Angels & Kings present Island Def Jam r&b star Utada--open bar Monday, March 23 at 6pm

ARGH! I'd LOVE to go to this!! Utadaaaa!!! Come to Chicago!!!

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Utada (Island Def Jam) Album Release Party
Monday, March 23, 2009 (6 pm - 9 pm)

Angels & Kings
500 East 11th Street, at Avenue A, New York, NY 10003
Subways: L to First Avenue, 6 to Astor Place

Presented by Angels & Kings with proceeds benefiting Asian American Arts Alliance, Japanese American pop/R&B singer Utada, a multiplatinum seller in Japan, will be on-hand for the release of her new English-language album. Available digitally Tuesday, March 24, the album, which includes her new hit, “Come Back to Me,” features the work of producers Stargate (Ne-Yo, Rihanna) and Tricky (Britney Spears).

Utada fans, here is your chance to get free promos items and win an advance copy of the album!

Open bar sponsored by Ciroc from 6 pm - 7 pm.

Tickets:
$10 Donation at the Door, benefiting the Asian American Arts Alliance. To find out more about the Alliance, visit our website at http://www.aaartsalliance.org.

Contact:
Angels & Kings
http://www.angelsandkings.com

Utada Hikaru - Come Back to Me MV

I posted a link to hear upcoming American single, Come Back to Me, in an earlier post. Now here's the music video! While some folks have said that this video doesn't look like her Japanese videos, well, uh, she's marketing this in the U.S.... Her Japanese videos are marketed in Asia. Also, this is a far better MV versus her Easy Breezy single. She looked really... too made up. In this one, much better and definitely more like Utada (aka Hikki). I wish I could meet her and get a picture with her. :)

Utada Hikaru: This is the One

I really like Utada Hikaru... except for her first official U.S. album called "Exodus" really, just, blah-ed on me. After hearing the single, "Easy Breezy" (...and I'm Japanese-y) chorus from that album, I really couldn't bring myself to listen to the rest of the album. When she released more Japanese singles, I totally loved them; like "Beautiful World" and "Kiss and Cry."

Finally, Utada will come out with another U.S. album and THIS album sounds promising, since I heard the first single off it called, "Come Back to Me." Listen to it here. Pre-order it here.

Props to DISGRASIAN for posting this! I like Hikki!! <3