[sikhye]

i LOVE her song FIRST LOVE. i mean I LOVE IT!

but i dont really know much about her or her music.
can anyone suggest any other ballads of her that is the same magnitude like FIRST LOVE?
thanks much. im startin to become a fan!!

Deep River

http://youtube.com/watch?v=cdxoFcbYO4o

Final Distance

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jEq-GcmQnX0

COLORS

http://youtube.com/watch?v=V1CnxTt77hQ

Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AB268X3NrpM

WINGS - B side but it's a good ballad

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zeP_cuG4BMk


Utada has a lot of great non-ballads too, search her name up on Youtube and see Reccomonded: Every single >_>
Info about her: http://wiki.theppn.org/Utada_Hikaru

edit: Flavor of Life Ballad version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuEu0fmzNlw

listen to original too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXofwOVd9Mg

[Jaeho]

Utada Hikaru's new song Kiss & Cry 44 second preview!1!11
http://www.toshiba-emi.co.jp/hikki/news/news_j.php
:S it sounds good

Thanks <3

I've been behind on Hikki news lately...

edit -- I like it. It's not amazing, but it's just a preview... I'll wait for the full version to judge... =/

btw gotgod? -- Have you heard Flavor of Life?

[gotgod?]

thanks Ray

[Korowa]

That wings song was dope!

I think it's much better than Flavor of Life...

[Velocitii]

does anybody read her blogs?

well i read the translated versions and she acts really......cute lol i think thats the word

[theanonymousafro]

I've read a few translated blog post. I think she is just a cute person.

[clauric]

excited abt the new single..can't wait to hear the full version

[xyunaxfantasiesx]

I think Hikki has a cute personality. Kiss & Cry sounds like her old stuff, can't wait for the full release though.

[sikhye]

...What happened to utada online? its been gone for a week and now new utada news is hard to find. i need to know more about kiss&cry D:<

[butterflyeffect]

I just listened to Kiss & Cry. It sounds good.
I like it a lot!

[Jaeho]

I LOVE Kiss & Cry

I was disappointed with the preview, but WOW... so different o_O;;;

And I really like how she recycled Hotel Lobby lol

[sikhye]

WTF WHERE IS IT YOU PEOPLE???

[Jaeho]

jpopmusic.com/forums

Actual lyrics from the song -- "Today's meal is Nissin Cup Noodle Cup Noodle Cup Noodle"

edit - Oh Ray, you sneaky fool. Editing out the naughty word in your post...

[xyunaxfantasiesx]

I need to listen to Kiss & Cry. The preview kind of dissapointed me so I'm glad it sound different from the preview...from the way people are talking about it.

[wateva]

yeah, from what i heard of the preview im not a big fan of 'kiss and cry' i prefer 'flavour of life' and WOW! was that a major hit for hikki in a very long time, didnt sell over 600,000 copies or something?


guess i gotta get cracking and listen to the full version of her new single, is it even released yet?
sorry im a bit behind with her news these days, but im patiently waiting for her supposed new english album, or is that a rumour also?

[mary elle]

http://mdjasrie.vox.com/library/audio/6a00...33344e685e.html
^^you could listen to the full radio rip version there.

OMG IT'S SO AWESOME! I'M IN LOVE WITH IT! HIKKI ALWAYS MAKES THE COOLEST SONGS!
the bridge melody is from her exodus album song, hotel lobby.
and at the end of the song, some of the beats were recycled from flavor of life, the non-ballad version.

yeah... i've been listening intently and repeatedly.. that's because it's so freaking awesome!
i hope she does some type of video or something. i really wanted her to do a video of the song, blue, from ULTRA BLUE..

[amydien]

i LOVE her song FIRST LOVE. i mean I LOVE IT!

but i dont really know much about her or her music.
can anyone suggest any other ballads of her that is the same magnitude like FIRST LOVE?
thanks much. im startin to become a fan!!

She has another ballad(but sorta rnb-ish) and it's from same album of First Love. The title is "Give Me A Reason". It's a very good song too, and one of my favourites. You can PM me if you want the song.

Anyway, I want to hear her new song too! I loved Flavour of Life...both the HYD and original version! xD

Im currently listening to her Music Box album...it's not an official album, but just a music box compilation of her songs from 1st and 2nd album. Reaaaally reaaalllyyy gooooood! I love listening to it! I like BoA's as well, but I think Hikki's music box is much better! xDDD

http://mdjasrie.vox.com/library/audio/6a00...33344e685e.html
^^you could listen to the full radio rip version there.

OMG IT'S SO AWESOME! I'M IN LOVE WITH IT! HIKKI ALWAYS MAKES THE COOLEST SONGS!
the bridge melody is from her exodus album song, hotel lobby.
and at the end of the song, some of the beats were recycled from flavor of life, the non-ballad version.

^OMG you're so right! The bridge sounds like hotel lobby!
I like this song too....Im glad she's releasing a more upbeat song!

Btw...did she officially release the Boku wa Kuma song? I find it hard to imagine her performing that cute song on a concert. lol.

[mary elle]

Btw...did she officially release the Boku wa Kuma song? I find it hard to imagine her performing that cute song on a concert. lol.

i don't think hikki would perform boku wa kuma at a concert. maybe a concert for little kids.

[kayem7289]

Wow, I can't believe that this thread only has 6 pages!
UTADA IS THE BEST JPOP ARTIST OF ALL TIME (IMO of ourse).
I fell in love with her voice after "Simple&Clean" like most people here, and I was out of the blue for a while, but "Flavor of Life" totally revived my love for her again. I love Hikki more than ever!

"Kiss and Cry," I think it's okay. I have the song, but it's like...Low quality, so it doesn't sound too good, so I won't make a total judgment until I hear a high quality version of the song. I do like it though.

Wateva, yep, Flavor of Life is her most successful single since...Can't remember lol, I think "Keep Tryin."
It is the most downloaded song of all time with about 5.5 million downloads (Original+Ballad) and it sold over 600,000 physical cds, and remained at #1 for three weeks in a row making her also the only female artist to have two songs stay at #1 for 3 weeks (Hikari and Flavor of Life). She's the first female to have 250,000+ sales in one week since Ayumi's "M" (or was it "&"?) in 2002.
Not only that, it was #1 on the iTunes chart for two months which is an amazing feat, and with total sales of over 6.3 million, you can pretty much guarantee that it'll be the #1 song for the year end chart in Japan (Along with being one of the most successful singles of all time).
I think it's amazing how so many people downloaded the song, considering in the US having just 1+ million downloads is amazing, so 5+ million in a less populated country is even more impressive.
Yeah, you can see that I live this song a tad too much. Can you blame me though ?

In conclusion, I <3 Hikki!
I only wish this thread were more active...

[mary elle]

Wow, I can't believe that this thread only has 6 pages!
UTADA IS THE BEST JPOP ARTIST OF ALL TIME (IMO of ourse).
I fell in love with her voice after "Simple&Clean" like most people here, and I was out of the blue for a while, but "Flavor of Life" totally revived my love for her again. I love Hikki more than ever!

"Kiss and Cry," I think it's okay. I have the song, but it's like...Low quality, so it doesn't sound too good, so I won't make a total judgment until I hear a high quality version of the song. I do like it though.

Wateva, yep, Flavor of Life is her most successful single since...Can't remember lol, I think "Keep Tryin."
It is the most downloaded song of all time with about 5.5 million downloads (Original+Ballad) and it sold over 600,000 physical cds, and remained at #1 for three weeks in a row making her also the only female artist to have two songs stay at #1 for 3 weeks (Hikari and Flavor of Life). She's the first female to have 250,000+ sales in one week since Ayumi's "M" (or was it "&"?) in 2002.
Not only that, it was #1 on the iTunes chart for two months which is an amazing feat, and with total sales of over 6.3 million, you can pretty much guarantee that it'll be the #1 song for the year end chart in Japan (Along with being one of the most successful singles of all time).
I think it's amazing how so many people downloaded the song, considering in the US having just 1+ million downloads is amazing, so 5+ million in a less populated country is even more impressive.
Yeah, you can see that I live this song a tad too much. Can you blame me though ?

In conclusion, I <3 Hikki!
I only wish this thread were more active...

flavor of love is an awesome song. it fit hyd2 very well.
i like how hikki makes all her songs personal when she writes them. nice form of self-expression.
THEN LET'S MAKE THIS THREAD MORE ACTIVE!
i think it's because people don't understand hikki's brilliancy.