This is from an interview:

And a lot of my other friends who live in other countries said, ?Wow, this sounds so American, it sounds like it should be a big hit.? Why have you chosen now to come back to do another English-language album?

Probably because I had a contract left [laughs]. I was contracted to do one more, and the record company, Island Def Jam, would say ?when, when?,? and I would do two Japanese albums and they would [say] ?when are you doing an American one?? and I was like, ?Uh, I?ll get on it soon,? and I then I finally began working on it about a year ago, and it?s about almost done.


Hopefully, she still continues doing English work, even if it takes another five years.