[Koda Kumi] The 166th Thread – 11th Album 「Bon Voyage」 (02/26) + LIVE TOUR 2014

[ILoveGeniuses]

^I have all of those except first things with the concert included. That one I bought separate. ♥♥♥♥♥

[happiholic★]

^^Ah, true. I forgot about that

[Gustavopc]

Dejavu + Dream Music Park was the best pairing up ever. Even for those who had bought UNIVERSE Tour, the concert still had loads of new things, and some perfomances in it were even better than in the tour (Can We Go Back and UNIVERSE for me)

[brener]

Originally Posted by kaled kalil

New DHits info:



【CD＋DVD】
RZCD-59603/B
¥2,800 (tax out)
【CD】
全16曲収录予定
＜収录予定曲＞
TOUCH DOWN（New AL）
Crank Tha Bass from.OVDS（New AL）
Winner Girls（New AL）
XXX（Sg Dreaming Now! c/w）
Pearl Moon
Boom Boom Boys
Inside Fishbowl & Outside Fishbowl
ESCALATE　
他

【DVD】
本邦初公开！约4年振りの2度目の台湾公演「Koda Kumi Taiwan Live 2013」@国立台湾大学総合体育馆で行われたライブと裏侧に密着。
エンターテインメント性あふれるステージの裏侧、プライベートにも密着した见応えたっぷりのドキュメンタリ ー!!

Credits: guillesaurio@JPC

No new PV neither new song.

classy as always on her DHs covers )

[ILoveGeniuses]

Originally Posted by Gustavopc

Dejavu + Dream Music Park was the best pairing up ever. Even for those who had bought UNIVERSE Tour, the concert still had loads of new things, and some perfomances in it were even better than in the tour (Can We Go Back and UNIVERSE for me)

Agree completely ♥♥♥♥♥

[orangeakira]

Originally Posted by kaled kalil

^ She used to do this a lot back then:

BEST ~Second Session~: First Things Tour
Black Cherry: Cherry Girl movie
Kingdom: Fever Live in Yokohama
Trick: Dirtyball Room
Dejavu: Dream Music Park

Oh my god, Dirty Ballroom is my shit. It's my favorite concert by her, the choreography was hot, the tracklist was awesome, ballads were kept down to a minimum, and she even performed a bunch of remixes. It was nothing but pure awesomeness. My only gripe is the annoying, and overly abundant video effects they used throughout the performance.

[abestfah]

http://m.soundcloud.com/kippwilliams/on-your-side

Is it true or not, this is demo of On Your Side?

Credit : Koda Kumi French

[kumiko*]

i guess it's legit. it's the same composer of kuus song, and how often do they have the same songtitle. besides it has nearly exact the same lenght, just 3sec difference.

it sounds good to me, but it's hard for me to imagine her voice with it. but i trust kuu to make it her own and make it absolutetly awesome

[Ayu_Love]

That's odd, 'SHOW ME YOUR HOLLA' Short version uploaded on Avex's Youtube channel was available to view in my country and now it suddenly isn't. Is everyone else getting this?

[ILoveGeniuses]

Originally Posted by Ayu_Love

That's odd, 'SHOW ME YOUR HOLLA' Short version uploaded on Avex's Youtube channel was available to view in my country and now it suddenly isn't. Is everyone else getting this?

They did the same with the JAPONESQUE Tour DVD Trailer. I doubt it has anything to do with the who-copied-who thing. Besides if it upsets Beyonce or Christina Aguilera their labels have full international connections so limiting the PV to one country wouldn't help anything.

[Lady~Deviance]

Originally Posted by abestfah

http://m.soundcloud.com/kippwilliams/on-your-side

Is it true or not, this is demo of On Your Side?

Credit : Koda Kumi French

I believe it is the same song listed for Kuu's album. The composer is the same.

Album: Bon Voyage
Track 15 - On Your Side 2:58
Composers: Kipp Williams/Kyle Shearer

The demo doesn't do it for me. I can't wait to hear Kuu's version.

[ILoveGeniuses]

^*giggle @ KS composer* Kyle Shearer is my cousins name. LOL

[Ayu_Love]

Originally Posted by ILoveGeniuses

They did the same with the JAPONESQUE Tour DVD Trailer. I doubt it has anything to do with the who-copied-who thing. Besides if it upsets Beyonce or Christina Aguilera their labels have full international connections so limiting the PV to one country wouldn't help anything.

I agree. I think the whole 'Koda-copied-Beyonce' thing is utterly stupid anyway. People seem to think if two artists use the a similar concept then its copying, even though the actual content of the music video is executed differently. And when I last checked you couldn't copyright something as vague as a concept. A concept is a concept, whether its inspired by history, fashion, or a certain country. Of course more than one artist is going to use a similar setting.

'SHOW ME YOUR HOLLA' reminds me much more of the old black & white 1920's/40's sailor girl pin up photos and videos, (which is what 'Candy Man' was probably also inspired by) which was obviously chosen to match the theme of the album. mixed with a high fashion set (hence the other shots of her being shot in high fashion). The dance style looks similar to the Charleston dance too in places, from the 1920's.

[tobey001]

Not really relevant to any ongoing conversations in this thread, but I wanted to show off the latest addition to my back tattoo design.

Spoiler:

I had this portrait of Kumi done, and am absolutely amazed at how well it's turned out!

Now, she sits beautifully underneath my Ayumi tattoo!!

[ILoveGeniuses]

^^ agree. Besides if she was copying anything itd be people who passed away A LONG TIME AGO. Lots of artists have done an old retro theme. Another recent one is the covers for Mika Nakashima's latest cover album. Has a very 1940s fashion to it which btw I ADORE TO PIECES. Anyways I'm suspecting theyre starting to do this on YouTube as part of the new Piracy Control Extremes they've started in Japan. I also think the Posting Only Clips of the PVs are so they can keep selling several copies of the +DVD/Bluray editions of singles and albums. Seems Japan are the only country still comitted to doing this. Korea, America, Australia and the UK are all now just putting the full things on YouTube and selling albums as just CDs and Digital DLs majority of the time nowadays. I'm not too sure on what most other countries are doing for this but I'd suspect the same or something similar.

[Ayu_Love]

^Yeah I agree. I really hope Japan follows suit one day. I know they didn't because they used to make a lot of money by selling the CD+DVD version, but I wonder if they still do now? I think Kpop and Western pop has proven the publicity of Youtube (and other social media) can be huge, for the publicity of the artist and the albums sales. Japanese music companies never seem that bothered about making their artists internationally recognized, though. Also I think I saw that shoot by Mika Nakashima and remember it being rather gorgeous!


I really love 'SHOW ME YOUR HOLLA'! The song, the PV, the pin-up sailor theme, the dancing, everything. The scene with her face being silhouetted by the light and shadow lines through the blind is bloody gorgeous, and I can't stop watching the dance or get the song out of my head. It's quickly becoming a favorite of mine! <3

'Winner Girls' is awesome, too. Both songs make me not want to wait to hear the rest of the tracklist!

[ILoveGeniuses]

^I think that Japan not having the initiative on the International Market is quite sad actually. During the early 00's JPOP was REALLY catching on and Japan could have really done something with it besides putting the songs as tie ins for animes and video games like Inuyasha and Final Fantasy. There seems to be a few selective Japanese artists that want to really reach out to the Intl fans but its more the individual and not the companies themselves. The top 4 I can name off top of my head at the moment would be Kuu, Hikki, Namie & L'Arc~en~Ciel.

As for Bon Voyage I admit I've only seen the preview of SMYH PV and listened to the preview of WG. Im trying to save most of it for when the full thing leaks.

[Possessionless]

Avex has taken the PV off YT?

[Ayu_Love]

Originally Posted by ILoveGeniuses

^I think that Japan not having the initiative on the International Market is quite sad actually. During the early 00's JPOP was REALLY catching on and Japan could have really done something with it besides putting the songs as tie ins for animes and video games like Inuyasha and Final Fantasy. There seems to be a few selective Japanese artists that want to really reach out to the Intl fans but its more the individual and not the companies themselves. The top 4 I can name off top of my head at the moment would be Kuu, Hikki, Namie & L'Arc~en~Ciel.

As for Bon Voyage I admit I've only seen the preview of SMYH PV and listened to the preview of WG. Im trying to save most of it for when the full thing leaks.

I do too. I really hope the japanese companies will open up a bit in the future. Kuu said she chose the songs for japonesque to reach out to the international market and fans, because she feels that jpop can deliver unique types of music found only in japan. Which is true! But it was never marketed so that international people could find it easy or buy it easily, like you can kpop. Such as with itunes you can buy most kpop music no matter what country youre in.

I got really excited when they advertised Namies 'Uncontrolled' on Youtube, cause that did reach out to an international audience. I remember clicking on a video when browsing Youtube one day and the advert came up for her album, it was awesome.

[ILoveGeniuses]

Originally Posted by Ayu_Love

I do too. I really hope the japanese companies will open up a bit in the future. Kuu said she chose the songs for japonesque to reach out to the international market and fans, because she feels that jpop can deliver unique types of music found only in japan. Which is true! But it was never marketed so that international people could find it easy or buy it easily, like you can kpop. Such as with itunes you can buy most kpop music no matter what country youre in.

I got really excited when they advertised Namies 'Uncontrolled' on Youtube, cause that did reach out to an international audience. I remember clicking on a video when browsing Youtube one day and the advert came up for her album, it was awesome.

Oh i havent seen jpop ads come up on YT but that is very cool. I also like that Email Newsletter thing Kuu set up in English. Been fun. Just I think at this point Namies done most. Her facebook posts are all posted in both Japanese AND English, FEEL was released Internationally on iTunes Officially and she even set up that shop for INTL fans on her facebook page. I'm sure Kuus trying to do more too though. However she might be needing to fight with avex to let/help her do it.

@Possessionless No it wasnt removed from YT. Avex just limited it so you can only view it if you're in Japan. -_-