[Utada Hikaru] ♥Passion♥ The 22nd Thread of Utada Hikaru

[dreamcrushed]

Utada has proven herself a musically inclined force of great proportion. Therefore, after listening to Come Back to Me, it's safe to say that this is not up to par with the talent she pocesses. It leads me believe that she may be toning herself down after Exodus being too strange for us US music fans.

No. She said that she got to do everything she wanted to do with Exodus and in her current state of mind she does not want to do another Exodus; she thought it would be okay if the second album didn't have "her colors as thick as they were" on Exodus. Seriously, she has talked about all of this already. You'd all save a lot of speculation if you read her own words! I'll even give you the link: http://utadaunited.com/blog/?page_id=307

Since you have such a large understanding of the American music industry you could appreciate the fact that there are amazing singer/songwriters out there who are successful and popular. They don't need to have beats and producers named to make up for the lacking.

This is 100% truth.

Unfortunately, again, some people can't grasp that concept and immediately try to dismiss the people. I wouldn't want her Japanese music here, I would cringe if I heard an English version of Boku wa Kuma, let alone an English version of Heart Station.

Yes. But I think that's only because we've heard them in Japanese -- the English version would clash with what we've already heard.

[haikudasai]

Originally Posted by dreamcrushed

No. She said that she got to do everything she wanted to do with Exodus and in her current state of mind she does not want to do another Exodus; she thought it would be okay if the second album didn't have "her colors as thick as they were" on Exodus. Seriously, she has talked about all of this already. You'd all save a lot of speculation if you read her own words! I'll even give you the link: http://utadaunited.com/blog/?page_id=307

Thanks for clearing this up! I'm a casual listener, of hers, so I went with speculation. :]

I do agree whole heartedly that there is a stigma here that concludes American music to just the Top 40 of Hip Hop/Pop. America is blessed with how diverse our music genres are, and how accessible even low key artists are these days. It's sad to see some people just generalize it and make it seem so one dimensional.

Makes one believe that those who claim to understand the American music industry really do not understand it at all. To those people I really suggest you research into American artists and you'll easily find songs that have true music and art attached to them.

The gift of excellent music isn't defined or supplied by one country or language.

c.) going mainstream is the only way that she is going to get any proper attention.

I don't agree with this statement completely; I do see where you're coming from with it though. I think that to get proper attention one shouldn't have to just follow the trend. Proper attention comes when someone is noticed for breaking the mold and daring to be different (which is very hard, I admit).

DDD, seriously, that boat of sass has sailed. Get new material. It's a discussion, why must you constantly act so arrogant?

[Luv ~Venus~]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

@kang daesung & Luv ~Venus~: how many reading lessons have u skipped back in Elementary school? - I said that THIS UTTER CRAP will flop the same way Sanctuary WOULD if it was released as a single, and not that it would DO ANY BETTER even tough the song WAS A MILLION TIMES BETTER.

@Luv - Honey, I've been a Hikki fan since 2002 (back when Kingdom Hearts was released). And please stop telling me what to do ^^ (comparing any Ayu songs with this is pretty dumb coming from you, and you can't provoke me that way). Please restrain from quoting me in the future, as you're annoying me as hell, and even if you do so, please ask someone to properly read my post for you and make sure you U N D E R S T A N D what I was saying.

@kang daesung - imo, all the songs that you've mentioned are idiotic, all the people who sang them should be shot/stabbed to death.

Even if you do LOVE/LIKE the song, it doesn't mean people can't think it SUCKS. She doesn't need to experiment with her music but she doesn't need to write boring songs with really plain lyrics and primitive arrangements as we have enough of those already. But hey it seems that some people would be like "OMG this is PURE ART", even if Hikki was just crapping during the whole song.

Sanctuary wasn't even released on the radio so ur comment about Sanctuary is F A I L.

This is the why you fail at being a Hikki fan. Please. Return to the Generic Queen's part of the forum and stay there ok. It's obvious that you have no clue about Hikki other than she sang the theme song from KH. I luv how you say being a fan doesn't mean you have to like everything an artist produces. The irony....just the irony in that comment makes me laugh.

Also, since you think pretty much everything American is idiotic, please refrain coming on this forum.

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

Beh I am not going to argue anymore, as it won't make me like this any more than I do.

You started this argument. You said everything about UTADA's song that applied to just about every song ayu has made. You need to admit that you are extremely biased about any artist that threathens to beat Ayu. I read your comment about Kuu's popularity and saw the biasness in your comment.

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by Luv ~Venus~

Sanctuary wasn't even released on the radio so ur comment about Sanctuary is F A I L.

This is the why you fail at being a Hikki fan. Please. Return to the Generic Queen's part of the forum and stay there ok. It's obvious that you have no clue about Hikki other than she sang the theme song from KH. I luv how you say being a fan doesn't mean you have to like everything an artist produces. The irony....just the irony in that comment makes me laugh.

Also, since you think pretty much everything American is idiotic, please refrain from being an American as well.


You started this argument. You said everything about UTADA's song that applied to just about every song ayu has made. You need to admit that you are extremely biased about any artist that threathens to beat Ayu. I read your comment about Kuu's popularity and saw the biasness in your comment.

I dont need to refrain from being an American as I am not one, obviously, but as far as I know there is more to American music that this :p And you're as biased as I am ^^ otherwise we wouldn't be having this convo. And you seem to hate the "generic" queen that much, so I suggest you should stay away from her part of the boards too XD
oh and I wasn't the one who started the whole Sanctuary VS CBTM talk.