[Koda Kumi] The 195th Thread - ANⱭDNA

[roxaskh2fm]

So sad that she didn't performed PARTY again

[melissalove]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

DNA 6th day position - #17

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5857386187

I blame watch out and that one performance of it.

[KarenPang]

Maybe the clearfile bonus giveaway at a-nation Osaka & Tokyo wasn't a big 'carrot' / motivation to drum up sales over the weekend ? :s

After all the clearfile can only be obtained if fans went for both a-nation Osaka & Tokyo but maybe most of them pass it up or something D:

[Gustavopc]

That's pretty similar to how AND performed, if generasia is right it was #16 on Sunday and #15 on Monday. A pity the tie-ins didn't seem to have much effect, maybe if it was a single or the tracks got PVs or whatever. Oh well. At least it was an actual album with many new tracks with just two meh-ish songs. Here's to hoping there'll be a DH9 soon.

[pedronekoi]

Originally Posted by abestfah

I am a bit sad with it. I always think that her previous album wasn't​ promoted much, so it affected to her sale, but this album is not like that. Does this show her actual popularity to public now? I just care about her. I hope fanclub version would have good sale, I can't​ check digital chart but I think it is not good as well.

I've moved to Japan this year and being here made me realize that the "public" that everyone loves to talk about on "Western" forums doesn't care about none of the artists from more than 10 years ago. So those artists who were really huge years ago now are only followed by their fans from back then. The "public" don't listen to Koda Kumi or Ayumi anymore. They don't know if they have a new release, or they are not even interested. They only know their image nowadays. So now, being here, I understand that there's no such thing as "popularity to the public" when it comes to those singers.

[lovethatkuu&ayu]

It was always going to lose steam on the last tracking day. Ayumi had a similar issue with her album. DNA will perform stronger than AND and her oricon original album sales will be around 45k this year. Avex shipments combined with her touring revenue, she had a good 2018 for a veteran soloist.

Look, something is going on with the Japanese market. I'm not sure what, but sales in general are weaker than they should be. When you see the Sandaime J Soul Brothers barely shipping platinum and EXILE no longer shipping platinum with an original album, something is going on. Japan seems to be encountering the same trouble the U.S. and European music industries are having.

People are willing to watch YouTube videos and buy a concert ticket, but not always willing to buy the album more than likely. Again, EXILE won't break 200k, but that dome tour will be a sellout. For a western example, look at Britney. I doubt her 2016 album sold 20k in the UK. That didn't stop her from nearly selling out 3 consecutive shows at London's O2 arena this year. We're living in strange times for musicians right now. Kumi will most likely sellout this tour, despite only selling between 20k and 25k with DNA.

[KuuXAyu-fan]

Finished watching the AND tour. It was a nice show but the hair and lack of catwalk really bothered me. Wish they filmed one of the shows with the catwalk and long hair.

[kaled kalil]

^ The hair also bothers me. I wish it was with this one: https://www.instagram.com/p/BjkXpJTgm7a

[maze]

Originally Posted by KuuXAyu-fan

Finished watching the AND tour. It was a nice show but the hair and lack of catwalk really bothered me. Wish they filmed one of the shows with the catwalk and long hair. :

In fact, they filmed the Zepp version of the tour as well. They will prolly release it afterwards

After seeing the photos from the FC version, I'm sad the photoshoot for this album is terrible compared to AND's. Weird poses and facial expressions all around :x

Dangerous is my fave track on the album btw. Issa bop

[KarenPang]

Audio rip of Kuu's a-nation Osaka performance

http://www.mexashare.com/vmx2qkgq1g8...ion18.rar.html

Source

Also , SSTV last Friday aired some of Kuu's PVs as part of a PV special programme



01. Brave
02. ESCALATE
03. So Nice feat. Mr.Blistah
04. LALALALALA
05. Dreaming Now!
06. SHOW ME YOUR HOLLA
07. HOTEL
08. Dance In The Rain
09. WALK OF MY LIFE
10. EX TAPE
11. BRIDGET SONG
12. LIT
13. PARTY
14. HAIRCUT

https://aziophrenia.com/koda-kumi-mu...tv-2018-08-17/

[ALfromHELLSING]

Her vocals this year are amazing. I really hope she will refrain from doing two 60+ dates tours two years in a row ever again. She sounded exhausted during W FACE Live.

Tokyo crowd at a-nation was much more lively compared to Osaka's crowd, which made me enjoy Tokyo date more. She sounded fantastic on both dates tho. Shame she didn't perform PARTY on either of the filmed dates.

I wonder if the other filmed AND Tour Live date will be bundled with DNA Tour Live. It makes perfect sense to bundle them together.

[lovethatkuu&ayu]

I actually wouldn't mind a tour bundle. The question is, were any of the other shows professionally filmed though. The tour for W FACE had quite a bit of footage shot, so another version of the fan club tour is possible.

I have to agree about the super long hall tours. It's not good for her physically or vocally. I was worried about the strain on her voice and whether or not she getting proper rest/recovery time. I'm not sure how she had the stamina for that, but it's just not healthy long-term.

[ilovekodaa]

i'd like to watch AND TOUR ): ....

[KarenPang]

DNA 1st week position & sales - #3 ; 15,814

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5858515660?pn=2

[lovethatkuu&ayu]

Less than 5k off each W FACE album, which was 1.5 years ago. She's proven herself to be stable and consistent going into her 20th anniversary year. I can't complain after seeing what happened with Miliyah and Crystal Kay. I'm just happy she is still charting well and having healthy yearly shipments.

[abestfah]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

DNA 1st week position & sales - #3 ; 15,814

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5858515660?pn=2

It is not much different from AND first week sale that was around 14538 and in total was 18946 (according to Geneasia) despite it should be much better. However, I hope it will surpass AND in total sale.

[Corvina]

Those numbers are good enough.
Everybody is falling in sales, she managed to get up about 15%. And we know from AND Tour, that there are enough fans not buying the music anymore, but only going to concerts instead (economy isn't that strong anymore).

Shops like amazon are restocked today.
We will see if that will help her sales or if people who wanted to buy last week but couldn't don't bother anymore to do it now.

Her Japanese FCs released an interview about the album yesterday.
Some interesting points:

Spoiler:

- WATCH OUT was originally for another artist, but Kuu wanted it for herself .
- HUSH was competing with WHO and Work That to be the 61st single.
- she didn't put HUSH on AND, cause she thinks due to its tension it doesn't fit live house venues. Both albums were put together to be performed live. She acknowledges, that AND included songs, that are probably difficult for fans, who like J-Pop, but she wanted those to go to the concerts, cause that might change their perception of them. DNA now has more of her "core" sounds, which consists of different genres,Western and others.
- she had the setlist for DNA Tour in mind, when she finished recording the songs.
- she wanted to update live songs like POP DIVA and UNIVERSE, cause time has passed since they were released, so she composed Dangerous with her husband. She says she feels like she rather rearranged what her husband presented her with that than producing herself from scratch, but things like the melody are done by her.
- HAIRCUT PV was done by the same producer who did Dance In The Rain PV - YKBX - and he/she alredy imagined the song at the time she recorded it. It was done first.
- considering she's in her 7th year of marriage, she asked herself if she should sing about love (remember, back in 2014 she said she's done with sappy love ballads). She says she noticed she still is very much in love with her husband, but she can remember how it was before, so she decided to do it.

She's talking about every song, so if you want to know more, just say it.

Also, Kuu is appearing the the radio programme "Satoshi Takebe's SESSIONS". It's going to air throughout the whole country. Here's the time table:
FM青森　９／２（日）24:00～25:00
FM秋田　９／２（日）24:00～25:00
FM山形　９／２（日）28:00～29:00
FM　GUNMA　９／２（日）18:00～18:55
※＜再放送＞FM　GUNMA　９／２（日）28:00～29:00
TOKYO FM　９／５（水）26:00～27:00
FM富山　９／８（土）25:00～26:00
FM福井　９／２（日）28:00～29:00
FM滋賀　９／２（日）24:00～25:00
FM OH！　９／６（木）28:00～28:55
Kiss FM KOBE　９／２（日）26:00～27:00
FM香川　９／２（日）28:00～29:00
FM高知　９／２（日）28:00～29:00
FM長崎　９／２（日）24:00～25:00
FM宮崎　９／２（日）24:00～24:55

[Ashen Twilight]

Thanks Corvina! I would love to read more if you have the time!

[Gustavopc]

Interesting that WHO could have been a single, it was indeed one of the strongest tracks on AND for me. A pity she didn't give it a PV for the album. Also it's nice to know a bit more about her work with Kenji on Dangerous. Thanks for those info, Corvina!

#3 is not bad at all (tbh I don't know how W FACE managed to get #1 lol It was long due she wouldn't be able to put out a #1 album again). I wonder how her release pattern will be next year now that she just released an album. I myself would like to see just some singles and (why not?) another best+ studio album for her 20th anniv

[abestfah]

Yes, please Corvina. To know her idea makes me understand and enjoy her works more.