Utada Hikaru to start her radio program in April
Utada Hikaru will start her radio program on InterFM, “KUMA POWER HOUR with Utada Hikaru“, starting in April.
It’s a regular radio show, which will air on the third Tuesday of every month for an hour, and the first episode is scheduled to be aired on April 16th starting at 10:00 pm.
In the morning on March 22nd, Utada tweeted, “This is sudden, but I will start my radio show starting in April. It’ll be the first time in 13 years for me to have a regular program. I wonder if I would do fine…” As she said, this will mark her first regular radio program since her last one “Utada Hikaru no Tres Bien?Bohemian“, which ended in September of 2000.
Utada has been on hiatus after a live concert held in December of 2010. Though she provided “Sakura Nagashi” as theme song for the film, ‘Evangelion Shin Gekijouban: Q‘ (‘EVANGELION:3.0 YOU CAN (NOT) REDO‘), back in November of last year, there is no plan for her to resume her musical activities at this moment.
Source: natalie & Utada Hikaru Twitter
This is exciting news, although it doesn’t say what the format will be. I would like it to be Utada behind the mic talking about todays music scene, what artists she appreciates and playing their music. She’s wondering if she will do ok? She strikes me as the type of person who does well with any project she takes on.
Her album Heart Station is one of my all time favorites. Looking forward to her first radio program.