It stands for all that is great about pop music: instantly catchy, danceable, spontaneous, unadulterated fun. Simply put, this record is a gift - the kind of composition that doesn’t come too often in an artist’s lifetime. This is Utada at her experimental best.Ĭheck out a live rendition from her tour Utada United 2006 that took the song to the new explosive height. That wicked bassline! It welds together her mantra-like vocal delivery, nausea-inducing Japanese-harp-sounding synths, and faint saxophone blows: an eerie combination of noises that somehow works as a pop number. This single off of Utada’s debut English-language album sounds like a metallic nightmare - in every sense of the words - worthy of post-apocalyptic sci-fi visuals. She makes the whole damn thing her own and that’s, artists of the world, how you sample a song. Sure, sampling Ryuichi Sakamoto’s classic piano piece makes for an undeniably oriental, graceful premise but Utada surprisingly complements it with such quirks - from lush R&B beats with built-in breathy chants to double entendre lyrics (thank-you note to fans turned hot love-making session) to delightfully random word choices like Captain Picard and MP3 players. This Is The One is far and away her most Americanized work except for this track, which shows exactly how English-singing Utada would sound like if she were to take on Japanese pop star Utada Hikaru’s persona. ![]() In retrospect, let’s take a look at some of the best works - under both Japanese and international labels - over the course of her monumental career. After years of hiatus, this year Utada announced her marriage and the hints about new music started to surface. It’s been a decade and a half since Utada Hikaru emerged in Japanese music scene and went on to become one of the greatest artists of all time.
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