Hikaru Utada has shared her experience working on “Home,” the latest bilingual collaboration with Charlie Puth. She described the song as deeply personal, noting that it was evident from the start that it came straight from Charlie’s heart. Hikaru praised the opportunity to collaborate with an artist who demonstrates such strong passion and sincerity in his music-making process.
She also highlighted the creative challenge of writing Japanese lyrics for an English-language track, especially when trying to maintain rhythm and rhyme across two very different phonetic systems. Despite the difficulty, she found the process both enjoyable and rewarding. Hikaru further expressed admiration for Charlie’s Japanese chorus, which she found unexpectedly beautiful and emotionally resonant. She hopes fans will appreciate the song’s bilingual nature and its universal message of love and belonging.
