“This Is The One” Japanese Release Date Moved

I am slightly saddened (note the use of “slightly”, which sublimely implies that I’m not exactly excited about the album anyway) to bring you the news that the Japanese release of Utada’s second English album, This Is The One, has been moved back to March 14th, another ten days. That having been said, I am not that surprised because the agency and/or Utada herself (I can’t quite recall) had previously stated that they were unsure about whether they would be able to release the album that early. The American release date still stands on March 24th, but don’t be surprised if it ends up pushed back into April.

Filed under: New Releases, Utada Hikaru

Utada Hikaru News

It’s quite sure that this has been the week for news on Utada’s English releases as well as her two upcoming books. Her first single since You Make Me Want to Be a Man, Come Back to Me, is to be released on February 9th. Her second English album, announced to be named This Is the One (I, personally, am disgusted by this title), will be released in Japan on March 4th, and in North American on March 24th.

She also has two upcoming books (as had been announced a while ago), Ten, “point”, her autobiography, and Sen, “line”, a collection of all her blog articles and a bunch of new images by the photographer who shot the photobook for First Love. Both go on sale March 12th, 2009, and are on sale at CDJapan (click on the titles to pre-order). Here are the covers:

Feel free to express your opinion on the covers, the titles, etc., it’s the purpose of this blog.

Filed under: Artist News, Utada Hikaru