Utada couldn't be getting any better

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Originally Posted by greggerz189

I didn't really like the lyrics to Keep Tryin' -- I found them a bit unoriginal. The PV was okay, but very traveling-esque. Regardless, I like all of her new singles. She could get much better, IMO. She's not quite up to par with her DISTANCE/DEEP RIVER days.

Actually this pv connects to most of her pvs that are directed by kiriya. You can see similarities with traveling, FINAL DISTANCE, Sakura DOROPPUSU, Passion. (I read the explanation from a hikki forum )

For example, the jogging scene in the cafe, and the group of 5 people passing by while she is biking are copied from traveling pv.

The background in the tv store scene are similar to the background from FINAL DISTANCE (just look at the wall behind the tvs). You can even see a kid "touching" a white statue (but they're separated by the shopping glass) in that scene. It resembles the white and black hikki's in FINAL DISTANCE pv.

The scene where the hikki walking while lots of workers dressing the same suit/doing the same thing... it resembles Passion (where hikki walks and the purple people drumming).

for sakura doroppusu... well if you look at the window of the botique, you can see two dresses... these are hikki's outfits in sakura pv .