19 Jun 2008 | Hikaru, Hikaru, it's "probation" for you
Well, it's back to music reviews — for the moment, anyway.
J-Pop wonder Hikaru Utada released her fifth Japanese studio album, entitled HEART STATION, earlier this year on March 19. Long before that time, I had officially shed all interest and ties to the few pop artists I had formerly enjoyed (finally realizing the stupidity and vapidity of the genre), so I did not exactly salivate at the news of Hikaru's release. Which is why I'm reviewing the thing now, roughly three months later, as opposed to being extremely slow on the uptake.
A telling tidbit, at any rate, since an admirable or merely respectable musical endeavor would not have prompted any sort of mention here.
Why do I dislike HEART STATION?