buying it. I don't care how much I love an artist, I don't have to buy an album if I hate it with every fiber in my body. In fact, by not buying it, it may be the only way for her to know that it was a terrible album. That's harsh, but that's how I feel.
Irregardless, if this album is good I will buy it. If it is not, I won't, and I have extremely low expectations. I will definitely be downloading it first to see if I like it, and then I will go from there. If it's a good album I will by it as to make her know that she is doing good and should keep on going.
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Sadly, I experienced the same thing.
I loved Hikki until Deep River, and then when Exodus came out, my love for her entered an abyss from which it may never be rescued. I wept. I gnashed my teeth. How could she do this to me? The jokeyness, the wink-wink high school innuendo, the superficiality, the shallow life experiences, the immature ideas and themes of Exodus were stabs to the heart. Ultra Blue held promise, but Heart Station was another letdown.
Hikki's English sounds so forced and affected, almost like Alanis but without the undercutting irony. That makes it such a terrible shame.