[Koda Kumi] Splash your summer away with the Mermaid Princess. [85th♥]

[brand new love]

Originally Posted by LacusClyne

but it will be interesting if they release on the same day as Ayu, i wonder who will win?

it depends on who it is.. groups like arashi would beat her without question. tegomass probably wouldn't.


i hope her sales stay steady!

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by Cherrim

I thought the pouch edition was all sold out? So there wasn't that many copies of it to begin with then ?

avex probably didn't made enough of it , just like for NEXT LEVEL's thumbdrive issue

Originally Posted by hpg23

The songs are awful and a mess, no wonder is not selling good. No matter it´s a 3A-SIDE, if the songs are not worth it, it´s not going to sell. Kuu disappoints once more.

LOL Hector

I hope you get ready to bring a brolly , in case people starts to throw bricks , darts at you

Originally Posted by brand new love

it depends on who it is.. groups like arashi would beat her without question. tegomass probably wouldn't.

i hope her sales stay steady!

ditto on that

[Kingdom]

you guys have to remember oricon is not really the final say in anything. kumi's "stay with me" sold 2.5+ mil but it did pretty crappy on the oricon. a lot of people prefer to buy digitally now.

it's just a chart position though. of course we all wanted her to be number 1 but this isn't ayu, it's our kumi kuu! she didn't have some amazing streak to uphold though i am kind of speaking too soon, the world may flip upside down and tegomass may drop way below kumi. but .. i don't think so

[waterballoon]

Originally Posted by juicy

you guys have to remember oricon is not really the final say in anything. kumi's "stay with me" sold 2.5+ mil but it did pretty crappy on the oricon. a lot of people prefer to buy digitally now.

it's just a chart position though. of course we all wanted her to be number 1 but this isn't ayu, it's our kumi kuu! she didn't have some amazing streak to uphold though i am kind of speaking too soon, the world may flip upside down and tegomass may drop way below kumi. but .. i don't think so

#2 is still good... with regards to JE, I would take that they don't exist on the charts so people need to move up to fill up the spaces.

25k for 1st day is still good imo, I hope it stays stable (and also the word should flip upside down now! lol)!

[Maemi]

Originally Posted by hpg23

The songs are awful and a mess, no wonder is not selling good. No matter it´s a 3A-SIDE, if the songs are not worth it, it´s not going to sell. Kuu disappoints once more.

At least we're honest^^

I don't think she disappoints, but not even doing great like before.

[Kingdom]

she hasn't disappointed me since that ain't cool

ok so working with misono was a little disappointing but at least i got faraway out of that

[love in music]

yeah those sales better stay steady because if not then for a 3-aside that's not so good.
hopefully for her next single she'll have some better songs/PV's and better sales. (i do like hashire though.. but everyone seems to hate it ) but i think this single tried to recreate 4 HOT WAVE and failed

btw how awesome are the PV's for 4 HOT WAVE? i was watching them again yesterday. now that was a perfect summer single!

[Maemi]

Originally Posted by juicy

she hasn't disappointed me since that ain't cool

ok so working with misono was a little disappointing but at least i got faraway out of that

It seems many people don't like That Ain't Cool...me neither.

Oh when comes to me, I can't say Kuu disappoints me simply because I like her discography on some weird way. Now I enjoy Best ~first things~ & Kingdom the most. Black Cherry isn't bad, but at the end becomes really bad.

So...I just love some songs, and some are a total crap, like I can't stand them, a total garbage. (reffering to Trick).

[ayumisrael]

Originally Posted by juicy

you guys have to remember oricon is not really the final say in anything. kumi's "stay with me" sold 2.5+ mil but it did pretty crappy on the oricon. a lot of people prefer to buy digitally now.

it's just a chart position though. of course we all wanted her to be number 1 but this isn't ayu, it's our kumi kuu! she didn't have some amazing streak to uphold though i am kind of speaking too soon, the world may flip upside down and tegomass may drop way below kumi. but .. i don't think so

Though digital downloads don't really determine anything.
Most of the downloaders downloaded a 30-50 seconds of the song,
Also kuu had no song that sold even 100,000 (digitally) since then so the million people dissapeared, physical buyers are more consitent and interest in an artist (rather than a song or a chorus of a song) can be checked more over them and also the profit from legal downloads are barely 1% from physical sales.
Most likely because of those reasons artists and labels consist on release physical CDs.
But yeah it wasn't bad at all.

I wish kuu's sales were better but I agree that kuu had better singles though I liked all of the songs.

[Kingdom]

Originally Posted by Maemi

It seems many people don't like That Ain't Cool...me neither.

Oh when comes to me, I can't say Kuu disappoints me simply because I like her discography on some weird way. Now I enjoy Best ~first things~ & Kingdom the most. Black Cherry isn't bad, but at the end becomes really bad.

So...I just love some songs, and some are a total crap, like I can't stand them, a total garbage. (reffering to Trick).

i hated that ain't cool. i can tolerate it now, but it's not one of my favorites at all. i really don't like fergie.

i feel the same way, but i loved trick.. it was a step up from kingdom for me. to be honest i am getting kind of sick of the whole electro route that jpop is doing, though. maybe because korea has been doing it for years and japan is just now going through that phase. it's getting kind of old (ayu, kuu, namie, basically everyone under the sun)

Originally Posted by ayumisrael

Though digital downloads don't really determine anything.
Most of the downloaders downloaded a 30-50 seconds of the song,

ohh do you have a source for this? i'm interested.

[njanjayrp]

I thought TRICK was just ok, especially if I ignore a couple of tracks on it. Ku has loads of really good songs (even from her pre Secret era), but besides the best ofs there isn't really a particular album that I like more than the other one.

[Maemi]

Originally Posted by juicy

i hated that ain't cool. i can tolerate it now, but it's not one of my favorites at all. i really don't like fergie.

i feel the same way, but i loved trick.. it was a step up from kingdom for me. to be honest i am getting kind of sick of the whole electro route that jpop is doing, though. maybe because korea has been doing it for years and japan is just now going through that phase. it's getting kind of old (ayu, kuu, namie, basically everyone under the sun)

I see I love Kingdom because it's the only Koda's album I can listen to without skipping. While I hate the most of songs on TRICK. I wish she just got rid of them. I remember when everyone were saying on AHS "OMG I loooove it!!! It's her best album!!" and I was like "wtf?I'll never listen to it again"

So yeah, people have different opinions

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by juicy

ohh do you have a source for this? i'm interested.

I find it hard to believe that a release that flopped badly sold 2.5 millions digitally. Now I find this very interesting

GReeeeN - Kiseki:

On May 28, 2009, the sales of the full-track digital-format version (Chaku-Uta Full) of the song passed 2.3 million copies, surpassing the sales of Thelma Aoyama's single "Soba ni Iru ne" and becoming the best-selling full-track digital single in Japan.[1] The song was given the certificate for the "best selling download single in Japan" by the Guinness World Records on June 29, 2009.

So from what you said, Stay with me should be holding that record lol and we all know it wasn't nearly as popular as kiseki.

Whoever said it did well digitally was lying, especially cuz Days took the #1 position for December for digital downloads, so should we imagine how much Days sold digitally then? I think that Oricon still reflects the popularity of the release quite well, at least compared to the other releases

[Maemi]

^ and stay with me is like... the most boring ballad on TRICK and overall.

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by juicy

she hasn't disappointed me since that ain't cool

ok so working with misono was a little disappointing but at least i got faraway out of that

Hahahahaha totally agree! But then again, she hasn't wowed me since Taboo and before that KINGDOM...

I'm looking forward to her next single something fierce though! I hope she doesn't let me down ^-^b

[JackieRos]

Originally Posted by tenshi no hane

Here’s the romaji and a translation of 走れ! (Hashire!) by moi ;D

Romaji

Spoiler:

Mokutekichi made wa yaku san ten go kiro da
Sensui junbi mo OK
Ato wa egao dake ne

Pawaa no minamoto kimi shika inai no
Hayaku chaaji shite kurenakya
Mou hikarabisou!!

Ima sugu kimi no matsu basho e
Parasoru no nami mogutte
Ima sugu ni kimi no matsu basho e
Kuchibiru burun tte sasete

Atashi wa sokubaku shite wa komarasete bakari
Sore demo kimi tte ba
Kotaete kureyou to shite kureru no

Kimi to no jikan tsubushite made
Yaritai koto nante nai no
Kimi igai wa atomawashi

Yuuutsu na machi futtobashite
Ima sugu ni kimi no moto e
Noraneko ni mo nage kissu wo shite
Hiiru no kakato narashite

Kono mukai kaze mikata ni shite
Kimi wo dakishime ni yuku yo
Ichiban ni kimi wo mitsukeru wa
Hagu shite kisu shite

Amai kaze mune wo kusuguru
Mou nanimo kotoba nante iranai wa

Ima sugu kimi no matsu basho e
Parasoru no nami magutte
Kono mizutamari wo tobikoete
Kimi no mune megake isoge

Amefuri sora wo kettobashite
Niji no hashi kakete yuku yo
Ima ichibyou demo motto hayaku
Kimi no matsu basho e isoge Yeah

Translation

Spoiler:

Only about 3,5 km ‘till our destination
Prepare to dive OK
Smile only afterwards

The origin of my power is no else but you
Charge me up quickly
I’m already growing stale!

Right now, I’ll go to the place where you’re waiting
Diving into a wave of parasols
Right now, I’ll go to the place where you’re waiting
Let me blow up a balloon

I only restrain you and trouble you with questions
But even so, if it’s you
You’ll try to answer them for me

Until the time I spend with you is over
There are no other things that I want to do
I want to postpone everything but you

Driving away from the depressive city,
I’ll go to your side, right now
I throw a kiss to a stray cat and
Let my high heels clang

This headwind is my companion
I travel to be able to embrace you closely
What I want the most is to find you
To hug and kiss you

The sweet wind tickles my chest
No words are needed anymore

Right now, I’ll go to the place where you’re waiting
Diving into a wave of parasols
I’ll jump over this puddle of water
And aim at your heart, hurry!

Kicking the rainy sky,
I travel across the bridge of a rainbow
Right now, I’ll go even just one second faster
And hurry to the place where you’re waiting, yeah

(please credit me if you use them somewhere else)

*kanji thanks to scans by debitto @ JPM

thank you hun

[Kingdom]

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

Hahahahaha totally agree! But then again, she hasn't wowed me since Taboo and before that KINGDOM...

I'm looking forward to her next single something fierce though! I hope she doesn't let me down ^-^b

taboo didn't really wow me moon crying was the last song that truly wowed me, but i've enjoyed mostly everything. showgirl and driving really took me by surprise though!

her next single is a ballad, Alive. i don't think it's going to be that fierce thing you're looking for

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by juicy

taboo didn't really wow me moon crying was the last song that truly wowed me, but i've enjoyed mostly everything. showgirl and driving really took me by surprise though!

her next single is a ballad, Alive. i don't think it's going to be that fierce thing you're looking for

I only truly fell for Moon Crying when she sang it live during one of her tours

But yeah, I don't usually like ballads unless they're by Ayu or Gackt, but the fact that it's covering an opera song totally peeks my interest! I think it's way more interesting than 3 SPLASH.

[Twinkle !]

hmmm if we think really well FREAKY'S Debut was 25-29k and she sold really well in first week so wait and see

[Ayumiko]

I was surprised @ the first day's sales...was expecting higher since its 3A, 3pvs and 3 versions...but maybe with the performances later, the sales will be better. This makes me wonder how well ayu's single will sell...o_O

As for the songs and pvs...my ranking:

song:
Ecstasy>Hashire!>lick me

pv:
Ecstasy>lick me>Hashire!

I actually only like Ecstasy from this single...the song is great but I dislike both Hashire! and lick me. Mostly because of the way she sings in those 2 songs.