
The Japanese-American multi-talented songstress Utada Hikaru made her US mainstream debut on the Island Def Jam Music Group May 12th with her album, "This is the One."
The album is definitely a huge jump from the J-Pop she's known for in Asia, but it also reveals that she is fit to compete with the likes of artists like Cassie, Rihanna, and Ciara. Its definitely a mature record we she covers hot topics including: cheating on her boyfriend, giving up that good sex, being a strong independent woman, and being original, fly, and sexy; it pretty much could easily be compared to any recent female American Pop/R&B album.
With the success of foreign acts like Adele, Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen, and Estelle, breaking into the American mainstream is seeming to be more of a common thing within the past two-three years. Each of the said artists have a specific genre associated with them in their homelands; Soul, Ska, R&B/Hip Hop, Pop. Utada, being tied to the string of Pop in Japan, may have a mixed result in the way the Mainstream audience will accept her. However, as an artist she is quite versatile and this could be her key to staying afloat in the mess that is the American top-40.
Utada has a growing fanbase in the States due to her work on the intro songs of each of the Kingdom Hearts video games by Squaresoft and other J-Pop releases. This could also play a big part in her American reception, but we'll have to wait for the final numbers to play out.
I'm really feeling this record, and I'm kind of proud to have some knowledge of Utada before she dropped the record, but now that it has, the skys the limit for brilliant artist.
The first single off of her album is entitled,"Come Back To Me." Here's the YouTube link for the song (unfortunately we couldn't embed the video but we posted the link). Its a ballad with a smooth beat laced together by her amazing voice. I hope you enjoy it :)
Utada Hikaru - Come Back To Me
Here's an awesome inteview that she did with Nylon Magazine:
berxxx xoxo (gone soft, not slipping tho ;D)
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