[Utada Hikaru] Utada's Burning it Up Like a Gay Parade in Her 31st Thread!

[Andrenekoi]

It was the best First Love cover o_O

[Yum!Fruit_Salad!]

I get what Ken's doing with his hand but what's with the facial expressions? Kinda reminds me of YUI.

[rookies]

^ Lol, you mean the part where YUI goes like this ? -------> (>_<)

His cover is good, but I prefer Hikki's version more.

[Ayu_desu]

His voice blended the guitar very well and is much more suited to the high notes in this song. I love it!

[AyUta]

His cover was very nice .

[mcluva420]

who is that lady in 0:44 ? the video keeps showing her when its not showing ken O.o

[amorphose]

Utada needs to get back to business like NOW before the few people in America she made an impression on forget about her. >_< She needs to put out the second single from TiTO and resume promotion in full force or else this is going to flop as hard as EXODUS.

[ALPHY]

Honestly, where in the world is Hikki? @_@

[Maemi]

Boring as always. Only new japanese album can cheer me up.

[AyUta]

Originally Posted by ALPHY

Honestly, where in the world is Hikki? @_@

Recovering from her sickness.

[~Inori~]

^Still? I thought she had gotten better already?

[CoriKaru]

^How did you come to that conclusion?

[~Inori~]

I could have sworn I read she got better either on here or some other site.

[FuNsTyLe]

Really sad for her, she has been nowhere to be seen the last 3+ weeks, just as her album is released and promotion is number one priority... I feel so bad for her, if her album flops she can pretty much blame lack of promotion, yet again... Not saying it is because she got ill, and off course by all means I hope she has recovered and is doing well, I would love for her album to sell well. But zero promotion means pretty much zero sales.

[amorphose]

They said she would should be recovered in a week or two and it's been, what? 3 or 4 now? If she's still sick-- obviously it was worse than was initially thought and IDJ should post another message to let her fans know.

If she has recovered and she hasn't bothered to post a blog or reschedule any of these promotional events-- then wth?

It's hard for the record company to promote when the artist can't/won't attend events and give interviews. =\

[Polyrhythm]

^I'm starting to think that Utada doesnt really give a damn about IDJ and this album. I mean, in the new interview, she basically said she only did the album because she was legally bound to do it. I mean, yeah she says all this stuff about, I wanted to make a good album...I hope this is the one....yadayadayada....and then she goes on to not promote it at all? Not make an effort? Not even any indication of how she's currently doing? Its like WTH Utada...I really hoped she would take it more seriously and I supported her from the time CBTM was released till the album dropped. And when even she herself doesnt care, I wonder why I should.

[amorphose]

^I know exactly what you mean and how you're feeling. From the minute I heard CBTM on that flash page in January or whenever that was, all I did was try and expose her to my friends and family and even random people! I've gotten a complete of complete strangers to take note of her by making small talk. It's just all become frustrating for me at this point and I feel like I've done more promotion for the album than she has or cares too. I want her to be successful because I think her music is amazing, and I feel she deserves it. But like you said, if she doesn't care, why should we?

She's even slacking on her Japanese work right now-- I mean we're less than 20 days away from when this Evangelion movie is supposed to come out and not even an official announcement yet!

The whole deal is just making me bitter. She says that she wants to be this honest, down-to-earth person and not let her head get too big from being a popstar, but honestly sitting on your ass and expecting your **** to sell because of who you are is worse than being a diva in my opinion.

I know she's not like Kuu or even Ayu when it comes to her release schedule but sickness aside, she's been very lazy recently! Do your job correctly or don't do it at all, please.

Sorry, [/end rant] I just feel like she's disrespecting her fans right now. And please, anyone try and feed me "she's sick, it's not her fault" because if she's sitting at home in bed, she could at least roll over and post a blog. I bet she's having a hoot with Kuma right now. >.<

[/end rant] (for real this time)

[Polyrhythm]

^Yeah it sucks. She's still my favorite though I'll get over the English album. I wish everyone here can love her but if she doesnt make it, atleast I still get to drop my jaw at all her Japanese work.

[AyUta]

It seems like Hikki has so much in her life and mind, all the time. I don't know what to say about her not posting a blog or anything but...I don't believe she has forgotten about us. I mean...maybe she's busy with IDJ coming up with the tour she said she would make if there was demand? Maybe she's prepping for that or something. Idk lol.

[amorphose]

^A tour would really amazing, but if she's not promoting she can't expect to get any type of demand. I don't think her current fanbase in America is big enough for any kind of demand that IDJ would put money into for a tour.

Originally Posted by xheartstation

^Yeah it sucks. She's still my favorite though I'll get over the English album. I wish everyone here can love her but if she doesnt make it, atleast I still get to drop my jaw at all her Japanese work.

She's definitely still my favorite too, and always will be. I'm just angry with her right now.