Actually, the fun part was not knowing what the heck I was going to be doing.
Americans are somehow obsessed with her, and something about me hit a spot with people in Japan.
And also, I think Japan places great value on the lyrics.
And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.
Because when you're making something, if it overlaps with something or if it's like anything else, that doesn't really count as a creation, right?
But in Japanese, there's actually not much of a relationship between the music and the words.
For cubic U I didn't know how it all got started at all.
For me, it's an experiment to see what people are gonna think of it.
For the version of this CD released in Japan, a translation of the English lyrics is included, but there are lots of places where meanings are lost in the process of translation.
I also discovered a cute teacup set at DKNY and I make Japanese tea often and drink it.
I bought an espresso maker and coffee maker and make them myself every day.
I can never really enjoy being famous.
I do feel really determined, and that I have to pull myself together, but I don't really think like, my market has changed and my company has changed, and I'm going to make it BIG in America!
I don't like going to the gym because I don't like being with people I don't know in that intense environment.
I figure no matter how old you are, it's always going to be your first marriage and no life experience is going to make you a better judge of who you should marry.
I get strangely obsessed about the cleanliness of my house.
I just want people to see that I do my own stuff, that I'm not stupid, and I can make fun of myself.
I squeeze oranges every morning to make juice.
I think the sound of the Japanese language isn't as significant in their pop songs.
I, who grew up in an obsessive-craze-for-vinegar family and love those foods that I can pour as much vinegar as I like, am a longtime lover of tokoroten for my age.
I'd been familiar with the recording process since I was little, but I felt that this is what it's like to actually do it myself.
I'm not like a gorgeous bombshell or anything like that.
I've been missing Japanese literature so much of late.
If I suddenly disappear from the music world, you might see Hikaru Utada working as a helper at some inn in Atami.
In English, the sounds and melodies I created were an inspiration to me, and words came to me as I explored the sounds, and from there I was able expand on the meaning.
In Japan, people don't really sing about sexual content.
It's a bit confusing being a young girl, because my taste in music and what I do is more like a 35-year-old guy.
It's a fairly recent thing but I've become very fond of making drinks myself.
It's just that, when I'm in Japan I could foretell to a certain degree what would be accepted, so I certainly don't come up with any crazy arrangements.
No one told me I had to make something that would sell, but I personally want everyone to like my music.
People do ask me if I think I can make it in the States.
People think I'm too unreal to be walking down the street; they don't expect it.
Since I was doing all of it myself, I had to decide where I wanted to go with the songs, how to proceed with the chords, if the sound was alright, and all that detail on my own.
So when I can just take a walk and go grocery shopping in New York, it takes a huge load off my back and I feel great.
Sort of like, I have to make the Japanese lyrics really deep.
The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it.
The thing is, in English I'm able to write the lyrics as I'm making the song, once I'm done with the melody.
The world is in motion, as it seems.
There really aren't any completely Asian people singing right now.
When people ask me exactly how much time I spend in each country, I always tell them I have no idea.
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