[2007] This really convinced me! Utada is THE best!

[Beauty4123]

personally, i wouldn't really say that utada is THE best singer. in reality, no one can be THE best singer, cuz all artists have different voices and styles in music, which make them unique. utada was my first jpop artist, but now i don't really have that much interest in her. i loved her older music than what she's released now. but she does have a voice, and she can sing. i just wouldn't really call her the best, cuz there's other singers out there who can have much better voices then her. and that goes for every artist, really.

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forget the voice, I was blown away by the stage, it looks so beautiful. Ayu's concert stages look like there just made up of cheap crappy props.

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by Kingofpop

forget the voice, I was blown away by the stage, it looks so beautiful. Ayu's concert stages look like there just made up of cheap crappy props.

Hikki had one of the greatest minds of photography / directing at her disposal..

Her ex-husband, Kazuaki Kiriya. Hikki's previous concerts are nothing compared to the UTADA UNITED one, mostly because she didn't have one of the best people in the business to ever direct promotional videos at her side..

Ayu directs everything, while Hikki probably just chose some outfits and the setlists, while leaving the rest to her husband. There's also the fact that Hikki basically had NOTHING but her band and outfits. I wouldn't want Ayu to simply just stand there/walk around the stage, and I wouldn't want the screens on the ground / huge screen behind to compromise her activity on stage