[Koda Kumi] The Official 102nd Koda Kumi Thread

[Twinkle !]

Originally Posted by Meat Pao

Yay my copies of BEST ~third universe~ are in shipping process on CDjapan!!!

yaaay for both of us can't waaait to get my copy !

[jean-baptiste]

i wonder if anyone will translate the article in the mag.
it says 50 questions. seems intresting.

[LuverOfLuv]

Longer previews of UNIVERSE:

Step Into My World
You're So Beautiful
Work It Out!
No Way
Stay
Comes Up
UNIVERSE
Moon Crying Live ver. In Taiwan

[NintendoHTF1242]

Step In To My World = INTRODUCTION FOR TRICK (with a new name version)

[Kingdom]

no way & stay & comes up & universe =

stay is so cute, i love it.

comes up sounds different, did they slow it down?

[Twinkle !]

^ i think it's just other part of comes up

[milky_way]

YT or download links please!

[Gubsi]

^^i think it's just the beginning of the Comes Up!
I like it more than before!

And OMFG UNIVERSE verses are

My last fave is Work it Out! at the moment, BUT it's not bad!
I like that "Sound of an retro car race game" in the background! xD

[minna]

Originally Posted by NintendoHTF1242

Step In To My World = INTRODUCTION FOR TRICK (with a new name version)

true!
I just love You're so Beautiful, UNIVERSE and Work it Out!
the others sound great too

[Crystal_Ageha]

Oooh, I will hold off on the new previews. >_<'


Anyhow. This is an album where will just have to see what happens... I mean... Well, let's look at the pros and cons.

Pros:
1. It's a best!
2. Kumi's still a top selling female artist.
3. Has songs like Lick me and It's All Love! (whose singles did pretty good, and are the type that the average Japanese loves).
4. Cute covers.
5. No real competition. (Honestly, I will be very surprised if Kimura topples Kuu. She's getting bigger, but she's still not close to a name like "Kumi Koda". :\)
6. Good promotion. (Several performances, beautiful magazines shoots, etc.)
7. It's two albums combined, for the same price.

Cons:
1. It's a KUMI best! (Her last few compilations have sold crap, which is understandable, since they were kinda sucky. >.<' Not to mention all the bests this woman puts out... So, "it's a best album" can be good or bad situation. Especially since the songs on this best are amazing...but people probably already have them because of that.)
2. Kumi's peak is over, and her sales and popularity have definitely decreased the past year. This will hurt her, at least a little (compared to, say, if she released this around Black Cherry-era.)
3. Has songs like Alive and Physical Thing, lol. (Which, obviously that single didn't do too well. Alive is boring as hell, and the Japanese don't tend to like songs like Physical Thing, unless they are !awesome! [i.e. TABOO]. Which, this song is kinda meh, even if that's your favourite type of song...)
4. Kimura.... Maybe she WILL at least end up taking some of Kuu's customers? :\
5. It's two albums combined.... Which, obviously, has irritated some (myself included XD). I mean, I'm sure many will only want the studio, since almost every single Kuu fan already has the songs on the best. Plus, the studio doesn't get it's own covers this way.

So yeah.. More good things than bad, but some of the bad things could really take a toll........ I won't predict sales. Because I will be wrong. XD


Also. I really dislike that magazine shoot, eh heh. What a hideous dress.... Makes her butt look huge, lol. And definitely not in a good way. And, as with the rest of you, I'm not feeling the short hair... Whatever. Kuu's already made me plenty happy with the other shoots.

[lollipop sophie]

you forgot one more pro
its her 10th Anniversary
I think the japanese fans appreciate this (I would think!! LOL)
from what I seen so far for example ayu she release A COMPLETE
during her 10th Ann. which sold really well even though it didn't reach a million
you can't deny that those are pretty good sales!!
I mean 10 years in the music industry is ........amazing
I know there are other female artisits that have more years in the industry
but if you reach 10 years you're doing great and for kuu thats AMAZING because
we all know she's been through a lot!! and hopefully japanese fans will see this!
personally I think she deserves it she's one tough and hard working woman!!

[hsienko]

I have a quick a question, could you guys me like what her most popular/signature songs in Japan are? Like the ones a non fan could hear on the radio or something and be like "that's Koda Kumi."

[Crystal_Ageha]

^^ Aaaa, I forgot it's her anniversary!! D: Certianly~ another pro.


^ Definitely TAKE BACK and probably Butterfly. real Emotion may be pretty wide-spread known, too, since it was the FFX-2 opening. you is her biggest hit overall (gah, how could I forget to put that in the 'Japanese songs everybody knows' thread!?!? ). A lot of songs from her peak (Kingdom and Black Cherry) are probably extremely recogniseable, such as FREAKY and Koi no Tsubomi. And Crazy 4 U was one of her first hits.....
And CUTIE HONEY, of course. Though, that's not technically her song, so does that count?

[Zeke.]

I really am looking forward to Step Into My World and UNIVERSE the most.
I like how Work It Out! sounds a lot. Reminds me hella of Nami Tamaki for sure!

[hsienko]

Originally Posted by Crystal_Ageha

^^ Aaaa, I forgot it's her anniversary!! D: Certianly~ another pro.


^ Definitely TAKE BACK and probably Butterfly. real Emotion may be pretty wide-spread known, too, since it was the FFX-2 opening. you is her biggest hit overall (gah, how could I forget to put that in the 'Japanese songs everybody knows' thread!?!? ). A lot of songs from her peak (Kingdom and Black Cherry) are probably extremely recogniseable, such as FREAKY and Koi no Tsubomi. And Crazy 4 U was one of her first hits.....
And CUTIE HONEY, of course. Though, that's not technically her song, so does that count?

Thanks. I just want to know lol.

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by Crystal_Ageha

Oooh, I will hold off on the new previews. >_<'


Anyhow. This is an album where will just have to see what happens... I mean... Well, let's look at the pros and cons.

Pros:
1. It's a best!
2. Kumi's still a top selling female artist.
3. Has songs like Lick me and It's All Love! (whose singles did pretty good, and are the type that the average Japanese loves).
4. Cute covers.
5. No real competition. (Honestly, I will be very surprised if Kimura topples Kuu. She's getting bigger, but she's still not close to a name like "Kumi Koda". :\)
6. Good promotion. (Several performances, beautiful magazines shoots, etc.)
7. It's two albums combined, for the same price.

Cons:
1. It's a KUMI best! (Her last few compilations have sold crap, which is understandable, since they were kinda sucky. >.<' Not to mention all the bests this woman puts out... So, "it's a best album" can be good or bad situation. Especially since the songs on this best are amazing...but people probably already have them because of that.)
2. Kumi's peak is over, and her sales and popularity have definitely decreased the past year. This will hurt her, at least a little (compared to, say, if she released this around Black Cherry-era.)
3. Has songs like Alive and Physical Thing, lol. (Which, obviously that single didn't do too well. Alive is boring as hell, and the Japanese don't tend to like songs like Physical Thing, unless they are !awesome! [i.e. TABOO]. Which, this song is kinda meh, even if that's your favourite type of song...)
4. Kimura.... Maybe she WILL at least end up taking some of Kuu's customers? :\
5. It's two albums combined.... Which, obviously, has irritated some (myself included XD). I mean, I'm sure many will only want the studio, since almost every single Kuu fan already has the songs on the best. Plus, the studio doesn't get it's own covers this way.

So yeah.. More good things than bad, but some of the bad things could really take a toll........ I won't predict sales. Because I will be wrong. XD


Also. I really dislike that magazine shoot, eh heh. What a hideous dress.... Makes her butt look huge, lol. And definitely not in a good way. And, as with the rest of you, I'm not feeling the short hair... Whatever. Kuu's already made me plenty happy with the other shoots.

hehe I agree with you in some points.

The most annoying thing is that the album is mainly the best and it's not even 50/50%
I mean. The best CD has more track, the best PVs outshine the studio's by numbers, the CD+chaku uta is in fact the best with the option to get a code to get chaku utas of the studio album, if not just "trash" it somewhere or something. The covers are connected to BEST ~second session~ and there's no UNIVERSE theme, it's mainly a BEST ~third hello UNIVERSE is here as well~.
And it's being more commercialised as a best, besides Can We Go Back the rest of the promotion goes for songs like ai no uta, Moong Crying and the populars, so yeah.

The studio album sounds good though, I just wished she would release it separetely that it would have it's own theme, more new PVs and it's own promotion with different songs besides Can We Go Back (and best album's songs).

I will still buy it eventually (the 2CD+DVD of course), and it's funny that non-Japanese fans have completely nothing to do with the CD+chaku uta edition except for collecting or just getting the best part CD and use the chaku uta CD as a dust collector or whatever. =P

Money-wise probably the sales will be really good because it's mostly about the best (+another album with some newies anyway).

[maze]

Kuu at Bokura no Ongaku -our music- (29.01.2010)

Setlist:

- TAXI (with Kiyomi Suzuki)
- Ai no Uta
- Can We Go Back (with new arrangement <3)

Pics:







Credits: leon1319 @ JPM


[HD] BEST ~third universe~ & 8th AL "UNIVERSE" (First CM -15s-)
Credits: Negi92


I love all the hairstyles in the performances!!! *__*
I can't wait to watch them.. *O*

[Gubsi]

^can't wait to see her performances!
Especially TAXI with that old beast and the new arrangement version for CWGB!

So a new Kuu Lesson for the wait till the leak of the album!

KUU LESSON #47:

Spoiler:

[ren'ai]

^ohh I've never seen that ep of MS before, what did they perform?

[maze]

^
Ayu - Born To Be...
Kuu - Candy

here is the talk + performance if you want to watch them ^^
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyBCS9fXfj4
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHbvkEMpp_Q

Originally Posted by Gubsi

^can't wait to see her performances!
Especially TAXI with that old beast and the new arrangement version for CWGB!

..and ♥ the new lesson as always xD


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