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Creativity Quote by Utada Hikaru

"It's a fairly recent thing, but I've become very fond of making drinks myself"

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A pop star confessing she’s gotten into making her own drinks is a tiny line that quietly rewires the usual celebrity script. Utada Hikaru isn’t selling a product or a persona of excess; she’s describing a small, domestic hobby with the kind of casual specificity that reads almost anti-brand. “Fairly recent” matters: it frames the habit as a late-blooming pleasure, a new ritual rather than a long-running identity. The subtext is growth, not reinvention-by-PR.

There’s also a subtle reclaiming of control. In an industry where schedules, sound, styling, and even “authenticity” are often managed by committees, mixing a drink is a private act with immediate feedback. You choose the ingredients, the balance, the mood. It’s creativity scaled down to the kitchen counter: the same sensibility as songwriting, but without the stakes of charts and discourse. Being “very fond” signals comfort rather than performance, pleasure rather than productivity.

Culturally, this lands in a moment where fans crave the unglamorous details of artists’ lives, but are also suspicious of over-curated relatability. Utada’s phrasing dodges both traps. It’s neither a dramatic confession nor an influencer tutorial; it’s a glimpse of adulthood as craft. The line hints at solitude, decompression, and self-sufficiency - a star choosing a quieter kind of artistry when the stage lights go out.

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Hikaru, Utada. (2026, February 18). It's a fairly recent thing, but I've become very fond of making drinks myself. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/its-a-fairly-recent-thing-but-ive-become-very-78981/

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Hikaru, Utada. "It's a fairly recent thing, but I've become very fond of making drinks myself." FixQuotes. February 18, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/its-a-fairly-recent-thing-but-ive-become-very-78981/.

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"It's a fairly recent thing, but I've become very fond of making drinks myself." FixQuotes, 18 Feb. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/its-a-fairly-recent-thing-but-ive-become-very-78981/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.

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Utada Hikaru

Utada Hikaru (born January 19, 1983) is a Musician from Japan.

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