[kayem7289]

Wateva, I don't want to turn this into a Beckham/Victoria bashing thread, but seriosuly, I was watching that contest clip, and I think David said about 6 different words. Thank God Hikki was there with her bubbly personality or I would've never bothered watching it.

I wonder what Hikki will release after Kiss & Cry, another ballad?
Personally, I wouldn't mind if she released ballads from now because I just adore her ballads too much.
I'm also in my sappy, depressed state so I want more of her songs to lift my spirit lol.

[moovoodoll]

Utada Hikaru's English isn't perfect.

She has an accent, after all.

it sounds like she's trying very hard to have no accent...

i'm saying her english DOES NOT sound natural. it sounds like... someone who's trying to speak english but failing.

i mean her grammar and use of linguistics is good, just the actual verbal/speaking part is not good.

you guys say she's born in America. how long did she live there? her whole life, or just a little while?

and as for her japanese, being japanese... her japanese ain't that good either.

i think BoA's japanese is better than hers. at least BoA's accent is better than hers in Japanese...

[butterflyeffect]

Utada Hikaru's English isn't perfect.

She has an accent, after all.

it sounds like she's trying very hard to have no accent...

i'm saying her english DOES NOT sound natural. it sounds like... someone who's trying to speak english but failing.

i mean her grammar and use of linguistics is good, just the actual verbal/speaking part is not good.

you guys say she's born in America. how long did she live there? her whole life, or just a little while?

and as for her japanese, being japanese... her japanese ain't that good either.

i think BoA's japanese is better than hers. at least BoA's accent is better than hers in Japanese...

There is no such thing as "no accent".
Her english sounds just fine.
Of course BoA's great in Japanese, but she isn't better than her.

[Velocitii]

Utada Hikaru's English isn't perfect.

She has an accent, after all.

it sounds like she's trying very hard to have no accent...

i'm saying her english DOES NOT sound natural. it sounds like... someone who's trying to speak english but failing.

i mean her grammar and use of linguistics is good, just the actual verbal/speaking part is not good.

you guys say she's born in America. how long did she live there? her whole life, or just a little while?

and as for her japanese, being japanese... her japanese ain't that good either.

i think BoA's japanese is better than hers. at least BoA's accent is better than hers in Japanese...

what clip or video did you hear her speak english?
her english sounds fine to me, it actually sounds better than fine
ive lived in ny my whole life and i slur my speech and according to out of staters, i have a "ny accent" so what would my english be considered? good or bad?
and i dont think theres "perfect" way to speak english
i cant say anything about her japanese or boa's japanese since i dont understand japanese
but i can honestly say her english is better than half the people i know that grew up in america

[sheart]

moovoodoll: Utada Hikaru is bilingual. i believe she was born in new york and she is completely fluent in english. i dont know how long she lived in japan or america but i believe she went back and forth a lot.
anyway so i dont really know about her having an accent cause i dont really hear it at all.
and unless youre completely fluent in the japanese language (and im talking formal and informal speech and all that) i wouldn't judge how 'good' her japanese accent is or try to compare it to boa's.

anyway. completely unrelated to that...
i heard somewhere (I DONT KNOW WHERE! >_< so dont believe this completely!) that she wants to/is going to release a 2nd album in the US thats more mainstream. and that her first one was for fun, like whatever she wanted to do type thing. i dont remember where i heard it so yeah... =P but i hope she does (:

[sikhye]

^Utada said her American label has been asking when she'll be making her other English album. that's basically it.

Utada Hikaru's English isn't perfect.

She has an accent, after all.

it sounds like she's trying very hard to have no accent...

i'm saying her english DOES NOT sound natural. it sounds like... someone who's trying to speak english but failing.

i mean her grammar and use of linguistics is good, just the actual verbal/speaking part is not good.

you guys say she's born in America. how long did she live there? her whole life, or just a little while?

and as for her japanese, being japanese... her japanese ain't that good either.

i think BoA's japanese is better than hers. at least BoA's accent is better than hers in Japanese...

Utada doesn't have any accent when she speaks English, except an American one.

I've heard people say Utada has a slight accent when she speaks Japanese, but hell no. BoA isn't better. it's not like utada's japanese is unnatural or anything

[kayem7289]

What? Utada has bad English and Japanese? Where are you getting all your information from and what videos are you basing your review on? She was born and raised in NY for I believe...13-16 years (Not sure of the exact years), so her English is just like mine, completely Americanized. She was accepted into Columbia University, an ivy league college, they wouldn't accept just anyone especially if she had "bad" English.

As for Japanese, there's no way that BoA could possibly have better Japanese than her considering Utada was raised speaking Japanese from actual Japanese parents and not teachers.
There's still a lot of Japanese listeners who complain about BoA having a Korean accent, so I don't understand where your judgments are coming from .

Glad this place moved a little though lol.

[LucasBunny]

Utada Hikaru's English isn't perfect.

She has an accent, after all.

it sounds like she's trying very hard to have no accent...

i'm saying her english DOES NOT sound natural. it sounds like... someone who's trying to speak english but failing.

i mean her grammar and use of linguistics is good, just the actual verbal/speaking part is not good.

you guys say she's born in America. how long did she live there? her whole life, or just a little while?

and as for her japanese, being japanese... her japanese ain't that good either.

i think BoA's japanese is better than hers. at least BoA's accent is better than hers in Japanese...

All of that is a joke

Utada has perfect english
she doesnt have any japanese accent when she speaks english.

She was back and forth to america and japan

she speaks both well.

[DOVAHKIIN]

Utada Hikaru's English isn't perfect.

She has an accent, after all.

it sounds like she's trying very hard to have no accent...

i'm saying her english DOES NOT sound natural. it sounds like... someone who's trying to speak english but failing.

i mean her grammar and use of linguistics is good, just the actual verbal/speaking part is not good.

you guys say she's born in America. how long did she live there? her whole life, or just a little while?

and as for her japanese, being japanese... her japanese ain't that good either.

i think BoA's japanese is better than hers. at least BoA's accent is better than hers in Japanese...

I guess you failed to listen to the entire Exodus album to hear her English.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMmu41UQHAs

Listen to her English and tell me that's mediocre.

She was born in 1983. She didn't move to Japan until late 1998.

That would've made her 15 years old, with fine English. Utada's Japanese is just fine, you're gonna compare a Japanese superstar artist who naturally knows Japanese to a Korean superstar artist who only knows the basics of what is given to her on a script and some translators? Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of BoA, but her music trails Utada in dominance by a long mile.

[Tonyc402]

Utada Hikaru's English isn't perfect.

She has an accent, after all.

it sounds like she's trying very hard to have no accent...

i'm saying her english DOES NOT sound natural. it sounds like... someone who's trying to speak english but failing.

i mean her grammar and use of linguistics is good, just the actual verbal/speaking part is not good.

you guys say she's born in America. how long did she live there? her whole life, or just a little while?

and as for her japanese, being japanese... her japanese ain't that good either.

i think BoA's japanese is better than hers. at least BoA's accent is better than hers in Japanese...

And I think you are here to just flame , you stupid tool hahaha. Seriously know a thing or two before you post you troll

[7lotus]

Utada Hikaru's English isn't perfect.

She has an accent, after all.

it sounds like she's trying very hard to have no accent...

i'm saying her english DOES NOT sound natural. it sounds like... someone who's trying to speak english but failing.

i mean her grammar and use of linguistics is good, just the actual verbal/speaking part is not good.

you guys say she's born in America. how long did she live there? her whole life, or just a little while?

and as for her japanese, being japanese... her japanese ain't that good either.

i think BoA's japanese is better than hers. at least BoA's accent is better than hers in Japanese...

wow. We've got a Linguistic expert here at Soompi.
Where do you live? I want to live in a area where people there don't get accent at all!
How the heck can you sound natural in English? Can you teach me Miss. I-have-no-accent?

[wateva]

Utada Hikaru's English isn't perfect.

She has an accent, after all.

it sounds like she's trying very hard to have no accent...

i'm saying her english DOES NOT sound natural. it sounds like... someone who's trying to speak english but failing.

i mean her grammar and use of linguistics is good, just the actual verbal/speaking part is not good.

you guys say she's born in America. how long did she live there? her whole life, or just a little while?

and as for her japanese, being japanese... her japanese ain't that good either.

i think BoA's japanese is better than hers. at least BoA's accent is better than hers in Japanese...

you again!

dang you really need to shut the fluff up, cause all your opions are retarded and just plain
you were in BoA's thread bashing on her about how she cant dance and wateva like your an expert
and now you got some nerve comin to Hikki's thread and "expressing" your bizarre opion on her english
Hikki's biligual and a musical genious, i dont know about your dumb ass...whatchu got???? big texted letters to make sure everybody reads your embarrassing analysis of who you got beef with and you contradict yourself with every post you make....lamo!

you are a sadass who see's the world through bong eyes....bye pinkberry


anywho
Hikki's new singles is gonna be 'beautiful world'
im ecstactic!
its sooo gonna be a massive hit, when it hits the oricon charts...no 1 anyone?!
argh wanna hear it sooo bad...

[kayem7289]

^^Oh, that sounds like it'll be a good song! Might not want to bash her too harshly or you'll get a warning from a moderator
I can't wait for it either, I hope it'll be another massive hit so that Hikki can have the #1 AND #2 singles of the year.
Of course, Flavor of Life is already a given that it'll be the number one single of the year since I have not heard of any other singles as impressive in terms of sales.

Does anyone know how Kiss&Cry has been doing, as in sales?
I can't seem to find too much information about it...

[spellitBOAxX]

i love utada!!!

[wateva]

^^Oh, that sounds like it'll be a good song! Might not want to bash her too harshly or you'll get a warning from a moderator
I can't wait for it either, I hope it'll be another massive hit so that Hikki can have the #1 AND #2 singles of the year.
Of course, Flavor of Life is already a given that it'll be the number one single of the year since I have not heard of any other singles as impressive in terms of sales.

Does anyone know how Kiss&Cry has been doing, as in sales?
I can't seem to find too much information about it...

lol thanks for the heads up, but shes soo annoying....


i think as of currently 'kiss and cry' is a digital release, but it will be included as a B-side? on the 'beautiful world' single, not too sure

[lurve_kdrama]

Flavor of life is such a great song!!
it makes me cry every time I hear it in HYD2!!

[lilyphilia.]

^love that song too!!
i just recently found out that utada & her husband of almost 4 yrs got a divorce,,i know that this is old news already but i always thought that their marriage wouldn't last(and it did! i'm not against her ex-hubby but they just don't match at all - maybe it's the age gap,,whatever) but the good thing is they're friends and they still support each other! teehee~

[kayem7289]

I just found out that "Beautiful World" will be the theme song for "Rebuild of Evangelion" and I'm soooo excited! I've been a fan of Neon Genesis: Evangelion for quite some time now (Haven't watched it in years, but I'm still a fan), so I'm happy that she'll be collaborating with the producers of the show again. Also, "Fly me to the Moon (In Other Words) -2007 MIX" will be used as the trailer's song.

�Beautiful World,� will be available for Chaku-Uta download beginning on July 23rd. Full length Chaku-Uta and Online downloads will commence on the single�s physical release date of August 29th. EMI Japan will probably release an online preview clip of Beautiful World most likely on July 23rd.

Don't you think that it's a bit odd that the song will be available for download a month prior to the physical release?
Wouldn't that affect the physical sales? I mean...Her physical sales have been sliding for a while now (while her download sales have skyrocketed) so I don't think this will help with that. Flavor of Life was an exception of course .
Anywho, can't wait for the song, only two and half more weeks to go before it's available for download .

[sheart]

^ i believe chaka uta is cellphone ring (i dont think its mp3, but i dont really know) and it says the full length version wont be available until the single's physical release date so i dont think it will mess with the sales too much. i dont remember which song it was (one of the more recent ones) was a really popular cell phone ring..

[butterflyeffect]

^ You mean Flavor of Life right?
unless I'm mistaken =x