We All Know Hikki's 2nd English Album is coming, but what next?

What do you think Hikki's next Japanese album will be like? What kind of music do you want to see? What themes do want to be expressed in the next album? Above all, speculate!

I would not have dreamed that Ultra Blue would have sounded anything like it did after Exodus. I don't know what her next Japanese album will sound like but I hope it'll be just as original as Ultra Blue was. I hope that her next English album inspires and refreshes her the same way Exodus did.

I want to hear something cool and beautiful as Take5 on her next album.

Hmm, I think I remember in an interview somewhere, Utada said she'd go on another concert tour after her 2nd English album. Woo, excited! If it's anything like Utada United 2006, then I'll be satisfied. I hope she doesn't strain her voice as much she did in UU06, though. So, I'm thinking: 2nd English Album, 3rd Concert Tour, then 6th original Japanese album.

Then afterwards, I can't really guess. Hikki DID say she wanted to retire early, even as early as 28. D: So...we'll see.

Tsuki wrote:

So, I'm thinking: 2nd English Album, 3rd Concert Tour, then 6th original Japanese album.

I agree with you on that. I'd really want to see Utada perform her Heart Station songs and English songs before a new album. It's gonna be her ninth album right? It would be perfect to release it in September 9, 2009 XD

For her next album, I'd really like her to make songs similar to Beautiful World, Prisoner of Love, TAKE 5, Final Distance, and some of her R&B work. Those songs are too good to only have one of them

Aside from those songs, I'd accept anything Utada makes. I always come to like her newest work, as she seems to create a new genre for each song.

By the way, does anyone remember a track called "Day of Natto?" Or was it just a working title for a Heart Station track? I suspect it might start off her next Japanese album like Boku Wa Kuma...

Yeah I'm pretty sure that "Day of Nattow" was a working title for one of the HEART STATION tracks. I don't think we ever found out which one it was though.

I've always thought that Stay Gold was Day Of Nattow, I guess because the timeframe between when she wrote about it and its appearance in the shampoo (or whatever) commercial seemed about right and I also just think that after listening to the music of all the tracks on HS, Stay Gold sounds the most "Day Of Nattow"-ish.

Yeah that's what I thought too Rather Hazy!
Good to see I wasn't the only one who thought so...

I hope she takes a break after her English album to recuperate and actually stop working (guys, she's been working non-stop since the age of 14). I hope that after that break, she's refreshed, matured, and, perhaps, married/dating. Then she'll be at the top of her game, and I believe her masterpiece will be written; I think it would be unlike anything we've ever seen, beyond our imagination.

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Then she'll be at the top of her game, and I believe her masterpiece will be written; I think it would be unlike anything we've ever seen, beyond our imagination.

Such words of yours seems to inspire some kind of deep anticipation for an almost epic and uplifting time for us Hikki fans. While I do hope that her next work will be as such, I am a more realistic person and am filled with doubt concerning her next English Album.

I am one of those people that did not at all take to Exodus well - but I digress.

I would LOVE to see another live concert, although I do not think that it will be outside of Japan (here is to hope.). Ultra Blue was truly a ground breaking album with beautiful songs. There are only two that I can live without. I likewise hope for a similar trend after her second English album.

I do wish, however, that she will move forward with her life - as a person. However, as a fan, I hope that she can move onto a new boyfriend/husband/girlfriend/wife (inside joke) while still maintaining her work habits. Let's face it, Hikki's a very slow artist. Some Asian songstresses pump out a new single every few months, and an album every 1/2 year. I definitely do not want a Hikki on hiatus.

I want Hikki to make her English album in no rush, then go to the tour (and I want to see a live DVD!), then a break and maybe after that start making new songs. HS is so perfect album for me that I can live without a new japanese album for a couple of years. And also I'm dying to hear her English album first.

She can't announce anything either. She can't be like, "Oh, I just sold a #1 album ( ) now I'm going to take a 3 year break and make a new Japanese album!!"
That would be torturous. We all know it will be on the way, but announcing it is a big no-no.

DaAmainator wrote:

She can't announce anything either. She can't be like, "Oh, I just sold a #1 album ( ) now I'm going to take a 3 year break and make a new Japanese album!!"
That would be torturous. We all know it will be on the way, but announcing it is a big no-no.

3 years of no Hikki is a terrible form of torture indeed @A@

If she did take a break, I'd like it if she at least made a remix CD or some other artists helped made instrumental albums for her... They haven't been making those since Exodus...

She could make big buck on simply stuff. I've always wanted a compilation CD of her karaokes. I'd just about die for a karaoke of This Is Love, Niji-iro BASU, Fight The Blues, and others. She could also translate her Japanese songs into English. This might be a bit taxing, but it's easier than making a song right out of the blues, am I right? She could have interim ways to keep up with the music business without stressing herself!