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Utada Around the World

Posted by Ray on 29 Oct 2009 at 12:04 am | Categories: Editorials, News and Commentary

New Single “Dirty Desire” and New Tour in Early 2010

Ray’s Take: Any real fans out there? I’ve listened to maybe one of her albums in the past but to me, J-pop singers all sound pretty much similar to one another. They have similar voice range even. Of course I’d love to hear any comments on this because I can’t exactly tell singers apart sometimes. In any case, for Eva fans who just want to hear some good J-pop, it seems like she will be touring 10 cities in US.

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7 Responses to “Utada Around the World”

on 29 Oct 2009 at 7:48 am animemiz

Dirty desire… oh dirty desire.. let me fee ya… no haters ne? Utada’s voice is slightly nasel compared to others, but she’s got great talent. I waited about 13 hours for her Sephora event last time in NYC. I like her Japanese songs more though.
on 29 Oct 2009 at 9:03 am rayyhum777

@animemiz – glad to hear a real fan’s opinion. This is my weak area (J-pop) in Japanese culture. I hope the tickets won’t be hard to get!
on 29 Oct 2009 at 7:31 pm animemiz

I am a fan, but by no means.. however, I kinda bow to my other acquaintances more rabid actions. I was thinking about this earlier, but even my friends tell me I was pretty late on the news. So I got scooped, even though I think I mentioned this news to Mori.

I believe I dabble in way too many areas… but still I will definitely make a stance to go and grab those tickets.. ^_^
on 29 Oct 2009 at 7:35 pm rayyhum777

@ animemiz – I see, I guess you’ve become our news source, too, eh? :) I’m thinking she will probably come to the LA area and I’ll be living around there by next year, baby!
on 29 Oct 2009 at 9:26 pm animemiz

O_O!!!! GAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well I was having a sleepless night.. so lucky!!!!!!!!!!!
on 30 Oct 2009 at 10:43 am wintermuted

Great News. Now if she would only get a venue worthy of her. Hope! Hope!
on 30 Oct 2009 at 5:28 pm smashingtofu

Utada is great. A lot of her work has a surprisingly mature tone compared to the rest of her compatriots who are in similar levels of popularity.
Just want to clarify the most easily misunderstood aspect of ‘j-pop’: j-pop is simply a blanket term for ‘popular music.’ So even polka or opera or jazz and so on can be simply referred to as j-pop…as long as it get’s to a certain degree of popularity and mold.

Some examples that are considered ‘jpop’ if you’re interested (all female singers since that seems to be what you’re talking about):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgZB2JDGVs0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DThwhDp2YoM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drPWx_ux1gk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urGz0eVJQxY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNGfTJ5vNx4