[Utada Hikaru] How do you feel about the upcoming hiatus?

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Utada Hikaru's upcoming hiatus is obviously a very hot topic right now and it's pretty much the only thing being discussed in the Hikki thread at the moment. There's lots of mixed emotions from us fans... But I wanna know how the casual listeners and non-fans feel about the upcoming hiatus?

Just incase this is the first time you're hearing about it, Utada will release Single Collection Vol.2 this fall and it will contain 4-5 new songs. She also will be appearing in a new line of commercials and she mentioned "going full throttle" until the end of the year, although there's no official word if there will be anymore releases after Single Collection Vol.2. Starting in 2011, she'll take a 2-5 year hiatus. That means she won't be releasing anything until sometime between 2013 and 2016. It's quite a long time..

Now some people will say, so what? She takes long gaps of time in between releases anyway, but so far since her debut, she's released at least one single or album every year. So this is 2-5 years with NOTHING. Quite saddening, in my opinion. But I think she deserves it. She's cited wanting to pursue "human activities" instead of "artist activities" for the time period of the hiatus. The girl's been sucked up in the music industry since she was 13, so I really understand where she's coming from and wish her luck.

I'll anticipate her return greatly! She promised to come back! How about you?