Utada in the Studio?

According to sources, Utada has recently been in the studio recording a new track with Rafael Moreira, a guitarist who has worked with the likes of Pink, Christina Aguilera, and Marc Anthony. Rafael was also the guitarist during Utada’s recent round of US TV performances, in support of her album “This Is The One.”


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ooh nice. I wonder if this is for her Japanese works?

I hope this is a sign for more real instruments in her songs!

manjowithane added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 7:13 am

It should be new Japanese stuff but can be new English stuff. Maybe IDJ is planning re-release TITO with new songs, who knows.

Raito added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 7:44 am

What sources?

ShinjiPG added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 7:49 am

finally some good news

SakuranboLuv added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 9:41 am

This could either be for her english or her Japanese stuff. Its good that she’s recording I just hope she returns to the U.S. soon.

gantzman246 added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 9:54 am

’sources’

kami-sama added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 10:34 am

That sounds ok for me.
The new remix for Beautful worlds suits fine forme, it’s refreshing since BW is such a good song and she never told nothing about a new sor for EVA2.0,so if she is restng and creating some new stuff even it’s in english is fine, don’t you think.
Maybe the promotion for TITO was like a “coitus interruptus” there was so much of her and suddenly nothing, she was sick and needed to rest, practically she didn’t stopped working since ultra blue or maybe since exodus, and she needs a creative explotion, remember she said that she was wondering to do more experimental things when she would be back in japan?.
I hope she’sworking on new good and experimental sound more than that mainstrem (but still good) TITO sound, and yeah, maybe it’s time for a second single but for me i would prefer she go back to japan and do what she do best.

lalomiranda added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 11:15 am

oooh how mysterious! Can’t wait for more news on it!

I wonder if it’s a recording for her or for another artist (like a collaboration or something).

Questionsmakemeblue added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 11:35 am

Don’t ask for sources, UBLOG is the source.
RJ is right about this stuff 99.9% of the time.

Ghostdog added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 12:22 pm

Wha??!!
She’s not dead?!?!
She’s actually singing?!?!
In a studio supposedly?!?!

Glad that’s over.

And I hope this is some Japanese Project if it’s true.

InnerRise added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 12:37 pm

You had me at “Pink.”

Alex0821 added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 12:57 pm

Oh, wow!! I wonder if she’s returning to a more organic sound with live instruments in her works again, like in Deep River and etc.

Or maybe she’s decided to make more English material . . .~

Bozu added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 1:05 pm

Bozu she did mention in one of her recent Japanese interviews that she was going back to live instruments on her next album.

Ghostdog added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 1:25 pm

@Ghostdog: I just think it’s amusing to start a post saying “According to sources”, because “according to sources” Utada is dead, so… get my point? I would be ok with “Some people are saying this and that” or “UBLOG has been informed of this and that”.

ShinjiPG added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 1:47 pm

http://www.myspace.com/rafaelmoreira
Search for Utada on that page.

ShinjiPG added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 1:57 pm

That’s a sweet news! SOOOoooo, u people, what were u saying on the other blog post???? hahahahah!

I hope she did not read that.. and if she did, i hope u did not stress her out! or kinda forced her.. i agree with lalomiranda.. Hikki needs that “creative explotion” thing.. Good things come for those who wait..

renjeanteractive added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 2:20 pm

omg, i guess she is feeling better?? lolz

Fannboyie added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 3:08 pm

@Ghostdog, which interview is this? I’m interested to read it, does it have translation?

manjowithane added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 3:21 pm

Ha. It’s the guy who “played” his guitar during those performances! I still watch those for kicks — many lolz are had every single time.

non_sequitur added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 3:58 pm

Thank you! Hikki isn’t dead!I really do hope this is some more English stuff, and I think it is because because on the guy’s MySpace, they used the name Utada.

Sylfi added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 4:07 pm

The guys myspace says ‘He has also appeared as lead guitarist / supporting vocalist live on world tours and television, as well as on CD & DVD releases, with world renowned and groundbreaking artists such as… …and Utada to name a few.’

That paragraph most probably refers to the performances that she has done to date for her promotions. I don’t think it’s an indication that he is working with her on english material.
Forrest Robinson (and Matt Rhode I think) were both recruited to play in Utada’s band during Exodus, but they have both made appearances on her Japanese album, Ultra Blue. Don’t jump to conclusions guys.

manjowithane added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 4:30 pm

Wait, recording A NEW TRACK??? or doing a rehearsal?
Oh well, here we go again.. another waiting game XD

ruka27 added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 6:22 pm

I’m really considering the fact that she/Def Jam are doing a repackaged album. I mean believe it or not repackaged is in. LOL, although that sounds dumb, I mean look at Jesse McCartney, The black eyed peas, and what not. New material with old material seems to sell better, at least that’s what I can tell from the music market. I kinda hope she doesn’t do that though, but maybe this will just be released as a digital single and not a physical copy?…Anyways I’m glad she is back in the studio and I only hope that she doesn’t stop promoting TITO so early in the game.

sakurablooms13 added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 8:09 pm

This is good news to see.

tattoosonthesky added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 8:22 pm

kinda disappointed

Xcapist added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 8:33 pm

^sakurablooms13, you said the “fact that [they] are doing a repackaged album.” Did you mean fact? Or speculation? Because I assure you, they are very separate things, and I want to have this straight.

Lvng added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 8:39 pm

I agree with sakurablooms13, it would be great if they re-released TITO with new songs.
Being new English or Japanese songs, she needs resuming TITO very soon. Maybe she’s recording and researching for more lives, it would be great hear some lives in the US with her voice recovered.

Raito added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 8:54 pm

I’m afraid there is no recovery needed. How her voice sounds now is her normal voice from now on unless it improves or gets worse. It’s a good thing she started singing young while it was still very good.

InnerRise added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 9:17 pm

Yeah she got a new guitarist.

I love her electronic sounds of Exodus and Ultra Blue better. Real instruments just not really into me.

barried added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 10:04 pm

Opps, my bad LVNG I meant it in an IF kinda way if that makes sense…

sakurablooms13 added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 10:45 pm

To be honest I’m happy she’s going for a more instrumental sound. All this experimental stuff is getting a bit old. Its good she’s trying something different.

gantzman246 added these pithy words on Jun 29 09 at 11:43 pm

Ugh… I give up. The suspense and continued worrying/speculation is just too much. Someone wake me up when something substantial happens :P

darkesaint added these pithy words on Jun 30 09 at 1:30 am

So since it’s Utada and not Utada Hikaru, she is working on an english song? Who knows.

Hikki Love . added these pithy words on Jun 30 09 at 2:08 am

Like someone said earlier she is probably rehearsing one of her English songs for her next single (probably MCML-FYI or This One).
I take it that any day now we are gonna find out what the next single is.

Ghostdog added these pithy words on Jun 30 09 at 2:29 am

‘I’m afraid there is no recovery needed. How her voice sounds now is her normal voice from now on unless it improves or gets worse. It’s a good thing she started singing young while it was still very good.’
Her voice is gonna be the same unless it improves or get worse… erm… well done sherlock.

manjowithane added these pithy words on Jun 30 09 at 6:22 am

O.O a brazillian in the team! good news!
he sounds very good to me. there are very good songs on his MySpace page, but I haven’t found anything ’bout utada. ¬¬

Bernardo added these pithy words on Jun 30 09 at 9:55 am

I like the idea of her using non-electronic instruments as well.

I love electronica and synth style music, but I think she should stop for alittle while just as a refresher, and then if she starts using more synethesizer again it wont sound so expected.

I hope yall are right about her returning to a more organic sound.

I think she can also still stay experimental with an organic sound, kinda like the experimental acoustic sound of “About Me”.

Questionsmakemeblue added these pithy words on Jun 30 09 at 1:04 pm

Way to take something out of context, misconstrue and incorrectly repeat it. Good work Watson. ;)

Anyway I hope we get some sources eventually. I thought we’d have them by now if not a complete confirmation. I’d hate for this to turn out as before where we get little news and then make the rest up ourselves and start to believe it. We don’t even know if this is true yet.

InnerRise added these pithy words on Jun 30 09 at 1:06 pm

Ghostdog: I don’t mean this disrespectfully, but what are you talking about? The blog post says that the “sources” (oy, that word…) say she’s “recording a new track,” so if the sources are actually credible sources and not some dream RJ had, we can’t really determine that they’re rehearsing for the new single, or what the next single is going to be, based on that information. As much as I’d love to know what the next single is, I don’t think this is really about that.

Alex0821 added these pithy words on Jun 30 09 at 1:36 pm

@InnerRise, Did you know, the price of the iMac now is the normal price from now on unless it goes up or goes down, or was that obvious?

manjowithane added these pithy words on Jun 30 09 at 1:45 pm

I’d recommend a PC. You can build it yourself and choose your own price point if that’s worrying you. ;)

I know Utada uses a Mac but I’m pretty sure price wasn’t an issue for her. :)

InnerRise added these pithy words on Jun 30 09 at 2:03 pm

Utada uses a MAC because she uses Logic Pro 8 to create her music which is a superior piece of Music software compared to what a PC can offer which is either Sonar or Cubase. If you are a music creator on a budget get a MAC Mini instead for around $700-$800 and pass on the PC if you are really serious about making music and wanting the best software for the job.

Ghostdog added these pithy words on Jun 30 09 at 5:25 pm

hahahahah! i thought manjowithane is trying ask InnerRise something different. something like an analogy of something else. you know what i’m saying? hehehehe..

renjeanteractive added these pithy words on Jun 30 09 at 8:55 pm

HEY! anyone able to watch the Channel [V] show for Utada?

renjeanteractive added these pithy words on Jun 30 09 at 9:11 pm

RJ, are you sure you didn’t post this just to stop us from killing each other with the lack of news? ; – P

Not Fade Away added these pithy words on Jun 30 09 at 10:38 pm

This wait is killing me faster than the last one did. Oh Utada, you bring me joy just as much as you take it away..~

Bozu added these pithy words on Jun 30 09 at 10:39 pm

I hope this is a good single. I’d love a new song.

Hikki Love . added these pithy words on Jul 01 09 at 3:36 am

hmmmmmm…interesting.could be Japanese or English…I’m excited.hope its true and comes out soon, surely only time will tell.

itaikoon added these pithy words on Jul 01 09 at 8:41 am

The winner of the karaoke was announced and she is absolutely terrible but she dressed up as Utada so she won.
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20090629-00000015-rbb-ent

I guess it was more about emulating Utada’s appearance rather then who is the best karaoke singer. What a joke.

Ghostdog added these pithy words on Jul 01 09 at 12:35 pm

Questionsmakemeblue, you took the words right outta my mouth. An organic feel like ‘About Me’, with that R&B, and Urban feel floating about would be awesome! This news makes me excited for what’s to come!

And no. I definitely don’t think she’s recording for a new english song. I mean, we all want it, but it’s not going to happen. She hasn’t even finished with ‘TITO’ yet. I doubt Island is asking her for another album already. My bets are on a Japanese song. I pray it lives up to the hype we’re giving it, lol.

FiresEmblem added these pithy words on Jul 01 09 at 12:52 pm

@ghostdog. If you wanna look for a good singer, watch american idol or eurovision. Utada’s MySpace karaoke contest is just for fun, and yes the woman that dressed up like Utada is FUNNY.

barried added these pithy words on Jul 01 09 at 1:41 pm

If Utada is in the Studio and it turned out to be an English song, I know I’d be disappointed. I want her to get back to the good stuff. And I want some of that good stuff before year’s end. I’ve lost interest in all things “This Is The One”, which it clearly is not as of ahora mismo.

InnerRise added these pithy words on Jul 01 09 at 2:03 pm

@ghostdog’s post.

Ghostdog th contest was based on creativity, it wouldnt be fair if it was based on who could sing the best

Questionsmakemeblue added these pithy words on Jul 01 09 at 2:38 pm

ppl sure seem to hate american music so bad they they want her to abandon it and go back to jap. music.

blackclown added these pithy words on Jul 01 09 at 3:29 pm

InnerRise,why have you lost interest in ‘This Is The One’?

FiresEmblem added these pithy words on Jul 01 09 at 3:37 pm

Questionsmakemeblue: how would that not be fair? Isn’t the point of a karaoke contest to sing the song the best? I think it’s cool that she dressed up as Utada (and she did look JUST like her which is nice) but I read the contest rules and creativity definitely wasn’t the only criterium…
Frankly, I’ve lost interest in TITO, too. I don’t care about Billboard, Mediabase, bad tv performances… I’ve listened to the album ad nauseum and I’m ready for new music. I don’t care what language it’s in, just let it be good and let it be soon.

Alex0821 added these pithy words on Jul 01 09 at 3:51 pm

It’s only been months,and already you have discarded the album? Surely it would have taken longer…it IS Utada, after all. I mean, this album has only been out for about 4 months. You can’t be sick of it already? I want new material like the next guy, but I don’t want to discard the album as of yet. It’s no wonder Utada may feel overworked. :P

FiresEmblem added these pithy words on Jul 01 09 at 4:02 pm

Well I don’t mean like singing well wouldnt be a plus or help you win, but it would seem like if you already know that you can’t sing well, you might as well rule yourself out of the possibility of winning. and I wouldnt think that would be fair, but thats just me.

omg I didnt enter ’cause I was to lazy, but in my head I was planning a parody of “Come Back to Me” where the main characters were fruit lol.

Questionsmakemeblue added these pithy words on Jul 01 09 at 4:10 pm

why wont they announce the winner on myspace? i wanna hear her singing haha

Xcapist added these pithy words on Jul 01 09 at 4:14 pm

link to the vids of the lucky winners:
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=1004333217&blogId=497460819

ruka27 added these pithy words on Jul 01 09 at 4:35 pm

The first one…………………………………………………………………………………………
It’s a good look-alike

kami-sama added these pithy words on Jul 01 09 at 5:10 pm

FiresEmblem:

It’s dead in the water at this moment. Nothing is going on with it. There’s currently no reason to be excited for it and Utada’s English material just doesn’t have the shelf life of her Japanese Material. I can’t be bothered to be bothered with its status, which isn’t good. Who knows? Utada may have no plans now to do anymore with it herself. She’s fulfilled her contract. She wasn’t that enthused when they approached for this Album from the get go. I’ve come to peace with the Album’s position. Utada may have to and just given up on this one. She said she’d like to continue making English music though so I don’t think she’s given up altogether. I hope she makes it but I’m over as of now unless Utada changes my mind.

InnerRise added these pithy words on Jul 01 09 at 5:13 pm

^I don’t we should be that non-chalant about TITO’s status; I think she was a lot more enthused and ambitous to do this project than any English work b4, and I still believe it can a noteworthy success if this latest news is related to her getting back promoting it! They haven’t even tried releasing it or any singles beyond the U.S. or Japan, so there’s really still alot of hope for it yet, millions of music fans are looking for something new and different! I know if Natasha Bedingfield,Joss Stone,Adele,Sean Kingston,Sean Paul,Rihanna, and others internationally can do it, so can she! I still look forward to what’s next in he Japanese discography nevertheless…

kinghikari009 added these pithy words on Jul 01 09 at 5:42 pm

I Liked This is One, I don’t care how it does on the charts, I don’t care if everyone else is bored with it, I like it and that is all that matters to me lol.

The only thing im waiting for is an announcment from hikki saying “I am done with the ‘This Is the One’ promotion” or ” I am not done with ‘This is the One’ Promotion”

Questionsmakemeblue added these pithy words on Jul 01 09 at 6:08 pm

haha omg, that first karaoke clip is hilaaaarious

manjowithane added these pithy words on Jul 01 09 at 6:09 pm

I guess that’s true; that ‘This Is The One’ has less of a shelf-life than her japanese releases might. Which is sort of sad. But I agree with kinghikari009… Utada loves to listen to music that’s genuine,and real. If she was going to release an album that she didn’t want to do, I would like to think this album would have been terrible, and it wasn’t. I am hoping for promotion to continue. She went crazy earlier, didn’t she? And the only thing that has slowed that down was the sickness, and I guess her Japanese work. I think that now when her song is the theme song for the movie, though remixed, she may be jumping back into the music scene. I miss the Exodus expirimentation though. Let’s hope to see that in the future.

FiresEmblem added these pithy words on Jul 01 09 at 6:09 pm

I very much doubt that she’s done with TITO. Some people don’t realize that CBTM was rising on the charts before she got sick. If she didn’t come down with tonsilitis (or whatever its called) the song would have surely broke into the Top 20 by now. The Best Buy, and FYE appearances would have boost the success of the single and album.

gantzman246 added these pithy words on Jul 02 09 at 12:14 am

I’m basing my feelings on THE NOW, not THE THEN, WHAT IFS and COULDA, WOULDA, SHOULDAS.

InnerRise added these pithy words on Jul 02 09 at 1:00 pm

gantzman246: that’s really, really not true. In fact, I’m sure you’ll all remember the single fell from hovering just above #60 to being completely out of the top 100 in a matter of a week and a half. And considering how quickly it fell after a VERY slow climb, it was obvious that the song was not going to rise much further from a bunch of appearances at FYE. There is no way in hell that CBTM was going to reach the Top 20 or even the Top 40. Top 50, maybe, if she had done some more appearances, interviews, AND performances, but she didn’t and now the song doesn’t get played anymore and it’s time for a second single or back to Japan.
Don’t get me wrong, I would have LOVED for the single to have broken the Top 40, but it just wasn’t going to happen. Sorry for the harsh reality check.

Alex0821 added these pithy words on Jul 02 09 at 1:48 pm

Alex0821, I think he’s talking about radio play. ‘Come Back To Me’ did breach the top 40s then.

FiresEmblem added these pithy words on Jul 02 09 at 2:30 pm

This is such BS. I’ve basically given up on Utada for now. Someone let me know if she ever comes around again.

Not Fade Away added these pithy words on Jul 02 09 at 4:35 pm

^Focusing on the now is a good point, and what most of us are doing, but SERIOUSLY, are we really going to hate Utada because she’s taking a short hiatus? Thats a little immature and fickle of you ask me…Look @ this as an opportunity to play and buy all the music and other merchandise you don’t have of her and really appreciate the inner genius of TITO, irregardless of chart performance. Until we get an update on her blog or otherwise, there’s no need to jump to conclusions, or make all these biased assumptions! Its only Utada who has the last say in any of these matters, so lets wait and see what SHE says; I’m positive by the next official announcement of continued or a new discography addition, you’ll be rolling in love with her again. Just be a little more patient, I know its hard for a lot of us here…and its a lot harder being a world-renowned musician that’s subject to all this overexposure and blatant criticism from so many other people; Think of Utada trying to live a normal person’s life with a little R&R now and again SEPARATE from anything work and career-related, and sypathize and respect her for doing it for the time being…just my 10 cents! EVERYONE (including us here) need and deserve that now and again…

kinghikari009 added these pithy words on Jul 02 09 at 5:26 pm

^ Wow, when did I ever say I hated her? Or for that matter that I wasn’t in love with her now? Basically, you took my words out of context. I meant I’m going to give up obsessing over news blogs about her, because I didn’t want to get myself all excited for nothing when there are no new posts about her. Did I ever say it was Utada’s fault? No. I said someone let me know when SHE comes around again. I think her company is being BS-y if anything. And I never said she didn’t deserve R&R, but when you enter into this kind of career, you’re expected to put out bits and pieces of information every so often to let people know what’s going on. Utada already gets more R&R than most artists, considering a celebrity’s lifestyle in America is a lot different from a celebrity’s lifestyle in Japan. I never said I hated her, so for you to insinuate that is pretty immature in and of itself. I’m just as big of a supporter of her as anyone else on here. That doesn’t mean that as a fan who adores her, I can’t get a little frustrated that I haven’t heard anything from her camp for quite some time. I just personally think it is absurd that I’ve been checking this site every single day for an update, that’s why I said I gave up on her. I can’t be doing this every day. It just stresses me out.

Not Fade Away added these pithy words on Jul 02 09 at 10:16 pm

Hey Guys!
For first instance let’s no hate Hikki, we all love her, she’s great.
To be honest TITO isn’t good as ANY of her previous works, but still is a great album, so mainstream for me but i’ts ok, don’t forget she’s an artist, and artists should rest, other singers dissapear a year or so between albums and she’s ALWAYS doin new stuff, we should stress her out, we can’ speculae what’s going on with her, is she working? is she sick? is she on vacations? we don’t know, but i mean, we all can wait her, let’s wait for her, don’t have to be so obssesive.
For me i can totally wait, maybe she’s planning more promotion or a second single or maybe she’s back on studio working on new songs or maybe she’s doing whatever she wants, let’s wait for her.
Hikki we’ll be expeting for you, come back.
Guys please calm down.

lalomiranda added these pithy words on Jul 02 09 at 10:19 pm

i meant “we shouldn’t stress her out”

lalomiranda added these pithy words on Jul 02 09 at 10:21 pm

Um Alex082 for your information CBTM did reach into the Top 40 Rythmic Airplay. Thats reality.

gantzman246 added these pithy words on Jul 03 09 at 1:13 am

Seriously, you guys need to not stress out so much about this. Even if TITO isn’t Hikki’s best work, it’s still her work. We should support her on this until she says that she’s giving up. Until then, have a little faith. Please?

Sylfi added these pithy words on Jul 03 09 at 2:26 am

Leave Utada Alone! *sob*

Ghostdog added these pithy words on Jul 03 09 at 3:12 am

“This is such BS. I’ve basically given up on Utada for now. Someone let me know if she ever comes around again.”

She gave us Heart Station in 08′ and TITO in 09′ and people are still complaining?
And no I wont let you know when something happens because you’re a fairweather fan so why don’t you just leave and Fade Away back into the shadows from whence you came.

Ghostdog added these pithy words on Jul 03 09 at 3:17 am

CBTM did break onto the Top 40 Rythmic Airplay charts. Remember that unlike most other pop singles, Utada’s music video got zero airplay on either MTV or VH1 stations. Outside of a small snippet of the song being played on that MTV (so-called) reality show Taking the Stage & her two TV live performances where was the TV promotion for the song?

Sugar Cat added these pithy words on Jul 03 09 at 5:25 am

You tell them Ghostdog!!! Chill out people!! She isn’t dead she’ll resurface when she’s ready. Go listen to some other artist to past the time like me!

blackclown added these pithy words on Jul 03 09 at 9:38 am

So lets see what lazy Utada has done in 2009 so far.
She released an album, has done about 20 radio interviews, about 15-20 magazine interviews, about 7-8 TV interviews, released 2 awesome books that she wrote and edited herself, gave us a beautiful music video, came to the States and visited her fans at the Sephora stores, opened up a myspace and facebook page, sang for us on CBS early show and got sick.
Don’t you guys get it? She is tired and wants to recoup a bit before continuing with her promotions. Although I have come to believe she is some sort of Musical Goddess she is in fact only human, give her a break. Geeeeeeeeez.

Ghostdog added these pithy words on Jul 03 09 at 1:21 pm

lol thankyou Ghostdog, and to add on Utada is definatley not the only artist who takes breaks without telling us, shes not obligated to anyways.

Questionsmakemeblue added these pithy words on Jul 03 09 at 6:05 pm

Ok Ghostdog. she’s done many things this year, many interviews, even if most of the thousand radios and magazines were not well known. but, she won’t get anywhere if she stops promoting her album.

Bernardo added these pithy words on Jul 03 09 at 8:44 pm

^ But does it really matter if she promotes the album more? Come Back To Me was a wonderful radio friendly song that peaked for one week at #93 on the Billboard Top 100, with all the garbage they play on the radio nowadays how can that song do so badly?
If the song was sung by Mariah Carey, Rhianna, Beyonce or the song would probably be a Top 10 hit and maybe even Number 1. Let’s face it no matter what she does or how awesome her music is the fact is that she is ASIAN and America will never embrace Asians simply because of how the mass media portrays them and the prejudices towards them in this country.
And please don’t tell me it’s not true because if it isn’t explain this: Utada appeared on Z100 in NYC like 3 months ago and did an interview, they played CBTM and even though the station recieved a good response how many times after she stepped foot outside the station did they play that song? Answer: 0, zero, nada, nil, nothing, not even once.

Utada is not stupid and she’s sees the handwriting on the wall, why waste anymore of her time when the Top 10 POP radio stations
won’t even spin the record once. NOT FREAKIN’ ONCE!
It’s a big joke, they play Britney 20 times a day and they can’t play a song by an artist that actually can sing and has talent even once in a span of 3 months?
I applaud Utada for turning her back on America, I don’t blame her one bit.

Ghostdog added these pithy words on Jul 03 09 at 10:04 pm

Indeed, America, or rather, North America in general are indeed closed-minded when it comes to a lot of things. But Utada hasn’t turned her back…yet. She’s stopped, and rightly so. We hope to see her soon, but for now, we will wait for however long she needs to take on that break from the spotlight. Again, nicely said Ghostdog.

FiresEmblem added these pithy words on Jul 03 09 at 11:17 pm

Ghostdog: I don’t believe it’s because she’s Asian. It’s because she’s an untested talent who has never really gotten anywhere in America before. I really believe that if she does concerts in the country and releases more singles, she might have a chance. I hate to say this, but she should follow BoA’s example. She’s done tons of events and has already released 2 singles with a third on the way and hopefully a tour. BoA’s getting known. It’s just a matter of time.

Sylfi added these pithy words on Jul 04 09 at 1:29 am

Okay all I’m going to say is that being in the top 40 of the rhythmic airplay charts is NOT the same as being in the “Top 40.” The term “Top 40″ can’t be used to describe just any chart all willy-nilly; you won’t see Z100 playing the COUNTRY top 40. If you want to talk about her chart standings, then fine, but you should be clear as to which chart you’re talking about, because saying she “broke the top 40″ implies that she’s up there with “My Life Would Suck Without You” and “Poker Face,” which it never was. It’s a misleading statement, and Lord knows there are enough people on here spewing lies, and pretending their opinions are facts, as it is.

Alex0821 added these pithy words on Jul 04 09 at 1:43 am

I think this long pause from Utada is killing us. But for me, it gives me time to listen to Utada Hikaru’s old work and to enjoy more of This Is The One.

Hikki Love . added these pithy words on Jul 04 09 at 2:52 am

Sylfi is right, Utada will have to work to gain a wider audience in the US. She’ll have to work her way up & start at smaller venues then she’s used to. Possibly festival performances. She needs to get herself more exposed to the average public.

Sugar Cat added these pithy words on Jul 04 09 at 4:38 am

where is this argument going???this issue of Utada’s absence really is driving people koo-koo bananas….DON’T WORRY U.BLOGGERS’,Utada will come around soon.Like blackclown and hikki love said, just listen to other stuff and live your life OR listen to Utada’s old work..whatever you want.Just be HAPPY she isn’t dead. Sadly I’ve been listening to Michael Jackson and have been bawling with tears…I’ve always loved him. Nowadays Every time i think of MJ and Hikaru at the same time, i think of that blog post she wrote about a year ago how she was obsessed with MJ and how she got a new “Don’t stop til you get enough” mug,and how she used it regularly.she’s probably using it right now,drinking her tea or coffee in it to commemorate Michael.seeing that picture of Utada holding a king of pop mug just makes my day and i feel sad at the same time!lol. to change the subject, cause we have nothing else to argue about..anybody remember that?HEHEHE…
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a201/Alex_916/2008040315134j.jpg

itaikoon added these pithy words on Jul 04 09 at 9:31 am

Do you think Hikki will go the Michael jackson Memorial lol?

Questionsmakemeblue added these pithy words on Jul 04 09 at 11:02 am

Utada is in Japan now.

Here’s a pic that Mika posted in his twitter with her and AKB 48 girls. http://twitpic.com/99qrm

Raito added these pithy words on Jul 04 09 at 11:38 am

Heh, yep I remember itaikoon! I am surprised U.Bloggers just brushed past the death of Michael Jackson so fast! I loved him too… it really is sad.

FiresEmblem added these pithy words on Jul 04 09 at 11:40 am

Raito:

I love that picture just for the fact that it shows that Utada is still up and about doing things and still is releasing no news and not blogging. It’s as if she’s mocking the people who feel entitled to personal information. Just laughing in their faces and making a point. It’s rather hilarious.

InnerRise added these pithy words on Jul 04 09 at 2:02 pm

Anybody else love how Hikki put her hair in that picture? I like how she parted the bangs, and it’s a bit longer now. Yay! But yeah, we all just need to cool down. Maybe she’ll sign with a different American label. IDJ isn’t doing well with her.

Sylfi added these pithy words on Jul 04 09 at 3:17 pm

Actually, she has no makeup on either. Keep away from it Hikki! You look better without it! XD

Sylfi added these pithy words on Jul 04 09 at 3:21 pm

hikki’s still alive!!! XD
lol. good to know!

OT question: who is that Mika guy? sorry for my ignorance. i dont think i’ve heard of him before =/

hisui added these pithy words on Jul 04 09 at 3:24 pm

^okay, nevermind. i wikipediad him.
it’s really nice to finally see hikki again after 2 months. i missed her… :)

hisui added these pithy words on Jul 04 09 at 3:56 pm

She looks young. Hasn’t anyone noticed how beautiful, (or more so) she has been looking recently? First those pictures on the cover of that magazine, and then now this, in a humble pic with Mika. Why is she there, by the way?

FiresEmblem added these pithy words on Jul 04 09 at 4:39 pm

dam she dead but shit im still gonna request the song.

Xcapist added these pithy words on Aug 22 09 at 2:37 am

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