[Koda Kumi] The 206th Thread - My Name Is...

[minkAYuko]

I really like it! It feels grand in its own way, gives like religious anthem?? It also gives me cute song but for a mature woman haha dunno. But I do love it!!

[Gubsi]

urgh i love this so much. i'm so glad this is not another Lucky Star crap or some school rock bs... this suits her so much better.
looking forward to the other two songs now

[Gustavopc]

@Kaled Indeed lmao Maybe it'll sound more a-side-ish in HQ? I dont really like how radio rips make songs flat...

btw is an UHQ cover of We'll Be Okay out already? Could someone share if it they find it? I need this as a wallpaper and gotta make some edits lol

[Diva_br]

Ummm... it's nice but not so nice lol

[Corvina]

It actually reminds me of western pop songs, Brit pop to be exact, not Kana Nishino or any J-Pop.
With English lyrics I could easily see this being played here on the radio.
It's definitely a grower, I really like it!

[ALfromHELLSING]

It only took me two plays to fall in love with We'll Be OK. It's a different type of summer song, fun & mature at the same time. It gives me both Come Over / Merry Go Round vibes (I'm still a bit salty that it was not performed live and seems to be completely forgotten already).

Originally Posted by Corvina

It actually reminds me of western pop songs, Brit pop to be exact, not Kana Nishino or any J-Pop.
With English lyrics I could easily see this being played here on the radio.
It's definitely a grower, I really like it!

Same.

I don't understand the marketing strategy here tho, we have to have 20 days for it to be officially released digitally while the song is technically already out.

Originally Posted by KarenPang

A bit more details on We'll Be OK

Written by Koda herself , We'll Be OK delivers a positive message to push the backs of people who carry burdens

https://www.tokyohive.com/article/20...ecutive-months

Did she compose the music too? Cause she's been writing lyrics herself for many years now to pretty much 90% of her songs.

[Gubsi]

the song is very refreshing and i'm happy she went that way. also if she did that outdoor cover because of fans requests i wouldn't be surprised if she's using those FC polls from 2020 for this years release …

Originally Posted by ALfromHELLSING

I don't understand the marketing strategy here tho, we have to have 20 days for it to be officially released digitally while the song is technically already out.

don't get it either. it's very much like they did it in the old days with sending songs to radio weeks before the release.

[Surreal17]

I like the new song a lot, it puts me in a good mood. The trumpets addition is also nice.

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by Gustavopc

btw is an UHQ cover of We'll Be Okay out already? Could someone share if it they find it? I need this as a wallpaper and gotta make some edits lol

Highest quality is the 1 that Kuu posted on her Instagram which's 1080 x 1080

https://instagram.fsin9-1.fna.fbcdn...._nc_sid=4f375e

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ--PGzjCdo/

Not going to listen to We'll Be OK yet x)

I learnt from experience that sometimes it's better not to listen to songs so early prior to the physical release

And I think due to that , I did not like re(CORD) as much as I wanted to except for Merry Go Round :@

Originally Posted by ALfromHELLSING

Did she compose the music too? Cause she's been writing lyrics herself for many years now to pretty much 90% of her songs.

Not that I know of but I could be wrong

[Gustavopc]

^ Thanks Karen!

I do get what you mean about listening to a song earlier. This happened to me with ayu's LOVE again, Kuu's re(CORD) and also a bunch of albums which had many songs released earlier as promo singles or whatever, even with artists from the USA or Europe. The whole album feels disjointed at first when this happens, and it makes me not want to revisit it as I would.

[kaled kalil]

I understand, the same happened with me back in the day with TRICK, with all the singles and radio leaks it only had like 2 or 3 new songs, and I was kinda over by the time the album was released.

Here it is the interview part, it doesn't includes the song for obvious reasons.

[Surreal17]

Originally Posted by Gustavopc

^ Thanks Karen!

I do get what you mean about listening to a song earlier. This happened to me with ayu's LOVE again, Kuu's re(CORD) and also a bunch of albums which had many songs released earlier as promo singles or whatever, even with artists from the USA or Europe. The whole album feels disjointed at first when this happens, and it makes me not want to revisit it as I would.

Although in a way it was quite nice because we were getting stuff constantly, keeping the hype ongoing. I'm kinda nostalgic, but at least Kumi is still releasing pretty often.

[Solarblade]

Originally Posted by minkAYuko

I just realized… is she on the set of Parasite about to receive a cake??? nooo kumi nooooooo!!!

xD I didn't notice until I saw that tent behind her and was like...wow this is very like Parasite XD

[kaled kalil]

Today's Monitoring episode had a rebroadcast of Kumi's Ai no Uta performance she did before, nothing new as far as I know.

[_XXKK_]

the song is a BOP

[ShiraJemJem]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

Highest quality is the 1 that Kuu posted on her Instagram which's 1080 x 1080

https://instagram.fsin9-1.fna.fbcdn...._nc_sid=4f375e

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ--PGzjCdo/

Love this cover so much. It reminds me of Koi no Tsubomi somehow. Maybe the picnic theme and her smiling, I guess.

[Corvina]

You can see Kuu was on popular Monitoring again, she gained followers.

Her Japanese fans are calling the 3 singles/songs the be-trilogy already as it's part of all 3 titles.
The 3 is magic here - the announcement of 3 digital singles came 3 weeks before the release of the first single and they're released 3 weeks apart.

[KarenPang]

2021 FNS Kayousai Natsu video commentary featuring Kuu & Miura Daichi which they talked about them performing DREAMS COME TRUE's Nando Demo this coming Wed night

https://twitter.com/fns_kayousai/sta...92612947881984

Kuu looks elegant in the video commentary

[KarenPang]

Extra dates added to KODA KUMI 20th ANNIVERSARY ~Special Talk Show~

22nd Aug (Sun) @ Tokyo Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel

1st session : 11:00am doors open / 12:00pm event starts
2nd session：3pm doors open / 4pm event starts

29th Aug (Sun) @ ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Osaka

1st session : 11:00am doors open / 12:00pm event starts
2nd session：3pm doors open / 4pm event starts

https://rhythmzone.net/koda/news/detail.php?id=1092794

Today's talk show sessions in ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Grand Court Nagoya were sold out

[KarenPang]

Details revealed for the 1st digital Koda Gumi gachagacha , prizes wise

Time frame to pay & play

- Today to 31st Aug

1 try - 1,000 Yen
3 tries - 2,800 Yen
9 tries - 8,000 Yen

- 1 to 1 online video call talk with Kuu via Zoom

・ 3 minutes allocated
・ Include digital photoset A
・ Will take place online on 18th Sept

- Raw photo with signature written on the photo

5 different photos shown

- Kuu-chan voice audio files

13 made available , includes 1 digital image (One of the images will be from the 20th Anniversary digital Photoset)

- 20th ANNIVERSARY digital photoset

6 sets made available , each set has 3 images of Kuu

The digital photo(s) won during the gachagacha campaign can be issued into physical photos & they can be delivered domestically in Japan

Domestic shipping fee - from 890 Yen onwards

% probability to win each of the prizes

1 to 1 online video call talk with Kuu - 0.2%
Raw photo with signature written on the photo - 0.4%
Kuu-chan voice audio files - 49.7%
20th ANNIVERSARY digital photoset - 49.7%

https://twitter.com/KODAKUMINET/stat...86224767057922



$$$$ , xD