History YMMV / UtadaHikaru

* AccidentalInnuendo: The otherwise somber BreakupSong "This One (Crying Like a Child)" has this:
-->You are all the shelter that I need [[DoubleEntendre above me]]
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
** The ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' theme songs and "Beautiful World". Also, anything that ever gets remixed by [=PLANITb=].
** Their rendition of "Fly Me to the Moon" for ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad2EvbAYfsk It's fantabulous]].
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: "Boku wa Kuma" from ''Heart Station'' can definitely be considered one. It's a cutesy children's song about their teddy bear... [[MoodWhiplash which comes directly after "Take 5", a song with dark, poetic lyrics about leaving one's body]]. The lyrics are completely unrelated to the rest of the album which is mostly about relationships and dealing with life's difficulties. The former song [[NoEnding ends abruptly]] which makes the transition even more jarring.
* BrokenBase: Mostly in relation to their English albums. There's a camp that feels ''Exodus'' was a daring and innovative work while ''This is the One'' was a cheap attempt at mainstream success by [[FollowTheLeader chasing trends]], while others feel ''This is the One'' is a more mature and accessible work while dismissing ''Exodus'' as a clumsy attempt at "avant-garde" music, citing [[{{Narm}} narmtastic lyrics]] in "Easy Breezy" and "Let Me Give You My Love." There's also fans who like both albums, and those who think both albums are lacking and wish they would just stick to Japanese music altogether.
* CanonDiscontinuity: Their English albums have seemingly become this. Utada's offical website lists ''Fantôme'' as their 6th album and their first album in 8 years.[[note]]Counting their English albums, it's their 9th and their first in 7 years.[[/note]]
* CreatorWorship: You'll have a fine time searching for a hint of criticism over the praise they get from fans, although admittedly this is [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic not that unjustifiable]].
* DorkAge: Arguably, ''This is the One''. While neither of their English albums tend to be noted as high-points of their career, ''Exodus'' has received more appreciation from fans and critics [[VindicatedByHistory in the years following its release]] and was at least a big success in Japan despite flopping internationally. Conversely, ''This is the One'' received a lot of criticism for a perceived [[FollowTheLeader watering-down]] of Utada's sound and [[HotterAndSexier attempts at fanservice]], and did even worse sales-wise than Exodus, not even making much impact even in Japan. Some people attribute their hiatus in the years following its release, as well as their English albums [[CanonDiscontinuity often being excluded from their discography]] to its failure.
* FirstInstallmentWins: Their debut album ''First Love''[[note]]technically their second if you count ''Precious'' released as Cubic U, though it's still their first Japanese album[[/note]] is their highest selling album and the highest-selling album in Japanese history. Some fans also consider it their best album.
* GrowingTheBeard: ''Deep River'' can be seen as one. It marks the beginning of their GenreShift away from R&B to a more [[NewSoundAlbum eclectic and electronic style]], and is the first album where they were involved in arranging the majority of the songs. Many fans consider it their best work.
* HarsherInHindsight:
** "Wonder 'Bout" is about leaving a bad relationship, but after their mother's suicide in 2013 some of the lyrics can now sound like a metaphor for their mother's death and mental health issues:
--->Living in a house of pain
--->Ran away and I'm glad that I ran away
--->Rather be out in the rain
--->''Now I understand why my mother ran away''[[note]]This line was originally in reference to their parents' divorce.[[/note]]
*** Further, following this metaphor would also imply Utada is talking about themself committing suicide as well.
** "Sakura Nagashi" released a year before their mother's suicide, is about life and death, with lyrics about a lost love who is implied to be dead, and a newborn child implied to be theirs with their lover. The song was originally written for ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo]]'', but after their mother's death and the birth of their son it sounds ''much'' more personal. They later included the song on ''Fantôme'' which is dedicated to their dead mother. Doubles as LifeImitatesArt.
* LesYay: The video for "Nijikan Dake No Vacance" has them and Music/ShiinaRingo holding each other rather intimately.
* MemeticMutation: From "[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Sakura Nagashi]]" we get "Everybody finds love, in the end".
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome:
** As heavily implied on the main page, they are very, ''very'' good at ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}. So much so that they participated in a tournament and cleaned house. Creator/{{Nintendo}} sent in two of their '[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Nintendo Assassins]],' (gamers who essentially get paid to be awesome at gaming) to beat them. They beat one of them and came close to beating the second, with a smile on their face the entire time.
** They also holds the record for fastest selling album ever in Japan for ''Distance'', which sold ''3 million'' copies in its first week. (It was also the fastest selling album in the world, until Music/{{Adele}} released ''25''.)
** After a six year hiatus, they released ''Fantôme'' which instantly shot to number 1. It stayed as number 1 for four weeks, breaking their previous personal best, First Love, which was number 1 for two weeks. More impressive is that it charted in the top ten in non-Japanese iTunes Stores where their album was not promoted ''at all.''
* {{Narm}}:
** Their English albums have these in abundance:
*** The transition from "A child just died next door to me" to IntercourseWithYou within the space of ''one line'' in "Let Me Give You My Love" is [[FetishRetardant a bit of a mood-killer]].
---->What a day, young boy next door passed away\\
Oh, it makes me want to say, I don't wanna waste another day\\
[[UnusualEuphemism Could you and I start mixing gene pools...]]
*** The weird LyricalShoehorn in the otherwise serious "This One (Crying Like a Child)":
---->We should get back on the road\\
Like Music/SimonAndGarfunkel\\
Let's get married\\
You are all the shelter that I need [[AccidentalInnuendo above me]]
*** "Easy Breezy" has the [[SarcasmMode classic gem]] "You're easy breezy / And I'm Japanese-y". Why was this the song they chose to introduce themself to an English audience?
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFWQpe3P1_g "Be My Last" music video]] suffers from this [[spoiler:in the car crash scene]] due to a SpecialEffectsFailure, becoming inadvertently hilarious despite the dark tone of the rest of the video and song. There's also fact that [[FridgeLogic for some reason]] [[spoiler:Hikaru stands in the middle of the road for several seconds, [[WhatAnIdiot basically letting the car hit them]]]]. Of course, [[RuleOfSymbolism this could be interpreted metaphorically]], but that doesn't make it any less hilariously weird.
* NarmCharm: The infamous "You're easy breezy and I'm Japanese-y" line from "Easy Breezy", while bizarre and cringe-worthy to some, is also pretty hilarious, and showcases Utada's unique sense of humour ([[IntendedAudienceReaction which was apparently their intention]]).
* SignatureSong: All of their ''Kingdom Hearts'' themes, but "Hikari" (and its international counterpart, "Simple and Clean") in particular. They call the song "Hikaru Junior" due to their name using the same kanji (光).
* TearJerker:
** "Final Distance", given the story behind it: It's an orchestral ballad version of a cute little tune that appeared on their second album, rearranged to honor the memory of 6-year-old schoolgirl Rena Yamashita who was killed in the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka_school_massacre Osaka school massacre]]. Prior to her tragic death, she had won an essay competition with her writing about wanting to be a singer just like Utada.
** The deeply wistful "Passion".
** Another notable mention would be "Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro", the theme song to their director ex-husband's movie ''Film/{{Casshern}}''. One critic remarked that he didn't understand the movie until he heard the theme song. Then apparently it just clicked.
** Utada appears to purposefully invoke this with "This One (Crying Like A Child)". Somber acoustic guitar backing emotionally charged lyrics, especially the chorus.
** Several songs on ''Fantôme'' could count, seeing as the album was written after their mother's death, but "Ningyo" and "Manatsu no Tooriame" in particular are both heartbreakingly somber.
* ToughActToFollow: A notable aversion in their early career. ''First Love'' is the #1 best-selling studio album in Japan... the runner-up? Their sophomore album ''Distance'', with their third ''Deep River'' being #4.[[note]]In terms of overall rankings, they place #1, #4 and #8, but that's counting compilation albums[[/note]]. ''Exodus'' is a more straight example, as it sold 1.1 million copies in Japan compared to ''Deep River's'' 3.6 million and attracted some backlash for its [[NewSoundAlbum experimental style]] and [[HotterAndSexier sexual content]].
** Utada themself apparently feels this way about ''Fantôme''. They've said they won't be able to make an album like it again.
* UncannyValley: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuyZ9f6mHZk "Travelling" music video]] definitely qualifies, with the horde of strange-looking HumanoidAliens, [[DerangedAnimation unsettling stop-motion animated sequences]], [[DutchAngle Dutch Angles]], and some strange arm movements from Hikaru themself. It feels like a bit of a DisneyAcidSequence even compared to their other lavish, Kiriya-directed music videos.
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-->Living in a house of pain
-->Ran away and I'm glad that I ran away
-->Rather be out in the rain
-->''Now I understand why my mother ran away''[[note]]This line was originally in reference to their parents' divorce.[[/note]]

* GrowingTheBeard: ''Deep River'' can be seen as one. It marks the beginning of their GenreShift away from R&B to a more [[NewSoundAlbum eclectic and electronic style]], and is the first album where they was involved in arranging the majority of the songs. Many fans consider it their best work.

* LesYay: The video for "Nijikan Dake No Vacance" has their and Music/ShiinaRingo holding each other rather intimately.

** As heavily implied on the main page, they is very, ''very'' good at ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}. So much so that they participated in a tournament and cleaned house. Creator/{{Nintendo}} sent in two of their '[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Nintendo Assassins]],' (gamers who essentially get paid to be awesome at gaming) to beat them. They beat one of them and came close to beating the second, with a smile on their face the entire time.

** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFWQpe3P1_g "Be My Last" music video]] suffers from this [[spoiler:in the car crash scene]] due to a SpecialEffectsFailure, becoming inadvertently hilarious despite the dark tone of the rest of the video and song. There's also fact that [[FridgeLogic for some reason]] [[spoiler:Hikaru stands in the middle of the road for several seconds, [[WhatAnIdiot basically letting the car hit their]]]]. Of course, [[RuleOfSymbolism this could be interpreted metaphorically]], but that doesn't make it any less hilariously weird.

** Her rendition of "Fly Me to the Moon" for ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad2EvbAYfsk It's fantabulous]].
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: "Boku wa Kuma" from ''Heart Station'' can definitely be considered one. It's a cutesy children's song about her teddy bear... [[MoodWhiplash which comes directly after "Take 5", a song with dark, poetic lyrics about leaving one's body]]. The lyrics are completely unrelated to the rest of the album which is mostly about relationships and dealing with life's difficulties. The former song [[NoEnding ends abruptly]] which makes the transition even more jarring.
* BrokenBase: Mostly in relation to her English albums. There's a camp that feels ''Exodus'' was a daring and innovative work while ''This is the One'' was a cheap attempt at mainstream success by [[FollowTheLeader chasing trends]], while others feel ''This is the One'' is a more mature and accessible work while dismissing ''Exodus'' as a clumsy attempt at "avant-garde" music, citing [[{{Narm}} narmtastic lyrics]] in "Easy Breezy" and "Let Me Give You My Love." There's also fans who like both albums, and those who think both albums are lacking and wish she would just stick to Japanese music altogether.
* CanonDiscontinuity: Her English albums have seemingly become this. Utada's offical website lists ''Fantôme'' as her 6th album and her first album in 8 years.[[note]]Counting her English albums, it's her 9th and her first in 7 years.[[/note]]
* CreatorWorship: You'll have a fine time searching for a hint of criticism over the praise she gets from fans, although admittedly this is [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic not that unjustifiable]].
* DorkAge: Arguably, ''This is the One''. While neither of her English albums tend to be noted as high-points of her career, ''Exodus'' has received more appreciation from fans and critics [[VindicatedByHistory in the years following its release]] and was at least a big success in Japan despite flopping internationally. Conversely, ''This is the One'' received a lot of criticism for a perceived [[FollowTheLeader watering-down]] of Utada's sound and [[HotterAndSexier attempts at fanservice]], and did even worse sales-wise than Exodus, not even making much impact even in Japan. Some people attribute her hiatus in the years following its release, as well as her English albums [[CanonDiscontinuity often being excluded from her discography]] to its failure.
* FirstInstallmentWins: Her debut album ''First Love''[[note]]technically her second if you count ''Precious'' released as Cubic U, though it's still her first Japanese album[[/note]] is her highest selling album and the highest-selling album in Japanese history. Some fans also consider it her best album.
* GrowingTheBeard: ''Deep River'' can be seen as one. It marks the beginning of her GenreShift away from R&B to a more [[NewSoundAlbum eclectic and electronic style]], and is the first album where she was involved in arranging the majority of the songs. Many fans consider it her best work.

** "Wonder 'Bout" is about leaving a bad relationship, but after her mother's suicide in 2013 some of the lyrics can now sound like a metaphor for her mother's death and mental health issues:

-->''Now I understand why my mother ran away''[[note]]This line was originally in reference to her parents' divorce.[[/note]]
*** Further, following this metaphor would also imply Utada is talking about herself committing suicide as well.
** "Sakura Nagashi" released a year before her mother's suicide, is about life and death, with lyrics about a lost love who is implied to be dead, and a newborn child implied to be hers with her lover. The song was originally written for ''[[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo]]'', but after her mother's death and the birth of her son it sounds ''much'' more personal. She later included the song on ''Fantôme'' which is dedicated to her dead mother. Doubles as LifeImitatesArt.
* LesYay: The video for "Nijikan Dake No Vacance" has her and Music/ShiinaRingo holding each other rather intimately.

** As heavily implied on the main page, she is very, ''very'' good at ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}. So much so that she participated in a tournament and cleaned house. Creator/{{Nintendo}} sent in two of their '[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Nintendo Assassins]],' (gamers who essentially get paid to be awesome at gaming) to beat her. She beat one of them and came close to beating the second, with a smile on her face the entire time.
** She also holds the record for fastest selling album ever in Japan for ''Distance'', which sold ''3 million'' copies in its first week. (It was also the fastest selling album in the world, until Music/{{Adele}} released ''25''.)
** After a six year hiatus, she released ''Fantôme'' which instantly shot to number 1. It stayed as number 1 for four weeks, breaking her previous personal best, First Love, which was number 1 for two weeks. More impressive is that it charted in the top ten in non-Japanese iTunes Stores where her album was not promoted ''at all.''

** Her English albums have these in abundance:

*** "Easy Breezy" has the [[SarcasmMode classic gem]] "You're easy breezy / And I'm Japanese-y". Why was this the song she chose to introduce herself to an English audience?
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFWQpe3P1_g "Be My Last" music video]] suffers from this [[spoiler:in the car crash scene]] due to a SpecialEffectsFailure, becoming inadvertently hilarious despite the dark tone of the rest of the video and song. There's also fact that [[FridgeLogic for some reason]] [[spoiler:Hikaru stands in the middle of the road for several seconds, [[WhatAnIdiot basically letting the car hit her]]]]. Of course, [[RuleOfSymbolism this could be interpreted metaphorically]], but that doesn't make it any less hilariously weird.
* NarmCharm: The infamous "You're easy breezy and I'm Japanese-y" line from "Easy Breezy", while bizarre and cringe-worthy to some, is also pretty hilarious, and showcases Utada's unique sense of humour ([[IntendedAudienceReaction which was apparently her intention]]).
* SignatureSong: All of her ''Kingdom Hearts'' themes, but "Hikari" (and its international counterpart, "Simple and Clean") in particular. She calls the song "Hikaru Junior" due to her name using the same kanji (光).

** "Final Distance", given the story behind it: It's an orchestral ballad version of a cute little tune that appeared on her second album, rearranged to honor the memory of 6-year-old schoolgirl Rena Yamashita who was killed in the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka_school_massacre Osaka school massacre]]. Prior to her tragic death, she had won an essay competition with her writing about wanting to be a singer just like Utada.

** Another notable mention would be "Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro", the theme song to her director ex-husband's movie ''Film/{{Casshern}}''. One critic remarked that he didn't understand the movie until he heard the theme song. Then apparently it just clicked.

** Several songs on ''Fantôme'' could count, seeing as the album was written after her mother's death, but "Ningyo" and "Manatsu no Tooriame" in particular are both heartbreakingly somber.
* ToughActToFollow: A notable aversion in her early career. ''First Love'' is the #1 best-selling studio album in Japan... the runner-up? Her sophomore album ''Distance'', with her third ''Deep River'' being #4.[[note]]In terms of overall rankings, they place #1, #4 and #8, but that's counting compilation albums[[/note]]. ''Exodus'' is a more straight example, as it sold 1.1 million copies in Japan compared to ''Deep River's'' 3.6 million and attracted some backlash for its [[NewSoundAlbum experimental style]] and [[HotterAndSexier sexual content]].
** Utada herself apparently feels this way about ''Fantôme''. She's said she won't be able to make an album like it again.
* UncannyValley: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuyZ9f6mHZk "Travelling" music video]] definitely qualifies, with the horde of strange-looking HumanoidAliens, [[DerangedAnimation unsettling stop-motion animated sequences]], [[DutchAngle Dutch Angles]], and some strange arm movements from Hikaru herself. It feels like a bit of a DisneyAcidSequence even compared to her other lavish, Kiriya-directed music videos.

** Both ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' theme songs and "Beautiful World". Also, anything that ever gets remixed by [=PLANITb=].

* SignatureSong: Both of her ''Kingdom Hearts'' themes, but "Hikari" in particular. She calls the song "Hikaru Junior" due to her name using the same kanji (光).

* FollowTheLeader: Unsurprisingly after releasing the best-selling album in the country, a lot of Japanese singers in the early 2000s drew influence from her R&B-pop style and vocal technique, the most notable being Music/KurakiMai who despite achieving massive success in her own right was frequently criticized for being an Utada-wannabe.
** For Utada herself, ''This is the One'' qualifies. This was [[IntendedAudienceReaction intentional]] on her part; she specifically wanted the album to sound mainstream compared to the experimental ''Exodus''.

* {{Hypocrite}}: The third chorus of "About Me" has Utada calling her partner out for keeping secrets from her, with the line "You say you're sure that you love me, how could that be when you keep so much from me?" However the entire song up to this point has been about how ''she'' hasn't been honest with them.
** On the other hand, this could be interpreted as [[FridgeBrilliance implying that she doesn't really love them]].

* StylisticSuck: It's likely that some of the more [[{{Narm}} bizarre lyrics]] on her English albums were this. WordOfGod is that "Easy Breezy" specifically is meant to show her sense of humour, and she's stated that not all of her lyrics should be taken too seriously.

* PainfulRhyme:
** "Automatic Pt. 2" has quite a few, when the lyrics rhyme at all. She even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this in one line which is ''itself'' an example:
-->Indian, Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic Ocean
-->You can be the captain and I'll be your commander
-->Do you like the way I rhyme? [[SelfDeprecatingHumor It's pretty darn]] [[SarcasmMode clever]]
** "This One (Crying Like a Child)" has this, which doubles as a LyricalShoehorn:
-->We should get back on the road
-->Like Music/SimonAndGarfunkel
-->Let's get married

* CreatorWorship: You'll have a fine time searching for a hint of criticism over the praise she gets from fans, although admittedly this is [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome not that unjustifiable]].
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome:
** As heavily implied on the main page, she is very, ''very'' good at ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}. So much so that she participated in a tournament and cleaned house. Creator/{{Nintendo}} sent in two of their '[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Nintendo Assassins]],' (gamers who essentially get paid to be awesome at gaming) to beat her. She beat one of them and came close to beating the second, with a smile on her face the entire time.
** She also holds the record for fastest selling album ever in Japan for ''Distance'', which sold ''3 million'' copies in its first week. (It was also the fastest selling album in the world, until Music/{{Adele}} released ''25''.)
** After a six year hiatus, she released ''Fantôme'' which instantly shot to number 1. It stayed as number 1 for four weeks, breaking her previous personal best, First Love, which was number 1 for two weeks. More impressive is that it charted in the top ten in non-Japanese iTunes Stores where her album was not promoted ''at all.''
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome:
** Both ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' theme songs and "Beautiful World". Also, anything that ever gets remixed by [=PLANITb=].
** Her rendition of "Fly Me to the Moon" for ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad2EvbAYfsk It's fantabulous]].

*** "Easy Breezy" has the [[SarcasmMode classic gem]] "You're easy breezy / And I'm Japanese-y". Why was the song she chose to introduce herself to an English audience?

** As heavily implied on the main page, she is very, ''very'' good at Tetris. So much so that she participated in a tournament and cleaned house. Nintendo sent in two of their '[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Nintendo Assassins]],' (gamers who essentially get paid to be awesome at gaming) to beat her. She beat one of them and came close to beating the second, with a smile on her face the entire time.

** "Sakura Nagashi" released a year before her mother's suicide, is about life and death, with lyrics about a lost love who is implied to be dead, and a newborn child implied to be hers with her lover. The song was originally written for ''[[RebuildOfEvangelion Evangelion, The New Movie]]'', but after her mother's death and the birth of her son it sounds ''much'' more personal. She later included the song on ''Fantôme'' which is dedicated to her dead mother. Doubles as LifeImitatesArt.

* MemeticMutation: From [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Sakura Nagashi]] we get "Everybody finds love, in the end".

** Another notable mention would be "Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro", the theme song to her director ex-husband's movie Casshern. One critic remarked that he didn't understand the movie until he heard the theme song. Then apparently it just clicked.

* UncannyValley: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuyZ9f6mHZk "Travelling" music video]] definitely qualifies, with the horde of strange-looking HumanoidAliens, [[DerangedAnimation unsettling stop-motion animated sequences]], [[DutchAngle DutchAngles]], and some strange arm movements from Hikaru herself. It feels like a bit of a DisneyAcidSequence even compared to her other lavish, Kiriya-directed music videos.

* UncannyValley: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuyZ9f6mHZk "Travelling" music video]] definitely qualifies, with the horde of strange-looking HumanoidAliens, [[DerangedAnimation unsettling stop-motion animated sequences]], DutchAngles, and some strange arm movements from Hikaru herself. It feels like a bit of a DisneyAcidSequence even compared to her other lavish, Kiriya-directed music videos.

* FollowTheLeader: Unsurprisingly after releasing the best-selling album in the country, a lot of Japanese singers in the early 2000s drew influence from her R&B-pop style and vocal technique, the most notable being KurakiMai who despite achieving massive success in her own right was frequently criticized for being an Utada-wannabe.

** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFWQpe3P1_g "Be My Last" music video]] suffers from this [[spoiler:in the car crash scene]] due to a SpecialEffectsFailure, becoming inadvertently hilarious despite the dark tone of the rest of the video and song. There's also fact that [[spoiler:Hikaru stands in the middle of the road]] for several seconds, basically letting [[spoiler:the car hit her]] [[FridgeLogic for some reason]].

* NarmCharm: The infamous "You're easy breezy and I'm Japaneezy" line from "Easy Breezy", while bizarre and cringe-worthy to some, is also pretty hilarious, and showcases Utada's unique sense of humour ([[IntendedAudienceReaction which was apparently her intention).

*** The transition from "A child just died next door to me" to [[UnusualEuphemism "let's mix our gene pools"]] within the space of ''one line'' in "Let Me Give You My Love" is [[FetishRetardant a bit of a mood-killer]].

---->Oh, it makes me want to say, I don't wanna waste another day\\
---->[[IntercourseWithYou Could you and I start mixing gene pools...]]

* CanonDiscontinuity: Her English albums have seemingly become this. Utada's offical website lists ''Fantôme'' as her 6th album and her first album in 8 years.[[note]]Counting her English albums, it's her 9th and her first in 7 years.[[/note]]

* Narm:

* AccidentalInnuendo: The otherwise somber BreakupSong "Crying Like a Child" has this:

* CanonDiscontinuity: Her English albums have seemingly become this, Utada's offical website lists her current upcoming album as her 6th album and her first album in 8 years.

* PainfulRhyme: "Automatic Pt. 2" has quite a few, when the lyrics rhyme at all. She even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this in one line which is ''itself'' an example:

* BrokenBase: Mostly in relation to her English albums. There's a camp that feels ''Exodus'' was a daring and innovate work while ''This is the One'' was a cheap attempt at mainstream success by [[FollowTheLeader chasing trends]], while others feel ''This is the One'' is a more mature and accessible work while dismissing ''Exodus'' as a clumsy attempt at "avant-garde" music, citing [[{{Narm}} narmtastic lyrics]] in "Easy Breezy" and "Let Me Give You My Love." There's also fans who like both albums, and those who think both albums are lacking and wish she would just stick to Japanese music altogether.

-->Do you like the way I rhyme? [[SarcasmMode It's pretty darn clever]]

** Her rendition of "Fly Me to the Moon" for ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsqGSUkiCOM It's fantabulous]].

** After a six year hiatus, she released "Fantome" which instantly shot to number 1. It stayed as number 1 for four weeks, breaking her previous personal best, First Love, which was number 1 for two weeks. More impressive is that it charted in the top ten in non-Japanese iTunes Stores where her album was not promoted ''at all.''

* FirstInstallmentWins: Her debut album[[note]]technically her second if you count ''Preious'' released as Cubic U, though it's still her first Japanese album[[/note]] ''First Love'' is her highest selling album and the highest-selling album in Japanese history.

-->'''Now I understand why my mother ran away'''[[note]]This line was originally in reference to her parents' divorce.[[/note]]

* PainfulRhyme: "Automatic Pt. 2" has quite a few, when the lyrics rhyme at all. She even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] in one line which is ''itself'' an example:

-->Do you like the way I rhyme? It's pretty darn clever

* PainfulRhyme: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in "Automatic Pt. 2", with the line referencing it ''itself'' being an example: