i dunno, there something about this girl that says "love me, adore me"...
utada hikaru, hikaru utada, utada, hikki, cubic u...
i got exposed to this girl due to this game "kingdom hearts"... anyways, you know, she sang the songs there: Simple and Clean... then, i researched it and found out that there are 2 versions of this song, the english which is Simple and Clean, and the japanese version: Hikari (light)... i didn't give a shit about it cause it's in japanese and i cannot understand a single word there (i only know one jap word back then, it's "bakero")... then years passed until we i searched the song in youtube and found this vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7bxS5CEExI
i was blown away by the performance... since then, i started to researched her... i found out that she sang "First Love" (a song that was imitated here by a local singer), and how big she is in japan... i started to "illegally" download her stuffs: from her album First Love to Ultra Blue(her recent album that time: 2006)...
recently, she just released her new english album: This is The One (i'll make a review on that)
for those who are "utada starters", i would recommend these singles:
1. Hikari
2. First Love
3. Automatic
4. traveling
5. Letters
6. Wait and See ~Risk~
7. Final Distance
8. Take 5
9. Heart Station
10. Keep Tryin'
enjoy minna-san!!=P