Asian Artists Debut in America (BoA & Utada)

Nowadays, it looks like Asian artists are more daring to have a try in America. Utada Hikaru, BoA, even Wonder Girls. I won't be surprised if Big Bang wants to do the same, but they want to concentrate their market in Japan first.

Rain has done his debut in the movie Speed Racer, so this year he'll be the main character in Ninja Assassin. Mehehe...me and sis can't wait to see the movie. X3

So back to music news. BoA's self-titled english album is already out after Eat You Up single's success.


Tracklisting:
1. I Did It For Love feat. Sean Garrett
2. Energetic
3. Did Ya
4. Look Who's Talking
5. Eat You Up
6. Obsessed
7. Touched
8. Scream
9. Girls On Top
10. Dress Off
11. Hypnotic Dance Floor

My review: I'm quite surprised that there aren't any ballad songs in this album, especially since BoA has such a nice voice. Not even one, single R&B song is present...just plain upbeat songs that are similar to those songs you hear in english radios and typical like Britney Spears' songs (I'm not surprised, coz Look Who's Talking was written by her). So yeah, it's quite boring. And I don't like the english version of Girls On Top, just because. Tracks that I like though are Did Ya and Eat You Up, I'm telling you, this girl has more potential than what she has to offer.


Next one is Utada, who decided to try again in America's music scene after her failure with her Exodus album, which only sold around 55,000. Her new album is called


Tracklisting:
1. On and On
2. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - FYI
3. Apple and Cinnamon
4. Taking My Money Back
5. This One (Crying Like a Child)
6. Automatic Part II
7. Dirty Desire
8. Poppin'
9. Come Back To Me
10. Me Muero

My review: This is WAY better than Exodus. Probably because Utada feels tired in experimenting songs, and just want to do mainstream ones (she said so in an interview). And compared to Exodus, she wrote and composed all the songs with the help of others. She has mentioned that it'll be hard for her to express herself if she doesn't write and compose all the songs. When I listen to Come Back To Me, the lead single of this album, I just knew that she's gonna make it. Even music critics think the same as well (heck, Ne-Yo even praised her as the most talented person he ever worked with). My favourite tracks are the first five tracks and, of course, Come Back To Me. They sound similar to her older works, which I love and miss. What's funny are the tracks like Dirty Desire coz...well, the title says it all XD. But then again, you never know what's going on in her head. All I can say is, GO HIKKI!!!

All in all, these two ladies are very talented in their own ways. Don't you agree?