^thanks for that.
the middle one kinda creeps me out. =x but idk if it's just me but i'm lovin' the hairstyle! xD

Love~ those inside pics! Really hope to get some bigger scans of the last two. :heart And yeah, the hairstyle definitely looks a bit better in full.

I hope she'll make Driving Hit's 3 too :)

^me too, but not soon I hope. xD

knowing avex, there's a 95% chance there'll be another one sometime in the future. with OLDER NON-SINGLE SONGS i hope.

The middle pic scares me too.

^^ Rain is an old non-single song, right? It wasn't even a B-side, to my knowledge. (Unless you count the live unplugged version, on No Regret).

But yeah, I'd love to hear a remix of walk and One night romance. :heart

ah~ I don't like the first pic, though the last one is gorgeous

OMG, I'm in love with the obi..I wish I had money to buy the CD now. :(

ok the pic on the left scares me @_@ :dead2

is Kazuyoshi Shimomura the same photographer for Driving Hit's II ?

^ agreed... it's bordering on gross. I hate that hair, so badly.

They're actually all scary. Only the cover is good =x

Just downloaded and will listen soon. :heart I'm really hyped for it, which is odd considering I lost interest in Kumi for a while...maybe this will help me get back into her :).

I think the pictures are nice :innocent

oh true that. then i'll say MORE OLDER NON-SINGLE SONGS. :yes or it could even be recent non-single songs. i guess i'm just a bit tired of the singles. :dead2 lol

Well at least her tour looks like it's going to be interesting even if nothing else this year is xD; Inside of Driving Hit's 2 looks great! The album hit 350K, congrats Kuu :)

Same here. Especially of the newest few singles--Holy crap, am I worn out on those. D:

320k rip here ! ;)

@Edu: OMG!! I ♥ U!!!

OMFG THE RAIN REMIX IS THE BIGGEST KUU DISAPPOINTMENT EVVAAAAA!!!!! :weep:weep:weep:weep:weep:weep:weep:weep:weep:weep :weep:weep:weep:weep:weep:weep:weep:weep

....No, I'm not exaggerating!! :cry It started out as an AMAZING, AWESOME remix, and then it very quickly turned into a crappy, generic club wannabe-sample-remix. AND IT SUCKS AND I'M SAD AND VERY ANGRY-WHHYYYYYY!?!?!?!? :weep:weep:weep:weep:weep

On a good note, the hands remix is very good.... Too bad I was so sad after listening to the Rain remix, I can't listen to the rest of the album right now, lol......
*goes to listen to original mix of Rain ;___;*

^i agree. i was very disappointed with some of them. Rain, you, love across the ocean (kinda), Trust Your Love<---wth was that? i expected more out of the UNIVERSE remix as well, it was still good though.

but the majority i LOVED so i guess i'm satisfied. :yes

stay with me and Taisetsu na were okay. but i loved what they did with 1000 no Kotoba and hands! i was surprised with those 2.

so am I the only one that didn't download the 1st Driving Hit's & eventually the 2nd one which I'm not going to do so ?

T-T

Scan of the FC Birthday Card:

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Credits: I Love Kuu

she looks adorable :smitten

She looks so cute :D

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I probably won't download Driving Hits too, I'm not a huge fan of remixes.

I haven't heard any of them except for the Floor on the Intelligence remix...which...if you saw my facebook...you know I love lol

I love house music though. I can see it not being for everyone. I'm so happy they did a remix for her though! It just makes me so happy that they're so known in the industry, when they aren't the most popular amongst the public.

It's like Kaskade, and how he has mixes for like Lady Gaga and in movies and all kinds of stuff. Makes me so happy lol

^ Space Cowboy also did a remix for Kuu. I was so excited when I read that :)

oops sorry I made a mistake

Taiwan press for Driving Hit's II will be out next Wed & not this Fri :dead2

http://www.avex.com.tw/4th/artist/ar...92696&cateid=2

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EDIT

1st day performance for Driving Hit's II - #4

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d/

# 4 that's very nice for a Driving Hit's.
Better than last year.
I'm very satisifies.
Now only the figures are open.

#4 is a good position, better than the first one.

I've just listened to the first 10 songs on DH 2, but I love them! :heart
DH 2 is definitely better than the first one. I especially dig the Driving and the Universe remix so far.
Like the inside pics. That's one of the few occasions with Kuu and pale skin. :laugh

yay for my kuu :D
last year DH debuted at #6 and now DH2 debuts at #4
hope the sales will be a lot better too. ^^

Dude, Driving Hit's 2 was one of the biggest disappointments for Kumi albums in general, eh heh. :( I'm still terribly upset about how badly they annihilated Rain. :weep And CUTIE HONEY, Shake It Up, No Regret, you.... They all started out great, and they seemed like they were gonna be so awesome, but they either turned to **** or got boring fast. :mad LAST ANGEL's remix, I thought it was just okay, but now I really like it. And the 1000 no Kotoba and hands remixes are great. So it has three songs I approve of at least, hah. ^^'

lol you're exaggerating XD sometimes I think you take your comments as facts, I dunno why >_<

I actually love the whole album, while in the first DH there are some remixes I skip. =/

Great peak for a remix album

No, really, I was really looking forward to this album, hah. All the other Kumi albums, I expect there to be a bunch of fillers/really crappy songs, but this... The Rain remix, seriously, it sounded soooo freakin' good, and I was so excited for an awesome remix because that's my favourite Kumi song. And the other previews mostly sounded very good, too. But for the most part, IN MY OPINION, it wasn't a very good album. (I don't know why people always think I'm taking my opinions as facts. I don't mean to make it sound that way, really. Kinda makes me sad that people think of me like that... :( Guess I'll just make sure to always add "I think" or "in my opinion" from now on.)

But yeah, this one was certainly better than the first. (..........I was gonna add 'in my opinion', but this is actually a fact, no?? :laugh) I kinda liked one or two remixes off that one, but that may just be because I was trying so hard to at least sorta like just a few, lol. XP

i agree with almost all of this. :yes
but i think it wasn't that much of a let down.

but of course, anything you say doesn't need to have "imo" added. i know it's your opinion but i think sometimes people with opposing thoughts take it as an attack or something. wait let me add IMO just to be safe...

I don't think IMO is important, We all know it's our opinion in the end and people who thinks we're saying it's a fact is seriously disturbed.

No one is trying to pass off anything as a fact and you don't have to remind everyone that it's your own personal opinion... it's a discussion forum, afterall.

I'm pretty pleased with the album, it's nothing extraordinary but it has a good tracklist and I think it'll be really nice to turn it up while i'm driving and listen to it. I didn't buy it though, I have enough points on CDJapan to get it for free with the next single she puts out.

^yeah, the title "Driving Hit's" really suits the album well. xD it's awesome to listen to while in the car.

and i had no idea CDJapan has a system like that. o_0 that's actually really cool. xD

^ LOL it's never too late to discover things that you didn't know before though xD

well hopefully Driving Hit's II will do OK for her

Driving hit's II was ok. It might grow on me.I'm hoping it will anyway.

#4 debut was pretty good; hope it stays!

#4 is great for a remix album.

Also, nobody answered me in the Driving Hit's 2 download thread, but is the album megamixed?

^ Yes, it is a megamix.

^ Thanks bb<3 Might go ahead and download it.

^i did answer you!! lol xD

Oh...I guess I didn't notice D: I sorta just stopped looking at the topic after all the Thank you's haha. Sorry!

can anyone upload the lick me remix in 320 (that doesn't cut off after a few seconds... :thud)

ty... remix album is GR8.

don't think this has been posted yet but Kumi has been nominated in 1 category for the upcoming MTV WORLD STAGE VMAJ 2010 awards ceremony

Lick me♥ has been nominated in the Best Pop Video category

http://www.mtvjapan.com/vmaj/nominee/

I don't know how to vote for her on there sorry :dead2

but 1 nomination's too little imo X_X , whatever happened to Best Female Video or something ? D:

I was trying to vote for Kuu and Namie but I failed xD I gave up trying to figure out Step 4

OMG I Can't believe Kaela's Butterfly nominated for Best Female Video her video is +.+" and no Nominate for ayu ?

yup on what Jia Rong said , Dudy

also ayumi has mentioned before she doesn't want to accept anymore nominations/awards & she rather let other artistes to do so in her place instead

I know it's old, but it's so great I have to share some pics.

My copy of the 2006 12 singles project calendar arrvied:





The colours are absolutely stunning! :heart

And the best is: It's a poster calendar! You can detach the month and cut the picture off at the top.

^So lucky; that calendar looks awesome!

The calendar looks cool :D

The calendar looks awesome :O

Did anyone do a proper scan of the track listing on the back or at least a picture where the text is legible?

oh God the 2006 calendar is GORGEOUS

I want that calendar!

You're so lucky! that calender is so nice! I think kuu's calenders are the best!

OMG, I didn't know the 12 singles project was also a calendar!

It looks..soooo goood. :heart

Preview of April-May issue of Vivo:

http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/z...29176hkju3.jpghttp://i826.photobucket.com/albums/z...29176ymbxa.jpg

:luv2

I hate the cover but I love the other one xD

^^Holy S*1t!
That looks gorge OMG! :blove

I scanned Driving Hit's 2!
My scanner isn't the BEST, BUT better than nothing! LoL

http://i40.tinypic.com/20rrac1.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/zivsrr.jpg
http://i44.tinypic.com/21amba.jpg

you know, credit me for my crappy scans bla bla you know the rest

Awww..she looks great!!

& thanks for the scans, Gubsi baby! :heart

@corvina: wow.. nice calendar Rika!!

@Gubsi: danke schatz!! her fake eye lashes are awesome! :laugh

that Vivo cover is awesome :luv2 I can't wait for scans..
and Corvina & Gubsi, thanks for the pics/scans bbs <3

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Kuu @ TBS『あなたが聴きたい歌の4時間スペシャル』
Ai no Uta + Talk + Love Is Over

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Credits: LiDaYuRan

nice nail art and performance. I saw she has acne in her right cheek

gubsi,i love your creepy avatar XD

@Edu: thanksss!!
do you have the download-able version of her recent performances?

^ nope.. not yet :(

^ argh.. i can't find her recent download-able performances lately :(
not event Tokyo Girl Collection one T__T

^ Tokyo Girls Collection 2010 hasn't broadcasted on TV yet [all we got is a fancam of ECSTASY's performance xD] don't worry about that ;)

love is over again? wonder if she's thinking of officially releasing it...

Kuu is going to perform at a-nation '10, here's the first round of dates (she might not perform all of them):

8/7 (Sat): Ehime Prefectural Sports Complex
8/14 (Sat): Port Messe Nagoya
8/21 (Sat): Nagai Stadium (Osaka)
8/22 (Sun): Nagai Stadium (Osaka)
8/28 (Sat): Ajinomoto Stadium (Tokyo)
8/29 (Sun): Ajinomoto Stadium (Tokyo)

Source: http://a-nation.net/index.html

^ :D

I was thinking the same thing...

if she did it'd probably be a b-side or an album bonus track i think. or so i hope. she's never released a japanese cover as a single has she?

& DH2 is still at #4 today, how awesome. i wonder if the sales will be the same as the 1st one .. or less or more?

^ Ima Sugu Hoshii and Won't Be Long are both covers, originally by Japanese artists. :yes But even if she didn't have any released as singles... I definitely wouldn't rule out the option of it being a regular album track (like CUTIE HONEY, another Japanese cover) or even a single, especially since she's so cover crazy the past few years, lol.

And I think the sales will drop, of course, but not by much... I just have that feeling. >_> But I'm probably wrong. XD

^hmm..she never really sold too well with singles (except for these past few years of course) but i don't think it'd have horrible sales.

i'd prefer it as a b-side. :yes

I want Got To Be Real (the cover for Pepsi Nex CM) in full :cry at least as a B-side in the next single, please Kuu!

Koda Kumi x EasiYo New Campaign!

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Credits: Utena Chan

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> http://www.easiyo.jp/
> http://rhythmzone.net/koda/information/100402.html

LOL She looks nice. I see... That's why she was holding a strawberry~

she frankly looks great in that pic

Leslie Kee <3

Love those pics, especially the second one! :heart

Thanks for the videos, Edu!
She sounds really nice. If she decides to release it, I bet she'll make it a b-side. She was asked to do the Cutie Honey cover for the Live Action movie and Won't be long was a Charity Single, so the only actual japanese cover as a single a-side is Ima Sugu Hoshii.

The new campaign looks great! I'm happy that Kuu has so much commercial endorsements again.

@Gubsi:
I love your ava! :luv2

^ oh I missed that cos I didn't want to flip/look though 2 pages worth of posts xD

Kumi looks great there , I like her hairdo omg :luv2

gorgeous Kuu everywhere :heart

Hmm all we know is she record
"Say Her Name"
And she has the "Got To Be Real" Pepshi Next CM Song!
So i 100% think we get both songs on her next single!
Maybe Love is Over as well!
BUT let's see, cause i don't know if Love is Over would fit in a summer single!?

OMG wish we would get ALL PICS from that BEST UNIVERSE shoot!
Seems there are 87328914798 stunning pics we didn't see yet!

thx xD

Danke Corvi!

oh my Gubsi your signature banner

divine *____*

The yoghurt ad is okay, but I think I'm gonna love that magazine shoot! <3

And lol, Gubsi, I thought I was seeing things at first, in your avatar. XP

LOL wow i forgot about those. but! as corvina said:

:yes and she's always added something to those covers she's done to make them ~hers~ you know?

& boy does she look gorgeous in that picture

hey just asking... is there a studio version of the song trick (where she performed for the opening of her trick tour) anywhere?

No, there isn't.
She had this extended version of the Introduction for Trick just for the tour sadly.

^^ Yeah, it's on UNIVERSE. It's called "Step Into My World". :lech
Hahah. No, but seriously. Bad joke aside, there isn't, sadly. :( I really thought she was gonna put a full version on this album...... Then again, maybe Step Into My World really is supposed to be a full version..? ^.^' (It's just so similar, lol.)

I absolutely love it when Kuu pull her hair back like in this photoshoot :)

Should I be honest?
I really think that they wanted to make a full studio version of Trick first, but then they got the demo of Sty (that's the composer of Step Into My World) and they decided: "Oh, it sounds so similar, we don't need a full version of Trick anymore!". XD

You're probably right!! XD

LOL well Step In To My World is a good song nonetheless xD

really? I thought SIMW gets boring after a while... I prefer the other album tracks to SIMW lol