Hikaru Utada - Kiss & Cry (Katsucon 2008 Karaoke Contest)

[paulp518]

She would do good with something from the Seatbelts w/ mai yamane

[LenntBear]

I wonder if she realizes that this is yelling and not singing...

[InvertedRainbows]

There were some good and bad things about this performance.

First the bad: Not much dynamic contrast. She shows all her cards in the beginning of the song. She also sacrificed pitch for power at some parts.

Good: Awesome vocal chords. Very nice range in the chest register. If only she controls it better, this performance would have been almost perfect.

[GameboyKnight]

Sounds like she was just trying to scream the words out...she has no tone quality. She messed on a couple words, but I'll give her the BOD for nerves. She gets the chorus well though...but most of her singing is kind of messy.

[tiltyaheadbak4]

....no. totally ruins the feeling of the song. MAYBE it would've been good if she wouldn't have screamed at me the whole time...

[TaKeNoPrIsOnErS666]

this is hot!!

[SugarJoiko]

gr8 pronunciation ^_^

i see u hittin them high notes

[MokonaSoccerPlayer22]

I can see why she won at Otakon this year. She really has a powerful voice, imagine her hitting high notes. She's awesome !!!

And ignore the haters; does it matter by race to sing a song ? I'm black, and Latrice and Ai Chan inspired me to enter the otaku idol next year.

All I need is a suggestion what song a guy would sing in the contest ^__^;; b/c I watched some vids and the contestants are mostly girls, but that's not problem. ^__^

[animejpop]

There are plenty of songs for guys to do!

And besides, there's no rule saying you can't cross-sing! (er, a term I invented... singing a song originally sung in the opposite gender)

[BlueSounde]

I love this. What a neat, fun rendition. What a powerful voice! :)

[JazzyZenBrotha]

She did a good job! She was so confident with it too. She's a lot better than me

[TadakoXIII]

I think she should've had more variation in singing style -- i don't think this song was made to be belted out all the way through. A little more headset would've been nice. She was a little flat on some of the held-out notes. Some parts sounded like her voice was being strained yet other parts sounded quite good. It could've sounded richer in my opinion but nontheless, good job. At least she sang it with soul & feelin'. Maybe more coaching and practice would help. Not totally bad.

[TadakoXIII]

Eh, i listened to it again. I take it back, her tone *is* rich. Just, some notes were off and I'm not used to hearing this song sung in head-voice/belted (lmao, am i even using right terms?). I'm not even going to touch the pronunciation part because i feel it's irrelevant.

[animejpop]

What do you mean by 'headset'? :o

[TadakoXIII]

Oh gosh. ummm. it's kind of hard to explain without, uh, actually letting you hear some kind of audio clip. X'D I suppose ... if a guy sings in his falsetto voice, then you could view headset as the female version. Although that's technically wrong but i don't know how else to explain it. TuT;;

[xXAzNjApBoIXx]

Head voice is the upper register in everyone's voice. It's not relative to just women; men have head voices too.

Falsetto and the head voice are two different things, by the way.

[TadakoXIII]

!! ah-ha~ thank you. XD yeah, falsetto and head voice are two different things -- i'm just phail at explaining these things.

[xXAzNjApBoIXx]

Yep. When using your head voice your vocal cords are still a little open, while when using your falsetto your vocal cords are basically closed and you're making light airy sounds. Head voice > Falsetto.

[SunJooNee]

She puts her own twist on the song. But I think her pernunciation is kinda off in some words.

[yokotempie]

She's probably gonna berate me for even posting this but shoganai ne. (Yup I used random Japanese but I used it correctly ^_^)

She's a great singer. She sounds good here but great in person. It's sad to see people who don't know anything about her putting her down. Particulary for her singing and Japanese ability, which are both well above average.

This makes me miss Karaoke with you Latrice. We gotta find somewhere her to do it right.

To animejpop: when will you put up the Otakon vid?

[animejpop]

Yokotempie: You're right -- It's sad to see so much destructive critism and hate. Honestly, I thought her level of karaoke was very high for this particular competition -- High enough to be better than those who rated 1st and 2nd, anyway (I won't say 3rd, since I came in 3rd LOL).

Thank you for the reminder -- Keep pushing me. I aim to have them up within the week. It's sad that my card ran out of space before during her last song -- She rocked it, better than at Katsu.

[yakyim2114]

i thought she did pretty good but it was kinda loud but it was really good

oh and by the comments u guys are giving this is karaoke so what if said some things wrong i mean i dont see a video of you guys singing it

karaoke is supposed to be fun

[GotPh0]

she's good. BETTER THAN ME! and i'm asian!!!

[antisocialist87]

I've seen a lot of Asians fuck this song up.

[Clanitz]

She could've at least said the actual song title..not "cup noodle...thing"

[westheking2]

you did good girl but utada is better at this song than you are. sorry, try again!

[TorotheTIGER]

Well, um it's Utada's song. She did a really wonderful job. Don't hate on her. It was a really good karaoke

[kuriboi2k6]

Wow at the asiaphiles getting riled up over a black woman singing utada......jesus get over it.

[Clanitz]

oh god! my fucking ears! sing something in english next time!

you messed up on so many levels of this song..uggh! please learn japanese next time, here's a sample: Kura no desu ka?

[yokotempie]

stop hatin'. her level is high. how about yours?

[Aggibale]

... jeez, by the way people were commenting, i thought it would be really bad.. but it's fine. you guys are way too critical. i even almost enjoyed it a little. lol

[dragonteeth4]

horrible comon... Sing something that u can sing...

[Clanitz]

I agree..

[CalicienLeira]

mamma mia O_O ORRIBILE!!

[protogurl]

amazing!

[KiminChina]

That song really isn't easy to sing. Although your voice was very strong for the song, you did a great job!

[florhapsody]

this is such a hard song to sing. I thought you did amazing!

[YurPants]

You pronounce "chotto" so horrbile!

[kuriboi2k6]

fyi, she teaches english in Japan. She probably knows more about the japanese language than you

[YurPants]

Hey stupid. I SPEAK JAPANESE AND ENGLISH! SO I HIGHLY DOUBT THAT! Her pronounciation is so off! She sounds like a Japanese student not a teacher.

[yokotempie]

really?

[AibaMasakiShoSakurai]

@YurPants I`m neutral! So you deserve a hit that`ll stick into you`re mind too! X) It`s only fair? Sorry if this insult is late. Look who can`t spell? It`s just a karaoke contest right? Can you sing??? To be honest it was strange how she pronounced some words but maybe she freaked/she just can`t grasp the accent correctly/or maybe that`s her style of singing? But she won for a reason.

[YurPants]

Your problem is the power of ur voice, its too strong its a soft song. And you sound like an american. Its a JAPANESE song. You sound like an american trying to imitate a Japanese.

[kaoishii]

so sue her for implementing her own style into the song. The goal was not to emulate Utada if it was she'd fail because no one can sing like Utada and it'd be a boring interpretation if she tried. Singing her way I say she did a pretty good job. Was she as good as Utada, no, but that's not to say she didn't do a good job within her own right.

[antisocialist87]

@YurPants

Not really. Utada doesn't really have an incredibly soft voice.

[YurPants]

No. All I can say is no. Excuse me while i cringe.

[soragirl792]

RRRGG!!!! (crazed hikki fan speaking) HOW DARE YOU!! terrible ! XP boo! i dont care who gives me a thumbs down u gotta admit that was awefull! XO

[hilmehide]

omg she is relly good:D

[ryovan]

doenst suit this song at all......

[InnerRise]

There's a reason there's Karaoke in the world. :|

I'm willing to bet she brough some family and friends with her because I can't imagine any other reason why she'd get applause.

[geniafreak]

The perf is not good to me. I didn't like it also. Her voice does not suit this song perhaps. Personal opinion though,

[InnerRise]

She also came in a verse early with the ending "Natural High" part.

[SeanAbesto]

Oh by the way, it's Utada Hikaru not Hikaru Utada... and she sings really bad... sorry...

[animejpop]

Hikaru Utada is the English word order.

Utada Hikaru is the Japanese word order.

Get your facts straight.

[InnerRise]

BOW CHIKA WOW WOW!

[ashleybadash]

from one black woman to another, I. LOVE. YOU.

LOL

that was weird, i know. but you're awesome. xoxoxoxo

[SeanAbesto]

This is going to come off mean... but, I didn't like it... I really think it's not bad...

[Forysan]

I absolutely loved her performance. :)

[fonett]

Message for her. Moved deeply now.

Presents applause! from Japan.

[ebonysista6]

I love this song. ^_^ You sing it well. =)

[animejpop]

She certainly did :)