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Old 26th August 2016, 01:56 PM
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Old 27th August 2016, 08:45 AM
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Yeah, it's only like...$8k+
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Old 28th August 2016, 08:23 AM
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Yeah, it's only like...$8k+
Well, at least we know where her time and money were tied up when the water bill went unpaid... Silly Utada.
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Old 26th August 2016, 02:12 PM
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珍しく大きなもの拾った I found something big, how unusual of me



lololol "sth big"
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Old 26th August 2016, 02:59 PM
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Is that her hand? Looks so manly
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Old 27th August 2016, 07:22 AM
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Is that her hand? Looks so manly
I think it's her husband's... But I'm not sure.
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Old 26th August 2016, 03:31 PM
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I love her Instagram account so much! hahaha Love all the photos of tiny thing on her hands. <3
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Old 28th August 2016, 09:35 PM
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Old 30th August 2016, 08:19 AM
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Utada Hikaru on divorce rumors: Money is of least importance in a partner:

http://aramajapan.com/news/utada-on-...partner/63018/
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Old 30th August 2016, 11:37 AM
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get that promo
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Old 30th August 2016, 03:25 PM
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hmm..we will see..it's publicity just like what Ayu did in the past and this kind of publicity coming back to hunt her just like crazy...and need years to recover from it.

I hope it's not true though...the label for this new album being called something she release after 8 years hiatus alone already good promotion.
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Old 30th August 2016, 10:28 PM
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I hate this celebrity gossip stuff.
I don't think many people would even believe this, everyone knows that Utada is low drama and private.
Looks to me that it is just the media looking for attention.
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Old 31st August 2016, 03:23 PM
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The album is gonna be released in 4 weeks and we still don't have any news, PV previews or anything
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Old 1st September 2016, 09:38 AM
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Did she say there'll be a PV? I forgot...
I kinda regret that I preordered the cd at cdjapan. I should've preordered it somewhere else that oricon will count.
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How naïve of me would it be to start hoping for an international tour? xD
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Old 1st September 2016, 05:16 PM
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"Hanataba wo Kimi ni" was released in April and has been one of the year's best-selling singles digitally. Its music video will finally be released in a matter of hours.

http://www.jpopasia.com/feed/18410/u...i-music-video/
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I'm hoping she'll actually be in this one, but not holding my breath
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Old 1st September 2016, 08:34 PM
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Yes she is ... You can watch it on her Website ...

http://www.utadahikaru.jp/lyric
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Old 2nd September 2016, 07:29 AM
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Yes she is ... You can watch it on her Website ...

http://www.utadahikaru.jp/lyric
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Some important points from The first Interview since her hiatus, translatet into english by U.Blog.

Knew that she wanted this album to be in memory of her mother. Felt that English wouldn’t fit, but also felt that Japanese would feel too heavy. Thought French would fit well.

The positive reaction to “Hanataba wo Kimi ni” and “Manatsu no Tooriame” had a big impact on the second half of her songwriting. Listeners caught onto her paying respects to her mother, which forced her to really make sure that the album as a whole wouldn’t be something would “paint mud on my mother’s face”

There are very few English words/phrases on the album. She used to rely on English phrases when she didn’t want to sing about things too directly. This time, she only wanted to sing beautiful Japanese lyrics.

The photographer Julien Mignot was a friend of Utada’s prior to the album shoot. Was the first time that she selected the director/artist herself.

The first track “Michi” (Road) is danceable (!) She wanted the first song to reiterate that she is doing ok.

Outside of “Michi,” she wanted the arrangements to be on the quieter side, so that her voice and words would be front and center.

The song “Ore no Kanojo” (My Gal) she considers less PG13 and more R. Very adult themed.The song includes some French words.

“Ningyo” (Mermaid) is acoustic. Was written at a point after her mother’s death where Utada wasn’t sure if she could write music again. She picked up a guitar and this song came to her. The lyrics didn’t come to her for a very long time, and was actually influenced by seeing the paper-cutout MV for “Hanataba wo Kimini”

“Kouya no Ookami” (Wolf of the Wilderness) was inspired by Hermann Hesse’s “Steppenwolf.” It includes very noticeable breathing sounds.

She felt that “Sakura Nagashi” had to be the final track. This is the first time that she’s done the entire track ordering by herself.

The album overall was not quite self therapy, but even listening to a song like “Michi” gave herself strength. She’s never felt such a strong feeling of wanting people to hear her music. She’s planning on continuing music after this album, but she doesn’t think she’ll be able to make something like this again.
Wow, thanks for this I really can't wait to listen to the album in whole!

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Old 1st September 2016, 10:17 PM
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How naïve of me would it be to start hoping for an international tour? xD
At this point I can't even see a national tour lol.

Cool, will check out the PV. I've still not watched the Manatsu No Tooriame PV tbh!
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