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Am I the only one who hates both of em?

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I was also embarassed at the "Love me long time" part. I don't know if it was a joke/having fun or what but I don't think Hikki should lower herself to singing something like that. It just struck a nerv in me. meh what can you do?

Acually she was singing "Love YOU long time" not "love me long time"

I think they were referring to the racial slur as you can read about here: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1591868/20080730/furtado_nelly.jhtml

Some people can get offended by it, even if it's coming from an Asian woman.

I on the other hand never heard of the phrase so I didn't catch on right away. I avoid racial and sexual humour so I was completely ignorant of the connotations. I was just confused with why she put in bad grammar...... I wouldn't judge until we can hear it in its full context though!

I didn't even really think about that line. On the one hand, I can understand why people would be offended by it. On the other hand, Utada is an intelligent singer, and I don't think she would stoop to that kind of low satirizing of Asians. The way I hear her using it is because of its association with a sexual atmosphere- not its association with Asian people. The fact that she's Japanese just makes it a double entendre of sorts. If anything, I feel she's (subtly) mocking the manner in which it's used by applying it in that same context, if that makes any sense. Either way, once "This Is The One" comes out, I think that is a question Utada is going to be addressing quite a bit. I'm interested to hear what she has to say on the subject.

Also, on a different subject, I would just like to say that I understand many of Utada's fans' concerns regarding the style of music she's following for this album. However, Utada is constantly exploring different facets of her abilities and skills. She's stated time and again that she feels like singing in English gives her a chance to convey a more "sexy" and "mature" feel in her music- I think she enjoys that. Whereas in Japan, as Utada Hikaru, she's expected to be much more "profound" and yet "cute," as Utada she gets to kind of recreate her style and her sound to be more "adult," and I think that's what we're seeing here. I think "This Is The One" is going to be a fun album, but I'm not expecting any Edgar Allen Poe or Shakespeare out of it from what she's been saying thus far.
However, it's also possible that the two samples are only sneak peeks at the "Workout" and "Tippy Toe" of her new album- maybe we'll be surprised with another "Animato" or "Hotel Lobby" or something. There are still seven songs left to hear on the album. We shouldn't prejudge it based on two samples. ^^

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