Utada's Exodus Over?!

[DerrickRocks]

I may fear the worse i heard from a friend that Utada is no longer bent on staying in America due to her failed sales of Exodus the album was awesome i just don't understand why people didn;t buy it. Everytime i play it people are like what is that they love the songs. Usaully "The Workout" But i heard she went back to Japan to record a new japanese single and working on the followup to Deep River. I am so depressed finally we got a good Jpop idol and America and they send her back to Japan yeah thank u stupid U Team for promoting Utada i myself could've done it better and her fans could've too! thanks alot for a crappy debut of a great artist!!!!

[Larisa-chan]

have you read other posts regarding her lack of sales?

-lack of serious heavy promotion
-many people did not the enjoy the songs on the album

[Coelacanth]

'Easy Breezy' as a first single was a big mistake...

The song was a mistake in the first place... x_x

[Brittany]

Easy Breezy..was not my style. I LOVE Tippy Toe.. Devil Inside.. one of those should of been on the radio.

She was not heavily advertised, so nobody has no damn idea who she is. From my cousins point of view, she's just the girl that sang SIMPLE & CLEAN on the Kingdom Hearts game :shurg

[..:DisarO:..]

She failed in her international debut. Well let's wait and see... =[

[Brittany]

Internationally? Well.. you mean American? I read somewhere in a magazine that Utada's English is good.. did that dumbass do his research properly and know that she speaks English FLUENTLY? .. However.. I don't know what to think of this. Most Asian artists must feel defeated after their album doesn't do that good in the American music market. It's sad. They have no idea what they are missing.

[DarkAyumi]

It's kind of a pity that it wasn't promoted more, it wasn't that bad. Most of the tracks on the album were either hit or miss though - I thought Exodus and Easy Breezy (that's right, you heard me) were great songs, Kremlin Dusk too. Hopefully it's more because of promotion than people just not being interested.

pfft .. its IDJ's fault as well as Utada's fault. Sure she said she did what she wanted but at the same time .. she's a product and doesnt have that full of freedom to do anything she really wants. Let's face it fanboys/fangirls the world of entertainment follows trends and the music she put out did not set nor reshape any of the trends going on. She didn't attract an audience wide enough for high sales.

I have read that she said she won't promote anything until next year. Which is strange to me.

I've also heard from a girl I've met up in Chicago that schedules shows at a club that she has spoken with Utada's people and Utada is interested in doing small shows throughout the states. She may not be done just yet ... maybe we'll get another album that is good.

[Hok]

I certainly don't mind another follow up to Exodus, but another Japanese album?! Alright!

That wouldn't be a follow up to Exodus lol ;p .. that would be a follow up to Deep River

[Hok]

Originally Posted by //hikari

That wouldn't be a follow up to Exodus lol ;p .. that would be a follow up to Deep River

Oh, I guess I didn't state it so clearly. I am aware that there is a follow up to DEEP RIVER.

[MsMiyabi]

well I think that she should release another single off the album like "Exodus" and Promote as much as she can to see what happens.Then decides what she wants 2 do

[Cyria]

Easy Breezy was a mistake, they shouldn't have made the first single something that didn't represent what the rest of the album was like and could potentially be very annoying ("you're easy breezy and I'm Japanesy" sounds like something a one-hit wonder would sing, not an artist). It's a shame, because worse albums than Exodus have been huge hits and I would have liked to see Utada succeed in America.

I got the impression that the advertising wasn't very good. There were a few articles, some in big papers, but I don't think Utada was out there performing on American shows/clubs and making herself known. Unless you're already famous from TV you can't neglect that kind of work.

I don't think she made one live appearance for singing any of her songs ... except in Japan.

[Nu-NRG]

IDJ don't even bother to promo for hikki...
but did you guys heard that Jay-Z is now the president of IDJ or something?
Back then DefJam's artist is the main promoted artists but since now he is the IDJ pres..things will be going backwards he'll be vocusing IDJ'artists meaning Hikki is included
*or he won't promote her if he don't find hikki's exodus to make a big hit
and sending her back to japan*my thoughts
also i read that IDJ is gaining all their power to push Mariah Carey's new album to the top and possibly to make her back to where she was back then
but can they? glitter was.......eh
i really hope hikki can do more promoting and get more recognized in few months >.<

[walking proud]

that's really sad. i bought her album and even though quite a few "hardcore" fans of utada only like her japanese music.. [quite a few of her 'hardcore' fans refuse to even LISTEN to her english music because it's going 'americanized', which i think is rediculous] .. i think that if she put out a truely amazing single and promoted the next american album more it could really have high sales.

[jerms]

i think the key is the first single, which went horribly wrong. i'm glad anyway, i liked her japanese stuff better (although exodus had it's perks)

[paper_doll]

Originally Posted by jerms

i think the key is the first single, which went horribly wrong. i'm glad anyway, i liked her japanese stuff better (although exodus had it's perks)

[voltron]

Originally Posted by haku

also i read that IDJ is gaining all their power to push Mariah Carey's new album to the top and possibly to make her back to where she was back then
but can they? glitter was.......eh

It's true. Glitter was a soundtrack though, not an original album, which is why it wasn't what people expected of her. The movie took place in the 80's, so all the music is pretty funky, and I think it's actually a pretty decent album. She had Charmbracelet after that which was also really good, but it had its share of forgettable songs, which is bound to happen with your 9th studio album. The new album is getting rave reviews from insiders though--I've heard two of the tracks from it and while I'm not super impressed, I could see how the American hip-hop/r&b market would eat it up.

But back to Hikki--I wouldn't blame her for going back to Japan simply because she'll make a LOT more money than she would here. She sells a great amount more, and albums are more expensive there. And while she wasn't promoted that much, do you think it would've been a whole lot better if she was? I mean, if you look at the interviews she's done, she's just SO uncomfortable and she has no social skills for such things. More promotion probably would've caused her more ridicule. I think the album is mediocre, but that's just my opinion--I know many people like it. I like a few tracks, but it's overall a forgettable album. I sent my favorite tracks to one of my friends and I think he put it best "it was pretty good, but it didn't make me want to check out any more songs by her." I was expecting a really amazing album since she took so much time for it, and I was also expecting something more hip-hop/r&b ish. And it's not just Exodus I dislike...I thought Deep River was no where near as good as Distance. I don't like it when she produces, composes, and writes ALL of her music (or most of it for that matter) because I think her style stagnates and everything starts to blend in with everything else.

And that was a long reply.

[DerrickRocks]

I remember hearing from someone on the U Team that a rumor a single that was not on the album will be released early 2005. similar to what Fefe Dobson did with her single "don't go girls and boys" i hope it is true and she isn;t the one producing it but the neptunes i hope it is true so they are starting over