it's the transition from "what a day, young boy next door passed away" to "can you and i start mixing gene pools" IN THE SAME SONG

"a hundred jpeg files filling up my hard drive" who told this line was fire

I love the inclusivity of her lyrics. From the born agains to the gays

Tbh, if I grew up in front of a Japanese audience and suddenly got to write English songs for an English market, I'd go a bit batshit too. Go girl give us those Japanese-y jaw-dropping gene pools

“What a day, a young boy next door passed way” has me dead’ 💀

"Sometimes I had to just stop recording because the lyrics were too deep"

It’s so hilarious to me how she can make the most beautiful profound emotional music and then just have some pop songs with lyrics like this lmao

Unironically "during my 9 to 5, I'm thinking 6 and 9s" is genuinely an amazing lyric

"during my 9 to 5, im thinking 6 and 9s" that's actual lyrical genius right there

“You’re easy breezy and I’m Japanese-y” 💀

these mid-2000's beats are killing me 😭

The way she sings Blackberry is so emotional.

"I like to make music that moves people"

how are you all overlooking the absolute zinger that is “can you and i start mixing gene pools” i’m in TEARS

"sexy stiletto pumps, tight jeans no panties on, oops, did I turn you on?" from the bottom of my heart, this goes crazy. I AM making it out the mental asylum with this one.

"young boy next door passed away" and "can you and i start mixing gene pools" being in the same song is absolutely killing me 😭😭😭

I can’t tell which I like more “you’re easy breezy and I’m Japanese-y” or “burn it up like a gay parade”

None of this was simple, none of this was clean

I love Hikaru Utada. If she's not writing some goofy ahh song. she's writing the most heart wrenching song you'll ever heard

The range of Hikaru to have the most best selling japanese album with heart aching lyrics, to this iconic immaculate cringe bops. Stan versatility.

“During my 9 to 5, I’m thinking 6 and 9s” 😩

She should collab with Cupcakke, they would create a modern masterpiece

This is unironically the type of shit i'd do if I was a song writer lol

You forgot a few: “All along, I was searching more ‘my Lenore’, in the words of Mr Edgar Allan Poe.” “I wish that I could photoshop all our bad memories.” “Like Captain Picard, I’m chilling and flossing.”

Hikaru got me crying with Sakura Nagashi but the next song be having lyrics like “hunnies if you’re gay”

“burn it up like a gay parade” NAUR 😭😭 FOUL

Her American crossover in the 2000s was underappreciated. She was singing about MySpace and Blackberries with so much emotion.

"used to be virgin, now i'm with island def jam" LMAOOOOOOOO that can be interpreted in two ways 💀

She's made several comments in English language interviews about feeling more lyrically free in English than she does in japanese, so it is unsurprising that we find her being more playful and sexual than we would in japanese, where it feels a bit more restrictive to do so, and where her audience knew her as a 15 or 16 year old when she debuted. To me it makes sense. And I actually really enjoy these lyrics. And on top of that, her English language albums were definitely more of a liberation movement and experiment for her musically. In one interview she said that Exodus was like a pile of laundry that had piled up over several years and that she was aching to write.

Utada when they write in Japanese: "Wishing for my own happiness isn't selfish, right? If so, I want to hold you as tightly as possible. When my tears dry, that girl starts crying. The ground beneath us can never be dry at this rate." "If you can't see the blue sky, just put up a blue umbrella! That's good enough, right? The canvas is yours. ... A white flag is something you only wave when you've given up. Now I am a color that you don't know." "The window is painted a nostalgic color. ... Can we meet again if we cut out what came before? Beneath those big billboards, the future seemed to stretch on forever." Utada when they write in English: EDIT for those wondering - song 1 is Dareka no negai ga kanau koro (When someone's wish comes true,) song 2 is Colors, song 3 is Passion

“Should I go Wynona Ryder?” She was so real for that verse

the real mother of japan

AYO BURN IT UP LIKE A GAY PARADE

"Hunnies if you're straight-" *ends video* lmao

this is the most 2000s music I've ever heard

"during my 9 to 5 im thinking 6 and 9s" goes so hard

"What a day, young boy next door passed away! 😍" "Can you and i start mixing gene pools? ☺️"

their lyrics are wild 😭

"Tight jeans no panties on"? Girl, that's how yeast infections start hahahhaha

the way she took a sec to promote her myspace and newsletter

Kingdom Hearts 4's new opening song be sounding wild 🔥

This new kingdom hearts trailer look a lil funky 💀💀

“Honey i got your ringtone on my, *_✨B L A C K B E R R Y✨”_*

"Doing my 9 to 5's thinking about 6 and 9's" is a pretty hard line.

0:30 I felt this one kinda hard

she’s an icon, she’s a legend and she is the moment.

This video is unironically what got me into her music last year, love her

"Im thinking 6s and 9s" Oh my goodness thats golden

USED TO BE A VIRGIN NOW I'M WITH ISLAND DEF JAM The shade she threw to her old label

More than a decade later its really easy to see just how difficult it was for Asian solo artists, to enter the U.S. market. Utada and BoA both had trouble doing it in 2009, which doesn’t make sense their production and ideas all aligned with club music trends. What’s interesting though is that a group like wondergirls was able to breakthrough and continue the hallyu wave, for Gen 2 Kpop. Was being in a group much more appealing for a western audience.

A lot of people note seeing the brilliance here like she definitely wrote this for hot girls ONLY

“You’re easy breezy and I’m Japanese-y” has the same vibes of "Jesus Jesus japanesus"

ISLAND DEF JAM 💀💀💀💀

the range between their japanese song’s “If you can’t see the blue sky, open up a blue umbrella” and everything in this video is insane

Who at square thought this gal would be perfect material for a children’s video game intro

Most unhinged video I've seen in a while.

POV: its pride month in 2024 and this is recommended to you

She doesn’t hold back😍😍 Its funny as hell cause she knows exactly what shes saying, shes just having fun with her lyrics

Their English work is criminally under rated

why are we forgetting “used to be a virgin, now i’m with island def jam” IT’S LYRICAL GENIUS

I'M DYING SHE'S TOO ICONIC FOR ME 😭☠️

okay but we need the audience to stream Utada's Japanese albums because they fed the gays with that discography 😌

Bless Utada's English album, truly captured a moment

When you're happy, you hear the music. When you're sad, you understand the lyrics.

I actually prefer more of her songs sung in Japanese, Hikaru Utada's English songs always got some very confusing lyrics to me, even I know she's growing up in US 💀 But I still love 'Come back to me' though

Hikaru Utada: A SANCTUARYYYY MY SANCTUARYYYYYYYYY WHERE FEEAAARRS AND LIEEEESS MELT AWAYYYYYYY Also Hikaru Utada:

we declared hikaru utada should be a bigger artist

'you and i start mixing gene pools' LMAOOO 😭😭

"Used to be a virgin now I'm with Island Def Jam" and "during my 9 to 5s I'm thinking about 6s and 9s" are BARS though

a queen, a legend and a mother to many 🙏🏽🤱

Lol i forget how unhinged lyrics were for artists from that era. The early 2000s was magical.

i am so happy i discovered her through this video

Bro I have been waiting for her “This is the One” album to get more recognition for it’s fantastic songs with absolutely bonkers lyrics that….for some reason just work, you can’t even question it coz you’re too busy vibing to her absolute truths, who doesn’t think about 6s and 9s during their nine to five??

“You’re Easy Breezy and I’m Japanese-y” is still a better lyric than “Jesus Jesus Japanesus”

I love UTADA. I fanboyed hard when I found out she would make songs for Kingdom Hearts and Evangelion. Her music is phenomenal and it still is to today.

I’ve only heard song and it’s one of the best pop songs I’ve ever heard. Now I really gotta get into her

i love when at the end of the easy breezy song she just goes "she's got a new microphone" on and on lol

she’s so real for this

Im such a big Utada fan i forgot what a large fan base she has. Her english songs are so good but her vocal technique from her early discography to now had a HUGE change. Shes so talented

"Can you and I start mixing gene pools" I'M SCREAMING

Who up mixing their gene pools???

THEY’RE WRONG FOR THE “ BURN IT UP LIKE A GAY PARADE “

"does that mean i have to meet your father?"

0:54 rina sawayama writing This Hell:

Her song about being easy breezy is actually really cool in a feminist fashion. She’s talking about how Japanese women are treated like they’re “easy” to get.

this is the same person who sung Sanctuary, and Simple and clean

Damn I gotta listen to This Is The One more lmao, that album had some straight bangers on there

These lyrics are simple and clean in the best possible ways❤

THE LAST ONE CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD OMG

I come back to this video every 2-3 months 😭

There could be a hundred jpegs in the hard drive... But it only takes one

Its the fact that she sang these lyrics so casually that gets me 😂.

Ended britney

I just adore Hikaru and their music. I remember buying both of the English album cds when they came out and playing them on repeat. I even have most of the English singles on vinyl from the first US album. Hikaru is literally an icon 💜

she was ahead of her time

i actually love these sm and id never heard of this artist before so its time for a music-binge lmaooo

I’m Japanese but I’ve only listened to her Japanese songs! Swear I did not know she could make such freaky songs😂

never heard of them but this makes me wanna listen😭 i think rina sawayama talked ab her before edit: im obsessed with the 9 to 5 6 to 9 song😍

Fun fact: This is the same woman who sang songs for Kingdom Hearts. An absolute legend ✨

how small is that fucking hard drive