[Utada Hikaru] *Her Star Shines On and On In Her 30th Thread*

[CoriKaru]

Woman has Flawless Natural Beauty.

[mcluva420]

omg! so cute! x3

[FIRSTKLAS]

Finally got This Is The One today.

If anyone remembers, it was supposed to be released last week in Canada (May 19), and I think it was, but my local HMV didn't get it till this week (even though I preordered ).

And oddly, it looks like Universal just imported the discs from US: the back has the FBI warning and the album has the three Kingdom Hearts tracks.

[amorphose]

^^I think the record store must've imported the US version for you, because the Canadian release isn't supposed to come out until June 23rd, and I also don't think it's going to have the bonus tracks.

[Ayufan11]

Originally Posted by CoriKaru

Woman has Flawless Natural Beauty.

and is friends with photoshop

[AyUta]

WOW. That photoshoot is beautiful I LOVE LOVE LOVE the third to last picture.

I agree emi, a very good example lol.

[Polyrhythm]

Originally Posted by Ayufan11

and is friends with photoshop

But 99% due to Flawless Natural Beauty.

[AyUta]

^ Exactly

[Yum!Fruit_Salad!]

Originally Posted by Ayufan11

and is friends with photoshop

Nowadays, who isn't a little friendly with photoshop? ;p

[FIRSTKLAS]

Originally Posted by amorphose

^^I think the record store must've imported the US version for you, because the Canadian release isn't supposed to come out until June 23rd, and I also don't think it's going to have the bonus tracks.

That is weird!

I guess I'm lucky then. I didn't really care about the Kingdom Hearts tracks, but now that I have them, they're a nice bonus.

If Universal does commission a Canada press, I may just buy the album *again* in order to show more support for Utada in Canada.

[amorphose]

Utada deserves to be popular everywhere. <3

Just curious... If Utada became really famous in the US, would you guys consider her the first true international superstar?

I know there have already been 'international' superstars-- people like Madonna and Britney Spears that are popular pretty much everywhere and people like The Beatles who made it huge in one country and then went to others and got huge...

But I think I'd view Utada is the first real one because she wouldn't be like Madonna or Britney in the sense that she does music in one country, in one language, that just happens to be well-liked in other countries, and she wouldn't be popular like The Beatles in the sense that she made it popular in another Japanese speaking country (like the Beatles did with the UK and then the US.)

She'd be different because she totally crossed a cultural border. Japan and the US are so completely different and she's already become popular in Japan with her Japanese music, thus leading to her popularity throughout Asia. If she became popular in the states, that would most likely lead to a Canadian and European popularity.

I guess what I'm asking is-- because she is pretty much domestic to the United States AND Japan, if she was popular in both, she'd pretty much be a household name through out the whole world, and both western and eastern culture would feel she was 'homegrown.' I don't think any other artist has ever done this. That's why I really want it to be Utada to do this. She really deserves it.

[Polyrhythm]

I'd consider her the first true Asian superstar in the U.S, but she already IS and This Is The One sold so much more beyond my hopes. Hopefully this trend continues and Utada will finally be seen as an established American artist.

[CoriKaru]

Just saw the "Just Dance" Album Commercial.
Although Utada's name wasn't spoken and a clip of her video wasn't shown like some others, her name was among the artists that they specifically highlighted on screen.

[Polyrhythm]

^Now if only TITO got a real commercial of some sort....

[mcluva420]

^too bad TITO only has one pv released so far

[AyUta]

Originally Posted by xheartstation

^Now if only TITO got a real commercial of some sort....

I really think she should have gotten her own commercial for her album. That would have been big promotion there, but it's expensive so it's understandable...

[Polyrhythm]

Someone posted this at U.Blog....why....why cant IDJ just suck it up and accept that their cover sucks and THIS SHOULD BE THE ONE ><

[emi♡]

^omg...doesn't it just fit so well as a cover...especially like...in the industry I guess...

Doesn't it make you want to buy it?

[Polyrhythm]

^I would buy anything of Utada's that I can get my hands on LAWL. But yeah, why not seriously, I'm sure Japanese photography is not necessarily the best. We just fail in the U.S cause we're lazy and refuse to try.

[rookies]

That cover is so much better! *__*