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 Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 10:49 am
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 10:52 am
Utada Hikaru Interview
If we remember far, far back ... the future was shining endlessly. "Passion really started about a year and a half ago. It's because it was the theme song to a game that it was made so early. From this time onwards I was getting info (in the way of subject matter). Like, say, just simple pictures or video clips from Kingdom Hearts II. These things said to me that the ending theme will build on all this from here onwards. It was a really hard thing to do.
It was like when I was making Hikari (the Kingdom Hearts theme song). I said, "At the moment, the things for the game feel a little...soulless". But last time, when I was making the song, the whole outlook for the game and it's entry onto the world was so crucial that I got a lot more info on the characters (so that Hikari would mirror the image that they wanted).
Passion is like, . It has a feeling that connects together the end of the last game and the sequel. Like, how it showed the characters and how they met and so forth. It was pretty easy to think up an image. It's like...as if Hikari was the dawn, and Passion has a concluding or 'dusk' feeling to it.
From here after, I wanted this song to communicate so many various ideas. While you can see some very ordinary imagery in the song, when you listen the imagery can become very dramatic.
The lyrics of Passion show how phases of the past, present and future of the character in my song relate to each other, and the arrangement builds a peculiar, almost floating feeling. People who have listened to Passion have wanted to daydream; to really see the places and times that I wanted to portray to them. While they listened to Passion. They're like, "What? How old is this person in the song? What day and month is this set? What? Where is this taking place!?".
It was made clear to me that the game needed another version of Passion, so the B-side on the single, Passion ~after the battle~, was recorded. It is the same song as the A-side, but with a different arrangement. This new arrangement couples the song as if it were to cure the problems seen on the A-side.
Well, there are two versions of the single (the CD+DVD and the CD Only). The music video is a combination of film shot by Kiriya Kazuaki in Beijing, and also a sequence of anime made by Morimoto Koji.
(On the filming in China) Some dancers and drummers that were in the music video really gave it their all. I thought I'd made so many mistakes, and I had to apologise so much!! I also kept on trying. Despite that I kept saying, "Taihen da nee (How awful!)" and like, "Ganbarou nee (I'll keep trying)" in Japanese!
When it was all was taking place, I kept making gags like saying, "This so isn't China!" Oh, it seemed like I was just saying, "x쥠x쥡 X쥠x쥡 (thank you in Mandarin)" all the time! Everyone was really trying hard! This song is really important to me. I see it as "everyone's song", as if it's a reflection from everyone. It has everyone's feelings instilled in it.
The anime character that Moromoto Koji made for the music video is of a girl that he made to really look like me. When I first looked at it, Mr. Morimoto kept drawing girl's faces that I thought looked different from my own, but on the way he must have changed it. I got an explanation out of him, and he said that he only noticed it that moment. I mean, I don't think I'm cute, but I thought he made my image into a really cute one! He must have added a boy's face instead of mine. I thought the animaton had more of a boy's facial complexion. I was really happy about it though!
The people who were doing the on-the-spot filming seemed to have my sort of make. Like, not very adult-like and not very feminine. We all seemed to have wild feelings, much like as if we were all Princess Mononoke (film character who was raised by wolves in the wilderness). Uggh, it looks like I'll be getting more female fans now!"
Right the recording for my next album (untitled as present) is steadily getting done. 2006 seems like it'll be a very active year for Utada Hikaru.
Sanctuary Interview
Where fears and lies melt away ... Passion showed yet another style change for Utada, as the song featured a surreal ambience and atmosphere. Strong beats along with soaring vocals produced one of her most unique singles to date. When asked to describe the song, Utada referred to Passion as the "22 year old version of B&C"; referring to the song from her own debut album, First Love, written when she was merely 15-years of age. When heard back to back, these two songs show how much Utada has grown since the birth of Utada Hikaru's career. As Passion was used as the theme song to Kingdom Hearts II in Japan, an English version of the song, titled Sanctuary, was also created to be used for the international release of the game. Sanctuary was written before Passion, and Utada herself found it difficult to write the Japanese lyrics for Passion.
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 6:00 pm
LYRICS
Sung and Recorded by Utada Hikaru ... Romanji LyricsOmoidaseba haruka haruka
Mirai wa dokomademo kagayaiteta
Kirei na aozora no shita de
Bokura wa sukoshi dake obieteita
Natsukashii iro ni mado ga somaru
Mae wo muitereba mata ae masu ka
Mirai wa doko he demo tsuduiterunda
Ooki na kanban no shita de
Jidai no utsuroi wo mite itai na
Nido to aenu hito ni basho ni
Mado wo akeru
Omoidaseba haruka haruka
Mirai wa dokomademo kagayaiteta
Kirei na aozora no shita de
Bokura wa itsumademo nemutte ita
Zutto mae ni suki datta hito
Fuyu ni kodomo ga umareru sou da
Mukashi kara no kimari koto wo
Tama ni utagai taku naru yo
Zutto wasurerare nakatta no
Nengajou wa shashin tsuka na
Watashi-tachi ni dekina katta koto wo
Totemo natsukashiku omou yoTranslated LyricsIf we remember, that far far away
the future is shining somewhere
we only have to be afraid a little bit
as we sit here under the beautiful blue sky
Beloved colors fill the window
If I can be with you again, before I turn
to the future that is shining somewhere
I want to see our time change
underneath that large sign
There?s someone I can?t meet again, in this city
So I open the window
If we remember, that far far away
the future is shining somewhere
we can sleep forever
under the beautiful blue sky
Before I loved you
I was a child born in winter
Sometimes, I have doubts about
the things that started in the past
Oh I will never ever forget
the picture you attached to that New Year?s card
It?s the things that we can?t do
that we long for so muchSanctuary lyrics
In you and I there's a new land,
Angels in flight.
My sanctuary. My sanctuary Yeah.
Where fears and lies melt away.
Music inside.
What's left of me.
What's left of me now.
I watch you fast asleep,
all I fear means nothing.
In you and I there's a new land,
Angels in flight.
My sanctuary. My sanctuary. Yeah.
Where fears and lies melt away.
Music inside.
What's left of me.
What's left of me now.
My heart is a battleground
You show me how to see,
that nothing is whole and nothing is broken,
In you and I there's a new land
Angels in flight.
My sanctuary. My sanctuary. Yeah.
Where fears and lies melt away.
Music inside.
What's left of me.
What's left of me now.
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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:48 am
Hmm. I love the song in Kingdom Hearts 2. Not so much the original. I have it in my profile. :3 Shmmeee!
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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:06 pm
Its definately a song that requires an open heart. First time listening my heart was not open to the lyrics and the feel. I loved the video, but didnt understand it. Upon hearing it a couple more times...i finally started to understand it. Now i get all emotional when I sing it and I absolutely love this song.
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 3:50 am
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 5:24 pm
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 3:00 pm
i am completly obsesse dwith passion as much as i like Simple and clean (mabey even more) plus the intro is kick butt. blaugh
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 4:27 pm
I love Passion. o_o The more I listen to it the more attached I get.
It has outgrown Simple and Clean. By alot.
Simple and Clean is nothing anymore.
Nothing I tells thee.
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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:45 pm
Jetzudan I love Passion. o_o The more I listen to it the more attached I get. It has outgrown Simple and Clean. By alot. Simple and Clean is nothing anymore. Nothing I tells thee. you are right, I love Passion as well, it's just such a beautiful song that makes your own ears sing. xd I love the opening to the game as well, it's so cool. i'm glad that they still used Utada's music for the 2nd Kingdom Hearts game, keeps things some what the same and good. 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:48 am
I really enjoy Passion. (Then again, I love Utada Hikaru!) But, the English version seems a little choppy to be. The transition from Japanese to English didn't work as well with Passion as it did with Simple and Clean. (At least, thats how I feel.)
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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 2:19 pm
ahhh the engish vesion of passion sounds strange cause she streaches out the words a lot ...i personally like passion,hikari &simple and clean better 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:52 am
animania222 ahhh the engish vesion of passion sounds strange cause she streaches out the words a lot ...i personally like passion,hikari &simple and clean better 3nodding yeah, I find the english version.. foreign to my ears. i've been listening to the japanese version the whole time so i'm use to it and now the english version is finally coming out and it just sounds so awkward to me. sweatdrop EDIT: you beat me to talking about the english version opening... I just saw it was like I must say something xd I still prefer Passion over Sanctuary. ooh, I can't wait to play the game now that its out heart heart heart heart heart
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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:35 am
I love it. xD I love them both. I've been listening to the Sanctuary preview so long, I love it. XD
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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:07 pm
chocobokisses I really enjoy Passion. (Then again, I love Utada Hikaru!) But, the English version seems a little choppy to be. The transition from Japanese to English didn't work as well with Passion as it did with Simple and Clean. (At least, thats how I feel.) you know what though, in an interview that I read she said that she wrote Santuary before she wrote Passion 3nodding And for some reason Passion just seems so much better (well to me) than Santuary.
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