Utada Hikaru - First Love [2000]

May 15th, 2008

Utada Hikaru ,or Hikki, is a truly unique artist with strong vocals at such a young age. She was 16 when she debuted, but her vocals are so mature and beautiful it will blow you away. There are many things that set her apart from other JPop artists. For one, she is an American, born in Manhattan and fluent in English. However, she went to high school in Japan, and spent summers there as a child. Therefore she has very good Japanese speaking abilities, although the Japanese press butchered her for her use of informal American Japanese. Therefore she has been embraced by both American and Japanese cultures, and this shows.