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"Automatic" is a song recorded by Japanese–American singer Hikaru Utada, taken as the lead single from her debut album First Love (1999). It was released on December 9, 1998, through Toshiba-EMI in three physical formats: mini CD single , standard-size CD single and 12" vinyl .
Hikaru Utada was born on January 19, 1983 in New York City to Japanese parents. Her mother Keiko Fuji was an enka singer, while her father Teruzane Utada is a record producer. [7] [8] She grew up in Upper East Side, New York and moved to Tokyo, Japan at age 11 due to her parents work. [9] At the age of 10, Utada began to write music and lyrics.
Utada Hikaru Utada Hikaru Charlene Harrison Precious: 1998 English "A.S.A.P." Utada Hikaru Utada Hikaru Deep River: 2002 Japanese "About Me" Utada Hikaru Utada Hikaru Exodus: 2004 English "Addicted to You" † Utada Hikaru Utada Hikaru Distance: 2001 Japanese "Amai Wana: Paint It, Black (甘いワナ～: Paint It, Black); Sweet Trap: Paint It ...
Born and raised in New York City, Utada had her first solo experience in professional recording with Cubic U, a pseudonym used for her earlier English language work. After completing her first record Precious (1998), [1] with the help and guidance of her parents, musicians Teruzane Utada and Keiko Fuji, it failed to generate interest in both the United States and Japan, with the record only ...
This Is the One marked Utada's last album with Island Records, and the Universal Music Group at that time, not only due to the end of her contract, but also due to her 2010 global recording contract with EMI Music. All albums, regardless of language, will be released under "Hikaru Utada", thus also retiring her Western stage name, Utada. [5]
"Movin' On Without You" was written, composed and produced by Utada herself, which became her first ever single to have been done by her. [8] Her father, Teruzane, had co-produced and co-composed a lot of songs from Utada's first album First Love, but this song was the only track on the album to have not been produced by her father or Akira Miyake. [8]
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Musically, "Hikari" is a pop folk song, as described by staff members from Japanese music magazine CD Journal. [9] Square Enix Music's Neo Locke described the song's composition and melody in an extended review: "The acoustic guitar combined with the synth in the background creates a pleasant and gentle harmony that helps bring out Utada's voice."