[Koda Kumi] The 197th Thread - Hits for Driving

[pedronekoi]

YAAAAAAAS! Her creative/art direction team keeps surprising me. That looks really well made and executed. <3 Queen of live and good design!!!

I'm super interested in seeing how this tour develops and really hoping I can go to the Black Cherry one.

[Corvina]

Honestly this tour can't be any cheaper than doing a new (arena) tour, cause if the promo pics are an indicator then she only borrows the theme and ideas, but doing the rest (like costumes and stage) (a)new.
As Japanese love bests of any sort and being reminded of good old times, this is probably going to do well, haha.

@kaled kalil:
She meant more the things she's doing on stage and how she uses the props I suppose.
She apparently got feedback like "Never seen something like that in a hall" for DNA Tour.

[junniorkopke]

I'm completely in love with the idea and the pictures. ♥

Here the pictures in better quality:

Spoiler:

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[thinkingoutloud89]

Wait..
will she get out of that fish-tank again? OMG!

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by thinkingoutloud89

Wait..
will she get out of that fish-tank again? OMG!

If that happens again that will be amazing , the opening Black Cherry tour scene is still so iconic after all these years

Sendai Sun Plaza Hall can accommodate about 2,700 fans . I will not be surprised if both dates of re(LIVE) will be sold out if not hard to get tickets to

[lovethatkuu&ayu]

Looking at social media, the response from the Japanese fans is extremely positive. I was wondering how they would interpret this approach, and most definitely approve.

[Gustavopc]

I'm very interested to know how she'll pull off alternating two different concerts one after the other. Maybe she'll do the same ballad section + final couple of songs + encore?
Using different outfits for the same songs could work in making it feel like another concert, but also changing the stage quickly is gonna be wild.

[thinkingoutloud89]

^Sendais Hall was pretty small. But those can't be the only dates, since she is calling it a tour and it starts on the 14.09. She would have called its special live or something then.

[lovethatkuu&ayu]

That is the good thing about starting this tour in the fall. They thankfully have quite a bit of time to plan and see what will/will not work.

I really want to know how they will film and edit this tour.

[Corvina]

Feedback by fans and media is very positive.
Kuu shared several articles in her stories as well as this fan response:



This fan noticed that the years combined equal 20 and ergo her 20th Anniversary and the year 2020.

Edit: Ok, I'm not sure if it was intentional or not.
Kuu says there are people who noticed and she could cry. She loves that fans are saying something like that.

She also shared the nails for the promo pics.

Black Cherry


Japonesque


It was also shared by her nailist:
https://instagram.com/oriental_nail?...d=98mapc3t5q1k

I suspect this tour to be like DNA Tour in length - it's called Live Tour 2019, so she might end it the end of this year. And maybe another CDL?
I'm thrilled for the style of the concerts and the goods!
The art direction looks awesome so far!

[oaristos]

Originally Posted by Corvina

This looks... amazing. I can't wait for more info!

[Corvina]

I'm at home now and can take a proper look at those
articles.

I hope I got this right, but the articles state that Kuu is going to do two performances a day!
Weekdays only one (the two leaked Sendai shows are weekdays btw.).
They say that is not that unusual for artists per se, but it is unsual with two completely different shows!
They wonder how she will be updating the old tours and only Kuu, who's always challenging herself, can do this.
They also mention that both old tours attracted 500k people in total together.

Oh, Kuu, that's very... ambitious.
I guess she's doing that so that people can see both shows without much trouble if they want to.
Btw. the title is a wordplay with "(to) relive".

[Gustavopc]

I'm suspecting there'll be a special final, either a CDL or just on the date of her anniversary, cause it's unusual for her to announce without putting out at least most of the dates.

And wow two performances in a day? Hope she doesn't tire herself omg

[lovethatkuu&ayu]

2 performances a day? Um....I hope she'll be able to handle that kind of workload.

[Ryusei]

this sounds super-cool and has never been done before by anyone (I'm pretty sure) and I love both of these lives so this is gonna be amazing and I already can't wait to see pictures and a Blu Ray Release. Also curious about what she recorded

[mi|kshake]

I love this photos! Actually made me so happy seeing them on Instagram today. Can't wait for more details.

[hud]

that will be so awesome, but also very challenging. she continues breaking boundaries with her live performances.

[kaled kalil]

@Corvina I see. Most of the stuff she is getting praise, like the aerial and all, she's been doing since the beginning (Second Session). As I said during the first time I watched DNA Tour, it would be an amazing Arena Tour, with a bigger stage and all. Her productions for Hall Tours are very good, but since she's one of the top , it's hard to not compare with her own accomplishments.

I'm curious to see how all it's gonna be, specially for the stage to possibly hold two totally distinct concepts. Honestly the making of documentary will be very interesting, this time.

About doing two concerts a day, it sounds bad for her voice, like it was with the 2nd LIMITED LIVE. But can you imagine what an experience will be seeing two different concerts and concepts in one day? ♥

[Marurosu]

so glad seeing this new project coming!

I wonder if she's going to put Break it down performance again on Black Cherry re(live) tour... cause it was my favorite by far!!!

[jean-baptiste]

I would imagine there being edits to the setlists since she's doing two shows in a day, but I wonder how far she'll go when it comes to adding new songs to the setlists. Pretty exciting!

Love the concept and promo images! I'm amazed Kuu has attempted to keep her career fresh after all these years. Sounds a bit ironic when talking about recycled concepts lol. But still, I think it's being done in such an exciting way.