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Post by Naos on Jun 28, 2018 0:02:41 GMT -5
 Release date: June 27th Genre: J-pop, R&B Track listing: 1. Play a Love Song 2. Anata (あなた, You) 3. Hatsukoi (初恋, First Love) 4. Chikai (誓い, Oath) 5. Forevermore 6. Too Proud (featuring Jevon) 7. Good Night 8. Phakchi no Uta (パクチーの唄 Pakuchī no uta, Coriander Song) 9. Nokoriga (残り香, Remaining Scent) 10. Ōzora de Dakishimete (大空で抱きしめて, Embrace Me Under the Big Sky) 11. Yūnagi (夕凪, Evening Calm) 12. Shittosarerubeki Jinsei (嫉妬されるべき人生, A Life to Be Envied) |
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Post by getonthebus on Jun 28, 2018 8:46:32 GMT -5
Okay it's very good and impeccably made BUT I need the good sis to stretch her legs and creative muscle a little bit more. She's so talented and needs to experiment because it feels kind of like a waste to have her putting out so many of the same mellow sounding songs.
Too Proud is out there, and I like Chikai quite a bit, but it's time for her to go all out and blow our minds.
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Post by Naos on Jul 4, 2018 12:59:12 GMT -5
Sales in Japan are about 204,000 physical, and 38,000 digital, for a total of 242,000.
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Post by Gray. on Jul 7, 2018 12:14:28 GMT -5
Okay it's very good and impeccably made BUT I need the good sis to stretch her legs and creative muscle a little bit more. She's so talented and needs to experiment because it feels kind of like a waste to have her putting out so many of the same mellow sounding songs. Too Proud is out there, and I like Chikai quite a bit, but it's time for her to go all out and blow our minds. I agree. Her music in English was always so experimental and ahead of its time too. Would love to see her make more strides. That said, I am quite enjoying the new album. I want it on Spotify already though... |
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Post by Naos on Jul 12, 2018 15:37:05 GMT -5
Sold over 53,000 copies physical this week. When adding digital, sales in Japan alone have surpassed 300,000.
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Post by blahsi on Nov 6, 2018 13:57:27 GMT -5
The single Too Proud was added to US Spotify today!
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Post by Gray. on Nov 6, 2018 16:27:23 GMT -5
Why is this not on Spotify in its entirety yet? 
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Post by blahsi on Dec 10, 2018 8:47:03 GMT -5
The Kingdom Hearts III opening trailer, which fears the new song Face My Fears - this is the English version
And the Japanese version
Chikai and Don't Think Twice are up now on Spotify
Also, Sanctuary was added as a bonus track to Ultra Blue
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Post by Naos on Dec 16, 2018 15:14:09 GMT -5
Why is this not on Spotify in its entirety yet? She put a lot of her old material on there, but probably it's because Japanese labels rarely put their music on Spotify at all. It has no relevancy in Japan, where her main income comes from, so there's little reason to put it on Spotify. Fantôme took about 2 years to get put on Spotify, so I can imagine we may not see Hatsukoi till 2019 or even 2020. |
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Post by Relaxing Cup on Dec 16, 2018 17:57:26 GMT -5
Why is this not on Spotify in its entirety yet? She put a lot of her old material on there, but probably it's because Japanese labels rarely put their music on Spotify at all. It has no relevancy in Japan, where her main income comes from, so there's little reason to put it on Spotify. Fantôme took about 2 years to get put on Spotify, so I can imagine we may not see Hatsukoi till 2019 or even 2020. what streaming do they use in Japan? |
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Post by Naos on Dec 16, 2018 18:52:10 GMT -5
She put a lot of her old material on there, but probably it's because Japanese labels rarely put their music on Spotify at all. It has no relevancy in Japan, where her main income comes from, so there's little reason to put it on Spotify. Fantôme took about 2 years to get put on Spotify, so I can imagine we may not see Hatsukoi till 2019 or even 2020. what streaming do they use in Japan? They don't, really. Japan is largely a pure sales market. Mainly physical copies, with iTunes as a secondary. Over 80% of sales are physical. Streaming never took off in Japan much at all. They have sites like GYAO!, which is for music videos, but they have also have dramas and comedies, so that's hard to count. You only need 40,000 streams on Spotify to top the daily chart. They have singles that still sell over a million copies in a week from the biggest stars, but over 100,000 is still pretty common. And that's just CD copies of singles. They are still the second biggest music market in the world behind the US. If it's enough evidence, their chart company, Oricon, doesn't count streaming or digital sales in it's official singles chart. |
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Post by Gray. on Dec 19, 2018 21:48:49 GMT -5
Why is this not on Spotify in its entirety yet? She put a lot of her old material on there, but probably it's because Japanese labels rarely put their music on Spotify at all. It has no relevancy in Japan, where her main income comes from, so there's little reason to put it on Spotify. Fantôme took about 2 years to get put on Spotify, so I can imagine we may not see Hatsukoi till 2019 or even 2020. Yeah and I totally get why they don't bother with putting it up in Japan. But any revenue she's going to make off that album in the U.S. would largely mostly come from streaming. At least "Don't Think Twice" is available on Spotify, and I would presume that "Face My Fears" will be as well. |
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Post by Naos on Dec 19, 2018 21:59:34 GMT -5
She put a lot of her old material on there, but probably it's because Japanese labels rarely put their music on Spotify at all. It has no relevancy in Japan, where her main income comes from, so there's little reason to put it on Spotify. Fantôme took about 2 years to get put on Spotify, so I can imagine we may not see Hatsukoi till 2019 or even 2020. Yeah and I totally get why they don't bother with putting it up in Japan. But any revenue she's going to make off that album in the U.S. would largely mostly come from streaming. At least "Don't Think Twice" is available on Spotify, and I would presume that "Face My Fears" will be as well. "Too Proud" is also available. But yeah, that's it. People did buy the album in the US, actually. It was #77 on Top Album Sales and was Top 5 on iTunes for a bit. Speaking only from personal experience, but J-pop fans I'd say are more used to buying albums, as some even have to be imported. Her music doesn't get much streams. So odds are, she would get more money by making fans buy it. I know a Japanese group, MAG!C☆PRINCE, released their album worldwide including streaming, but their songs have around 30,000 worldwide streams at best. So they likely didn't get a whole ton of money from it. Japanese acts are probably better putting off unless they have a western fanbase like BABYMETAL. And even they don't get much in the way of streaming. Maybe streaming would help them get more exposure, but it's not like Spotify supports Japanese artists. I don't even think they list "J-pop" as a genre like they do with "K-pop". |
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Post by Naos on Jan 18, 2019 4:54:37 GMT -5
Face My Fears EP out now. #2 on US iTunes.
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Post by blahsi on Jan 18, 2019 9:52:36 GMT -5
The album is on Spotify now as well.
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Post by Wave. on Jan 18, 2019 9:56:05 GMT -5
What a suprise.
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Post by Naos on Jan 28, 2019 18:12:00 GMT -5
Utada finally charts on the Hot 100, as "Face My Fears" with Skrillex, according to her chart history page, has debuted at #98 the week of February 2, 2019.
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Post by ampersand on Feb 3, 2019 13:20:08 GMT -5
Utada finally charts on the Hot 100, as "Face My Fears" with Skrillex, according to her chart history page, has debuted at #98 the week of February 2, 2019. International Queen! Finally got the chance to listen to Hatsukoi. The album is good, but Fatonme was definitely a stronger effort, imo. Hoping she takes a few more risks sonically with her next release. |
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Post by Ty on Sept 7, 2021 12:45:14 GMT -5
The song she made for the new EVA is fire, in case you haven't checked it out. A.G. Cook co-produced this (yes, Charli XCX's producer).
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Jan 10, 2022 23:54:42 GMT -5
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Jan 15, 2022 22:26:07 GMT -5
Time to change the title thread. She's releasing a new album on Jan. 19th called "Bad Mode". Naos |
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Post by Ty on Apr 15, 2022 14:10:11 GMT -5
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Post by Wave. on Apr 15, 2022 14:34:46 GMT -5
Ty did I miss the pronoun change? I love it!
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Post by Ty on Apr 15, 2022 14:51:55 GMT -5
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Post by Ty on Apr 23, 2022 8:27:27 GMT -5
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Post by Wave. on Apr 23, 2022 9:50:23 GMT -5
OMG they look so beautiful!
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Post by Ty on Apr 23, 2022 14:23:07 GMT -5
I'm amazed by how different their singing and speaking voices sound like. It was so soothing to hear them talk.
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Post by bat1990 on Apr 24, 2022 12:29:12 GMT -5
I want to manifest a Hikaru Utada/Rina Sawayama collab
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Post by Ty on Apr 24, 2022 12:48:32 GMT -5
I want to manifest a Hikaru Utada/Rina Sawayama collab ...and Joji please! |
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