[Utada Hikaru] Japanese music waits in despair for the Goddess's return in her 44th thread

[amorphose]

^Didn't you watch Ima no Watashi? It's true; they showed Utada telling the women how she wanted them to sing it.

[CoriKaru]

^Oh crap. No wonder. That's where this vital information is from.

I still haven't watched it yet. My laptop died and so I've been posting for the most part from my phone and have nothing to download the video too. Well a new harddrive was put in, but until my old harddrive is recovered with all my 5 years worth of stuff on it, I have no time for that poser laptop that sits in the corner of my room collecting dust.

I'll periodically check Youtube until the documentary makes its appearance. I really want to see it now. Especially if the ladies Utada chose to sing for her sung it live. It meant more when I thought Utada was singing it though.

[bluegie]

Originally Posted by JackieRos

Japanese is a different language,
if most of us knew japanese we would think
her lyrics would be so cheesy.
I love her lyrics in any language but she tried too hard in TITO

I think she tried too hard to be westernize in TITO with her lyrics
But I disagree 50% about english lyrics being shallower

thanks for agreeing 50% lol.

Yes in TITO she made it sound like another pop album in the western world. She tried very hard in Exodus as well, except in another way. She tried making the contents (or thoughts) that resembled to her Japanese work (i.e., deeper thoughts, with something a bit philosophic). And it failed, period.

Maybe I shouldn't use the word "shallower" because this is not what I wanna express (yeah I fail to express my thought again ). Her English contents just fail to deliver what she wanna say (or maybe the Western world just dun really completely understand her concept?). It's much easier to talk about dish washer or greeting cards or shoelaces in asian languages (as I speak Canto). It's simpler for me to interpret those kinds of stuff in poetic feel in asian forms.

[Polyrhythm]

Utada Hikaru is rumored to be in the running (although it has yet to be confirmed) to become a judge on The X Factor (US) program on the FOX Network citing that her indefinite hiatus from her music career would generate an opportunity to commit to the program.

....what the fork?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikaru_Utada

Ok...I know its wikipedia and has like 0% credibility....but that aside...this has got to be the weirdest rumor anyone has ever made up about her.

[koumori]

^ stupid rumour, but I'd LOVE it to be true.

[NintendoHTF1242]

I wish ):

[JackieRos]

OMG I WISH IT WAS TRUEEEEE
OH MAN

Originally Posted by bluegie

thanks for agreeing 50% lol.

Most artist songs in the USA are about getting into someone's pants but
Like they are other artist who don't focus on that.
So yeah 50% 50% hahhahah so weird ^.^

[Keiichi_JPU]

HAHA that is the best rumor about her ever, I would die of happiness if that were true! But there's no way.

[koumori]

I think personally that for Exodus, Utada tried hard to convey the feelings she has as she does in Japanese in English - but since the album didn't do that well, they examined what was more popular in the US and for her second attempt tried to be more mainstream.

[AyUta]

Haha, that would be fun though.

[amorphose]

Word on Twitter is that WILD LIFE + In The Flesh are going to be released together this Spring!!! I'm PRAYING this is true; trying to find the source as we speak!

[bluegie]

hopefully they'll announce the release date soon, as I may buy WILD LIFE

[JackieRos]

This spring? Yesss please

[CoriKaru]

Utada is too good for that Rumor to even exist.

[Picaflor 7/4]

^Is that a good thing? I can't figure out what you mean by your post. All I know is that me, pieces of seven, and amorphose saw utada live, in the flesh, over a YEAR ago and now that we're (hopefully) getting a real, official release of it. It'll be such a nostalgic thing. I really can't spend money at the moment, but if it gets a dvd release, I'm gonna buy it.

[Zahara]

He/she is probably talking about the X Factor rumor.

[Picaflor 7/4]

^yeah you're right. sorry, I basically just got off of banishment and the first thing i saw was the twitter thing about releasing her concert, and then i saw his post saying he knows she's too good for that to happen and I was like 'what?!' lol. I'm out of the loop.

[CoriKaru]

Yup, the X-Factor "Rumor" is what I was referring to. No worries

P.S.--> Welcome Back.

[amorphose]

So Kingdom Hearts III has finally been announced. I wonder if Utada will really not do the theme song. It'll be so crappy if she doesn't.

[NintendoHTF1242]

I thought the Kingdom Hearts producers didn't want to do a III yet?

Anyway, I don't think she'll be doing the theme.