The 109th Official Thread ～Gossip Candy～
 

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Stage Name: Koda Kumi / 倖田來未
Real Name: Kouda Kumiko / 神田來未子
Birthdate: 13 November 1982 (Showa 57)
Blood Type: A
Hometown: Kyoto

Hobbies: Shopping, Goods.
Favorite Sport: Squash
Favorite Type of Music: Hip Hop
Favorite Dish to Cook: Niku Jaga (Beef and Potatoes)
Favorite Saying: Ikkai ichi e (Once in a lifetime chance)
Favorite Colors: Purple and green
Favorite Season: Summer
Favorite DVD: Haneru no tobira
Favorite Brands: D&G and H・A・K
Favorite Food: Okonomiyaki, 100% Fruit Juice, Perrier
Favorite Japanese Artists: Toshinori Yonekura, Sukima Switch
Favorite Western Artists: Christina Aguilera, Nelly, Pink, Pharrell Williams
Something She Can't Be Without: Love
Favorite Part of Her Own Body: The "kori kori" of her waist.
Something Often Unexpected: 'No smoking & no alcohol'
Something Unacceptable: Lies and deception
Special Ability: To be able to talk until her voice goes hoarse.

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→ Koda Kumi Official Website
→ Koda Kumi Lyrics Library
→ Koda Kumi Singles in 320kbps
→ Koda Kumi Music Videos
→ Koda Kumi iPod PVs
→ Koda Kumi Screencaps
→ Koda Kumi Lyrics and Interview Translations


Credits: Tsubasa / FinalFayth / Cherrim / Corvina

Yay woah first! xD

I never knew kuu liked perrier! one of my favorite drinks :smitten

the first post looks really nice :yes

i love the promo picture, and the sticker looks cute too.

kuuu :heart

So she has a new single coming out, and that's the cover and tracklist...hm. Colorful! I like :D

inside fishbowl
outside fishbowl

huh?

great first thread as always tsubasa :)

i am thinking, 3 SPLASH was kind of "inspired" (for lack of better word) by 4 hot wave and now Gossip Candy by FREAKY? i mean what with the cover style, main a-sides - the fishbowls - sounding pop-rock tinged etc with another track having a PV aswell & a mellow ballad!

after repeating the previews for a while they're totally stuck in my head. her voice in Inside is grating but if i can get over Sexy little thing's vocals this will be nothing

i cannot wait for lollipop!

^ thank you :) you know, I'm not an expert in photoshop, but I did all my best, hahah.

I'll post here all the larger versions of the covers and promo pictures that were leaked yesterday.

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yay new thread!!! ^^

I'm liking the covers of Gossip Candy a lot more now!! :yes


I just wish she had a song called like that :cry or at least 2 songs called "Gossip" and "Candy" XDD



thanks for the new thread! looking good :)

First post is epic, Tsu!

Dammit! I'm dying to hear what Lollipop sounds like.

EDIT: Oh, preview is up on her site!

lollipop is soooooo sugarish xDD


I don't think JUICY kuu is back :( I hope I'm wrong thou

YAY for new thread! i love how u always make it looks so neat :D

i HOPE lollipop will be a hard r&b dance song!!
aaa.. julyyyy.. please comeee soooonnnn!!!

She has a song called "Candy" already XD
Lollipop sounds the best for sure. I think I'll like it a lot in full!
"Lick my lollipop" - oh Kuu, why don't you lick mine :lech

lick my lollypop!

LOL true! xD I forgot :P

LOL @ lollipop

this is gonna be fun.

lol.. you guys make lollipop sounds really nasty :lech (but i won't mind :P)

thanks Tsubasa cool first thread!

^ welcome :D

for those who didn't notice.. the Lollipop preview is up on the official website
http://rhythmzone.net/koda/index.html

me lovez it so far :heart

it does sound kinda nasty from the preview! but in a cutesy-nasty way. i don't know how to describe it, but it's amazing :heart

@ero: aaarrgh.. damn.. i'm still at school :(
is it good??? really a dance track????

yeah, it's kind of dance, but it's not with a super fast beat. but the beat is soo good :heart

she says "lick my lollipop" a few times.

Definitely one of the prettiest first posts I've ever seen. Good job~

LOL at the lollipop preview.

I think I like Outside better, though.
Weirdly.

Um... Lollipop totally seems like joke. >_> It's one of those songs that tries to be so sexy-cute, yet it just turns out cheesy and awkward. :laugh And well, guess there goes any dance track for this single. :O That, at least, is a step in the right direction. :yes

:thud lollipop sounds kinda reggae-ish.. or?
ugh.. i don't know.. gonna wait for the full version first..

anyway, can someone help me with Kuu Yokohama Stadium stage??
Where the stage will be located? and are the poncho seat gonna be on the field??

this is kinda random guys, but..

Kuu covered Kiroro's Nagai Aida when she was 15 years old (1998)
I heard that song before, but never knew kuu covered it. this song is beautiful !! :weep


Ayu also did a duet with Kiroro in her TV show "Ayu Ready?", they sang the same song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l46AlwvwKUE

it would be nice if kuu covers this song now..
Kiroro's Mirai E: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11Yw47XKgcI (my faveee <3)

Lollipop sounds AMAZING from the preview!!

I am going to pray for anothing 18+ scene where she does a lolipop now (instead of a bottle)

I LOVE the covers! I don't particularly like the song titles (fish bowl?) but I'm very curious! :)

Congrats for the first post!!!!
I need to hear to complete Lollipop, it´s strange.....

mp3 please :yes this is pretty.

whoa.. her voice doesn't really changed..
sounds good~

^ Wow yeah her voice is still same wow Kuu :heart

Here is the Song in Mp3

Nagaiaida

And Lollipop Sound Awesome !!! Can't w8 :weep

The most epic first post in artist thread I've seen here. :heart

I LOVE THE PREVIEW OF LOLLIPOP omg :heart

Cutesy-nasty, that totally fits, lol!
The beginning of the Lollipop preview is weird, but the end is pretty nasty, like that.
I don't know, but this single seems like a showbag; the previews don't show that much, they're puzzling. I do have the feeling, that the full songs will sound generally different than the previews.

And the first post is awesome, Tsubasa!

The first post is really great !!! Nice job :thumbsup

And I like Gossip Candy's covers :)

ah kumi, i love you lol rick mai rorripop~

this is shaping to be a very interesting single for her i am pumped

When I listened to the Inside Fishbowl preview, I was expecting her to sing "Teen Titans!" at some point, lol.

The Lollipop PV should be very hot!!!!!!!

I am liking outside fishbowl, loving for you, and liking got to be real.

I can live without inside fishbowl.

As for lollipop...while it's a bit sugary, there are parts of the preview that I really like, so when the full comes out I think I will be surprised

Wow, new thread! The first post looks awesome!! :O *claps hands* :heart

After listening to the previews all evening Inside Fishbowl sounds fun, Outside is ok.. I can't say anything bout Lollipop yet :laugh Need more of it.

Lollipop the best so far , Really worth to wait :heart :heart Inside really Fun and i like that kind of songs and outside is good too for you bit boring/common

But the single so far is amazing , wow 5 songs 3pv Hot covers :luv2

Did she say "Touch my booty" in the Lollipop preview? :laugh

thanks everyone :D
and Twinkle, thanks a lot for the rip. this is one of my fave Kiroro songs and I'm so happy Kuu covered it, the fact that she sang it at her 15 years old makes it even more especial :3


*hearing with headphones*

this single sounds amazing! *____*
I'm loving every song more and more! I really can't wait for all the full songs and PVs! :heart

When do you guys think we'll get some more infos?
I'm so impatient this time and it's just about a month till the actual release.

^^thankyou so much for the YT link!
the fishbowl songs :luv2 i love how it sounds alike, but the other one is just more rockish
what is she saying in lollipop? pull me pull me? anyway it sounds HOT!
for you... eh...
OMG GOT TO BE REAL!!!! this one is my fav so far :luv2

oh btw, the first post is GORGEOUS!! the best i have seen in ma laif

I can't wait for a PV which is full of hotness *___*

Woow good to put all the previews together :love , i ripped the kiroro's song btw :P

the first post of this thread is sooo colorful! i love it! :heart

and omg, i LOVE the Lollipop preview, too! it's hilarious, haha.

yay for the new thread! I love the first post.

The Lollipop preview sounds awesome!
Can't wait for the full version and the PV :yes

Wowww...new Kuu style!!!
Inside Fishbowl sounds reallllly gd
ok wth Outside Fishbowl?...is there a fdifferent beside the key?

Lollipop sounds fresh too but not sure if im gonna love it

For you is not bad...typical Kuu ballad

Got to be real sounds much better now

The melody in the Fishbowls is really awesome and I love the sound in the chorus' background :blove Lollipop sounds really fun and different. For you isn't bad but not mindblowing either. Got to be real is gonna be fun for sure. Oh and I lovelovelove the covers, yay for bright colors. ♥ Outside Fishbowl is probably gonna be my favourite (already in love)~

The lyrics are different as well.

Great find! Thanks for sharing. She sounds good. :heart

I guess Lollipop is the sexy-cute song that was anticipated with Lick me but never got~

This better sell 100K+ at least...

that song Kuu sang 12 years ago is so gorgeous and I love her voice even then <3

LOL
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Thanks for the youtube link, Tsubasa!

The previews are awesome, I'm liking it a lot!

Just pre ordered the new single can't wait! Really loving all the previews and excited for Got to be Real

This singel is awesome and still growing on me even more I can't believe it.
And the PVs I can't wait.
I have to order it*-*

Edit: Ordered the CD+DVD edition *YAY*

Thanks twinkle :heart

I just ordered the CD ONLY! I might get the CD+DVD too if I like the pvs a lot.

I just saw your signature. It's positively awesome XD

aaaa my bad, twinkle! sorry! :( I edited my post! and thank you so much again!


Huge covers of Gossip Candy

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uhm.. i got a serious problem here..

Inside/Outside/Lollipop tunes are stuck in my head!!! :roflmao

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@Edu: thanks for the bigger HQ version!! :shughug

^ That's awesome.

Liking the covers, and the previews...kumi's got it. :)

it's okay Tsubasa :glomped and thanks alot for the Covers they look Gorgeous thanks to Negi too

My dream comes true it is multi-A sided single and it can be said this is 5A-sided single.

I just have the issue with the cover font (sorry all the time, avex graphic designer sucks at using correct font).

I don't think it's a 5-A... Where did you get that info??

I also count the bonus track as one A-sided, maybe I am wrong. Or I should say 5 songs in a single! yaya

ohh, yeah :yes A-sides usually go onto the next album, I don't think all five songs will make it. Probably the fishbowls + lollipop only.

The preview for "Lollipop" certainly is... interesting! It's more what I expected to hear when "Lick me" was new. Is she saying "touch your booty" or something about someone's booty? :laugh

Love the huge covers! :heart

^ Agree but it's awesome just like a mini album :evillaugh

Definitely hearing that, as well, hah. Has to be it.

it seems to be her best work since taboo by far
glad for the previews! I think lollipop's pv is going to be epic and full of sexyness! (in the way of juicy)

i can't wait!!

I was just watching the Crazy 4 U PV and noticed that Kuu has a Tongue piercing in it
I've noticed she's also stopped wearing her navel piercing but I didn't know that she use to have a tongue piercing

She still wears her navel piercing sometimes. The tongue ring she ditched a long time ago :laugh

I see :D I noticed she didn't wear the navel piercing in the Taiwan Tour so I thought she stopped wearing it

I always thought the tongue piercing in that PV was fake! :laugh It's cool to know that it wasn't though. :)

^ I thought it was fake too. And then I was like "No she's showing it off a lot ... it must be real and she must have just gotten it"

And then it disappeared and I was even more confused.

Apparently I can see some interesting idea in this song. Maybe sex.

Lollipop is one of her better songs in a looooong time....or at least that's how it seems its turning out to be...

I'm still debating whether or not I should buy this...

..if it comes with a poster, or some special goodie, I'm sold.

I'm getting both versions but I wanted this sticker so bad :cry

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damnn you, FC :laugh

is it bad pixel only? i cannot see it clear..

It's on purpose, cause it's just a sample and a little surprise how the acutal sticker will look in the end.^^

It looks like a cool sticker! :lech

This really is a though decision.. the songs sound good, really, but if they and the PVs are all going to end up on the next album it would be a waste of money for me.

But 3 songs and PV? What do you think, will they all be included next time?

And the sticker reminds me of some picture... ahh, when was it? I guess for some tour? With pink and a black hat?

Damn..Inside and Outside probably has some of the coolest and freshest sounds I've heard...

I'd be very careful. since It's all Love! it seems like she's leaving something off for the album..

It's all Love! -> faraway song/PV
3 SPLASH -> Hashire! song/PV
Alive / Physical thing -> Alive PV
Can We Go Back -> Making of PV (if that counts xD)

though if Inside/Outside Fishbowl PVs are connected, I'm sure both of them will be included. lol
there's a possibility though, that in that case, she'll not include Lollipop PV.

about the songs, I'm sure the 5 tracks will not be included, probably Inside/Outside Fishbowl and Lollipop only (as ero-kakkoii said before).

I'm just kind of over the whole "different song/same melody" idea. It was very cool and fresh with Yume no Uta/futari de... but it's so easy to prefer one over the other.

Me = Yume no Uta > futari de... | Sunrise >> Sunset | X Fishbowl = X Fishbowl...?

I'm not lovin' them. Lol.

That reminds me too of the Tour pic.
It was the One of Second Session Tour DVD:-)

Yeah, right! Second Session, that was it! :D


OK yeah, you're right.. :thud what should I do? .. well, I guess I will wait for some leaks to decide. Even though bad quality leaks tend to make me dislike a song even if it's great. x.x hmm.. I guess I will end up buying it but I donnu yet. x.x

I think fishbowl is a lil different though.. it's a different key this time, not the tempo/arrangement or anything. it's something different to me at least, so i'm enjoying it :P

sooo good :heart
can anyone rip it please? :3

^wow i love it :luv2 im ripping it right now :yatta edit: RIP!



what is it for btw :P

Anyone know where I can find the English lyrics for Take Back?