The MV was pretty simple but she looks GORGEOUS! The dresses were pretty too. Expecially the one at the end. It made her look so pretty. <33
I just didn't like the slicked hair and red lipstick. lol.

OT: i love how on other forums, people are like "WOW THAT DUDE IS HOT - o hay hikki"

i thought it was a good video for reintroducing utada to the us market. she is a pretty girl and was definitely eye catching in the vid. hopefully that'll garner her a second look and thus a second listen.

yeah me too at first =X
but it got alright for me as i kept watching :]

^ i think the slicked hair and red lipstick would have looked great with a brighter dress =P
it's a pretty video though. i just feel like it could have used a little oomph.

I love Hikki. I love the song
But the MV fails to impress me, because I picture so many things they could do with that "lyrics", literally. But aside from looking gorgeous and constantly changing her clothes, she does nothing but wanders around.
The Mv is so boring.

I actually think she looks really nice with the slicked hair. Kinda reminds me of Midori from the movie Casshern. I'm not saying she looks old (lol), but elegant and mature. I think the red lips work, but at times it's a bit too much. I dunno. lol The red lips and moving around looking pretty reminds me of Rehab, which was directed by the same director.

^ if you check out the director's stuff, they're pretty much the same. lots of pretty cinematography (he's really into that bright, high glam, retro glossy thing) but also lots of awkward posing/staring at the significant other/into space headshot happy scenes. but i did like the video he did for john legend's "everybody knows." and it's definitely what's "in" right now in terms of music videos.

also, he usually posts HQ versions of his videos on his website so check back later to see: http://www.letfilms.com/

although the video was...uneventful, she looks beautiful!
i liked the slicked back hair, but i think the red lipstick and was a bit too strong. she still looked stunning.

i'm so excited for hikki!

the music video was pretty good! utada looked absolutely gorgeous, and the whole setting was really beautiful. i'm impressed

I like the music video and the dresses except for the blue one.
I wasn't liking the slicked hair and red lipstick. But it was okay.
I liked her the best with the brown dress? Not bad.

I love the MV, Hikki looks gorgeous in the dresses. I kind of wish that she wore brighter clothes. I can't wait for promotions to start Thanks for sharing~

But he is hot!!! Anyway, I really like Utada outfits and her hair except behind her ears. The pv was plain, but I see what was going on. The pv have to be interest for the American people since it is all about "showing skin, dress too sexy, and expensive stuff." Utada knows what she is doing. She following the four ways to express America : show skin, dress sexy, expensive stuff, and hottie. Utada shows of her shoulders and legs which by the way look very classy. The outfits wasn't over sexy, but sexy in a classy way. The expensive stuff to add in the mv. The last part was add the hottie in the pv which he looks very hot and classy not over kill with body oil with no shirt.

love the MV >___M

yea that director always got the same vibe..like rihanna's take a bow, fergie's big girls dont cry...hate that i love you


she looks so pretty! like...sooo pretty >_<

some people said the MV is slow and boring, but it is a slow song, you cant expect Hikki get up and suddenly starts to dance... but that will be fun to watch

I really LOVE the music video... she's so stunning/pretty... I like it how she fluent in english and it sounds good... I hope she makes it big here in the US... can't wait till her album hit the store so I can go buy it.

oh yea... the guy was HOT too...

All youtube vids are being pull and she pushed her album release date back. Pushing back the date was smart. She need to get more promotions behind it. Just hope it is one delayed date.

^ Yeah my sister told me about the pushback yesterday. I hope she does get more promotion. I doubt they'd push it back more than once. She has never been that unprofessional.

I like the mv. It's a lot better than her first US single music video. The mv was nicely done and she looks very pretty in it although I'm not digging the red lips and hair-slick-back look. Overall, I'm excited for her US comeback again.

Which dates? The Japan, U.S. or both? Youtube is being a pain in the butt removing videos. How in the world we going to see the pv and they are taking it off.

The Japan release date was going to be the on the fourth of this month right? But it has moved to the 3/14 while the U.S. release date is 5/12.

I heard Come Back To Me on the radio about an hour ago. I blasted the volume up high when I heard it

The music video is now up at http://utada.jp/. For those who missed the music video on YouTube, watch it over there.

I liked the MV! she looked gorgeous and the guy is so hot lol
I still find the song kind of boring though

although i'm disappointed the release date was pushed back, i'm also glad because then it can be promoted more. :]

She looks gorgeous in the MV. Unfortunately, the lyrics are terrible...

eek im so excited for some reason! i guess it's cause i heard her new song on the radio( 102.5 KSFM )today!
i was coming home from school and there it was! Congrats to her for getting her song the radio and the station is really popular too =D

her debute has been push back... I guess it's for a good thing... she do need more promo... I'm excited for her... I really like her personality... she's so cool.

Wow, i have to say, i am really surprised about her song.
I absolutely love it, it fits her voice so much.
I knew before that hikki was debuting her new eng album.
But i was so busy with BoAs EYU.
That i forgot to listen to hikki's song (i wasn't expecting much either).
But wow, i really LOVE it. I'll be sure to show my support by buying hikki's album too!
Come back to me is amazing! <3

"Come Back To Me" has grown on me over the past 2 weeks. Some parts of the lyrics are still EHHH but I like the chorus and I'm so excited to hear the rest of the album!!

Is it true "Automatic Part II" is playing on the radio in Japan already? I want to hear it, but no luck so far =\

oh and does anyone know how CBTM is doing in Japan?! is it even on the charts at all? O.o

EXCITED...........

As I was driving home yesterday and was listening to the radio... her song came her... I got all excited and turned the radio louder... I was like, yea... finally showing some asian love... after the song was done playing... the radio guy said... "this is a new cover from U tada" U T A D A... U tada... I was like fool, her name is not YOU tada... it's Ouutada/UTADA... I was thinking of calling the radio station and correct the dude but I was driving and so I didn't...

but I'm just excited that her song was played in my town... and so I'm pretty sure it's going to be play everywhere else... I'm so happy for Utada... she has a lot of potential here in the US... and so now I'm just waiting for her album to come out... so I can go buy it at the store...

Oh and I'm going to start requesting for that song to be play more... now that I know they have her single...

You can here 2 previews for Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence - FYI and Dirty Desire

http://utada.jp/uicl1088.html


I'm already loving both previews which (unfortunately) sounds so much better than every preview for BoA's album. Oh well, I'll still buy both but Utada will be the winner for me.

"You know why? I'm gunna be yours tonight. We're gunna (ooooohh ahhhhh). FYI - we're gunna be up all night"

^ The two previews sound awesome! I can't wait till the album comes out.
The lyrics are so American.....but so unlike Hikki. lol
And can anyone imagine her dancing to those songs? lol i think it would be so unusual if she does that. xD

Oh. I like what I hear. I'm still curious about Automatic Part II.

The two songs sound OK. I think the album might be a grower... Come Back To Me had to grow on me.
I'm a bit disappointed with Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence. My expectations were too high. (I love the original)
I noticed that with Exodus and this album, she always has a few songs that play up on the fact she's Japanese. :/

After the samples, I'm a lot more excited for her album. I really want to hear the rest of "Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence - FYI"! It sounds really fresh. (:


I'll go back and listen again, but I didn't catch anything that played up that she's japanese (I know exodus had easy breezy..)?

Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence - "NYC NYC what up, Tokyo Tokyo what up"
Dirty Desire - "love you long time" <-- I know this phrase is pretty popular, but I think it's what Asian hookers used to say.
Edit: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1591868/2...ado_nelly.jhtml

For Exodus,

Easy Breezy - "i'm japanesey" "konnichiwa, sayonara"
Exodus 04 - "traffic jams in Tokyo"
Let Me Give You My Love - "eastern, western people"
Work Out - "so i showed him how people in the far east get down"

BTW, although I'm a huge Utada fan (probably my favorite artist), I'm kind of sick of her singing about sex. It's like she's so happy she gets to sing about sex in English because it would be taboo in Japan. Plus she should get some co-writers... although some of her Japanese lyrics can be iffy too... "miraa ga utsushidasu maboroshi wo ki ni shinagara itsu no mani ka sokudo ageteru no sa" <- lol :x

i'm like....not even used to hearing utada sing about sex LOL. so i'm sitting here like O:
the lyrics in the previews were kinda iffy, but i love the music. i really wish she didn't have that "love you long time" line in "dirty desire" DDDD:

oh well. utada's still my girl. <3

LMAO @ the "love u long time" lyrics but I actually really like the way she sings that part

why u make me so conflicted hikki?

The previews are awesome!
If you set aside the lyrics' factor.
I think she has the bigger chance of success in the U.S than BoA after hearing both artists' previews

OMG. I JUST HEARD UTADA'S COME BACK TO ME ON THE RADIO.
Saturday, 7:20pm! I practically screamed when I happened to
turn on the radio~!!!! The DJ was like, "Alright that was Come Back to Me by
U-...*mumbles?* I think that's how you pronounce it.." and moved on to other
songs...what an amazing time slot for the song~!! Just awesome.

I get a smile on my face whenever I read that someone's heard Come Back To Me on the radio. I never listen to radio, so... :x
But I'm so happy she's getting airplay.

i just found out about the song, "come back to me".
i absolutely love it.

it sounds like a song that mariah, alicia keys, or even beyonce would sing
(in their own style, of course).

You can now hear a preview for "Apple And Cinnamon" And "Taking My Money Back" on the link I provided earlier which again, both sound awesome especially Apple And Cinnamon (which I'm assuming is hinting at her divorce). Taking My Money Back is also nice but a little too typical but it's still decent. Album is definitely shaping up to be amazing. Cannot wait to hear every song!

The lyrics are part of the song, so I don't get how you would set it aside...? I have to say her lyrics are pretty weak in the previews so far. Not up to her usual standards.

I'm pretty disappointed with Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. I thought it would have been better since she's been working on this song for some time. It was one of the songs I was hyped up for.

out of the two new previews up, i'm reaaaalllllllllly feeling "apple & cinnamon". i hope the rest of the lyrics are pretty good for the song.

the end of the clip, where she sings, "....good to last", i felt CHILLS. haha.

I'm alright Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence.

It's good and relieving that this album has good quality - or from the preview.

Go Utada! I really hope she'll get heard more and more here ):

Eh. I'm officially turned off by this album.
edit - ...it's just 4 songs. I hope the rest is better.

Well, the songs are definitely not overly enhanced and there's still quality with her singing.

I really dislike the sex stuffs in songs in general. I'm disappointed that her album would have those sex lyrics, the only point why

I dislike American music so much. I'll just wait for the other previews, then I'll decide whether the album is worthy of my hard-earned money.

omg. i frikking love her.
she's so random.

http://apps.facebook.com/utadaapp/index.ht...hannelId=202238

^LOL! fast hair growth=dirty mind

I get so happy everytime I look at my collection of Hikki albums. They're all lined up neatly in my shelf

i remember when 'first love' was such a craze in the usa
my non-japanese friends kept recommending the song to me
and i'm wondering why because my fav songs come from mtv and vh1
when i heard it i wasn't so crazy about it either
i think has a good voice
just that her songs are too poppish
her voice is too mature and her songs are too kiddie-like
she should sing with more instrumentals and not like fantasy techno beats

Sorry,Been lurking around her thread and about her 2nd US album, so thought i should let you's know she posted the full song of Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence - FYI on her facebook!
it sounds alright, even with the other previews, this album seems different from her 1st. Not even sure why she probably has some sexual references in the songs haha xD

She's divorced now right? I like her new american single than her easy breeze ones.