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* BareYourMidriff: Downplayed in the music videos for "Can You Keep a Secret?" and "Wait and See (Risk)"
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''Distance'' is the 2nd Japanese studio album by Music/HikaruUtada, released in 2001. Following their debut album, ''Music/FirstLove'', which became the best-selling album in Japanese history, ''Distance'' was a similarly massive success, becoming the 4th highest-selling Japanese album of all time and 2nd highest-selling original album, with over 4.5 million copies sold in Japan. This solidified their position as one of the most successful and influential artists in Japanese music history.
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''Distance'' is the 2nd Japanese studio album by Music/HikaruUtada, released in 2001. Following their debut album, ''Music/FirstLove'', ''Music/{{First Love|HikaruUtadaAlbum}}'', which became the best-selling album in Japanese history, ''Distance'' was a similarly massive success, becoming the 4th highest-selling Japanese album of all time and 2nd highest-selling original album, with over 4.5 million copies sold in Japan. This solidified their position as one of the most successful and influential artists in Japanese music history.
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[[caption-width-right:325:''I wanna be with you now...'']]
''Distance'' is the 2nd Japanese studio album by Music/HikaruUtada, released in 2001. Following their debut album, ''Music/FirstLove'', which became the best-selling album in Japanese history, ''Distance'' was a similarly massive success, becoming the 4th highest-selling Japanese album of all time and 2nd highest-selling original album, with over 4.5 million copies sold in Japan. This solidified their position as one of the most successful and influential artists in Japanese music history.
Like its predecessor, ''Distance'' is an R&B-pop album, influenced by American R&B, hip-hop and soul music. From a production standpoint, the American influence is arguably greater than on ''First Love'', as Utada collaborated with US producers like Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins on some of the tracks. The album also shows more incorporation of rock influence on tracks like "Drama" and "Kettobase!". This was also the first album where Utada was involved in the arrangements for some of the tracks.
The album is also notable for selling a whopping ''3 million'' copies in its first week, making it the fastest-selling album in Japanese music history. It also held the ''global'' record for fastest-selling album of all time for 14 years before being surpassed by Music/{{Adele}}'s ''25'' in 2015. This was in part due to its release date, which it shared with the fellow J-pop superstar Music/AyumiHamasaki's first compilation album ''A BEST'', attracting media attention and fuelling speculations of [[TheRival rivalry between the two singers]], which they both denied. Regardless, there was a perceived "competition" to see which album would outsell the other, and ''Distance'' won, outselling ''A BEST'' in its first week and overall. [[note]](Though to be clear, both albums sold ''a lot'' - ''A BEST'' is #6 on Japan's all-time bestseller list.)[[/note]]
Four singles were released from the album: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_In-3UlkEk "Addicted to You"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpcHPVpjBCM "Wait & See (Risk)"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ngVxyoVTxU "For You"]] / [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw7DTm8c_-I "Time Limit"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwQuXbae3N4 "Can You Keep a Secret?"]]. All 4 reached #1 on the charts and were massive hits, with "Can You Keep a Secret?" becoming the #1 single of the year for 2001. The album track "Distance" was going to be released as a single following the album's release, but these plans were changed after the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka_school_massacre Osaka school massacre]] in June of that year. In commemoration of one of the victims - a fan of Utada who had written an essay about wanting to become like their - the song was [[SofterAndSlowerCover re-recorded as a sombre ballad]] and released under the name "Final Distance". This new version later appeared on their following album, ''Deep River''.
[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Not to be confused]] with the 2018 [[VideoGame/{{Distance}} racing game]] or the [[{{Roleplay/Distance}} Gaia Online roleplay]] of the same name.
!! Tracklist:
# "Wait & See (Risk)" (5:28)
# "Can You Keep A Secret?" (5:08)
# "[[TitleTrack DISTANCE]]" (5:30)
# "Sunglasses" (4:46)
# "Drama" (4:36)
# "Eternally" (4:45)
# "Addicted to You" (5:19)
# "For You" (5:22)
# "Kettobase!" (4:31)[[note]]"Kick it off!" or "Reject it!"[[/note]]
# "Parody" (5:25)
# "Time Limit" (4:55)
# "Kotoba ni Naranai Kimochi" (5:03)[[note]]"Feelings That Can't Be Put Into Words"[[/note]]
# "HAYATOCHI-REMIX" (4:10)[[note]]{{Portmanteau}} of "Hayatochiri" ("jumping to conclusions", and the name of the original song) and "remix"[[/note]]
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!! You said my tropes don't mean a thing...
* AlbumTitleDrop: In the TitleTrack:
-->Itsu no hi ka '''distance''' mo dakishimerareru you ni nareru yo[[note]]One day we'll be able to embrace this distance as well[[/note]]
* BareYourMidriff: Downplayed in the music videos for "Can You Keep a Secret?" and "Wait and See (Risk)"
* FaceOnTheCover: A close-up, as with most of their albums. Notably, this is their only album cover to show their not looking at the camera.
* LoveIsADrug: "Addicted to You", [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as the name suggests]].
* MelismaticVocals: As with ''Music/FirstLove'', Utada's vocals are a lot more showy here than on their later albums.
* ObsessionSong: "Addicted to You". The chorus' lyrics are an example of the Passive type:
-->Dakedo sore ja kurushikute[[note]]But it's so painful that way [not being with you][[/note]]
-->Mainichi aitakute[[note]]I want to see you everyday[[/note]]
-->Kono kimochi dou sureba ii no?[[note]]What should I do about this feeling?[[/note]]
-->[...]
-->Aenai hi no koishisa mo soba ni iru itoshisa mo[[note]]The longing for you when you're gone, and the love I feel when I'm with you[[/note]]
-->Onaji kurai kuse ni narunda[[note]]They're becoming the same thing[[/note]]
-->Kisu yori dakishimete, ikinari yamenaide[[note]]Hold me instead of kissing me, don't just stop right away[[/note]]
* PoirotSpeak: From "Can You Keep A Secret?"
-->[[TitleDrop Can you keep a secret]], or kono mama secret? [[note]]Can you keep a secret, or shall I keep this a secret?[[/note]]
** This is also possibly the only real example of GratuitousEnglish in their music, as the above line doesn't quite make grammatical sense.[[note]]"Kono mama" means "at this rate", "like this" or "at it is". It's not hard to parse the meaning of "Or kono mama secret", especially in context - "Or [will this remain] a secret, the way it has been?" but literally speaking, the lyric is just "Can you keep a secret, or as it is, secret?"[[/note]]
* QuestioningTitle: "Can You Keep A Secret?"
* RhymingWithItself: From "HAYATOCHI-REMIX":
-->You said my love don't mean a thing, ''how much I love you''
-->That's 'cause you don't know, ''how much I love you''
* {{Robosexual}}: Subverted in the music video Can You Keep A Secret, where Utada is having a romantic relationship with a robot [[spoiler:but by the last scene is revealed to be a RobotGirl themself]].
* SpokenWordInMusic: In "Can You Keep a Secret?":
-->Hey, can I take a time out to... tell you something? And say, [[WaxingLyrical can you keep it a secret?]] 'Cause this guitar is... making me warm... come on
* StudioChatter: Does this with Darkchild at the beginning of "Time Limit".
* TeenPregnancy: "Kettobase!" has the repeated line "I want your baby". Utada was 18 when the album was released and would have been 16 or 17 when writing the song.
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[[caption-width-right:325:''I wanna be with you now...'']]
''Distance'' is the 2nd Japanese studio album by Music/HikaruUtada, released in 2001. Following their debut album, ''Music/FirstLove'', which became the best-selling album in Japanese history, ''Distance'' was a similarly massive success, becoming the 4th highest-selling Japanese album of all time and 2nd highest-selling original album, with over 4.5 million copies sold in Japan. This solidified their position as one of the most successful and influential artists in Japanese music history.
Like its predecessor, ''Distance'' is an R&B-pop album, influenced by American R&B, hip-hop and soul music. From a production standpoint, the American influence is arguably greater than on ''First Love'', as Utada collaborated with US producers like Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins on some of the tracks. The album also shows more incorporation of rock influence on tracks like "Drama" and "Kettobase!". This was also the first album where Utada was involved in the arrangements for some of the tracks.
The album is also notable for selling a whopping ''3 million'' copies in its first week, making it the fastest-selling album in Japanese music history. It also held the ''global'' record for fastest-selling album of all time for 14 years before being surpassed by Music/{{Adele}}'s ''25'' in 2015. This was in part due to its release date, which it shared with the fellow J-pop superstar Music/AyumiHamasaki's first compilation album ''A BEST'', attracting media attention and fuelling speculations of [[TheRival rivalry between the two singers]], which they both denied. Regardless, there was a perceived "competition" to see which album would outsell the other, and ''Distance'' won, outselling ''A BEST'' in its first week and overall. [[note]](Though to be clear, both albums sold ''a lot'' - ''A BEST'' is #6 on Japan's all-time bestseller list.)[[/note]]
Four singles were released from the album: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_In-3UlkEk "Addicted to You"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpcHPVpjBCM "Wait & See (Risk)"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ngVxyoVTxU "For You"]] / [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw7DTm8c_-I "Time Limit"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwQuXbae3N4 "Can You Keep a Secret?"]]. All 4 reached #1 on the charts and were massive hits, with "Can You Keep a Secret?" becoming the #1 single of the year for 2001. The album track "Distance" was going to be released as a single following the album's release, but these plans were changed after the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka_school_massacre Osaka school massacre]] in June of that year. In commemoration of one of the victims - a fan of Utada who had written an essay about wanting to become like their - the song was [[SofterAndSlowerCover re-recorded as a sombre ballad]] and released under the name "Final Distance". This new version later appeared on their following album, ''Deep River''.
[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Not to be confused]] with the 2018 [[VideoGame/{{Distance}} racing game]] or the [[{{Roleplay/Distance}} Gaia Online roleplay]] of the same name.
!! Tracklist:
# "Wait & See (Risk)" (5:28)
# "Can You Keep A Secret?" (5:08)
# "[[TitleTrack DISTANCE]]" (5:30)
# "Sunglasses" (4:46)
# "Drama" (4:36)
# "Eternally" (4:45)
# "Addicted to You" (5:19)
# "For You" (5:22)
# "Kettobase!" (4:31)[[note]]"Kick it off!" or "Reject it!"[[/note]]
# "Parody" (5:25)
# "Time Limit" (4:55)
# "Kotoba ni Naranai Kimochi" (5:03)[[note]]"Feelings That Can't Be Put Into Words"[[/note]]
# "HAYATOCHI-REMIX" (4:10)[[note]]{{Portmanteau}} of "Hayatochiri" ("jumping to conclusions", and the name of the original song) and "remix"[[/note]]
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!! You said my tropes don't mean a thing...
* AlbumTitleDrop: In the TitleTrack:
-->Itsu no hi ka '''distance''' mo dakishimerareru you ni nareru yo[[note]]One day we'll be able to embrace this distance as well[[/note]]
* BareYourMidriff: Downplayed in the music videos for "Can You Keep a Secret?" and "Wait and See (Risk)"
* FaceOnTheCover: A close-up, as with most of their albums. Notably, this is their only album cover to show their not looking at the camera.
* LoveIsADrug: "Addicted to You", [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as the name suggests]].
* MelismaticVocals: As with ''Music/FirstLove'', Utada's vocals are a lot more showy here than on their later albums.
* ObsessionSong: "Addicted to You". The chorus' lyrics are an example of the Passive type:
-->Dakedo sore ja kurushikute[[note]]But it's so painful that way [not being with you][[/note]]
-->Mainichi aitakute[[note]]I want to see you everyday[[/note]]
-->Kono kimochi dou sureba ii no?[[note]]What should I do about this feeling?[[/note]]
-->[...]
-->Aenai hi no koishisa mo soba ni iru itoshisa mo[[note]]The longing for you when you're gone, and the love I feel when I'm with you[[/note]]
-->Onaji kurai kuse ni narunda[[note]]They're becoming the same thing[[/note]]
-->Kisu yori dakishimete, ikinari yamenaide[[note]]Hold me instead of kissing me, don't just stop right away[[/note]]
* PoirotSpeak: From "Can You Keep A Secret?"
-->[[TitleDrop Can you keep a secret]], or kono mama secret? [[note]]Can you keep a secret, or shall I keep this a secret?[[/note]]
** This is also possibly the only real example of GratuitousEnglish in their music, as the above line doesn't quite make grammatical sense.[[note]]"Kono mama" means "at this rate", "like this" or "at it is". It's not hard to parse the meaning of "Or kono mama secret", especially in context - "Or [will this remain] a secret, the way it has been?" but literally speaking, the lyric is just "Can you keep a secret, or as it is, secret?"[[/note]]
* QuestioningTitle: "Can You Keep A Secret?"
* RhymingWithItself: From "HAYATOCHI-REMIX":
-->You said my love don't mean a thing, ''how much I love you''
-->That's 'cause you don't know, ''how much I love you''
* {{Robosexual}}: Subverted in the music video Can You Keep A Secret, where Utada is having a romantic relationship with a robot [[spoiler:but by the last scene is revealed to be a RobotGirl themself]].
* SpokenWordInMusic: In "Can You Keep a Secret?":
-->Hey, can I take a time out to... tell you something? And say, [[WaxingLyrical can you keep it a secret?]] 'Cause this guitar is... making me warm... come on
* StudioChatter: Does this with Darkchild at the beginning of "Time Limit".
* TeenPregnancy: "Kettobase!" has the repeated line "I want your baby". Utada was 18 when the album was released and would have been 16 or 17 when writing the song.
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