[Koda Kumi] The 207th Thread - Take a Walk in the Summer of '21

[KarenPang]

Kuu & other artistes will perform at Osaka MUSIC LOVER ~Road to 2025~



Osaka MUSIC LOVER ~Road to 2025~ will take place on 17th & 18th Dec at Osaka Jo Hall and this event is to commemorate 2025 Osaka / Kansai Expo

For Kuu , she will perform on 18th Dec alongside with AI , BEGIN & Shimizu Shota

https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000211072
https://twitter.com/FM802_PR/status/1460837613531987969

[minkAYuko]

^ ai no uta...

Originally Posted by Gustavopc

FINALLY "enemy" got released!!
https://open.spotify.com/album/4n3Tme0uVCEFOUREAfufD4

YES!!!

Also I was thinking that for ku's FIRST TAKE she can sing ai no uta, and apparently they sing 2 songs, so i'd like her to sing WALK OF MY LIFE... maybe someday she'll be there T_T

[KarenPang]

^ Kuu definitely should get invited to take part in THE FIRST TAKE it depends on the organiser if they will make that happen or not

And even though THE FIRST TAKE mainly focus on Sony artistes , last week they featured GLAY for the 1st time which they've been independent for no. of years after they left EMI

And their 1 take version of Winter , again was great even though vocalist TERU was nervous prior to the video being filmed x)

[KarenPang]

Kuu will perform at the year end 2021 FNS Kayousai

2021 FNS Kayousai will take place on 1st & 8th Dec . For Kuu , she will perform on 1st Dec



https://twitter.com/fns_kayousai/sta...46481079656448



https://twitter.com/KODAKUMINET/stat...64359342272514

Nice & another Aoi Shota duet again ? :p

[Gustavopc]

Her name is right next to Hiromi Go, wouldnt be scared if they collab once again lol But that's just sorted by alphabetic order, isnt it?
BoA will also be there, how I wish they'd interact maybe even collab... but tbh if after all these years they didnt interact I think they might not have ended up as friends after the meaning of peace

[kaled kalil]

I would say they are very friendly to each other, last time I remember seeing them together was for a Music Station ep back in 2007, and they even mentioned the Music Station SP Live (right at the beginning of the video).

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV17y...om=333.337.0.0

Also, what a great line up for Music Station. The good old times.

[KarenPang]

Kuu will be featured on KinKi Kids no Bunbuboon

The KinKi Kids no Bunbuboon episode featuring her as guest will be aired on 4th Dec

https://twitter.com/KODAKUMINET/stat...03628659159044

Oh this will be funny xD . The show's format is that whoever is featured on KinKi Kids no Bunbuboon as guest , they will decide what they want to do with KinKi Kids

Wonder what Kuu wants to do with them , xD

[KuuXAyu-fan]

I was really hoping Avex would book Kuu on Music Station to promote the best but the next episode is on Dec 3 and she has a show that day.

[Corvina]

Kuu shot recently with Kazuyoshi Shimomura after a long break with him.
Might be for her new album as it's coming till March 2022 (she revealed that at the talkshow tour nobody is openly talking about like they asked for ).



https://www.instagram.com/p/CWTJb7LJ...dium=copy_link

With all the songs we have so far it's going to be a chilly and cohesive album.
Really love 4 MORE and We'll Be OK myself.

Originally Posted by Gustavopc

Her name is right next to Hiromi Go, wouldnt be scared if they collab once again lol But that's just sorted by alphabetic order, isnt it?

Yes, it's in alphabetic order.
There will also be Aoi Shota, LiSA, AI, Akiko Wada... all people she already collaborated with. It's hard to tell what she and the network will do this time.
Maybe some new collab, maybe no collab at all, considering her best, maybe both.

[KuuXAyu-fan]

Which album covers has he done for her in the past?

[Corvina]

He's himself citing some of his work for her in his post:
Kingdom, TRICK, JAPONESQUE, Bon Voyage, TABOO, Moon, BUT and more.

[Gustavopc]

2022 hasnt even started and Kuu had the AOTY in her hands omg

[minkAYuko]

now you can order directly from CDJAPAN ku's BEST, the regular one, that means RZ now allows selling the album outside japan. wooo!

So that means I won't have problems with my copy from HMV xD...

[Darkifrit]

^ Thanks for the info. I have cancelled my order via Yesasia then. Prefer to order with CD Japan
Btw CD Japan put a picture of the postcard. It seems to be a set of covers from her 4 main Best of.

[KarenPang]

The images for the different BEST~2000-2020~ giveaways were released on Tue

https://rhythmzone.net/koda/news/detail.php?id=1095675

The bonus items are quite underwhelming except the fanclub exclusive acrylic charm but they could have used different photos instead of the ones used as covers

[thinkingoutloud89]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

The images for the different BEST~2000-2020~ giveaways were released on Tue

https://rhythmzone.net/koda/news/detail.php?id=1095675

The bonus items are quite underwhelming except the fanclub exclusive acrylic charm but they could have used different photos instead of the ones used as covers

That charm is the lamest of these thing tbqh
Want the postcards.

[Darkifrit]

I love enemy full version. It’s like a better version of Guess Who is back

Too bad the release of the song is a non event. Avex failed! It could have been a popular anime song.

[KuuXAyu-fan]

I also love the song. It’s such a shame Avex wasted this and Guess Who Is Back.

[KarenPang]

4 MORE -Dance Ver.-



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b1Om7P8UrM

[Corvina]

blank paper is going the mysterious promo route, but they do get overseas distribution:

https://jpurecords.com/blogs/news/bl...-japanese-band

Mysterious new band blank paper have joined JPU Records for the release of debut single ‘enemy’, despite having no artist pic or any kind of information about the band / project / artist or its members.

Anime and music fans from around the world, as well as Japanese media, have been speculating about blank paper since ‘enemy’ appeared as the opening theme song to brand new giant robot anime Amaim Warrior at the Borderline (released as Kyoukai Senki in Japan) from Nippon Sunrise Inc., the studio behind iconic series such as Cowboy Bebop, Gundam and Escaflowne. Despite this blank paper has yet to answer any interviews and has stayed completely silent, beyond an Instagram account that posts blank pictures and a Twitter account with no tweets.

“I have to admit, I was a bit alarmed when blank paper sent me their artist pic and it was completely blank,” explains JPU Records founder and CEO Tom Smith. “but when I heard their music, the combination of soarin male and female vocals, rap sections in English and Japanese, plus the crushing guitars that bounce between heavy metal and pop riffs that are joined by super sweet violin sections, I knew I wanted more and immediately asked them to license their music to JPU for overseas. They are definitely one to watch.”

‘enemy’ will be available to officially download and stream from 17 November 2021.

It could be Back-On and Kuu simply want to make music together and that's why they're not actively doing anything for promotion.
Or even saying who they are.