Nice performance. Yeah I'm grateful for the change of songs too, even if it's an oldie. I couldn't help but notice how BIG that stage was for her and how she was all by herself! I'm so use to Ayu+band+dancers it's weird seeing someone on a big stage by themselves lol.

^ it's time to promote BEST ~third universe~!!! :luv2

kuu and mimo at kouhaku ;D

@ 0:27.. Kaichou almost fell.. :cry

he did that to kumi too?! 0_0 i had no idea.
do you happen to have it or know the site its at?
i wanna hear!! xD

@tsubasa: HAH I didn't even notice that when I watched it lol

@jean: what phone call?

^a few pages back Tsubasa said Max called Kumi while she was sleeping. sorry for the confusion. >_<
i was just wondering if he had it or knows where i could get it.

oh~~~

why did he call them? do we know? what did he say?

^he called them during their sleep and rudely awakened them. kinda like a crank call. xD
ayus is buried somewhere in the download thread.

Koi no Tsubomi was PERFECT in that performance. I love Kuu!

It's all Love! @ Kouhaku was... gross. I never liked that song, and wtf is misono wearing. @_@

How cute!
That's the Kuu I love, good vocals. :luv2

When she starts promotion for her new best and her new album, I bet we will get more performances like that. :yes

Good*day was No.2 yesterday and still is at No.2 at Recochoku! :cool

http://recochoku.jp/recochoku_ranking/index.html

Awesome ! :love

jean-baptiste and emiko: yes! Max called Ayu and Kumi while they were sleeping! it was so funny because ayu was so calm, while kumi was #$#%$%#&#.. XDDD

I have the Kuuchan one from IloveKuu forums ^^
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RGHGI87I
(I have the ayu one too. if you want it, ask me by PM)

but sorry, I don't have any translation of it.. ):

^thanks so much Tsubasa!
downloading now. ^_^

thank you Tsubasa

I would have rather had her sing Lick me for the millionth time instead of it's all love. That song needs to disappear. :eviltongu

Kumi looks FANTASTIC though.

I'm really not looking forward to this album. just me, but I thought IAL/lick me/alive/cwgb were all horrible singles. physical thing/ecstacy and cwgb are the only nonskippable songs. but even then if the pvs were playing I'd prob. go check my emails during them or do something productive. :P
not to fear! I still have hopes for the non single songs.
Do I sense a Best: ~Best~ coming soon? lol

3 cheers for kumi giggling after reading sensitive pornograph. :O

The performance with misono wasn't bad though, although I think the beginning english rap part was completely synced.

Wow, people seem to be down on the upcoming album, track-wise... See, I am really~ looking forward to this album. :yes I looooved It's All Love!, and I also really liked Lick Me and ECSTASY. Can We Go Back and Physical Thing are okay, too, just not nearly as good, for me. (But yeah, Alive is very blugh and I wish it wouldn't be on an album at all, lol.) I guess it's because my music taste is more "Japanese" than a lot of people here? Which kinda sucks for me, but it's a good sign for Kuu! I really do hope she does well--I want at least fifty thousand more than TRICK!! (...I can dream, lol. >_>)

^ I'm really looking forward to it too :yes. I'm actually very excited :D.

I'm looking forward to it too :yes
The only song I haven't liked to some extent was Hashire!

Enjoyed: Physical thing, ECSTASY, Lick me ❤
Alright: It's all Love!, Can We Go Back
Ehhh: Alive
Skip: Hashire!

As a person who never had any reason to even remotely like misono....I have to say...she rocked it out at Kouhaku...@_@

I don't care for misono's music at all but I agree she did pretty good. I guess she gave it her all considering she probably knows she'll never get the chance to be at Kouhaku again. I don't mean that in a mean way btw.

UNIVERSE is gonna be awesome imo.

Awesome songs from the singles imo: Lick me <3, ECSTASY, Alive, Physical thing, Can We Go Back

The gross ones: Hashire!, It's all love! (I just noticed they all have exclamation marks lol)

and it's bad she didn't include faraway cos that was such a good ballad...

eh Hashire ! will be included ? o_O , I thought I saw in a tracklist of UNIVERSE that it's not going to be or am I wrong ? :dead2

Oh I'm sorry, I just remember it's gonna be excluded... smart move Kuu :thumbsup

But it's still a boring song, just saying. XD

yeah I remembered BOTH the PV & song for Hashire ! are excluded out from UNIVERSE

that's why I got the 3 SPLASH single cos I like Hashire & the PV itself

Fixed.

And it amazes me too. in the cover she's holding the pamphlet for second session (or should I say sensitive pornograph?) which happens to be my fave. best album. Then we have universe, which is slowly turning out to be my least favorite, what a dichotomy.

XP

What's with the hate for Hashire? It's a catchy song and the PV is awesome! <3 I mean... Seriously??? :no

the PV is awesome. :D but I thought the song was meh at best... lol

Hashire! is a really bad song, I'll admit, but it is catchy. The thing that bugs me the most about it is the ending.

it's ok Heather , I like both the song & the PV just like you :D

I don't like Hashire! either :shakehead

I never really cared for Hashire either lol

Im not a rock kuu person

I think i'm going to buy IAL/3SPLASH/A/P :weep

and since i'm broke i'll pre-order the album first :P

EDIT: I'm one Of Hashire Fans :heart

aw bless you Twinkle ! & yeah I have 2/3 of the singles you mentioned in which avex were so evil not to include them in BEST ~universe~ grrr

but I have a feeling she might this year release a DVD featuring all the PVs she has done from her debut til now X_______X

I think the reason why 走れ! will not be included on the album is that it maybe doesn't suit the whole album theme!
The title UNIVERSE give me an electro and rock theme vibe!
Lick me❤ is there cause of the cutesy and Alive cause they need a Ballad and i think it fit's good as a album closer!

Enjoyed: Lick me❤/ ECSTASY/ Physical thing/ Can We Go Back/ Good☆Day

Alright:
-Alive
(i think i overplay it and it's sad that she doesn't have the fanbase to appreciate this song!)
-faraway
(it's a good song and did you llisten to the instrumental of it!? It's really beautiful!!)
-It's all Love!
(i really hated it, even i must say it's better than expected! BUT know i can say i like it in a funny way! It's funny to yell out the beginning with the m to i to the s o n o, yeah i'm misono etc.... part! xD)

Ehhh & Skip: 天秤~強がりな私×弱がりな君~ (BUT it's a misono song, so i wouldn't count it)

And i think after we have the whole UNIVERSE album i think we get a new different point of view from the songs like her albums before!
For example: i never liked 愛証 and 愛のうた, BUT when i listen to the whole Kingdom album, i saw them in a different light and after that i really love them!

BUT i wondering how she will managed her next tour...
Will it be the UNIVERSE Tour!?
Or the BEST ~third universe~ Tour?
Or the BEST ~third universe~+8th AL UNIVERSE Tour!? xD

I hope for a small UNIVERSE Tour for the album for spring/summer and the BEST ~third universe~ Tour for fall/winter with a Special Final in Tokyo Dome on 06.12.2010!

And i really wish for the 10th she would do a new single project with a BEST ~fourth ...~, so i had a new reason to go to japan to her tour again after the BEST ~third universe~ Tour! xD

EDIT: Oh i forgot 走れ! xD
走れ! is in the Alright section, it's not her best song BUT i love the PV!

i love hashire! :innocent the PV is soo freeeesshh!!!!
They can leave the song from the album.. but why the PV?@!$#!&^
I don't care if it's faraway PV..

oh, i love Alive.. it's so calming :D
my fave songs so far: ECSTASY, Physical Thing, Alive, Can we go back
I'm getting bored with Lick me ❤, cause she's been performing it too often

Good☆Day won't be on the album, right? :(

^No, Good☆Day isn't on the album! :(
Wish this were a Double A-Side, even Good☆Day would only have a short PV like Star!

she doesn't have a habit of including B-sides in her albums isn't it ? T_T

^
1st affection
Your Song
2nd grow into one
one
3rd Feel my Mind
without your love
夢 With You as a Remix
4th secret
LOVE HOLIC
Through the Sky
BEST ~first things~
the meaning of peace
7th TRICK
That Ain't Cool feat. Fergie
BEST ~third universe~
girls
That Ain't Cool feat. Fergie
Lady Go!

EDIT:
and if you would count it:
BEST ~BOUNCE & LOVERS~
大切な君へ
最後の雨 as a Remix
OUT WORKS & COLLABORATION BEST
Heat feat. MEGARYU

^That Ain't Cool feat. Fergie Is B-SIDE *_* ??

^Yeah cause the Single called MOON!!
So if a Song has a PV it doesn't mean it's an A- Side!

^ But wasn't MOON like a special single? Not like a mini album, but I mean, it was called "MOON", even though the main song on it is "Moon Crying". It is not named after Moon Crying so I think That ain't cool is an A-side, too..?

EDIT: Sorry, just read on YesAsia that Moon Crying was the principal song.

^ Agree

^ all 4 songs on MOON are A-sides, right? But it would have been too much if she included all 4 songs on TRICK...

^no only Moon Crying is an A-Side!!
The others were B-Sides!
The Single was described as 4 Elements Single with 4 different Songs and not with 4 A- Sides!

That Ain't Cool was certainly treated like an A-side when it obviously didn't deserve to be LOL.

mu-mo states that the single songs that will be on UNIVERSE are It's all Love!, Lick me and Can We Go Back.

hashire!, ECSTASY, Alive and Physical thing won't be on the album (CD) even though the PVs of ECSTASY and Physical thing will be.

Probably the songs weren't really liked. Non of them were even average digital sellers but it did seem like ECSTASY's and Physical thing's PVs did better than the ringtone or full song in downloads. That's probably the reason why they are not there and the PVs are. hashire! does fit specially since the album goes into a more "rockish" direction. People in Japan just didn't like them, nor Alive or Physical thing. Physical thing is the best song she released this year but for the Japanese the bests are It's all Love! and Lick me and that's all for and from 2009 for kuu.
And even though they liked them both songs weren't big hits.

I'm both curious and questioning though what the hell are avex doing with Can We Go Back.
They give a tie-in for the B-side which won't be even on the album, it's probably for the purpose of selling of all the 50,000 copies of the single but why making it more promoted than the A-side... CWGB won't be the japanese audience cup of tea probably as well but at least they could give it something instead of the b-side. =P

^ wtf UNIVERSE IS GONNA SUCK you mean the studio album UNIVERSE, not BEST ~3rd universe~ right? oh dear...

I see, thanks :D One person missunderstooded I guess ^^

P.S. WTF they're going to kick out 3 SPLASH and put in the crap of it's all love?! that cannot be true...

but it wasn't performed in TV shows or something, I don't think they were considered TAC as an a-side even though it was a collab with a western artist.

the tracklist from playroom says the album will include Lick me, ECSTASY, It's all Love!, Alive, Physical thing and Can We Go Back. I don't think think they will leave a lot of a-sides out of the album.

^ WUT. That fan kinda looks like Kuu LOL

http://shop.mu-mo.net/avx/sv/item1?j...ateg_id=201701

【収録内容】
<BEST AL【CD】>全16曲予定
M1: 恋のつぼみ
M2: I'll be there
M3: 人魚姫
M4: With your smile
M5: 夢のうた
M6: BUT
M7: FREAKY
M8: girls
M9: 愛のうた
M10: LAST ANGEL feat.東方神起
M11: anytime
M12: Moon Crying
M13: That Ain't Cool
M14: Lady Go!
M15: TABOO
M16: stay with me
=
-That's the full tracklist - no JUICY, futari de..., Run For Your Life, Cherry Girl, unmei and aishou.


<オリジナル AL【CD】>
全13曲予定 ※曲順未定
シングル曲「Lick me 」「It's all Love!」「Can We Go Back」はもちろん、「You're so beautiful」「SUPERSTAR」などの新曲を8曲収録予定の最強アルバム!=
-Overall 13 tracks.
-UNIVERSE will include the songs It's all Love!, Lick me and Can We Go Back which are from singles + You're so beautiful and SUPERSTAR that will have PVs + 8 new songs.
- No hashire!, ECSTASY, Alive, Physical thing (and Good day).


<BEST&ORIGINAL【DVD】>　全18曲予定
※曲順未定
※内容は変更になる場合があります

1: 恋のつぼみ
2: 人魚姫
3: 夢のうた
4: BUT
5: FREAKY
6: 愛のうた
7: LAST ANGEL feat.東方神起
8: anytime
9: Moon Crying
10: TABOO
11: stay with me
12: It's all Love!
13: Lick me
14: ECSTASY
15: Physical thing
16: Can We Go Back
17: SUPERSTAR ※新曲
18: You're so beautiful ※新曲

-Only 2 new PVs
-Even though ECSTASY and Physical thing aren't on the CD, the PVs are on the DVD.
-No Alive PV
-hashire! & Alive are excluded from the album for good, no CD and not PVs for the DVD.

ORIGINAL AL ※曲順未定 (ÁLBUM)

【CD】
M1: Step In To My World ※新曲
M2: Can We Go Back
M3: SUPER STAR ※新曲
M4: You're So Beautiful ※新曲
M5: Lick me.
M6: Work It Out ※新曲
M7: No Way ※新曲
M8: Stay ※新曲
M9: Believe ※新曲
M10: Physical Thing
M11: ECSTASY
M12: It's all Love!
M13: Alive

it sucks that we have to buy the new album w/ the new best compilation. atleast I'm assuming that's how it is since I can't read all that japanese in the post above me.

Physycial thing wouldn't be so bad if it had a climax and a better pv. she looks like a P!nk wannabe walking around a house using the same video effects as lady gaga's B,D,R.
Ecstasy isn't bad. it's no taboo, but I find it fun. the engrish kills it for me though. Laid Back ≠ Remix.
Hashire is fun. I loved it especially in the summer, the video had a very 90's ace of bass summer fun type of feel imo.
CWGB, kelly did it better, way more power in her voice, but this version isn't that bad.
Lick me, it's all love, far away, some japanese titled B-side, alive (this one is ok) are the worst imo.

I wanted to throw my 2 cents in since I didn't in my previous post.

What is the source? Since mu-mo is a large source to go against.

Unless if mu-mo mistook the information with 8 new songs and the exclusion of Alive/Physical thing and ECSTASY.

No the UNIVERSE tracklist before the Fanclub takes it back has It's all Love!, Lick me, ECSTASY, Alive, Physical thing and Can We Go Back on it!
And i don't think they take just 3 of 7 A-Sides!

@ayumisrael:
No! I think mu-mo Shop and every other Online Shop says that it have the Songs It's all Love!, Lick me, Can We Go Back, SUPERSTAR and You're So Beautiful + 8 more Songs!!

A kuu-fan dancing Lick me in the SPECIAL EVENT about her 10th anniversary!
they realized the fan's dream: meeting kuu and dancing with her. :luv2


Message of kuu and mimo from max matsuura's blog

Ugh, then why mu-mo wants to confuse people, the hell.
They could write all of the tracks from singles and not just the main ones.

I did love the idea of 8 new songs though. xD
Well 7 is still great.

Believe is still really wierd.
Now when Believe will be discussed it will be Believe (secret) and Believe (UNIVERSE).
:laugh

@ayumisrael:It's 6 A-Sides+ 7 New Songs! xD
SUPERSTAR & You'e So Beautiful are just getting a PV for the Album to promote!

And for believe the difference is how it's written:
believe (secret)
Believe (UNIVERSE)
BELIEVE (DJ YUTAKA feat. Koda Kumi)

haha xD maybe they will make some changes to the tracklist (I mean the titles), that's why they don't put it on the official website? =/

Nope, both Believe from secret and from UNIVERSE are Believe.
Check the official website's discography. ^^

i think that too!
Maybe change some titles and/or put in a better order!
cause
from ECSTASY to It's all Love! to Alive is a little bit strange! xD

Checking my CD+DVD and CD+DVD+Shirt copies of secret...
Oh! xDDDDD
always thought it was written small (believe) LoL
I think maybe it's the working title!?

can someone get me into Koda News - last I check BEST & UNIVERSE was annoced

PLZ

Ooh no :'( so I have to buy the singles as expected -_- anyway

Anyway since I'm broke because of BEST -ss- I'll save for universe and then for the 3 singles , aah WTH

i don't think so. beyonce has a song called "work it out". big bang has a song called "stay", and leah dizon has a song called "step into my world". do you think just because they have the same titles they're going to be the same?

After CWGB, I don't think we can rule anything out =/

Plus, that's a demo, which means it's free game

That video with the girl finally dancing with Koda Kumi made me giggle. It's cute that she finally got to dance with Kuu :3333

that video touched me. ^_^ it was so sweet.
although, there was one thing that wasnt right.
when kuu was performing, instead of "girls", they wrote "With your smile."
FAIL xD

Aw, I like Hashire :heart It's very catchy <3 I don't see why the hate either :laugh But everyone has their preferences :).

I would be very disappointed it Kumi were to cover all of those songs including her own "Believe."

Yeah, I think--I HOPE--CWGB will be the only cover....

I also like Hashire! :\ It's not amazing, but it's a perfect summer song. Very catchy and fun to listen to, especially during that particular season, and the PV is really cool, I think. :yes

This whole release seems rushed now that I actually read Tsubasa2591's post o_0 avex is more unorganized with this release than they were with Diamond / Over the clouds by alan.

ooo I would like a new believe...I like that song...

I guess I'll have to wait and see how it turns out. But as is, her doing all these covers is rather fishy. The only good one to me is Physical Thing. Alive being second best.

technically it wasn't a cover.
here's a quote of myself in another thread.

"^well, technically it can be thought of as a cover because the original composer (Nosheen), who made the demo, made a music video for her version of the song. so some people argue that she "promoted it" so it's her song.

but in reality Nosheen's was just a demo and Kumi and avex have the rights to the song.

EDIT: here's her facebook page. you could listen to a remix of it. http://www.facebook.com/pages/NOSHEEN/29753817816

she also commented about Kumi releasing the single. "Hey Guys. A little delayed but my song Physical Thing was released in Japan recently by an artist Kumi Koda! It went straight to No.1! No.1 hit songwriter baby! Check it OOUTT!"

so yeah, its Kumi's song."

;)

^ that nosheen's message made me laugh so hard.. XD

Alive and Physical thing both aren't covers at all. WTF.

Summary *_*

That was a lovely video! Basically the girl got selected to become Koda Kumi's backdancer but she had to have one more dance audition and they would decide if she would become one. Unfortunately for Manami she didn't get a yes on that letter, and there was another card sended by Koda Kumi personally where she just wrote to her sweet things like not to give up her dream becoming a back dancer because of what happened and that they might dance along side someday etc. And during that live for fanclub event Koda Kumi surprised Manami, as a christmas present, to dance with her during Lick me on that day. After that she talked with Manami again to not give up, how Manami is quite chatty and her pose during that dance was cute etc. Kuu-chan sure knows how to make up for something and make that person feel good again :luv2 I'm kind of sad the girl didn't get picked, she's cute and she did better on her second try but she wasn't perfect with the cheography I suppose.

Credits: RpgN @ jpm

^oh yeah i just noticed jbrats post. Alive isn't a cover either. but it did sample a certain classical piece. but it's definiately not a cover.

and that's so sweet of Kumi to do that. even without a translation, i was able to get the gist of it, but thanks for summarizing and making it clearer Tsubasa.
didn't she mess up during her second try though? the one on stage?

My mistake, I apologize. Maybe that's why I like those songs much more lol.

LoL in Part 3 she performed girls, BUT the show says the song is with your smile! LoL
http://i50.tinypic.com/2wd4pqo.jpg

o_o o_o

oh dear yabai .___. .... I hope an official tracklist for UNIVERSE will surface on her official site soon

if not , things are hanging on mid air if you know what I mean

She spoke so sweetly to the girl who wanted to become her backup dancer ;-; It's really more things like that that make me like Kuu, especially the letter she wrote to her. If anyone is curious I can translate it though the gist of it is captured throughout the video.

@jbrat: haha, it's fine. we all make mistakes. ^_^

@Gubsi: yeah, i noticed that too. they really messed up. =/

The surprise video is sweet *i cried a little :tipsy*
Being a backup dancer isn't easy..
She was asked, how long does she need to train the choreo, and she answered 2 hours. I think that's too long for a dancer (pro) to memorize only 1 choreo. Meanwhile, we know how crazy our Kuu is with the choreo & stuffs.
But that girl did a good job! and she was really happy :D
When Kuu asked her: how was it?
She said: Up until now (as long as she lives) this was the happiest thing ever.. aw..

And i love how Kuu keeps encourage her not to give up; because i think Kuu knows really well how hard to reach her dream. We all know, how many times did Kuu fail the audition to become a singer before.

But i just realize, by searching new backup dancer, means that she changes her old dancer or?

So..about CWGB.
lemme quote myself
is this the case? I know Wiki isnt reliable and all..but...the whole only-in-Japan thing is making me think CWGB was a demo which happened to be picked by both singers?

I just saw this album cover.

I think it's from a new singer and she is called christy. The cover is from her single Sakura~Sakurap.

But when I saw the cover I realized that she kinda look like our Kumi :yes What do you think?

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...0220111554.jpg

^ I thought it was more like Otsuka Ai btw..

hahaz. interesting.

ayumiisrael was wrong with what he posted, some sites just don't have the full tracklist =)

Omg, that was so sweet of Kumi! That girl's dream came true, sooo lucky :luv2.

that gurl on that cover looks more like aichan imo .__. the shape of her face, the mouth and the eyes are pretty similar to ai otsuka's
Lee^ChaN: thanks a lot for translating some parts! kuu is the cutest thing ever! ToT


Clear File

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/6642/kumitoku.jpg

This will come with Can We Go Back (Fanclub Edition)

Credits: Negi92

omg why always the amazing things only for the fc? I'm so jealous of them. :weep

awe how sweet of that girl being able to dance with kumi on stage.

Argh they looks so cool! D:
I didn't get them with the Fanclub cause the posters are more important for me!

And i ordered BEST 〜third universe〜+8th Album UNIVERSE (2CD+DVD) with Koda Gumi on mu-mo shop! :D YAAAY!
And i get the B2 Poster & a Sticker with it! :blove

This is how i look like when i get it! :roflmao

^ LOL AMAZING PICTURE XDD <3