Omg can you show us the pic please corvina? It sounds lovely <3

And thanks for the scans hun!

recochoku rankings for today:

Chaku Uta full:
#6 Love Me Back (#9)
#43 Anata dake ga (#36)
#84 Futari de... (#66)
#94 Poppin'love cocktail (-)

Chaku Uta:
#5 Love Me Back (#13)
#56 Say Her Name (-)
#98 Poppin'love cocktail (-)

Videoclips:
#1 Love Me Back (#1)
#71 Poppin'love cocktail (-)

Incoming movie clips:
#6 Love Me Back (#7)
#47 Cutie Honey (-)
#75 Poppin'love cocktail (-)

RBT:
#9 Love Me Back (#17)
#63 Ai wo tomenaide (#62)
#83 Anata dake ga (#69)

Music Station performance helped, LMB climbed in all sections.
Don't know why some older songs re-entered Chaku Uta full; did MS show some kind of clip before she was on stage?
Poppin'love cocktail probably came back everywhere, cause of her a-nation life being on the single DVD.

There was just another FC blog entry about them shooting the ballad PV.
Don't show much, just her in a white dress with a white bow in her hair sitting at a table.
Kuu tries to rest in between, she really seems not feeling that well.

The PV pics:

http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/8347/imagefpw.jpghttp://img821.imageshack.us/img821/4098/image2exb.jpghttp://img197.imageshack.us/img197/5445/image3eb.jpg

Thanks to Gubsi honey.

Edit:
Ok, ren'ai, you were faster than me! XD
Wanted to rewrite my entry, cause of the other interesting info.

Haha sorry xD thanks so much for the info and pics! Poor kumi, her schedule is always packed, she needs some proper rest at home to get better :( the pv shoot looks interesting though, i love her ballad stuff <3

I love the set, reminds me the 2009 Calendar with that tree inside the house, and you (pachinko version)!

Love Me Back @ CDTV was way better! The outfit still gorgeous. They changed the song, the break was before the "Imagine kantan desho? [...]".

So now Kumi has shot 7 album PVs :luv2. So excited!

This is shaping up to be one hell of an album! I'm super excited for it!!

OMG u mean another Kingdom? *faints*:thud

Got my copies of Love Me Back and CD only of 4 TIMES a few days ago.
I like that they started adding physical bonuses to her single releases, though I hate that they release 126186 versions of one single.


btw loved her MAMA performance. she was flawless no matter what ppl say. truly queen of live! :love

why is she so flawless? :)

OMG, the set...!!!
the wall is full of old clocks, so cool!
btw, as someone said days ago, 7 pv's... it's like a dream, 'cause we are getting another kingdom but with the quality of black cherry era. that's absolutely georgeus!!! can't wait for the official announcement! :)

haha that wall full of clocks reminded me of BALLAD..but im a sucker for clockwork stuff so im totally stoked!!!!
HAHA @krauterol i mentioned that. It's gonna be so awesome. i can feel it!! :P

Kuu always announces her album VERY early..so..hopefully this time is no exception :D maybe by end jan like TRICK and Kingdom

I'm getting so excited about these now omg *______* I also remembered I totally forgot to have my Kuu PV marathon. I had too much stuff to be done and now I got lots of free time yey <3

well some weeks ago i thought her 10th album would be amazing if it's like a mix between Black Cherry and Kingdom...
and it seems it will be something like this!!
Singles reminds me @ Black Cherry era and all the PV's @ Kingdom...
u know i'm pumped with every album for sho, BUT this time it feels different...
like u know it's going to be epic and and all that stuff!!

and i thought i was the only one!! lol
when i enter the FC blog and saw the clocks on the wall i was like OMG YASS BLA ETC GOING CRAY CRAY... :laugh

The CDTV performance was great. If she was sick I didn't even notice, cause the dance is just too awesome.

Anyone have a video file for the memorial concert she just did? I found one online, but its a ts file extension, and I don't know what that is...

^.ts is a extention of MPEG if I'm not wrong.

You should download it! The quality is super high!

EMODA MOOK preview:
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...l/th_emoda.jpg http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q.../th_emoda1.jpg http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q.../th_emoda2.jpg http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q.../th_emoda3.jpg http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q.../th_emoda4.jpg
Click to see bigger.

Credits; 过期的Love@baidu

Kumi sent flower to Maki on her last concert.


This was really sweet.

Thanks kaled!

Why do they insist on doing that hairstyle so much? Her hairs long now :(

yeah, honestly, I'm not a big fan of the hair at all...

the clothes are nice...I knew they might go the monotone route since they do that a lot, but I wish they had put in some of their colors~~ emoda has a great fall/winter collection this year.

She actually reminds me of ena in the second one.

koda's such a good model~~ Thanks kaled :heart

I really like those Emoda pics. Those clothes look so good on Kuu. :)

did not the old songs climbed up because of news & some cms of Deja vu tour? ;)

Wow that's a lot! I really should start logging on more.

I love LMB so much now after seeing the lives.. SHN is still the best tho.

Loving that third pic for EMODA :heart I'm ansious like never for this new album, I wanna know at the least the release date so I can plan how to buy it.

just a quick question, when was kumi hailed the queen of live? i've never heard this title until the mama awards.

^shes been called that for a while if im not mistaken, but I dont know when it started

But, there is no sound and it doesn't work for iPod Classic.

Kumi was crowned Queen of Live last year by avex... and it stuck because it's true. :heart

she had that special live, right? And it was like QUEEN OF LIVE or something?

Edge Style cover

click to see bigger
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/9...1qdeokp.th.jpg

credits: kaled kalil

Basically avex decided to start calling her that to create more hype surrounding her 10th anniversary. It's all a marketing gimmick created by the very company she is signed to.

yep~~ at least its true though lol


omfg edge style cover :luv2

I want that bag...it matches my cosmetics pouch~~

she must love her bangs like that lol

koda kumi 10th full album < JAPONESQUE > 2012.2.1 release .

source: blackcomedy @ jpc.

if that is true I wouldn't be surprised if she was inspired by christina aguilera and her "burlesque" <3

Is this true?

I think that would be awesome*-*

guys it's trooo!!!
it's listed on multi-lemonia!!
they knew Dejavu and the singles before the announcement too!

and 4 versions of her album... lol
maybe something like CD only, CD+DVD, CD+2DVD and a special edition with a pouch/Photobook/whatever or CD+Blu-Ray!?

OMG LOOOOVE THE TITLE!!
so an album info comes around 1 month and 3 weeks before the release date...
so maybe tonight cause it's the beginning of her 12th anniversary!
or just some days...
Get ready gurls!!

oh and happy 12th Anniversary Kuu-chan!! :heart

The title fits perfectly to Kuu=)=)=)

Happy 12th anniversary ♥

So excited for this album release this time!

Sorry, but I laughed a the title :roflmao But if it's a Japanese + Burlesque theme, then there's no way Kuu will fail

read the german wiki article bout that name....

"Japanism might be considered a general term for the influence of the arts of Japan on those of the West, especially in France. It's called JAPONESQUE!!"

if i remember right, Lee^Chan said that at the end of Dejavu Live Tour she's going into a big Pop-Up Book...
so this makes so much sense right now, if her next album theme is inspired by japanese influence on art in the west! <3
BUT i can't imagine what she'll do for the next tour opening.!? lol

Hum, sounds better for me now, I though it was just a pun. Japan's influence on the west, makes sense collabing with Omarion :P I'm starting to get ansious now, if there are four versions, then I can expect something very limited. And expensive.

Kuu is also probably called QUEEN OF LIVE because her DVDs are almost every time topping the DVD charts. She's been in the Top 3 for her releases since 2005 I think and personally I think that also is something that gives her the title (+her sales were kinda awesome during 2005-2008, 2010). Not that I'd complain lol, I personally think that Kuu is the best live performer of all time. She just has that unique way to keep me glued on the spot every time I watch her concerts. Not many artists can do that to me. Kuu is probably the only one. :)

And yey for her new album title. Sounds so cool and original that I'm curious now. XD I also get a feeling from that Edge Style cover that she's definitely back to 2006. That pic just has the same feeling on it everywhere lol. XD

JAPONESQUE is a cool name, I like it!

Cool title. Perfume has JPN this year, and someone else had a play on 'Japan' as an album title too; I wonder if this is the start of a trend, like maybe homage to the country after what happened in March. Disasters bring nationalism after all.

Pumped for this album.

I'm a bit confused. Isn't it 11th anniversary for Kuu this year instead of 12th? :D She did make her debut in 2000 after all. ;)

And also, has anyone found mp3 download link for Love Me Back (Andy Price Remix) yet? :)

^ Yea that's true, why are you guys saying 12th?
She celebrated her 10th year anniversary 6th December 2010, so today would be her 11th anniversary. From tomorrow onwards it would be 11 years and 1 day etc

Here's the remix dolce: http://www.multiupload.com/A4XR0FSU6T

Anywho, I'm sooo excited about the album! But OMG I am going to kill avex with their release schedule for her. She's up against ayaka's new album on 1st Feb

Album covers:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I5OJiw0vz1...66676393_n.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Rmiy9oqrGc...53099944_n.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NpSIPy0Gi2...73216367_n.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zV-h82Do8F...40685779_n.jpg

Credits: Kumi-Flash / KUFC

^ the top two are my favorites <3 Great covers :heart

OMMGGGG :thud :thud

I'm dead... I love them allllllll but my faves are the bottom 2 :luv2

【發售情報】倖田來未10th Album「JAPONESQUE」2012.02.01發售決定!

～百花繚乱　倖田來未記念すべき待望の10th ALBUMが遂に発売～

DVDは全17曲MUSIC VIDEO付き！
更に、ライブベストDVDと歴代アルバムCM集もセットになった超お得な豪華DVD２枚組！

★収録内容
【DISC 1：CD】全17曲
●Poppin love cocktail feat.TEEDA（50th sg「4 TIMES」）
●Love Technique　※new
●Everyday　※new
●IN THE AIR（50th sg「4 TIMES」）
●Brave　※new
●愛を止めないで（51th sg「愛を止めないで」）
●Slow feat.Omarion ※new
●Boom Boom Boys　※new
●No Mans Land　※new
●So Nice　※new
●Love Me Back（52th sg「Love Me Back」）
●V.I.P. feat.T-PAIN（50th sg「4 TIMES」）
●ESCALATE　※new
●KO-SO-KO-SO （50th sg「4 TIMES」）
●LayDown　※new
●You are not alone Live Version　※new
●All for you　※new

【DISC2：MUSIC VIDEO】全17曲
01、Poppin love cocktail feat.TEEDA（50th sg「4 TIMES」）
02、Boom Boom Boys　※new
03、No Mans Land　※new
04、V.I.P. feat.T-PAIN（50th sg「4 TIMES」）
05、KO-SO-KO-SO （50th sg「4 TIMES」）
06、LayDown　※new
07、ESCALATE　※new
08、Love Me Back（52th sg「Love Me Back」）
09、So Nice　※new
10、Slow feat.Omarion ※new
11、IN THE AIR（50th sg「4 TIMES」）
12、Everyday　※new
13、Love Technique　※new
14、You are not alone Live Version　※new
15、愛を止めないで（51th sg「愛を止めないで」）
16、Brave　※new
17、All for you　※new

【DISC3：ライブベストDVD／歴代アルバムCM集】
・ライブベストDVD
・歴代アルバムCM集

★くぅちゃんからのメッセージ
１０作品目のオリジナルアルバムという事で、ある意味一つの節目でもある作品だったので、
曲の選定から、１曲づつの歌い方、表現の仕方にはこれまで以上に思考を凝らして挑んだ作品です 。
今作は、ダンスやロックサウンドなど、これまでの作品に比べて攻めの曲も多く収録されているの で、
非常に倖田來未らしいアルバムに仕上がったのではないかと思っています。
ミュージックビデオもそれぞれ違うテイストになるように監督やスタッフと相談しながら、
１本、１本丁寧にこだわりを持って挑んだ作品です。
是非、多くの方に手にとって、聴いて、観て頂けたら嬉しいですね。

credits: guillesaurio@JPM

OMMGGGGGGGGGGGGG

wow awesome covers!!
the bottom two are so awesome!!
that suits to the title!

OMG! Those covers... the tracklist...

*dead*

OH MY GOD 17 SONGS AND PVS? AND THOSE COVERS ARE ****ING INCREDIBLE I CANT KUU Y U SO AMAZING?

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMGGGG PLEASE ANYONE KILL MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE OMG I'M SO DYING AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY !!!!!

EDIT: OMG OMG I'M SERIOUSLY CAN'T BELIEVE I'M PEEING MY PANTS !! :thud

The covers are really nice. :love

I'm not really a fan of Kumi but these covers are awesome! I really like how they aren't full of colors and they actually look really artistic.

the 4th edition is - CD + photograph collection + goods. (limited, B4 size)

CD ￥3,150
+DVD ￥4,410
+2DVD ￥5,460
CD+PC+goods ￥8,400

covers are -fantastic-
seriously, they're awesome. the one thing i love about kuu is that she often does very traditional Japanese based things. It's refreshing when so many artists try their hardest to not do this type of stuff haha.

i'm excited for all the videos too!!! and yay! in the air is included!! haha i was afraid it'd be cut out!

Just noticed that a song is named "No Mans Land" :roflmao I hope they fix it lol

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG
so in LOVE with all Covers *Q* Want all but no money Q_Q

The covers are awesome, all 4 of them:heart! And 17 songs = 17 PVs? :O :heart kuu, love you!! but there's no "Say Her Name" sadly...
What will be on the LIVE DVD?

I love the covers.. she's hottt :heart

T-PAIN & Omarion tho? lol...

OMG they are sooo great! They all are amazing! O.o :heart
I loved the two in the top. Especially the left one. So so sooo cool.

And btw, PV's for ALL the songs?! O.o Every single one of them?! That's mad!
Even more awesome for us!

Oh wow those covers are amazing. Beautiful, artistic, sexy, mysterious. I could just keep staring at them, she's a true femme fatale there :heart

I didn't care much for LMB but 4 TIMES was really good so I hope for a super quality album! I love the titles at least. :D

AAHHH THE COVERS ARE AMAZING. :heart I freaking LOVE THEM. I really like the names of the new songs and the tracklist, too! This is going to be such an amazing album, I cannot wait! :heart EEEEEEEEEE. <3 Today is a good day for Kuu fans!

.ts format is an MPEG-2 format. It records HD in full quality, which is why Kuu's performances are all recorded in .ts quality, as it's the best. I'm currently downloading HD .ts LMB performances from CDTV, Music Station and Music Japan. The outfit looks amazing, I can't wait to watch them! :D I'll pass the DL links. :)

CDTV:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QXL53TKM
Music Station:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=J7RM1GHX
Music Japan:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5KOL7U7L
Credit: nautiljon.com

And I actually remember Kuu being called QUEEN OF LIVE after TRICK Tour, and then after UNIVERSE Tour, where it became permanent. It's true, though. :heart

Also, Kumi is collaborating with newMe DAY SPA, it's called KODA KUMI X newMe DAY SPA, providing a whole array of kumi courses, including 'KODA KUMI Normal Course', 'KODA KUMI Special Course' and 'KODA KUMI VIP Course'.
http://newme.jp/c/kodakumi/

Google Translate:
By taking the swelling activates the whole body, your body will hardly equipped to help you burn fat rebound.
While whole body detox, Get the body beautiful line.
Face aims to smooth skin's pores to remove dirt and dead skin cells.
By improving blood circulation and muscle movements which leads to a line and cute face lifted up.

They have different descriptions and explanations for each SPA treatment/course you can have.
Sounds really exciting! I hope she does some promotion for it. The KODA KUMI courses are DAMN expensive, though. D:

koda always has great covers =)

G - O - D!!!
no words for this :|

awesome covers
awesome title tracks
awesome the quantity of pv's (hoping quality too. but this time I'M SURE it will have)
awesome vibrations with this release

I'm happy :P

I loooooooooooooooooooooove the covers *O* I hope the songs are great too~

Covers are pretty cool although I do think the first one look rather amateur as far as focal point and how the shot is laid out.

Not a fan of Omarion or T-PAIN...

I'm going to say that ESCALATE is going to be the edgy dance song of the album, a la Driving / AT THE WEEKEND.

!!!!! Love the first two, a pitty we don't know which cover is for which version, want to order now together with Ayu's book!

Kumi-flash says which cover is for each version ^^

Happy that IN THE AIR made it to the album, I thought they might've left it off, ala For You. I'll take the 2nd cover please.

HOLY

17 songs AND 17 PVs? I can't even talk about the covers.

THX, I wanted to buy the cd + 2dvd version but since it's just live dvd with cms and the cover I don't really like I guess I'll go with the cd + dvd :)

WHO CARES I'M BUYING ALL EDITIONS EVEN IF IT TAKES TO SELL MY VIRGINITY !!

HOLY COW THESE COVERS ARE GORGEOUS! Thats pretty much the only reason im buying this album, cuz the covers are awesome and LMB was great and so was IN THE AIR :P WOOT! Can't wait i love these covers :D!!!! I want CD +2DVD but its so expensive so il buy CD + DVD cuz it's also beautiful! XP

thats not incorrect its an english expression :P

Promo pic HQ:

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...l/th_promo.jpg

This album seems flawless, everything looks gorgeous, and yay... This time we won't get a "new" Believe. lol

The covers are so amazing, wow. Can't wait to see some of the new PV's.

I don't even have words. This is a 100% must-buy. Can't decide if I want the CD+DVD or CD+2DVD though. The CD+DVD has a better cover and will inevitably be cheaper, but I'm not sure about that second DVD. How many album CMs are gonna be on it anyways? And is the Live Best that one they released in the weird book case over a year ago? If it is, I think I'll pass on that edition.

same thoughts here, if bonus dvd would contain some concert I'd buy it, but with something already released I'm more attracted to CD + DVD, gonna wait for more info, esp since non of them (those two) is LE, so no hurry for the moment, with so many bonuses, I'm curious if there's any first press bonus.

Promo photo is flawless. Seems like everyone is ready to slam their heads into the wall repeatedly from excitement. Same thing happened with Dejavu.

"OMG BEST KUMI ALBUM!"
"THIS JUST LOOKS EPIC!!"
"I CAN JUST FEEL THE WONDER! FLAWLESS! OMFGROFGTFO!!!!!"

and looking back on Dejavu... was it really THAT "slam-dunk"...?

Once again, I will set my expectations low and hope I am proved wrong.

We're getting a lot more stuff on this album than we did on Dejavu though.. and yeah with every album announcement, people will obviously get excited, it's new material

You setting your expectations low is exactly the same as us with our expectations high. Neither is based on anything as of yet other than our feelings and either one or the other will be proven right/wrong for each person

i literally screamed when i saw it @ work... lol
this release is even more flawless s i thouht it would be!
i knew this album would be something special, BUT not good as it turned out!! :heart

i'll get the CD+Photobook & CD+2DVD versions and i can't even deal with all this awesomeness!
especially when this is the tour i'm going to see her with Lee^Chan, Corvina & a friend! :love

and when i saw the site update with the video section...
i think the PV chronology is kinda...

Rock:
Poppin' love cocktail feat. TEEDA
Boom Boom Boys
No Mans Land (i feel something dark rock like the real Emotion -Black Cherry Tour Version-)

Dance/Sexy:
V.I.P. feat. T-PAIN
KO-SO-KO-SO
LayDown (get Under vibes)
ESCALATE (sure the new UNIVERSE/ECSTASY/TABOO/etc)
Love Me Back

RnB:
So Nice
Slow feat. Omarion (Passing By, BUT good)

Pop/Happy/Cutie Stuff:
IN THE AIR
Everyday (i think something like WIND/Comes Up)
Love Technique (this is sure the cutie all over ur face stuff)

Ballad:
You are not alone (Live Version) i knew they include the awesome live arrangement!!
Ai wo Tomato
Brave
All for you

^ Kumi is just that flawless recently, how not be excited if she's not disappointing at all, I hardly can believe it, while Ayu does so many things in a way I don't like right now, Kumi just hits right into my taste, it's to beatiful to be true.

Dejavu had good singles so I was hyper about the rest of the songs, some weren't perfect but it's a great album. DMP concert + Be my baby and MnH PVs made up for any flaws, 4 hot waves was 100% my taste. 51st and 52nd singles were slighly off, not my cup of tea really but it's not like Kuu changed her style and goes the wrong way right now, I'm pretty sure I'll enjoy the whole album <3

I like the CD Only cover the most (the one with the close up of Kumi) but I'll probably end up getting the CD+2DVD edition as usual. Though if the "live best" footage is completely redundant with what I already have, maybe I'll just get the CD+DVD edition. :P

CD-Japan pre-order link: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/list_from_c...tml?key=259698

EPIC !! *o* !! JAPONESQUEEN <3

Oh, I didnt know, my fail haha still looks ugly for me though

And thanks for the promo pic, it'll be on my cellphone wallpaper in a few seconds :heart

I wonder what will be on the photobook, I hope there are pics from the previous albums shoots, like the postcards for 4 TIMES

Just to make sure, it's Feb 1st (wednesdy as usuall) right?

I'm bombing yesasia with F5 xD

THIS!

I was exactly thinking the same :D
And in my case, my feelings to Japonesque are different compared with Dejavu's ones. (in that moment I was like "OMG! New material! Let's hope it's good!" and then for me was a complete dissapointment. But this looks like it's going to be huge! We are talking about feelings after all ;)

This could be really interesting - Kuu vs. Ayaka... (she's also releasing her comeback album on February 1st)

^Agreed. Kuu always gets #1 on her albums, but Ayaka will be a huge comeback, so we'll see. I don't think it's so good to put them together.

Koda Kumi's official site has changed it's layout to the new album theme, it looks stunning!! :heart

@Gubsi: Those are pretty good predictions, to me! Kuu said on the fanclub that she's recorded a lot more aggressive dance and rock songs on this album than previous work, which I am really excited for! I LOVE Kuu's aggressive rock and dance, she does it WELL. My most faved songs from her are her aggressive dance and rock songs, like Ningyo Hime! :heart

Message from the kuu-chan ★
By the second album of 10 works, it was also a milestone in one piece a sense,
From the selection of songs, singing one song in increments, the way of expression is challenged by work than ever thought.
This work, such as dance and rock sound, recorded so many songs that are aggressive in comparison to previous work,
Do not think we finished the album in a very Kumi.
In consultation with the directors and staff so that each different taste even music videos,
One is challenged with a commitment to work one carefully.
Come and get to as many people, listen, I am happy watching the new album.
Credit: Kumi-Flash

Lol Google Translate, we shall make more sense of you, one day. XD

That's my B1tcH!!! :heart :heart :heart

Hope there's at least one song like Get In On/Candy and one like No Way/Okay

Its the opposite for me, I want the Pvs so naturally the CD+DVD version but that's my least favorite cover. I wish it was the cd + 2dvd cover instead!

These covers are legendaryyy.

the covers are stunning! :heart i love them all. the tracklist looks nice, too. i like the titles of the new songs. :)

totally excited for this new album! :D

omg, koda is doing an awesome album !!
the title is pretty cool, every cover is so perfect, 17 new songs with PV's!!!
WOW !!!!!
My fav. cover is the CD+2DVD !!
:heart

I'm peeing everywhere in excitement!!! :shimmy
I need an HMV order link like burning :yes

hopefully Ayu releases somewhere around the same time so I can make a mass order XP hehe cuz shipping is so painfull T_T

UGHHH!! This looks like an amazing album!!!!! I'm SOOOO mad that I bought 4 TIMES because everything from that release is on this album. I wonder if I can give it as a gift or re-sell it or something?