Hopefully, most fans of Japanese music have heard that Hikaru Utada will be releasing a North American album sometime in October, under the name UTADA.
And being the weird rabid filesharing people that we are… Her first radio single, “Easy Breezy,” was somehow leaked onto the Internet, and since then, things like “Devil Inside” and “Exodus Mix” have been available.
I’m not very fond of “Easy Breezy.” Whenever I hear it, I think of Cover Girl cosmetics. (I guess that means they’ve done a pretty good job with their advertising.) As far as I’m concerned, it’s a below average song that still manages to be annoyingly catchy. I’m not sure it’s such a great choice for her first radio single, either. Cheesy lyrics. O_o; And the microphone business at the end makes no sense.
On the other hand, “Devil Inside” has received more favourable reviews. I’m ambivalent about it, myself; it’s a good dance track, and it’s certainly better than “Easy Breezy.” It seems to me that it’s lacking something, though…
What I know is, this isn’t Hikki from Japan. I’ll still be buying the album, of course 😛
My preferred track from all this stuff is one from the Exodus Preview, “Exodus 04” (I’m going to assume that’s what it’s called.)
With you, these streets are heaven
Now home, feels so foreign
They told me I was mistaken, infatuated
And I was afraid to trust my hunches
Now I am ready…
Daddy, don’t be mad that I’m leaving
Please let me worry about me
Mama, don’t you worry about me
This is my story
Through mountains high and valleys low
The ocean through the desert snow
We’ll say goodbye to the friends we know
This is our Exodus 04
Through traffic jams in Tokyo
New music on the radio
We’ll say goodbye to the world we know
This is our Exodus 04…