[Utada Hikaru] Finishing the Decade with a Bang in her 39th Thread

[Keiichi_JPU]

Originally Posted by KremlinChaos

There's a clip of the song on her website!

What, where?

Do you mean the link the the chaku-uta? Because only Japanese users can listen to that Or is there a stream we can also hear? I can't find it!

edit: found it!
http://lums.emimusic.jp/hikki/NCd481eaMV42QT62k3tMGLO2

Sounds nice and jazzy, pretty up-beat! It sounds like fun, and her French is pretty good!

[amorphose]

I'm so excited for this. I was much more excited before I heard the preview. Her French is terrible. It sounds like the backwards part of Passion at first. o_O She should've recorded the whole thing in Japanese.

She's really reminding me of Shiina Ringo, atm. Not her look, but the whole French + jazz thing right before a break in music... Very ringo-esque if you ask me. xD

I can't wait to hear the full song though, with the Japanese, and the high quality. I can tell the arrangement is bad ass, it just sounds weird in this quality.

[Polyrhythm]

Her French is questionable.....and I don't even speak French.....and I know thats not how it sounds. Still... promising preview.

[NintendoHTF1242]

That preview was terrible. At least the instrumentation sounds good.

[bluegie]

Originally Posted by Keiichi_JPU

Sure is!!

Her website confirmed Hymne à L'amour will be included on SINGLE COLLECTION VOLUME 2, however, I'm pretty sure it says there will be an additional 5 brand-new songs, but don't kill me if it's only 4!

他「Hymne à l’amour　～愛のアンセム～」を含む新曲5曲収録予定

I think it means Hymne à l’amour　～愛のアンセム～ is included in those 5 songs (correct me if this is not the case ).

[amorphose]

^I don't think there are going to be separate French and Japanese versions. There will just be extra, Japanese lyrics included in the song along with the French.

[Polyrhythm]

Ohhh man......Pepsi NEX is really winning big....with all the best artists in their CMs...

[Picaflor 7/4]

great... >> 2 languages I don't understand. >> "Bonjour! Je m'appelle くま. Comment ça va?"

So the new song is "Hymne of love ~love anthem~?

[bluegie]

@ amorphose: Yeah I read the U-Blog after posting. That's why I deleted that portion of my post .

Is her French really that terrible? I don't speak French so I can't really judge... but it doesn't really sound like French to me

[Beauty4123]

OMFG SHE LOOKS GORGEOUS! i hope the CM gets on youtube first.

i wanted a full japanese song, but she just sings it in french in the CM, right?

it's funny how i just drank a bottle of pepsi today and utada is now endorsing it, lol.

- oh, and i'm totally following her on twitter, as well!

[hayasaki]

Oh my!! this made my morning go "BANG!" hahaha.

[ALPHY]

I would've preferred another Nintendo cm but at least she's finally doing something!

[amorphose]

I speak French and I thought her accent was really strange. It sounded like she's never spoke French more than once or twice in her life and is just reading off a paper.

[bluegie]

Yeah, that's how I feel when I listened to her French. French should sound more romantic. Her accent is quite plain to me (again I dun speak that language so I shouldn't judge )

[emi♡]

her french is ridiculous. It's like Namie Amuro trying to speak English.

It's not that easy trying to get the right mouth movements when you're singing so slowly though...it's going to be like double or triple as obvious that you don't speak the language.

Interesting compositions....need more preview.

[Polyrhythm]

Anyone who has listened to Me Muero should pretty much know what her skills with foreign languages is like

In any case, this isn't her first attempt at French....



didn't sound that great back then either lmao

[bluegie]

Originally Posted by emiko

her french is ridiculous. It's like Namie Amuro trying to speak English.

If that's the case, I guess her French is acceptable . Unless you're comparing her French with kuu's English tho.. . Honestly I dunno who (Namie or kuu) is better in English, but I got scared off from kuu's English in "feel".

[amorphose]

^I got scared from Kuu's English in Lollipop. I was shocked when I found out she was saying "I dodge the bullet, bullet." I swore it was "I touch your booty, booty."

But Utada's French sounds much better in that old cover and Boku wa Kuma than it does here. I hope it doesn't annoy me so much with the full version.

[Polyrhythm]

Namie is definitely better in Engrish....lol....and this is coming from someone who enjoys Kumi and is lukewarm towards Namie's music....

[emi♡]

I dont think Namie or Kuu are anywhere near acceptable at English lol