[Utada Hikaru] How do you feel about the upcoming hiatus?

[amorphose]

Utada Hikaru's upcoming hiatus is obviously a very hot topic right now and it's pretty much the only thing being discussed in the Hikki thread at the moment. There's lots of mixed emotions from us fans... But I wanna know how the casual listeners and non-fans feel about the upcoming hiatus?

Just incase this is the first time you're hearing about it, Utada will release Single Collection Vol.2 this fall and it will contain 4-5 new songs. She also will be appearing in a new line of commercials and she mentioned "going full throttle" until the end of the year, although there's no official word if there will be anymore releases after Single Collection Vol.2. Starting in 2011, she'll take a 2-5 year hiatus. That means she won't be releasing anything until sometime between 2013 and 2016. It's quite a long time..

Now some people will say, so what? She takes long gaps of time in between releases anyway, but so far since her debut, she's released at least one single or album every year. So this is 2-5 years with NOTHING. Quite saddening, in my opinion. But I think she deserves it. She's cited wanting to pursue "human activities" instead of "artist activities" for the time period of the hiatus. The girl's been sucked up in the music industry since she was 13, so I really understand where she's coming from and wish her luck.

I'll anticipate her return greatly! She promised to come back! How about you?

[NintendoHTF1242]

She got me into J-Pop, so I'll always love her! I guess she does deserve this break, and I'll wait for her return. No matter how long it takes.

[JackieRos]

being a fan for 10 years I actually feel indifferent because I'm used to her releases patterns so
I guess it was about time she officially told her fans that she was taking a break.

I would never stop loving Hikki, she was the first Japanese artist I heard.
Her songs will never get old.

[pommy48]

I kind of lost interest in her, so I'm fine with her hiatus.

I'll listen to her music again when she comes back anyways, so doesn't really matter to me

[GRACE]

This thread needs an option like JPM's "That ***** is never coming back" lol

[Mirrorcle Monster]

I think she's had enough time off already and I'm upset. (May or may not wait for her return.)

[love in music]

I think she's retiring and just letting her fans down easy. (Will be shocked if she returns at all.)

[dreamland2.0]

Well I'll wait, because I love her, but if she doesn't come back I'm okay because she has great timeless music

[Polyrhythm]

I will be waiting for my Jpop queen to return and show them all how it's done

Forever...and ever and ever and ever.

[ownsarai]

I have a feeling she will return, and when she does, she'll probably have another peak like Namie did when she returned, which would be great. I think she deserves time to just be herself. I will be waiting for her return, and hopefully she will come back stronger than ever!

[primavera♥]

Honestly I've barely been listening (if I do its only certain songs from only 3 albums) to her and I say I tie her with ayu as my top jpop artists for petty reasons just out of respect for her

It'll be like she never was gone...so I'm kinda indifferent I just hope whatever she releases next is lasting and amazing. Like UB and certain DR songs...HS was tiresome after a while. Not impactful enough. And TITO was whatever
So if she releases something impactful and amazing I'm sure the haitus will be better seeming
Hikki can have fun. At least she's choosing herself to go.

There's other artists/bands I'm more worried about and ill be more devastated without.

I just don't think ill miss her. But ill listen to her if she ever chooses to return.

[RikkuChii]

Originally Posted by pommy48

I kind of lost interest in her, so I'm fine with her hiatus.

I'll listen to her music again when she comes back anyways, so doesn't really matter to me

This.

I'm actually a little surprised when I hear she's releasing something. She's worse than Namie.

But hey, I'm glad she's taking a break. We'll see if she comes back.

Lost interest a long time ago. Nothing to do with her though. I hope she does come back for her fans sake.

[xLuna&1LOVE]

I agree with pommy48

[Chandrachan]

I'll be waiting for her return, no doubt

[Kanzaki]

First option.

She's not a music making machine. I can wait for a good album for a very long time, but if it never got out, I wouldn't be angry or anything. Sometimes things just doesn't swing your way. Then you need to let go. The long interval between her latest release and this announcement may frustrate most of her fans, and I understand that. But if you cant; you can't. Besides I have so many other musical interests, that losing this one for a while will not shake me as much, as it might do her bigger fans.

I don't quite understand how time can make people lose interest. Patience is one thing, but interest? I'd lose interest if Ayu started making country music only, but not if she started making an album only every 3-4 years.

[Yoake]

I lost interest in her so I don't really care.
I just hope that her come-back song will great!

[noisy_harmony]

I'll be waiting. I'm waiting for other artists/groups, why I can't wait for one more person?

[tenshi no hane]

I'm just glad she decided to inform us and leave us with a parting gift XD

I hope she'll find whatever she's looking for. And I will listen to her again if she ever really comes back.

[Meat Pao]

I'll be awaiting her return~