Thank you for keeping this thread alive!!!

I mean, 207 threads are sure something, even though I'm new to this board I'm pretty sure more than half of them were of fans fighting each other disagreeing about something she did lol

I think the user meant people still being active here.
And I agree! I'm grateful for everyone still caring, responding, telling stories... I really appreciate getting in contact with fellow fans! :)

I checked with Japanese fans and Kuu did say in the stream the making of would be on the single ( or better she asked her staff live). Looks like a misunderstanding, it's not on it.

Kuu shared a first glimpse of her promo for Aveaute on Insta.
According to her we still have to wait a bit till we get it:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTlOlzUJ...dium=copy_link

Maybe there will be a making-of on the album and she mixed it up? I mean, probably it's shot, pretty sure they always shot a bit of whatever she does, but not always releasing (or editing) it.

I love it how when we are close to an announcement I usually dream of her making one, and that was tonight lol Well, it was more of a teaser, she just dropped a giant black mosaic on her insta feed and in the middle you could read "QUEENDOM" :laugh It's an odd title for her imo since she already has an album named "Kingdom" but I'd still dig it (especially if it's another visual album lol)

You're subconscious seems to be influenced by Red Velvet! :P
But yeah, because of her mentioning it, we certainly know now, that a making of exists. :laugh

Talking about making ofs... the making of of the Killer monsteR PV included in the EP making of on the FC version, was done like for something like MTV's Making the video, even down to the run time (seperated in parts with themed questions and so on).
I wonder why it wasn't used for that in the end.
I surely would have wanted that for all the PVs of the EPs. :laugh

Ah, yeah, Kuu shared this yesterday in her stories:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTwt5U9l...dium=copy_link
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/CuICsM.jpg

That's Rui Machida, one of the star players of the Japanese basketball team. They won Silver at the Olympics and she scored an Olympic record in the semi-final.
She's a big Kuu fan.
Explains now, why Kuu's music was played in the basketball arena at the Olympics or being used for TV broadcast. :laugh

^ This is so cool!! We are really seeing a new generation of artists, athletes and such who are not only fans of hers but also grew up being fans, it really makes me happy and probably makes Kuu as well!

Oh man, she's coming for our money.

All Time Best album coming December 6th!
The title is not yet decided.

Regular Edition
3CD+DVD
Price: 5,000 yen (excluding tax), 5,500 yen (including tax)


Fan club and mu-mo store limited edition
8CD+3Blu-ray
Specifications: luxury box, personalized plate *only RZC1-77460~7/B~D
Price: 16,000 yen (excluding tax), 17,600 yen (including tax)

Fanclub Orders with the special plate go until September 30th

There will be some special inclusions as well.

I’ll need to wait until the content is revealed To properly judge it but it seems kinda pointless to me.

It's funny, at some points they call it All time Best, at some only a Best album.
I have hoped to be past that... not to mention All time Bests are stupid for an artist still being active and alive.
At least the editions are reasonable priced.

Interesting that the regular edition comes as DVD but the FC/mu-mo comes as Blu-Ray.

Maybes since the regular version doesn't include all the singles that's why they go back and forth calling it "best" and "all time best"?

Yeah, most probably because it can also mean "anytime" in Japanese, and that's what they refer to here.

Hope the special stuff will be great - but with her rehearsing that new song e.g. I assume it will be for me.

I hope she does some TV promotion for this release. Her first real BEST project since 2010 deserves good promotion!

Oh my QUEENDOM is coming!!! :laugh :laugh :laugh

I am glad I skipped the FC photobook cause this is an expensive release but I need it so bad lol But whats exactly that name plate? Is it a car plate? lol

Also I hope the FC version includes more than just actual singles cause songs like show girl and UNIVERSE need to be in that.

Can we hope for rare content? Never released before live footage or demos and scrapped songs? Cause I am :P

-edit-

So I listed her a-sides from physical releases, left out tracks that didnt make it to the album even if they had videos and ended up with 78 tracks:

Not sure how they'll treat the meaning of peace, WON'T BE LONG and Futari de..., but overall that was it.

So, if they put 12 tracks in each FC disc, there's still room for 18 more tracks. I am not sure what they'll do with her digital singles from re(CORD) but those were nine, and there three last year, so still room for 6 tracks. I feel like there won't be album tracks now lol It's a pity if so tbh cause songs like flower and KAMEN are so forgotten even by Kumi herself, so many album tracks deserved more than those...

girl, me streaming koda kumi all day is enough, not paying a million dollars on that, might buy a Taiwan version for the regular edition though

WHOA! 8 CDS!!! I don't know if I will be able to buy it T T

@Gustavo
It's the All Singles Best she teased in January 2020 already.
Singles from TAKE BACK till XXKK (so 92 songs altogether without mop and WBL). They probably simply pushed it back for a year and it was originally planned to be released December 6th 2020.
The description directly mentions TAKE BACK, Ai no Uta and XXKK.

Fans sre already calling it 20th anniversary best album.
Which it is.

The actual interesting thing will be how many songs are going to be on those two versions in total, if there are going to be new songs as well or maybe just a new song through video and what else they include.

EDIT:

Ok, it was December 2019 when she teased it, lol.
Gonna include it again:

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/OqAaDJ.png

Unless it's a FINALLY situation with re-recording (which I highly doubt) the only interesting thing for me is the Blu-Ray because we might get good upscale PVs. Let's pray for not another compilation of lives with comments like the pointless MY NAME IS... release.

I recall that best but I mean if it was postponed and she released new songs why not include even one? lol A friend of mine thinks maybe the SO21 songs will be on a new studio album which will come out later. I just hope she doesnt pull another double release thing, this one is already way too expensive :P

@Kaled:
It's music videos.
The description of the CD shops like Rakuten reveal it for the regular edition

Btw. they also note on her official site, that even though the release date is December 6th, a Monday, sale will start December 2nd, a Thursday, and preorders are gonna shipped to arrive December 2nd.

a monday? its gonna bomb the charts (as if it werent already)