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#JPop: Utada Hikaru Set To Make Comeback With 1st Album In 8 Years

by Justin
July 11, 2016
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Utada Hikaru (宇多田光) fans rejoice! Your favourite J-pop idol is making her music comeback very soon.

The upcoming music project will mark Utada’s 6th Japanese album, and 9th studio album overall. It has been almost a decade since she released “This Is the One” back in 2009, before taking a long hiatus in 2010.

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During her extended break, the singer released 3 songs, tied the knot with Italian bartender Francesco Calliano in 2014, and gave birth to a baby boy just last year (3rd July 2015). Although not much has been revealed about the currently untitled album, it has been confirmed that the 3 previous released singles will be included in the record.

The press released reads:

“Utada Hikaru’s first original full album in 8 years is finally taking shape! The tracklisting will include “Hanataba Wo Kimini” (title tune of NHK drama serial “Toto Nee-Chan: Fatherly Sister”), “Manatsu No Tooriame” (theme song of Nippon Television “NEWS ZERO”) and “Sakura Nagashi” (the single that came out digitally in November 2012 as the theme song of “Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo”). These 3 songs will be made available on CD for the first time, and all of the other on the album will be newly written works.”

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Welcome back, Hikki. You’ve been missed!

Utada Hikaru’s 6th full-length Japanese-language album will be released on 28th September 2016.

Sources: Arama Japan, What’s A Geek.

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