Do you get the TRICK in her 90th thread?
 

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I'm the type of person who thinks that in a relationship it doesn't matter what sex the other person is.
No matter who they are, it doesn't change the 'I love this person' feeling, does it?❞

Where is Kuu-chan?!
♥ TRICK TOUR
└ Set list:
♥ KODA KUMI FEVER LIVE IN HALL
└ Set list: ♥ a-nation '09
└ Set list:
└ Pics:

♥ J-Wave 2000+9
└ Set list:
♥ OH! My Radio
└ Tuesday Nights (81.3 FM J-WAVE)


2009 Releases:
♥ "3 SPLASH" Triple A-Side Single - 90,305 #2
└ Contains "Lick Me", "Ecstasy", and "Hashire!"
♥ "Alive / Physical thing" - release date 09/16
└ Double A-side featuring a ballad and a dance song!
└ Covers:

└ Full songs:

♥ "LIVE TOUR ~Trick~" - release date 10/21
└ First Press with holographic cover!
♥ "Trick" 7th Studio Album - 390,609 #1
└ More Kumi Kuu and less Kuu-chan!

Current schedule:
♥ Magazines
└ 9/8(火)　｢TOKYO1週間」NEW!!
└ 9/9(水）　｢週刊ザテレビジョン」NEW!!
└ 9/14(月)　｢WHAT's IN?」NEW!!
└ 9/18(金)　｢ViVi」NEW!!
♥ Lives
└ 9/18 MUSIC FIGHTER


More Information:
♥ Official Website
♥ Wikipedia Page
♥ 320kbps Singles
♥ 320kbps Albums
♥ Lyrics Library

Support Kumi Kuu!
♥ CD Japan
♥ YesAsia

Credits to peanut for layout and all informations!

ahh love the thread title :heart

can you repost the Alive / Physical thing layouts from her official site from the last thread ?

I'm sure people wanna see them :yes

Of course.^^

Here they're:

http://www.rhythmzone.net/koda/images/bg01a.jpg
http://www.rhythmzone.net/koda/images/bg02a.jpg
http://www.rhythmzone.net/koda/images/bg03a.jpg
http://www.rhythmzone.net/koda/images/bg04a.jpg

I'll add a photo on the first post, but my computer is a bit slow at the moment, sorry. :irked

ah that's nice

I like all of them except the 3rd wallpaper , she looks o_O

YesAsia's description of Alive / Physical thing

J-pop diva Koda Kumi's 45th single deals a double punch with 2 drastically different new songs! First there is Alive, Koda's first classical ballad, which is designated to be the theme song for the highly anticipated live-action movie adaptation of the manga/anime property Kamui Gaiden starring Matsuyama Kenichi. On the flip side, there is the edgy dance number Physical thing.

I love the title. Just one thing to add to the first post. Under "Support Kumi" you can put YesAsia cause they changed it so that their sales will count towards Oricon now :D

OOO I LOVE THAT PHOTO

Done! :D

I didn't know YesAsia counts towards Oricon now.
That's great cause I buy almost always from YesAsia. :laugh

Oh yay! I buy from YesAsia too, that's great :) And yay for new thread!

I love the photoshoot for this single :heart

the last Alive / Physical thing background pic is my fave :luv2 :luv2

it makes a great promo pic shot :yes

I ♥ the new thread title, even though i was going to do it *goes into sulk*

happy 90th threadiversary, everyone!

i wonder how the inclusion of yesasia's sales on oricon will affect her sales. almost all of her singles are certified gold (TABOO platinum...) while the oricon sales reflect low sales. is it possible that yesasia's sales might help close those gaps?

i'm not anticipating a huge change, but it's cool that they're doing it now. i ordered my TRICK tour goods with yesasia because CDJapan doesn't have them.

i bought the a-nation '09 kumi shirt but it's too small. :( i'm going to post it on eBay unless anyone here wants it? i paid $40 USD for it, so if you make me an offer maybe between $30-$40 i can sell it to you.

also, i have extra copies of TRICK (CD+2DVD First Press) and Kingdom (CD+2DVD First Press with stickers) so if anyone's interested in either of those, let me know. one of the cases is broken, so if you'd like it without the case (everything else still included) i could offer it for $30... the other one (i can swap out the cases) is in almost brand new quality, so somewhere between $35-$45 would be acceptable... i paid over $50 and barely touched it.

i'd rather sell it to someone here than make an eBay ad, too much effort!

Actually I think the only reason why they decided to add YesAsia's sales into Oricon is because "100k is the new 500k" is just so depressing... :P

kinda & it has been a long time coming for them to do that if you ask me :laugh

ah I would love to but I already have TRICK & Kingdom to call them my own so sorry :(

how many extra copies you're talking about in here , dude ?

Great title Corvina!!
And the first post is soo organized *o*
I love the pic you used:D

Nice job on opening the thread, Corvina! You picked a really nice pic of Kuu!

Those pictures..especially that last one..OMG!
I need a cellphone wally!

Those walls are just too beautiful x_x

yay for the new thread :D 100th coming soon.. :P

i don't think this pic was posted before, this is the main background from the official website thanks to ~RicH~ :

Up THAT close....her left eye looks very odd.

and her nose looks HUGE

^Really? I dont really see that in this picture. I always thought Kumi had a small nose for w/e reason. That is...until I saw that picture she took with Lady Gaga. Thank God Gaga looked so horrid that Kumi looked half-decent in that shoot :shakehead

But who cares about noses or w/e. Kumi is beautiful and its obvious she was born with the better genes in her family tree (points at misono)

aww her posture is a lil off but i actually like that one. SEXYY legs <3 tehe. thanks for sharing Corvina!! ^^

i definitely see it. idk it bugs me sometimes because it just looks so big, it ruins the pic (like the out works cover)

why does everyone have to bash misono in here? nobody was even talking about her lol. it's ok for a couple times but it's kind of ridiculous now. yeah she's annoying and i really don't like her but i'm over it

anyway i love this pic:
http://www.rhythmzone.net/koda/images/bg04a.jpg
it should have been a cover!

omgah stop with these lame pun titles x_x

but yeyyyyy when i buy her stuff it helps her sales now that is AMAZING now i can be a true kumi supporter muhaha ♥

Ooooh~ Anna Tsuchiya is in that movie! Now I have to see it. I'd like to see Koda and Anna together at a promotional event or something...

I get some strange kick out of seeing different celebrities that I like together.

Most of these Artist threads sadly have really cheesy titles xD So you're just gonna have to get used to them.

i love koda's pun titles...they're actually funny.

I was gonna post "No I didn't because I didn't have enough munny."

Next Koda Kumi Thread: [Koda Kumi] Thread #91

:D

WHAT

Anna will be in that movie ?!?! @_@ @_@

that's damn cool & yes it will be nice to see both ladies do a duet together or something in future

maybe there'll be an event like for subaru with kuu and meisa kuroki together.

i figured out how to unlock my dvd player today and i'm watching secret FCLL on my LCD. it's a lot more simple than her other shows, but she still manages to make it really entertaining. she has such great energy and stage presence.

^How'd you unlock your DVD player?

Could I have some help with this?

It says on Kuu's site for the tracklist of ALIVE / Physical thing

And I translated it and it means this:
Doe sthis mean there's gonna be instrumentals?

And the DVD is:

^ yep! the CD ONLY first press will include a bonus track about TRICK TOUR (it's some audio of the live, i hope this is the TRICK full song) and the CD+DVD first press the same, a bonus video about TRICK TOUR (the live coverage)

this in bold :yes

I'm hoping so too

CDJapan stated the following 1st press goodies

CD only ; bonus track: audio of live performance "Koda Kumi Live Tour 2009 - Trick -" -- http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=RZCD-46369

CD + DVD ; footage of live performance "Koda Kumi Live Tour 2009 - Trick -"
-- http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=RZCD-46368

If it will be TRICK's extended version it will be great. =D
The live coverage isn't interesting since we already have the TV version.

OMG that's great that they choose TRICK from TRICK Tour as Audio!
Sad it's only the Live and not the Studio Version!

it's not official yet lol.

but i hope we do get it. the studio version i mean.

D:

yeah & that it will not suck just like the full version of Black Cherry :innocent

the fanmade version ie. the INTRODUCTION to Black Cherry is more awesome though :luv2

omg what. :thud

okay.

black cherry was the song that SAVED kingdom. :dead2

甘い罠 was pretty the song that saved Kingdom album tracks wise. xD

:yes :yes

I'm still annoyed that she didn't include that live performance of it in her Kingdom DVD let alone for Aishou too :grumpy

Yep, she sang it in dirty ballroom but it wasd nothing special =\

What you guys like Amai Wana? Lol I think the album tracks that saved Kingdom were Under and Wonderland. XD

cos of the exotic beats going on in the song

it reminded me of Candy without Mr Blistah's rapping

I enjoy it but it pales in comparison to Candy for me haha

She sang Aisho? I don't recall seeing it live... maybe someone can post a video of it? That song is awesome, and so it's the PV :love

He meant Amai Wana haha. Aisho... has no 'big' live iirc

So, I haven't been online for a few days. What did I miss? D: Please tell me.

^Nothing much Kristel, everything's the except for the single's DVD will have live coverage of TRICK tour and the CD only a live track from the tour. Nothing big =P
Hopefully the track will be the extended version of TRICK though.

Yeah I meant amai wana live sorry. xD
And yep, Karen put it well, the exotic beats!
I remember I used to like Under way more but I barely listen to it while I listen to amai wana occassionly so yeah Under has the wow fact for a month but then amai wana took over and stayed for me hehe.

ALIVE/Phyiscal things bigger covers are out... the WOWOW broadcast is out too.

@ayumisrael: Lol wow I like Under a lot.. one of the best from Kingdom imo hahaha

So, does that mean they will include a sort of "CM" on the CD+DVD? *confused*

haha the Under PV's cool but the last part freaked me out @_@

Coverage, maybe samples of some songs and such stuff. XD some mins video maybe. I didn't understand it as well but might be something like that.

Yeah Under PV was nice. xD

Under PV is nice indeed. I love her eyes at the end. :luv2 That was awesome.

UNDER pv is cool :p
i love the spinning floor she's sitting and kuu looks so fierce in it :yes
lol i have the pv in my ipod :-D

I love how she looks like a panther in the PV. And her bony fingers that look like claws. Woots! I think it's her sexist song too... cos it isn't very direct, so there's much space for imagination. :lech

LOL yeah I have the Under PV in my Creative Zen mp3player & also her other PVs too including the 3 SPLASH ones :D

Under got boring after about 2 minutes. It feels like the song is over 5 minutes x.x the PV wasn't too interesting either. Her outfit looked like she just escaped from prison.

I liked the Under PV:yes
It's not that interesting but I still liked it:D

Under PV is :heart definitely! :yes

lamentably not in this live! she sang Aisho only at Let's Party Vol.1, but this is nothing special.
i love the TV performances for this song much more! :luv2

..I still need to watch the Under PV. :laugh

SO AWESUM~!!!! :luv2

^You are soo right~

It is awesome*o*

Under PV = Hotness :faint. Too Hot.

fabulous. this shoot is a slap in the face to all of the other ones we've gotten from the divas in 2009 :laugh

yeah, get used to them :laugh

:no the full version of black cherry did not suck, it's good to dance to and one of the best off of kingdom

there are several TV lives for aisho.

:heart :heart :heart un der der der under

agreed! i totally love this song, the intro one, the full version and the performance for BC tour OMG :love

The only thing I hate in the full version of Black Cherry is the bridge. It was so random and made me lose all interest in the song.

I love Black Cherry full song too, one of my favourites from Kingdom along with Under :yes

^Black Cherry is like my favorite Kumi song after Moon Crying :yes

I know but the problem's I think it's a bit too short & can't felt but feel a bit undercharged for that

I still stick with the fan version it's better :laugh

i made myself a desktop background from the Alive / Physical thing pictures from the official website.


i like the picture on the left the least, so i put it there because my MSN contact list covers it. :laugh i think it looks pretty good!

yeah I also don't really like the pic on the left too , she looks weird o_O

I'm currently using the 1st wallpaper from her site as my Twitter a/c background :D

i :luv2 your desktop wallie cutie!
i love the left one.. better than the CD+DVD cover
but my fave is still the CD Only cover

Is 'Under' a new single?

:dead2 Under was one of the album tracks on Kingdom. the best one, imo.

i actually made a .gif from the making of it.

http://i30.tinypic.com/5xlohx.jpg

kumi go boom :laugh

Oh ok. I just didn't understand why everyone was speaking about it as if it was a new PV they had never seen before ^^; My misunderstanding.

yeah Under's 1 of the best album tracks in Kingdom :yes

that yellow jump suit she wore's still :luv2 :smitten

Is it anything like Rule/Sparkle's? XD

nah not at all , Under sounds nothing like Rule or Sparkle at all

it's basically a hot R&B influenced song

Well, I was referring to the yellow jumpsuit ( :yes ).

oh sorry :laugh

no it's nothing like Sparkle at all , the yellow jumpsuit even has a hoodie & Koda wasn't exactly fully covered up unlike the red one that ayumi had in the Sparkle PV

Sure, take a look:



Suite Room is from her official mobile fanclub playroom.
First one is pink, second brown, third greenish yellow and fourth orange.



Koda Gumi is from her normal fanclub with the same name.
First one is red, second blue, third green, fourth orange and the fifth is black with sparkling writing.
I'm still missing Koda Gumi Vol.1 and 5. :weep

Some offer sets with all mags from one series, sometimes even all mags together in one set. But it's seldom and very popular, so you have to be lucky to get this chance.
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!

While searching trough YAJ, there's another Kumi shirt from a-nation 2009:



It's already sold out at mu-mo site, just like the tanktop, the bag and the pouch. Prices at YAJ are ridiculously high. o.O

Alive is beautiful, this is her best ballad in a looong time. physical thing is bleh. Alive totally outshines it

I absolutely l:luv2ve both ALIVE & Physical thing

Under is probably my favourite song on Kingdom. It's one of the reasons I love Kingdom so much. I love every single song on Kingdom a lot but Under is so outstanding from the whole concept that I just can't help but love it. I go so hyper everytime I hear it. :D And Black Cherry... O.M.G. *drool*

Luna62 has uploaded the 192kpbs of Alive & Physical thing - http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=93583

I don't know if that's the full version of Physical thing in that it's too short to be under 3 mins o_O but anyway , it's hot :luv2 & Alive's so beautiful :weep

Physical thing is a little too messy for me and not catchy at all...but I think the style is cool.

Alive...is pretty. Yey for the flute and the harpsichord. For some reason it reminds me of christmas...

imo this single isn't really that strong, but I hope people in japan eat up the ballad and it sells lol

Wow I'm gonna download the ALIVE/Physical thing now! Thanks Luna... and hmm I never really got onto Physical thing, haha... ECSTASY is still the better electro/whatever song of 2009 from Kuu. :yes

A-Nation Aug. 23 Setlist:
1. Lick me
2. ECSTASY
3. 人魚姫
4. 愛のうた
5. 走れ!
6. Lady Go!
7. girls

ooh nice & :heart for Ningyo-hime <3

I personally don't find this single very strong lol. But it's ok. An anomaly is ok. That said, I do find Alive very pretty. Physical Thing is, yea, rather messy but ok.
I won't find myself being addicted to Alive lol but if the covers depict how the PV will be, then I might find myself watching the PV a lot :P

maybe everyone's opinions on the songs will change from bad to worst or vice versa when the Alive & Physical thing PVs are out

i'm so glad she performed ninyo hime. my favorite song ever from kuu :weep