I really like Work It Out!, too. :yes I don't like it as much as I thought I might, unfortunately, and it's probably my least favourite of my favourites [hah], but it is really fun and catchy.

omg that was good! xD

haha she really looked like kuu in the pv :) awesome job!

makes me wanna watch the real pv now :P

I love SIMW & Work It Out is awesomeness!!

Thanks for sharing! In my opinion this is really good, very well done. :) I love You're So Beautiful's PV. :heart

Didn't everyone like Work It Out! ? :P

Maybe the it's new effect is over =P lol.

Step Into My World is so epic <3

Work It Out! is amazing.

erm guess that I'm the only one who doesn't like Work It Out & Comes Up :S

Work It Out! is one of my favorites along with No Way. :P

I liked Step Into My World initially but I found it to be kinda repetitive and boring as time goes by... maybe for such a melody, a length like INTRODUCTION TO TRICK would better? :shrug

Work It Out! is amazing for me. I love the change in tempo, change in song mood throughout the song...and it has elements of fun

lol yeah I find them to be the weakest tracks on UNIVERSE

Work It Out ! sounded like a Run For Your Life reject while for Comes Up , it's a girls reject to me :no

I don't like Comes Up either :no

+1000000

I hope she will make an epic performance for this song on UNIVERSE tour. :luv2

OMG! is that The SIms 2 video? awesome creations!

Does anyone have a textless version of this pic please?

i've noticed no two people have the same exact feelings for all the songs.
it really is to each his own. xD

It's one of my favorites off the entire album.

I did my own crappy textless version...

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/3319/9zgii51zxf.th.jpg

I've changed my mind :yes. I really like the album now :heart. stay is my favorite track so far <333

http://rhythmzone.net/koda/community/review.php
some reviews in english:

so cute :heart

^ cute! I see my comment there ;)

I love that part too! ha ha.

Uhm.. no news or new performances?? :(
It's gettin' slow here.. tsk

I do like work it out for regular album track but not the best. the best IMO in order is :
1. No way
2. UNIVERSE
3. Step into my world
4. work it out
5. comes up
6. Stay
I really love No way. i havent got bored yet with this song.
hopefully her upcoming tour will include all tracks of UNIVERSE

I Did My Best it's look good :)

http://i46.tinypic.com/a9pn35.jpg

Aw, how sweet :heart

cool this looks really good, twinkle! thanks! and thanks waterballoon too :)

thank you it's a very nice pic ^^

Awww...that is so sweeet.. :heart

I find it weird that her 2010 tour has only four dates, and none are in Tokyo =/ Will she add more dates?

And I just looked at the information for LIVE IN TAIWAN... Will that be a DVD release?

^wow, really only 4? i hope she adds more. =\

and sadly, yes, the DVD will be released soon, but to FANCLUB MEMEBERS ONLY!
>_<

^^There're 18 dates for the tour, the 4 you saw are the ones that got added later to these 14:
http://rhythmzone.net/koda/information/tour2010.html

Kumi Kuu will be at Tokyo Girls Collection 2010 Spring/Summer
this fashion festival is gonna be on March 6th.

Credits: LiDaYuRan

yay! :luv2

^ Wasn't Kuu at that before? But, yay!!! And that's on my birthday, too! lol I watched the show from a year or two ago. Those are always fun :)

Fanclub only?! Wow... that's crazy! Hopefully she'll reconsider. From the clips I saw, that was really a good concert!

Aah, okay. I didn't see those. Thanks for showing me the other dates :)

Is that hosted by ViVi?

it's not your fault, the just added the dates to it on monday, i receive the email from the fanclub yesterday.
as for the DVD, i seriously doubt that they will open it to the public, they did that to Morning musume before, releasing a US concert DVD only to the Fanclub members in JAPAN.

the DVD is out for preorder at the fanclub shop, BUT it's a limited release, only till 9th March, while stocks last. They are only printing a certain amount of copies only.

stupid Avex.....

yup.

total 18 dates.
2 dates on Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

:) Twinkle!'s was much nicer though xD

and is the spring collection thing like a runway show?

I hate how everyone is saying Work It Out sounds like Run For Your Life. The only thing that is similar is the tempo for the verses. Run For Your Life has a boring ass chorus. This chorus delivers full-throttle. So I say Work It Out! is an improvement over Run For Your Life.

Work It Out! > Run For Your Life

Cover of April issue of Jelly:

http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/...BL._SS500_.jpg

:luv2

^ SHE'S WORKING IT OUT. :heart

:yes girls in the catwalk

Last year she sang TABOO, BUT & It's all love feat. Misono

edit: thanks Luv! she looks fierce!!

oh cool can't wait for her to be in the runway show again!

She owns. She officially has the best shoots.

ohhh kuu is lookin sexy!

Wow the Jelly cover is freakin' hot.
She really totally owns the photoshot world ^^

^ she looks tanned. I like it

Could someone make an textless version of this cover pls *-*

oh my she looked *____* in the Jelly magazine cover

for this week

3, 60,552, 282,439, BEST~third universe~ & 8th AL “UNIVERSE”, , , 倖田來未

Okay I think this sales are good for the 2nd week=)
Did she sell more than BoA with IDENTITY?

^ I think that IDENTITY didn't sold more than 100k so...

300k isn't bad for Kuu, it's great actually. I think she could have achieved more if the releases had been separated >.<

yup :yes

BoA's IDENTITY sold 37,606 in the 1st week & ranked at #4

kuu's sales are pretty good :)
60k for her second week is good

I'm very glad for her maybe it will reach TRICK sales after a while or it comes near to them=)

oooh hot cover!

And OMG BIG LAAAAAWL @ BoA's album sales! xDDD
BUT ok with an album like that, it wasn't unexpected!

So after my London Hikki Concert Trip can anyone tell me what happened the last 4 days!?

Oh I love the Jelly cover !! :luv2
And her sales is good, and of course it's more than BoA XD

OMG I agree with you:luv2:luv2:luv2

^AgReE. SexY aNd FiErce.

I agree too.
I think Kuu has beautiful/gorgeous shots lately :yes

She's attending the spring collection 2010... which is a runway show. You know, the one where she sang BUT, TABOO & It's all Love! last year? And we also got a screen shot of some reviews/comments of BEST ~third universe~ & UNIVERSE a few pages back.. your comment might be in there Gubsi!

and wow she's doing pretty well with UNIVERSE actually... the sales kinda stabilized; she's doing really well :yes

She looks absolutly gorgeous in the cover of Jelly. :heart I think that hairstyle looks great on her.

JELLY is my most fav mag! it's super uper awesome, I luv it :)
she of course looks fabulous <3

that JELLY cover is hott. :heart

OMG :heart the JELLY cover is amazing :luv2
I can't wait for the scans! I hope they'll be as hot as the cover :love

JELLY :heart

Mmm, 'nother wonderful shoot, it seems. :lech
Just, one thing... I am still wishing she would let go of that hairstyle! I've always hated it, no matter who's wearing it. It's awkward and distracting. :\

Wow! She looks amazing!!!

OMFG the JELLY cover. :faint

I can't wait to see the rest of the photoshoot!

she looks beautiful on the JELLY cover :)
kuu chan is too cute:heart lol can't wait
to see the photoshoot!!!

2010 Oricon yearly rank wise

*5 *,282,439 *60,552 BEST～third universe～ & 8th AL "UNIVERSE" / 倖田來未 10/02/03

Kaela's at #4

this's late T_T but I just got my Taiwan press copy of BEST ~third universe~ & 8AL "UNIVERSE" earlier on since the last 2 days were Chinese New Year public holidays at my end

I'm happy that Leslie Kee's back onboard in taking the jacket sleeve artwork for the album :heart & it's fitting since he did it for BEST ~second session~ :yes

Nice Jelly cover! Looks like if Japan had a "Japan's Next Top Model" (do they?) Kuu would win! :laugh

mu-mo CM for [BEST ~third universe~ & 8th AL "UNIVERSE"] cellphone theme! C=
Credits: I Love Kuu

^Oh thanks

You know, nemesis, Alive is a cover of a famous opera song right =/?

thanks for sharing this cm i want this phone !

Btw: Did someone notice that No Way does sound like Mariah Carey's H.A.T.E.U???

i like the jelly cover :)

no info about the inside scans yet tho :(

it sounds bit similar while the part of "never need you know" and "I can wait to hate you"
yeah I didnt notice that before u said that.

yes that are the parts where I think of Mariah,too.
In the beginning I knew that I now that song somehow and now I know it reminded me of H.A.T.E.U.^^

Is the Koda Kumi Driving Hit's 2 real?

yup it's listed on CDJapan so it's real

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=RZCD-46533

OMG the Driving Hit's II cover is nice!!! Definitely 10x better than the first!

its true that she releasing driving hits volume 2?!?!?!
WOW?!?!
i thought its just a humour that you create on this thread only...
SHOCKED!!!

:thud

that's damn-ing hot

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=RZCD-46533

It's way better than the first one!!

I just wish she wouldn't wear those huge earrings. =P

I actually like the cover tbh. She looks gorgeous.
It sure is better than the first Driving Hits. :innocent

lol yes way Kris

there will be 15 songs included in KODA KUMI DRIVING HIT'S II

I wonder what songs will be on the tracklist o.o

wow I was kinda surprsied to see a cover so soon lol
but anyway she looks hot on this cover!! :heart

nice cover :)

I'm excited to know which songs got remixed. *_*

I really like the cover for the Driving Hit's 2. It's much nicer than the first one's. :p I'm pretty curious about the track listing for the album. Hopefully there's also a new song included and released as a single. ;3

Needless to say, the Driving Hit's 2 cover is just way so much better than the Driving Hit's cover! ;)
Love DH2 <3