This is the one!?

I rarely ever swear and try to prevent it as much as possible. But I am so f**king dissapointed with this album cover. It's the same dry old piece of artwork that's been floating around for over a month. If it weren't plastered over her mysapce page and webpage and used as her single artwork, I'd be all over it - because the shot itself is stunning. But the fact the image isn't new and the font is so fugly, just deal breaks the whole thing for me. I'm really dissapointed. The image should've been held back and been made the album cover with no font on the front, keeping in line with the majority of Hikaru's Japanese releases album artworks. I'm hoping we're being punked and some finalized artwork will surface over the next 2 weeks. But something inside is telling me this recycled piece of artwork with shit font will be it. Along with the album artwork, we also have the track list for the album, which features a paltry 10 songs.

01. On and on
02. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - FYI
03. Apple and cinnamon
04. Taking my money back
05. This one (Crying like a child)
06. Automatic part II
07. Dirty desire
08. Poppin’
09. Come back to me
10. Me muero

My anticipation for this CD has dropped. I called BoA out for not doing enough to promote her shit, but I have to put the Hikaru stan gaunlet aside and put it out there that Hikaru hasn't done much more herself. She's in a much better position to break the US given her fluency in English, having been there and done it before, and having a better lead single than BoA. I can see Hikaru's shit flopping like Exodus and BoA doing better. It's sad to say that right now I'm anticipating BoA's album more. But Hikaru's will be the one I'll buy without fail, because I stan for her and I know she'll have the better album.

Def Jam need to step their shit up, otherwise this album will flop in the West. I'm also a little pissed at Hikaru, because surely she has the resources and money to push her album more and do what Def Jam don't seem to be doing. You'd think artists at Def Jam would've realized by now that The Forehead is the only artist that gets air time and decent promotion. Mariah got kicked to the crub and sabotaged by whack single choices, we all know what happened (or didn't happen) with Janet. So Hikaru has no chance.