Basically, we all complain that we don't understand how each other feels. It's like having a partner of the opposite sex. Have you never thought - "If I was the same sex as you, would I understand you more?" - it's quite simple, and we've all thought it once or twice but in different ways. The video is about her being a robot purely because it emphasises the idea that it's hard to understand someone who is something you're not, as woman and men are completely different
yup, they got a divorce reason being they 'couldn't depend on each other for emotional support.' It's about how she wanted to understand him better and had a better relationship but they can't since they're different; shes not a man (like he is).
>Misconception on her part though, not all men are like *that<
@patheticbaka Sorry to replay to this it's over two years, but no. The video is about how she, as a machine, sees how much humans have archived and she wants to become human, but they default it to "man" since we all know that it refers to mankind.
Maybe it's her take on sexism? In the video they show all these things like these male athletes, first men on the moon blah blah blah And then the ending is kinda like a spin of adam and eve, eve being created for adam. She's saying that women come second in society and she couldn't help the way she was born?
I think this song is really cool cuz people can take it in so many different ways. I personally plan to get a sex change so y know i feel like i can relate its just cool tho =]
I think the song is about not being treated with respect because she's a woman. She wishes that she was a man so she could be treated with respect. ^_^ Good luck on your sex change. :D
Also, the song is about her relationship with her husband. (According to some interviews/Utada's website). She wants to be a man so she can understand him better.
i luved the album exodus...this song was one of the best songs on it!! (apart from animato ...durrr!) wooo ! the vids also amazing :) yay 4 hikki !! <3
Dude.. I have fallen in love with this song. It has so much meaning, and the vid? I love the ending. It's a different take on Adam and Eve.. with the complicated machines being God.. and.. so much more meaning that I can't even put it to words. Simply AMAZING!
Yes... the title of the song may be a bit disturbing (personally I reckon it should of been called something different)But when you actually understand the song it actually really makes sense! At first when I didn't get the meaning of this song I didnt really like it but now that I get it I really like it it's one of my favourite Exodus songs along with "Devil Inside," "Exodus '04," "Animato," Kremlin Dusk," &"About Me."This song really has a deep meaning!Well done Hikaru Utada, you're awesome!
I think that's the style of Utada's videos. Most of them are...weird, as in very usual from what you'd expect of music videos. Sakura Drops was weird for me too, but I like the song.
::sigh:: Um, please look at the comment I was responding to. Thanks. Utada and her ex-husband were ADULTS. It doesn't matter how older her husband was.
I think its very clear, she´s talking about her exhusband, not the human race. And when she says "dont light that cigarrete" maybe she refers when in a discution with her ex, he smoke to avoid the conversation, and that bother her very much! Love u hikki! ure the man!!!
im not sure what the message hikki was trying to say in this song but i think she might've wanted to be a man so she could express her love and feelings and know what it's like to be a human. to know that feeling of love that a human can feel. and maybe too feel the freedom of a human too instead of having to be a machine. maybe thats why. im not sure but it's just an idea
The end what the male robot puls his rib out... is a part out of the bible... The robot at 2:44 is supposed to be Adam, the first man... and then he pull out his rib... and out of this rib Eve comes, the first woman...
At 1:36 you see a snake... in the bible there is a snake that persuades Eve to eat an apple... she does what the snake says and sins enter the world...
And there where she sings about paby please, don't light that sigarette... That could have something to do with eve eating the apple of knowledge of good and evil... she was fobidden to eat from the fruits -- maybe the lighting of a siggarette was forbidden...
i love this video and song!! Utada is simply amazing!!!! while watching this i was thinking how awesome of a movie this would be! kinda like the matrix...
You are amazing a different type of music but altogether one of the best real musicians out theres (voice is an instrument.)
Btw if you actually listen to the lyrics in the song its a metaphor, she doesnt want to be a man, most relationships are based off a patriarcy and she wishes to have that freedom.
She would like to have the free will of man, culture does change perspectives and well yep... "arguments that have no meaning" Its true especially in a divorce so everyones right!
i interpreted the song as a message...she and her boyfriend are have communication probloms and if she were a man it would be easier for them to talk to each other...
u are totally right, is about being a human but is too about to could see a man perspective for a woman, if u see... the whole Exodus Cd is about sexual and pair issues.... expepting ones like Kremlin Dusk wich is my favourite one, but the video is about ur idea of makind
Yeah, its about man kind and the mind of men, not saying she wants to be a man because she loves a woman...Utada's not like that. She's straight!Hikki's da bomb!
I really preferit when she sings in japanese. There's a difference in the way j-pop and american pop sound and I despise Pop but I love J-pp. Really the music industry in America is making her into a pop star, when I think her voice is really better suited for j-pop
"You Make Me Want to Be a Man - To me it was pretty simple and straight-forward. I was trying to deal with my husband,~~~ I felt like if I could be a man, I could understand him more, in some ways, so I wanted to understand him, and I thought, 'I wish I were a man!'" - Utada Hikaru
I'm sure she summed up her own song nicely. (made shorter for comment.
lol, I do know how he looks like, and he looks like sasuke but like in 30s, what i mean by that is imagine a 30 year old sasuke with short hair, and that's kind of how he looks like.. and I'm sure she'll be happy off.
Utada is a Japanese citz now she was both till 22 but japanese law states you can be both till 22 she took japn becasue she spends more time here and she is bigger here this song is to her ex hubby yh its hard for japanese women in japan...Ohh wicked thing!
i must say i was readin the comments ppl posted THSI IS ABOUT HER DIVORCE.. not hwo she wants to be a man bc they have more power in japan lol.. retarded
no, I think its a love story about a robot/anamatron thing that fell in love with someone and wants to become a man (person) so she can live with them
uh...your wrong!!!! it is NOT about her divorce, because if you read about her album and her song, you'd understand!!! Its about HER WANTING TO BE A MAN TO UNDERSTAND THEM [something like that] if you go on answers dot com, look up the song
I love this song so much!! I really don't understand why people aren't getting the meaning of this song. Listen to the lyrics. The meaning is pretty much smacking you in the face it's so obvious. Unless you're a little kid, you should know what she's trying to say. Use your brain people!!!
Which goes with what I said... in a lot of Asian cultures, women are portrayed as submissive and inferior to men. She wrote this song in honor of her ex-hubby... to understand where he comes from. Because as a male, he doesn't have to live submissively or second in line. And this isn't an idea I just came up with. I'm Asian and come from a traditional Asian family. It's typical living.
In a lot of Asian cultures, women are portrayed as submissive and inferior to men. And I think a lot of what this song is saying is she wishes she could be a man or of equal levels of a man's playing field. I don't think she wrote this song in a homosexual context. And the line "Don't light that cigarette" is a metaphor of... don't turn your head to me or pretend you can't hear me.
AquaGrunty200 you do not understand music at all do you?
What Mohama said is correct "it's actually about her wanting to understand her husband better. And the only way she thinks this can happen is if she was a man."
I know i am correct because she said it when she was being interviewed that she wish she could understand men better.
i have felt that way before... "oh things would be easier if i were a man!" i'm glad utada gets me at least! stupid boys with their crazy ways of thinking. >.< haha
That's what I thought when I first heard this video but it's actually about her wanting to understand her husband better. And the only way she thinks this can happen is if she was a man.
Um...I think this is a really great song. Awesome. Really. I...uh...just want to know what she means by "You Make Me Want to be a Man." Anyone know what she means?
I think what's meant by "You Make Me Want to be a Man" is that she doesn't understand this person, so she wishes she was a man so she could better understand this person's feelings.
AquaGrunty200, I have no idea if Utada is 100% straight or not, but I think you raised an interesting point because as a homosexual individual I didn't see any contradiction in the lyrics when I watched the video again assuming she was singing to another girl, except the reference to smoking cigarrettes cus often times smoking cigarrettes can emphasize one's masculinity while it is not usually considered or supposed to indicate one's femininity.
I don't think she's singing to a woman. The song is talking about how she doesn't understand someone, and this makes her want to be a man. If she was singing to a woman, it wouldn't make sense because generally women tend to understand each other's feelings. There's also a reference to Adam and Eve, where Eve is created from Adam's rib bone. She is portrayed as Eve, therefore she'd want to become a man to understand Adam...
um xKairax, AquaGrunty200, matzmt, she's singing to her (now ex) husband lol i can give you the link to the interview as proof if you want ^_^ its in english too, but she wrote the song during a time when she and her husband were having problems, she felt that maybe she could understand him better if SHE was a man lol that is the meaning behind the song and like i said, I can give u her interview as proof ^-^
um xKairax, AquaGrunty200, matzmt, she's singing to her (now ex) husband lol i can give you the link to the interview as proof if you want ^_^ its in english too, but she wrote the song during a time when she and her husband were having problems, she felt that maybe she could understand him better if SHE was a man lol that is the meaning behind the song and like i said, I can give u her interview as proof ^-^
no no this song was her way of expressing what she was going through with her husband at the time, she felt it was a gender issue, meaning they couldn't understand each other well because he's a man and she's a woman and she felt that maybe she could understand him better if she was a man lol did i make it clear? i tend to be a bit wordy lol!!
amazing video and my favourite utada's song. i don't like typical j-music, but Utada is so original... and she really can speak english. not many japanese singers do it so well.
DONT READ THIS! In 1997 a girl called lauren was walikng in a forest and then a she just dissapeared no one ever found her untill 2000 when a yoing girl called Mary found her body and markings on her chest saying: I wasnt pretty enough" and now you have read this she will appear in your mirror saying your not pretty enough and kill you. by the way the girl called mary died shortly after. To be saved paste this to 5 other videos. THIS TRUE
how? It looks very impressive too me. At least she can make music! Utada's very original. She'll rise to the top. They probably had to squeez in a lot of technical looking scenes for this video.
it's really cool :) I like the over all effect it gives, its something totally creative but very sensable, and the lyrics do make sense for those who listen :P its a positive attribute, and its just unique for a music video of todays genre
i think the song is great. she can express so much in a song. the vidoe is amazing. its so unique. i dont h#think any1 else would dare to do a song like this
hey athenashadowraven this ur fellow utada online peeps who hang around the song challenge thread ^_^. I clicked to watch this pv and saw ur user. XD thanks for the up
I love how Utada has so much ability... This songs so emotive, the video so creative, I cant help but love it. Its so there.... so full of anything and everything...
It describes my relationships perfectly. And I like the Adam and Eve connect she has.
The song is not terrible. She has a unique sound, and I think people failed to actually listen to what she had to say. She is an extremely successful artist, she's sold over 40 million copies of her albums worldwide.
That's an accomplishment to think about.
I'd much rather listen to this than rap and hip hop which has taken over the music industry and the interest of most young people.
This is an amazing song from an amazing album!! I think that with some publicity this album could be really sucessful. It's so fresh and original sounding, even now!
I don't know about the US but something like this could do really well in the UK. We like original music here :)
thanks for posting this, its a great video and song, the lyrics really could be much better. its such a difficult message she is trying to articulate... the way she accomplishes it is too too awkward, but she is still experimenting. wish they had released hotel lobby as a single instead, much better lyrics.
Shaolen, I agree with you. She said that in her interview with I belive it was MTV (i might be wrong) but it was in the Netherlands (that im sure) And its because she, like Shaolen said,
'wants to see from a mans point of view'
b/c she doesn't understand her husband...really how is that hard to understand?
13 people want to be a woman.
CatatonicClarity 6 months ago
i just love how her eyes r sooooooo red waaaaaaaaaaaaah i want mines like that :D
urvampiresweetheart 1 year ago 3
lol that settles it the first ppl on earth were Chinese
Roully09 1 year ago
@Roully09 Failed the first ppl on earth were japanese XDD
ACj248 1 year ago
i bet if she made a video for kremlin dusk, it'd be epic.
milesmassacre120 1 year ago
i heard this in a steve and barry's store
milesmassacre120 1 year ago
this video is bad ass. love it...
siddp17 1 year ago
i love this. cant believe i just found it. loved both songs for kingdom hearts
TysenBattles 1 year ago
this vid and music is kinda weird, i cant say if i like it or not...
Sanyeliz 1 year ago
hmmm the mv is pretty interesting but i don't like the song :(
shinevangie 1 year ago
Utada Would Be A Cute Guy, And I'm A Guy
Not Even Gay LoL
LoveSugarPlum7 1 year ago
She is talking about not understanding how each other feels in a relationship, and it slowly breaking down, NOT having a sex-change
BitoRaimu 1 year ago
Basically, we all complain that we don't understand how each other feels. It's like having a partner of the opposite sex. Have you never thought - "If I was the same sex as you, would I understand you more?" - it's quite simple, and we've all thought it once or twice but in different ways. The video is about her being a robot purely because it emphasises the idea that it's hard to understand someone who is something you're not, as woman and men are completely different
xmaster2 1 year ago
and what she means is she wants to be human not a robot or other words controled
fuzzbal83 1 year ago
she lloks like brenda song
fuzzbal83 1 year ago
All of her videos are so unique. x]
19409 3 years ago 22
I agree n.n though I heard that she made this song after her and her husband got divorced
ShanaDragoon 3 years ago
The song was recorded 4 years before she divorced her husband.
DigitalJunkie0 2 years ago
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all of u haters get away hikki is my wife idc wat u guys say shes mine ill fite u all 4 her LoL
cmurderabc1 4 years ago
she's not talking abt having a sex change
she wants to know how it is to be a man, to know how they feel,, blah blah,, i think this song is for her ex hubby
patheticbaka 4 years ago 22
@patheticbaka
yup, they got a divorce reason being they 'couldn't depend on each other for emotional support.' It's about how she wanted to understand him better and had a better relationship but they can't since they're different; shes not a man (like he is).
>Misconception on her part though, not all men are like *that<
*implication
TrigadeTessarine 1 year ago
@patheticbaka it is i think...
jplastow 1 year ago
@patheticbaka Sorry to replay to this it's over two years, but no. The video is about how she, as a machine, sees how much humans have archived and she wants to become human, but they default it to "man" since we all know that it refers to mankind.
jeanintro 1 year ago 5
Maybe it's her take on sexism? In the video they show all these things like these male athletes, first men on the moon blah blah blah And then the ending is kinda like a spin of adam and eve, eve being created for adam. She's saying that women come second in society and she couldn't help the way she was born?
Moonlitneko 4 years ago
I think this song is really cool cuz people can take it in so many different ways. I personally plan to get a sex change so y know i feel like i can relate its just cool tho =]
ElectricMist 4 years ago 6
I think the song is about not being treated with respect because she's a woman. She wishes that she was a man so she could be treated with respect. ^_^ Good luck on your sex change. :D
TheGodMar 4 years ago
Also, the song is about her relationship with her husband. (According to some interviews/Utada's website). She wants to be a man so she can understand him better.
TheGodMar 4 years ago 5
They really put a lot of work into this mv. Expensive, expensive, all that labor in the computer workings.
sabartley5 4 years ago
I want to say the meaning has something to do with the fact men can't seem to get past the fact that we are women.
As in, they only see the differences between us.
I think she's saying that if she was a man then maybe things wouldn't be so difficult in the sense of gender the way it is now.
icedperfection 4 years ago 4
i luved the album exodus...this song was one of the best songs on it!! (apart from animato ...durrr!) wooo ! the vids also amazing :) yay 4 hikki !! <3
darknesswithinu 4 years ago
this vid is great but weird
tks for posting
Xeria 4 years ago
Dude.. I have fallen in love with this song. It has so much meaning, and the vid? I love the ending. It's a different take on Adam and Eve.. with the complicated machines being God.. and.. so much more meaning that I can't even put it to words. Simply AMAZING!
MaskedInVenom 4 years ago
This video is ... wow! but I just can't seem to figure out why she wants to be a man?
xx0ty0xx 4 years ago
she makes me want to be a man
cuzz shes mad pretty
misfortunatechild 4 years ago
Yes... the title of the song may be a bit disturbing (personally I reckon it should of been called something different)But when you actually understand the song it actually really makes sense! At first when I didn't get the meaning of this song I didnt really like it but now that I get it I really like it it's one of my favourite Exodus songs along with "Devil Inside," "Exodus '04," "Animato," Kremlin Dusk," &"About Me."This song really has a deep meaning!Well done Hikaru Utada, you're awesome!
shiawasenaninjin 4 years ago
i love this mix of the song (even better then the real song)
YAY TO UTADA!!
it sux that her husband (ex) and her divorced not so long ago TTnTT
meg3mukka 4 years ago
???
This is the real song?
lmao
BoySanchez 4 years ago
like the song...vid is WIERD
VidelAndGohan4Ever 4 years ago
I think that's the style of Utada's videos. Most of them are...weird, as in very usual from what you'd expect of music videos. Sakura Drops was weird for me too, but I like the song.
summertwinkle 3 years ago
um anyone have the mp3??? its really hard to find.....
LILKrNGuRl 4 years ago
Do you have the download of this =)?
Takachan1 4 years ago
the cigarette stuff seems personal, so i'd guess its about her husband. awesome song!
pippiniscool 4 years ago
*sniff* she and her husband split in May.
ihearthentai100 4 years ago
lol have you seen him?
....i believe love is blind
but hes like 15 years older than her lol
seriously
BoySanchez 4 years ago
You don't believe love is blind then. Who cares how older he is than her? Age does not matter.
TheGodMar 4 years ago 6
YES IT DOES
40 yr old guys with 5 yr old girls is FAR FROM NOT MATTERING
jukenfist 3 years ago
he was only 15 years older than her, how the heck does your example work? o.O
woaimusic 3 years ago
oh i didnt realize we were talkin bout utada hikaru. so he was fifteen when she was a baby?? hmmmmm....
jukenfist 3 years ago
::sigh:: Um, please look at the comment I was responding to. Thanks. Utada and her ex-husband were ADULTS. It doesn't matter how older her husband was.
TheGodMar 3 years ago 2
truce, cause i have no idea wat u talkin bout =D
jukenfist 3 years ago
The age doesn't reaally matter..
At first it bothered me too but I realized as long as they were truly in love, it's fine. (:
19409 3 years ago
I think its very clear, she´s talking about her exhusband, not the human race. And when she says "dont light that cigarrete" maybe she refers when in a discution with her ex, he smoke to avoid the conversation, and that bother her very much! Love u hikki! ure the man!!!
alowonka 4 years ago
im not sure what the message hikki was trying to say in this song but i think she might've wanted to be a man so she could express her love and feelings and know what it's like to be a human. to know that feeling of love that a human can feel. and maybe too feel the freedom of a human too instead of having to be a machine. maybe thats why. im not sure but it's just an idea
hinatay 4 years ago 2
The end what the male robot puls his rib out... is a part out of the bible... The robot at 2:44 is supposed to be Adam, the first man... and then he pull out his rib... and out of this rib Eve comes, the first woman...
Well its the meaning of a part of the song...
InTouchWithBertJ 4 years ago
At 1:36 you see a snake... in the bible there is a snake that persuades Eve to eat an apple... she does what the snake says and sins enter the world...
and yet again it could be part of a meaning^^
InTouchWithBertJ 4 years ago 2
that's good idea. maybe it was that, maybe it wasnt. i hope we can find the right one.
hinatay 4 years ago 2
And there where she sings about paby please, don't light that sigarette... That could have something to do with eve eating the apple of knowledge of good and evil... she was fobidden to eat from the fruits -- maybe the lighting of a siggarette was forbidden...
in their paradise... of machines...
InTouchWithBertJ 4 years ago 2
that's true. or maybe it's like lighting the cigarette is taking a risk..........
hinatay 4 years ago
Ye, we'll probably never know for sure
InTouchWithBertJ 4 years ago
Oh and wiki says, The song describes how she could better understand her husband.
InTouchWithBertJ 4 years ago
yea we prob not gonna find out. but that goes for a bunch of different songs.
hinatay 4 years ago
I want this one as mpc file
InTouchWithBertJ 4 years ago
*Mp3 file
InTouchWithBertJ 4 years ago
i love this video and song!! Utada is simply amazing!!!! while watching this i was thinking how awesome of a movie this would be! kinda like the matrix...
blueskies409 4 years ago
Strange in a very cool way! I love Kremlin Dusk though- it's my favorite song by her!=)
darkAngel171030 4 years ago
Her music is truly unique.
cloudyaiden 4 years ago
Utada-san always has the most interesting unique videos!
hibeia 4 years ago
You are amazing a different type of music but altogether one of the best real musicians out theres (voice is an instrument.)
Btw if you actually listen to the lyrics in the song its a metaphor, she doesnt want to be a man, most relationships are based off a patriarcy and she wishes to have that freedom.
She would like to have the free will of man, culture does change perspectives and well yep... "arguments that have no meaning" Its true especially in a divorce so everyones right!
Diamondzdust 4 years ago
dumb ass. These are utada hikaru fans. not like p0rn0s
Namine86810 4 years ago
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This video completely freaked me out when I first saw it on IMF. Had no idea it was the same person who did the Kingdom Hearts theme.
ganondorf22 4 years ago
shes ammmmmazing!! luv u hikki! <3
darknesswithinu 4 years ago
I love it.
(artgeek it's not because she sings in english than it's american pop sound lol)
eliadus 4 years ago
Utada is.. simply amazing..
SaintJames5150 4 years ago 3
i interpreted the song as a message...she and her boyfriend are have communication probloms and if she were a man it would be easier for them to talk to each other...
hotshotemi22 4 years ago 2
you guys are all wrong. What she meant by "man" is mankind, human, not male. watch the video.
17582218 4 years ago
It's about her wanting to better understand her husband ._o
SethTheEvilSide 4 years ago
you don't need to give him negative points for that.
Jotah101 4 years ago
u are totally right, is about being a human but is too about to could see a man perspective for a woman, if u see... the whole Exodus Cd is about sexual and pair issues.... expepting ones like Kremlin Dusk wich is my favourite one, but the video is about ur idea of makind
tatuvolkina 4 years ago
The video is a different take on the meaning of the song. The SONG is about her relationship with her husband.
TheGodMar 4 years ago
speaially when she sais i want to tell u sum thin but i cant!!!
kingdomofmyheart 3 years ago
Yeah, its about man kind and the mind of men, not saying she wants to be a man because she loves a woman...Utada's not like that. She's straight!Hikki's da bomb!
shiawasenaninjin 4 years ago 2
would it really make that dferent if she was a lesbian or a trans or sum thin...
kingdomofmyheart 3 years ago
I really preferit when she sings in japanese. There's a difference in the way j-pop and american pop sound and I despise Pop but I love J-pp. Really the music industry in America is making her into a pop star, when I think her voice is really better suited for j-pop
artgeek707 4 years ago
well that was.... weird...
YuffieFFVII 4 years ago
fuck yes.
FPSSpectre 4 years ago
her videos aren't the videos that you mostly see around youtube
Lewaedd 4 years ago 2
Well i like it.
IfxIxWasxCrazy 4 years ago 4
Reminds me of a Bjork video. Hmmm...
narutosux613 4 years ago
"You Make Me Want to Be a Man - To me it was pretty simple and straight-forward. I was trying to deal with my husband,~~~ I felt like if I could be a man, I could understand him more, in some ways, so I wanted to understand him, and I thought, 'I wish I were a man!'" - Utada Hikaru
I'm sure she summed up her own song nicely. (made shorter for comment.
kizuhara 4 years ago 2
they got divorced recently.
i wonder what he looks like.
but yeah..
i bet there are plently of men that are happy to know she's single now.
arielakayumichan 4 years ago
lol, I do know how he looks like, and he looks like sasuke but like in 30s, what i mean by that is imagine a 30 year old sasuke with short hair, and that's kind of how he looks like.. and I'm sure she'll be happy off.
liljohnsuh 4 years ago
liek me rofl
FPSSpectre 4 years ago
actually youre all wrong...the song is actually about her not being able to understand men soo she wants to be one so she can understand them....duh
hahah im jk jk....i dont really know but thats what i got from it
daryl928 4 years ago
Not a huge fan of the song but I love the video.
95000 4 years ago
she is SO AMAZING!!!!!! just a pitty she hasnt released anything in the UK yet :(
thiswellsuxx 4 years ago
You have AMY WINEHOUSE! She's great!
Eva901 4 years ago
who the hell wants to be a man?
lol no offence to those who are men...
Saxeiliaxx 4 years ago
Utada is a Japanese citz now she was both till 22 but japanese law states you can be both till 22 she took japn becasue she spends more time here and she is bigger here this song is to her ex hubby yh its hard for japanese women in japan...Ohh wicked thing!
JapanesePrincessYuki 4 years ago
she wouldnt be particularly used to that because she is from the US
thiswellsuxx 4 years ago
i must say i was readin the comments ppl posted THSI IS ABOUT HER DIVORCE.. not hwo she wants to be a man bc they have more power in japan lol.. retarded
Hinata8767 4 years ago
no, I think its a love story about a robot/anamatron thing that fell in love with someone and wants to become a man (person) so she can live with them
animegirl9462 4 years ago
im tellin u what it IS about not what i think.. it IS abotu her divorce
Hinata8767 4 years ago
ohhhhh now i get it lol
ShinobiLuril 4 years ago
uh...your wrong!!!! it is NOT about her divorce, because if you read about her album and her song, you'd understand!!! Its about HER WANTING TO BE A MAN TO UNDERSTAND THEM [something like that] if you go on answers dot com, look up the song
renoboo 4 years ago
go on her firgin web site .. its about her divorce
Hinata8767 4 years ago
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ingjerd 4 years ago
I love Utada and I hope she is really famous in the US whenever she decides to put out another album in America. I hope she does it soon, too!
SabrinaSings 4 years ago
I love this song so much!! I really don't understand why people aren't getting the meaning of this song. Listen to the lyrics. The meaning is pretty much smacking you in the face it's so obvious. Unless you're a little kid, you should know what she's trying to say. Use your brain people!!!
sstar1288 4 years ago
sorry i didn't mean to post my comment twice lol!!
Kiyone 4 years ago
Dude she wrote this song in honor of her ex-hubby..and wanting to understand him..how you guys come up with these ideas are like...woah.
FeverishCalm 4 years ago
Which goes with what I said... in a lot of Asian cultures, women are portrayed as submissive and inferior to men. She wrote this song in honor of her ex-hubby... to understand where he comes from. Because as a male, he doesn't have to live submissively or second in line. And this isn't an idea I just came up with. I'm Asian and come from a traditional Asian family. It's typical living.
therealcriticathand 4 years ago
In a lot of Asian cultures, women are portrayed as submissive and inferior to men. And I think a lot of what this song is saying is she wishes she could be a man or of equal levels of a man's playing field. I don't think she wrote this song in a homosexual context. And the line "Don't light that cigarette" is a metaphor of... don't turn your head to me or pretend you can't hear me.
therealcriticathand 4 years ago
thank you..... finally a comment with real meaning....
JawadaDark 4 years ago
AquaGrunty200 you do not understand music at all do you?
What Mohama said is correct "it's actually about her wanting to understand her husband better. And the only way she thinks this can happen is if she was a man."
I know i am correct because she said it when she was being interviewed that she wish she could understand men better.
mis1nterpret3d 4 years ago
i have felt that way before... "oh things would be easier if i were a man!" i'm glad utada gets me at least! stupid boys with their crazy ways of thinking. >.< haha
youkaichick 4 years ago
That's what I thought when I first heard this video but it's actually about her wanting to understand her husband better. And the only way she thinks this can happen is if she was a man.
Mohama 4 years ago
Um...I think this is a really great song. Awesome. Really. I...uh...just want to know what she means by "You Make Me Want to be a Man." Anyone know what she means?
AquaGrunty200 4 years ago
I think what's meant by "You Make Me Want to be a Man" is that she doesn't understand this person, so she wishes she was a man so she could better understand this person's feelings.
Or something like that.=P
xKairax 4 years ago
I was just wondering if it was that or if she might be singing to a girl. Anyone know what Utada-san's orientation is?
AquaGrunty200 4 years ago
AquaGrunty200, I have no idea if Utada is 100% straight or not, but I think you raised an interesting point because as a homosexual individual I didn't see any contradiction in the lyrics when I watched the video again assuming she was singing to another girl, except the reference to smoking cigarrettes cus often times smoking cigarrettes can emphasize one's masculinity while it is not usually considered or supposed to indicate one's femininity.
matzmt 4 years ago
I don't think she's singing to a woman. The song is talking about how she doesn't understand someone, and this makes her want to be a man. If she was singing to a woman, it wouldn't make sense because generally women tend to understand each other's feelings. There's also a reference to Adam and Eve, where Eve is created from Adam's rib bone. She is portrayed as Eve, therefore she'd want to become a man to understand Adam...
That's what I'm getting from it. o.O
xKairax 4 years ago
um xKairax, AquaGrunty200, matzmt, she's singing to her (now ex) husband lol i can give you the link to the interview as proof if you want ^_^ its in english too, but she wrote the song during a time when she and her husband were having problems, she felt that maybe she could understand him better if SHE was a man lol that is the meaning behind the song and like i said, I can give u her interview as proof ^-^
Kiyone 4 years ago
um xKairax, AquaGrunty200, matzmt, she's singing to her (now ex) husband lol i can give you the link to the interview as proof if you want ^_^ its in english too, but she wrote the song during a time when she and her husband were having problems, she felt that maybe she could understand him better if SHE was a man lol that is the meaning behind the song and like i said, I can give u her interview as proof ^-^
Kiyone 4 years ago
I believe you, but I'd love to see the interviews anyway. could you send them to me?
miyah11 4 years ago
sorry! i forgot to check for replies lol i'll send it to you if you haven't seen it yet lol
Kiyone 4 years ago
sorry it took so long i forget to check for replies lol sure i'll send it ^-^
Kiyone 4 years ago
thank you so much! I am so obsessed over her<3
miyah11 4 years ago 3
I sent the interview to you and i'm just checking to make sure ya got it ^-^
Kiyone 4 years ago
why are people arguing over if this song sucks or not? x__x its a matter of opinion~~
i, for one, love it :3~~!
xaiochan 4 years ago
Is this song about a woman being abused by her husband? I'm not completely sure.
DuckyForPresident 4 years ago
no no this song was her way of expressing what she was going through with her husband at the time, she felt it was a gender issue, meaning they couldn't understand each other well because he's a man and she's a woman and she felt that maybe she could understand him better if she was a man lol did i make it clear? i tend to be a bit wordy lol!!
Kiyone 4 years ago
amazing video and my favourite utada's song. i don't like typical j-music, but Utada is so original... and she really can speak english. not many japanese singers do it so well.
vegetablechan 4 years ago
that's actually because she's bilingual. she grew up in new york, which is why she's fluent in english. :)
jessefan1987 4 years ago
even if in this video shes a robot, shes hawt!!
935831322 4 years ago
This video has a message.
mis1nterpret3d 4 years ago
I believe the live version is much better!
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shoecat600 4 years ago
I like how its soo fake ..it just exceeds reality and thats trail blazing I love her crazy videos like this...like..Sakura drops..I lived for it!
Japaraga 4 years ago
I think Utada is inspiring, but this is just too fake :(
NISHTAA 4 years ago
really fake and crazy right? XD i know
soragirl792 4 years ago
what do you mean by fake?
sharpshooter1193 4 years ago
how? It looks very impressive too me. At least she can make music! Utada's very original. She'll rise to the top. They probably had to squeez in a lot of technical looking scenes for this video.
jmina12 4 years ago
This is an interesting song and video! I like it! :)
ChellzNCheez 4 years ago
i feel it wierd. dont like this pv at all.
mikayoyo 4 years ago
the part where the man takes one of his ribs and there's a woman created around it THAT'S SO COOL! like adam and eve
chukulic 4 years ago
cooooooooooooooool
chukulic 4 years ago
I love the video and the song. I can really relate to what she is saying.
Evanesce 5 years ago
where can you get a copy of this vid?
mariecuriecutie 5 years ago
this is my fav song off of exodus
Besil 5 years ago
Ever such a slight DnB influence in tis. Love it. Different, pretty and catchy.
bongwaterlu 5 years ago
i LOVVVVEE utada but this is just okward
ghstofyoumcr 5 years ago
well, I know why she's one of the richest ppl in Japan. Her music is so genuin, so ppl love it and buy it. love her!
namine19 5 years ago
Maybe the best song in exodus and great music video for it. So much better than 'easy breezy'
DRKAO 5 years ago
it's really cool :) I like the over all effect it gives, its something totally creative but very sensable, and the lyrics do make sense for those who listen :P its a positive attribute, and its just unique for a music video of todays genre
minoulapoule 5 years ago
i think the song is great. she can express so much in a song. the vidoe is amazing. its so unique. i dont h#think any1 else would dare to do a song like this
ellraz 5 years ago
The music is almost bad, and the video is too weird. I only like the singing and lyrics.
SuperStarLike 5 years ago
hey athenashadowraven this ur fellow utada online peeps who hang around the song challenge thread ^_^. I clicked to watch this pv and saw ur user. XD thanks for the up
some1ukno 5 years ago
I love how Utada has so much ability... This songs so emotive, the video so creative, I cant help but love it. Its so there.... so full of anything and everything...
It describes my relationships perfectly. And I like the Adam and Eve connect she has.
Go, Utada, Go!
IxoRose 5 years ago
this was a single before exodus came out.
Shintakun 5 years ago
whoa...i can relate to this song...scary
sdlkfjsdljf 5 years ago
I liked it..
Langdonpill 5 years ago
I dont think its a scary video, in fact I love it! Its unique and creative, things you dont see that often in music anymore.
IxoRose 5 years ago
The video makes sense. Great song and yes people she said that she wanted to understand her husband because she doesn't understand him.
jdlc9215 5 years ago
i got scared..lol that video clip is scary..awks why cant utada make nice sweet songs =(
sweethoneyb7 5 years ago
I love the song and video, she put a nice message in there for women, (we wish we could understand things from a man's point of view -.-)
Clanitz 5 years ago
maybe so, but the song is still terrible. No wonder she failed the US.
Terramax 5 years ago
The song is not terrible. She has a unique sound, and I think people failed to actually listen to what she had to say. She is an extremely successful artist, she's sold over 40 million copies of her albums worldwide.
That's an accomplishment to think about.
I'd much rather listen to this than rap and hip hop which has taken over the music industry and the interest of most young people.
xKairax 5 years ago
This is an amazing song from an amazing album!! I think that with some publicity this album could be really sucessful. It's so fresh and original sounding, even now!
I don't know about the US but something like this could do really well in the UK. We like original music here :)
TesseBannbutt 4 years ago
for half a million the video coulda been better.
for all her experience of the music industry u think she woulda executed her western releases better... obviously not.
booface 5 years ago
she makes me want to taste a gun
dictatorjuu 5 years ago
thanks for posting this, its a great video and song, the lyrics really could be much better. its such a difficult message she is trying to articulate... the way she accomplishes it is too too awkward, but she is still experimenting. wish they had released hotel lobby as a single instead, much better lyrics.
takatakatang 5 years ago
this is fuckin scary
JL0vely 5 years ago
Shaolen, I agree with you. She said that in her interview with I belive it was MTV (i might be wrong) but it was in the Netherlands (that im sure) And its because she, like Shaolen said,
'wants to see from a mans point of view'
b/c she doesn't understand her husband...really how is that hard to understand?
Great song, vid a bit odd but still