Fan Message for Utada Hikaru - We Miss U

Utada is currently on a break from the music industry. We don't know how long her break will be. I wanted to send her a fan message telling her how much she is missed and I hope she returns soon to produce more music. She has stopped tweeting for over a month, fans are missing her even more!

Our Japanese tutor Ben has helped me translate my message to Japanese. He did a great job translating (I did put him on the spot).

Listen to the message to Utada
Fan Message for Utada Hikaru - WE MISS U (110624) by CherriiPOPShow


Please help me tweet this message to Utada. I hope she will listen to it.

http://twitter.com/#!/utadahikaru

Utada's farewell concert series in 2010

IMPORTANT NEWS! Utada's farewell concert series (on the 8th and 9th DEC) before her hiatus will be broadcasted LIVE on Ustream!

Her “WILD LIFE“ concerts are held,at Yokohama Arena. She wanted to farewell all her fans worldwide with this live broadcast.

Tune in via: Ustream channels: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wl1 (700kbps) http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wl2 (300kbps). Concerts will begin on December 8th at 7:00 pm.

To celebrate her concerts, CherriiPOP have put together a special 'Best of Utada' Clip. Hope you enjoy it! Can you name all of her songs in the clip?

AND temporary Farewells to Jpop and Kpop’s Greatest: Utada Hikaru and Rain.

2010 will also bid farewells to other HUGE Pop artists, Utada Hikaru and Rain! I know, all my favourite artists are leaving me! Utada and Rain are not retiring but they are bidding temporary farewells to their fans.



Utada announced on her website that she will be taking a break from the music industry for an indefinite period of time. She has grown up in the industry and she has felt that it is time to explore a different side of life. Before the end of the year, she is releasing new compilation albums (1 in Japanese and 1 in English). New songs will be included on her Japanese compilation album and this week she released the PV to her newly released single ‘Goodbye Happiness’. I love the Music clip to this song, it’s very kawaii (cute) and it will surely put a smile on your face. It’s a simple clip, the whole MV takes place in a typical Japanese bedroom and she is singing at the desk with cute puppets popping in to frame. I love her Music clips, it’s creative and unlike American artist MV’s it’s not sexual. Utada never wears sexy clothes and dances with topless male dancers, she said it’s not her style. I admire that she stayed true to herself and didn’t succumb to pressures to be sexy to sell records.




Rain!!! Will also be taking a break from the music industry to serve his compulsory military duty. Rain has been delaying his enlistment for a long time now due to work and study commitments. It has been announced that he will enlist the start of 2011. This year has been a big year for Rain, he made his comeback on the small screen, starring in the popular TV drama ‘Fugitive: Plan B’, released a new single, there are plans that he will star in one more movie and also he is studying a masters degree. In addition, on December 31 this year he will be holding 2 special concerts in Seoul! It’s been a jammed packed year for Rain.

It hasn’t been an easy year for Rain, he has been caught up in a lot of bad media coverage over J Tune’s embezzlement drama, gambling debts. The next few years won’t get easier while he serves in the military.

I look forward to Utada and Rain’s comeback in the future. I think after their break they will be back with so much creative energy and producing remarkable music.

Utada on Twitter this week

Utada fans! Are you guys following her on twitter? She is a total twitter bug and she tweeted some interesting things this week. Last week on the show I mentioned that in addition to the release of her Singles Collection Volume 2, a best of English album will also be released. All her hit English songs will be released in a brand new album. Utada tweeted about this, unlike other artists that plug their albums Utada wrote:

The release of "Utada the best" is entirely against my will. I wish that my fans won't have to buy it. There's no new material in it. Monday, October 25, 2010 2:02:07 AM via web

It’s interesting that Utada doesn’t get the final say on this because she has a lot of control over her music career. I think her record label wants her to release it because she is going on an indefinite break from the music industry at the end of the year, so it would be meaningful if she would also release the best of English album.

Another interesting tweet she wrote during the week was:

Philippines, Finland, Vietnam, Austria, Germany, my my! I need to travel more! BTW Vietnamese is my fave Asian cuisine after Japanese :) Sunday, October 24, 2010 9:30:26 PM via web

It’s so cool to know that she enjoys Vietnamese food! I love Vietnamese food too well I am bias because I’m Vietnamese. Vietnamese food is fresh of full of flavour. My second favourite cuisine would probably be Japanese because I love sushi and sashimi a lot.

CherriiPOP playlist for 22/10/10

Hope you all liked our LADIES NIGHT themed show! Featuring the Best Female Vocalists and Girl Groups!
Bao Han – Niem Hon Vui
Bao Han – 99 Red Balloons
Elva Hsiao -抱緊你
Jolin Tsai – Nothing left to say
Utada Hikaru – Colors
Jessica (SNSD) – Sweet Delight
Son Dambi – Cry eye
Ayumi Hamasaki – Virgin Road
SNSD – Oh!

We have 3 more shows left! Remember to tune in on Fridays 7pm Melbourne Eastern time =D

Utada Hikaru’s Talented Music Family!!

Utada Hikaru will also be leaving the music business at the end of the year. Unlike Bao Han, Utada isn’t retiring but taking a break. She’s a newbie to twitter, she only joined about 2 weeks ago and she has become quite a regular tweeter.

She tweets to her fans a lot. One fan asked what she likes to sing at karaoke and she said Disney songs and some of her own songs! Imagine going to karaoke with Utada! I’ll be too intimidated to sing in front of her! Because I’m so bad haha…

She also said sang some of her mum’s songs at karaoke. She said her mum was a famous enka singer.

Utada tweeted:
Enka has a very particular style of singing, lyrics are often very sad, and my mother didn't want it to influence my singing, or my life..’

Utada told all her followers to google her mum. Of course I did and her mum Utada Junko is very beautiful and she was very famous and successful Enka artist. Junko’s debut album ‘Woman in Shinjuku/'Star of Enka' All of Keiko Fuji’ topped the Oricon charts for an impressive 20 consecutive weeks.

I also found out that Utada’s father Teruzane Utada is also in the music industry, he is a record producer and manager. When he married Junko he managed her career. Utada Hikaru is the only child and of course Teruzane oversaw his daughters career as well.

The Utada’s have been a huge part of Jpop making Jpop history. They are one talented family!

CherriiPOP Music show 1/10/10 playlist

Happy first of October everyone. Thanks for listening this week. Here is our playlist

CN Blue - I don't know why
Anna Tsuchiya - I believe in Love
Miyavi - Torture
Kelly Chen - My Weakness and Endurance
Kuwata Keisuke - Darling
Perfume - Love the world
Jerry Yan - Say I love you in KTV
Boa - copy and paste
Utada Hikaru - Simple and Clean

CherriiPOP 17/9/10 Playlist

Thanks for tuning in! Happy Moon Festival too! I'll be eating lots of moon cakes this weekend (^_^ )^ Here is our playlist

Son Dambi - Crazy
Mai Kuraki - Beautiful
Anna Tsuchiya - Rose
Big Bang - Make Love
Utada Hikaru - Take 5
Mika Nakashima - Orion
Rain - Still Believe
Kelly Chen - Unwritten
Speed - Yubiwa

CherriiPOP Playlist - 3/9/10

Thanks for listening to CherriiPOP this week. I hope you enjoyed our ANIME SHOW! Have a great Father's day weekend, remember to spoil your dad this Sunday. Also enjoy the first Spring weekend!!!

Perfume - Voice
Lee Sun Hee- Fox Rain
Utada Hikaru - Nijiiro bus (Rainbow colored bus)
Chang Min Feat Lee Hyun - I was able to eat well
Perfume - Love the world
Arashi - To be free
Park Hyo Shin - I love you
Perfume - Edge

(Perfume's music is AWESOME for dancing!!)

1 More day until our Season 2 Begins

The countdown is nearly over! 1 more day until Season 2 of CherriiPOP Music Show on Radio Monash Launches. We've got a lot of exciting stuff planned this season, so tune in 7pm tomorrow via www.radiomonash.net/listen for awesome music and reviews.

7/5/10 Our Debut Show

Thanks to everyone that helped get this show off the ground!! Thanks to Linh and Lien for their technical assistance and for co-hosting. Our first show was awesome! I hope you all enjoyed listening.

The playlist for our first show is:
Rain - Love Song
K Will - Dream (A love to kill OST)
Utada Hikaru - This One (Crying like a child)
SS501 - Because I'm stupid
BOA - Every Heart
K - Only Human (1 Litre of tears OST)
Clazziquai - Sweety
Hyori Lee - Sadness
Big Bang - Lies

If you have any song requests,song dedications, please send it to us via our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/CherriiPOP/119734958040515 or twitter @CherriiPOP

Remember to get your tix to Bao Han's Aussie Tour this July. Details are here http://cherriipop.blogspot.com/2010/04/vpops-princess-bao-han-to-farewell-her.html

Tune in next Fri 7-9pm for more Kpop, Jpop, Vpop and Cpop!! - Tam