[Utada Hikaru] Utada Hikaru（宇多田 ヒカル）'s Official Thread [v.19]

[Luv ~Venus~]

Originally Posted by Sunday ♥

I'm not a Hikki noob and I prefer UB. And whats wrong with new fans?

Your opinions tends to attack Hikki and her way of getting her music out there to the public. Majority of UB fans are Hikki noobs who attack her older stuff plus HS because it ain't from Kingdom Hearts. The reason they like DR as well is because of Kazzy's PVs plus Hikari.

There u go.

@sugar: No. She is as silent as ever.

@Grace: Next time, don't make you comments seem so offensive. =/

^It just seems like a huge number of Western fans heavily favor DEEP RIVER and ULTRA BLUE because that was the era during which a ton of Hikki's music became exposed to Americans. For people who have been around a while, it's irritating when people just trash the most prolific periods of Hikki's career, like Distance and First Love, and HEART STATION which heavily borrows from those two albums.

[ka♡ri.]

Originally Posted by Huaka

Seriously, I am not one of those people who like Deep River just because I heard Hikari from Kingdom Hearts. I've heard of her music far before that. I, as a matter of fact, hate Kazu's PVs. I just like the album the best because it flowed well, and had the best tracks.

I don't like Ultra Blue either. The only songs I liked from it was Colors, Blue, and This is Love.

OMG I'M YOU! I agree with everything you wrote wow~ <3333333
D: Am I Huaka's ***** now, Impracticable - er Zachery?

[GRACE]

Calm down everyone, calm down~ Have a little priest, it's really good, it's too good at least! Then again, they don't come with the sings of the flesh so they're pretty fresh~

I hope Hikki gives us some sort of preview soon~

[sugarbasil]

^^I was never a really big Ultra Blue fan, either, and I'm not entirely sure why. I think I might have hyped myself up so much that there was no way to meet the expectations that I placed on it. >_< But I ADORED Deep River. It is still to this day my favorite album. The tracks were amazing and all the tracks just seemed to flow so well.

Originally Posted by GRACE

Calm down everyone, calm down~ Have a little priest, it's really good, it's too good at least! Then again, they don't come with the sings of the flesh so they're pretty fresh~

I hope Hikki gives us some sort of preview soon~

Seriously, you're freaking me out...

Originally Posted by ka♡ri.

OMG I'M YOU! I agree with everything you wrote wow~ <3333333
D: Am I Huaka's ***** now, Impracticable - er Zachery?

NO, YOU'RE MINE, REMEMBER?!?!?

Originally Posted by sugarbasil

^^I was never a really big Ultra Blue fan, either, and I'm not entirely sure why. I think I might have hyped myself up so much that there was no way to meet the expectations that I placed on it. >_< But I ADORED Deep River. It is still to this day my favorite album. The tracks were amazing and all the tracks just seemed to flow so well.

DEEP RIVER is nice, but the album tracks really bore me. ASAP, Play Ball, Shawase ni Narou, etc are soooo mediocre for me.

[Huaka]

Anyway, if Utada were to put out an English album, I'd like to see some variety in tracks. I suppose, similar to her first but just not as experimental maybe. I'd like a rock-pop track, pop track, a ballad, and probably some r&b, with maybe a hip-hop here and there. Just none of those stupid Soulja Boi Crank Dat crap, or I'll have to beat her with a stick.

[GRACE]

Originally Posted by dddaiyamondo

Seriously, you're freaking me out...


DEEP RIVER is nice, but the album tracks really bore me. ASAP, Play Ball, Shawase ni Narou, etc are soooo mediocre for me.

See Sweeney Todd for more info on Mrs. Lovett's meat pies, A Little Priest makes everyone happier =D~

We have like opposite tastes in Hikki, I adore those tracks on Deep River ;_;

Originally Posted by GRACE

See Sweeney Todd for more info on Mrs. Lovett's meat pies, A Little Priest makes everyone happier =D~

We have like opposite tastes in Hikki, I adore those tracks on Deep River ;_;

Gross... my favorites are "traveling," "SAKURA DROPS," "FINAL DISTANCE," and "Letters" and "Hikari."

[GRACE]

^Although, I love those tracks too, especially Sakura DROPS and FINAL DISTANCE <3

[Luv ~Venus~]

^Letters is the best track on DR. Tokyo Nights, Hikari, and Traveling are tied for 2nd. Final Distance and ASAP are 3rd. Deep River and Shiawase Ni Narou are 4th.

FINAL DISTANCE, especially with the PV, make me cry

[GRACE]

The story behind FINAL DISTANCE is also pretty touching ;_;...

[Zachery!]

FINAL DISTANCE is great.

I love it. It's one of my top Hikki songs, because she has the ability to make great balladesque songs. (Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro, Be My Last, First Love)

And i agree, I love the story.

[Huaka]

I like everything on Deep River except for Shiawase ni Narou and Final Distance. I don't know why but I've always hated Final Distance.

[sugarbasil]

Originally Posted by dddaiyamondo

^It just seems like a huge number of Western fans heavily favor DEEP RIVER and ULTRA BLUE because that was the era during which a ton of Hikki's music became exposed to Americans. For people who have been around a while, it's irritating when people just trash the most prolific periods of Hikki's career, like Distance and First Love, and HEART STATION which heavily borrows from those two albums.

In general, I agree with this statement. Pretty much all of it I agree with (the whole part about older fans and newer influenced fans), but I have to disagree with the last part. I mean, I'll agree that it's irritating if a newer influenced fan trashes very prolific albums just because they are biased towards their tie-in (as in, the songs were featured on anime and games and such) albums; however I think it's fine that people may not like those albums, even if they've only been a fan for a while. For example, I've been a fan of Hikki's for over 7 years now and I'm not a huge fan of First Love (the album). It's one of my least favorites, actually.

And I have to severely disagree with saying that HEART STATION heavily borrows from First Love and Distance. First Love has no album that sounds like it (it's so 90s R&B) in the least, so I don't personally see ANY similarities; and Distance is different as well. I would say that HS sounds more like Distance that First Love, but I still don't see a lot of similarities.


EDIT: Oh, and what's the story behind Final Distance?

Originally Posted by Zachery!

FINAL DISTANCE is great.

I love it. It's one of my top Hikki songs, because she has the ability to make great balladesque songs. (Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro, Be My Last, First Love)

And i agree, I love the story.

Be My Last is terrible IMO.

[GRACE]

Be My Last is my favorite Hikki song, I adore it so much <3~ It's one of the few times where I was actually able to pick up the emotion in her voice.

[ka♡ri.]

Originally Posted by dddaiyamondo

Be My Last is terrible IMO.

Wow, I agree! It's such a boring song. Honestly, I fall asleep every time it comes on my shuffle. It's so - well, I don't even know what it is. It's pretty much just crap. =X

Originally Posted by ka♡ri.

Wow, I agree! It's such a boring song. Honestly, I fall asleep every time it comes on my shuffle. It's so - well, I don't even know what it is. It's pretty much just crap. =X

I just hate her screaming. Her voice has never sounded that bad... especially the live version she did on the internet acoustic. "Dareka no..." is the superior UB ballad, IMO.