[Koda Kumi] The 189th Thread — W FACE inside/outside + Driving Hit's 7

[ALfromHELLSING]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

during the encore , Kuu mentioned that she has no $ to shoot PVs now (not sure if this's a joke or not o_O )

I'm pretty sure she has money to shoot MVs she just doesn't have as much money for them anymore and won't be able to release another album with MV for every song like second session, Kingdom or JAPONSEQUE, however, clearly W FACE MV had a good budget. CG effects look good even in HQ. W FACE MVs could have been better if she decided to go with less is more.

Originally Posted by CatGirl

I really like PLC so I would have been okay with that, even though BUT is one of my favorite songs by her.

I'm glad that I'm not the only person who actually likes this song. lol

[KarenPang]

I agree that W FACE PV itself is the best out of the lot . Watching it in HQ is a real treat & the LQ in a way don't do justice to the PV to a certain extent

I rather Kuu made 2 solid looking PVs instead of 6 PVs with the budget of 2 PVs

Also I loved BUT . I'm surprised not a lot of her core fanbase like it . The PV is still 1 that gets me up to now

[Irish_Ayu_Fan]

Hey guys, went to the Osaka show on Saturday so thought I'd give a little review if anyone's interested! This was my first Kumi concert so I was really excited but nervous, as I'm not totally familiar with her work pre Deja Vu, especially ballads. But, this concert blew me away! Many people (me included), questioned Ultraviolet as the opener but it worked so well. Girl can dance so god damn well lol. Then it transitioned into Pop Diva and the crowd got soooo hyped it was great. Kinda fell a bit in the Winner Girls/Hurricane/Money in my bag medley. But my god she took it to the top with Insane. This was definitely one of the highlights of the entire show. I may be biased because it's my favourite track from both of the W Face albums. She was standing behind a black net singing and she suddenly jumped up and the net was going up and she was laying down inside it, then the chorus came and she twisted her upper body and came out like a cocoon and did the most amazing stunts I've ever seen. I didn't think it would be possible to stand after spinning that fast �� When Bassline came on it was more chill after the drama of Insane. Her and 4 dancers stand wearing big sun hats and holding mic stands. Nice performance but I felt like the crowd wasn't feeling it much.
Then a projector screen came down in front of the stage and started to show images of stars and galaxies and we all thought it was an interlude but she was behind the screen sitting on a swing up on the air singing Damn Real. Very enjoyable.

The ballad section started with Promise You, which I was very thankful for, great song. Her voice was flawless here. The rest of the ballad section wasn't really for me but still enjoyable. She did an MC after and talked a lot about how much she missed Osaka and mocked the Osaka dialect a lot haha, she's really funny.
She then asked everyone to take their seats while she belted out Heartless which was AMAZING. She's got some serious pipes guys. Then there was break and she sent the dancers out into the crowd to pick 2 people to go on stage, one guy and one girl for Suki deshite. Really not a fan of the song but was cute to see Kuu interacting with the fans so closely. The 3 of them sat in a little tea cup which moved around the stage and twirled.

After 2/3 more ballads, the section from Hotel~ Loaded came on and got the crowd so energetic. Was great to hear all these party songs live. Loaded was a favourite. Main show ended with What's Up and it works really well here. As someone mentioned before, Poppin Love Cocktail won the vote for the encore. All the Japanese were crazy for it. Rest of the encore was standard. There was another MC where she answered questions from people in the crowd and again she had everyone in stitches laughing! She talked about her son and how he calls all Kuu fans "Mama's friends", super cute. About the stage, there was a big triangle screen that had an elevator in it for Kuu to go up and down and the band were half hidden behind the triangle. Sorry if this post is really long but I hope some of you guys can enjoy my little recap

[thinkingoutloud89]

^nice that you enjoyed it. Pretty similar to my experience (even her asking to sit down during Heartless lol)

[ALfromHELLSING]

Thanks for the review Irish_Ayu_Fan. Sounds like an awesome show, it's too bad I'm gonna miss this one too... Hopefully by the time I'm going to see Kumi live she won't retire. Haha And I can tell from all her LOADED & PLC performances that fans still love both songs, so no wonder she keeps performing them.

Does anyone have any of the Fan-made remix albums below and / or any other? I'd appreciate if someone could share them. I absolutely love that Get It On remix, one of my fav, so I came across this album and wanted to give other remixes a try but all the links are broken.

Spoiler:

Thanks!

[Gustavopc]

I was checking some songs from the producers of W FACE, and looking into Lola Blanc's stuff I found those lyrics which seem to be from the demo of W FACE

https://genius.com/Lola-blanc-slay-lyrics

Anyone knows if this is legit? Tried finding Slay for streaming but couldn't

[thinkingoutloud89]

^she is credited for the song too you know
but I don't think there is more than a demo by herself

[Gustavopc]

yeah I know it was literally the first thing I said lol That's why I gave these lyrics some credits. I'm just curious to hear it, that's all

[KarenPang]

I guess another new picture from the tour collage pieces will be released real soon ?

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5122702287

[abestfah]

I would like to share about the show at Hiroshima on 19/5. This is my second time to attend her tour, previous one is Bon Voyage that is also hall tour. This time i got lucky to have a better randoming seat, center and close due to smaller hall. Alternative songs we got here were On my way, Ai no uta, Popping love cocktail and butterfly. Lucky guests were two girls who tumbled and cried throughout the song.

What I like is her dancing even it is noticeable that she is easily tired and sing a few verses on pre record in dance songs. However, she is still queen of live in Ballads, Heartless with pure piano is magical. Aerobatic in Insane is awesome, not new but it is my first time seeing with my eyes not dvd.

I was a bit disappointed she didn't sing W Face in live and less creativity compared with her last tours.

[Maemi]

omg I had no idea she released two new studio albums! :O

Guys do you like them?

[jiarongisme]

^ I enjoyed them.

[Gustavopc]

I am still in love with both albums. AND Driving Hits 7. I listen to the three of them almost once a day at least and I'm not forcing myself to do so.

Talking on DH7, I can now say it's hands down my fav from the DH series. I might be into it more than I was into Bitch Mix even, damn

[oaristos]

Originally Posted by Maemi

Guys do you like them?

No. There are a couple of good tracks on Outside (Insane and Bassline) that I still listen to almost on a daily basis, but I can't stand a single track on Inside.

[ALfromHELLSING]

Originally Posted by Gustavopc

I was checking some songs from the producers of W FACE, and looking into Lola Blanc's stuff I found those lyrics which seem to be from the demo of W FACE

https://genius.com/Lola-blanc-slay-lyrics

Anyone knows if this is legit? Tried finding Slay for streaming but couldn't

I like Kumi's lyrics better, they sound much more interesting to me and have more weight to them. Just like with CWGB Kelly's lyrics were just another break up song and Kumi put much more meaning into her version.

Originally Posted by abestfah

I was a bit disappointed she didn't sing W Face in live and less creativity compared with her last tours.

This might be due to the fact that the budget for her tours is smaller now or since she took inspiration for this tour from Beyonce. Just out of curiosity I've watched a few parts of her recent tour and I gotta say her tours are more about dancing rather than kind of cool stuff Kumi is doing or used to do during her tours.

[KarenPang]

Sun's Okayama setlist

M1 Ultraviolet
M2 POP DIVA
M3 (Medley)Wicked Girls〜HURRICANE〜MONEY IN MY BAG
M4 Insane
M5 Bassline
M6 Damn real

M7 喜びのかけら
M8 愛のうた
M9 TATTOO〜SWEET MEMORIES〜小さな恋のうた
M10 Heartless
M11 好きでして
M12 BRIDGET SONG
M13 Stand by you

M14 HOTEL
M15 TABOO
M16 XXX
M17 Be My Baby
M18 LOADED feat. Sean Paul
M19 Bring It On
M20 What's Up

EN1 WIND
EN2 キューティーハニー
EN3 Comes Up
EN4 walk

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5125686136

Oh wow , finally WIND !

[ShiniTakashi]

Originally Posted by Maemi

omg I had no idea she released two new studio albums! :O

Guys do you like them?

"~outside~" is definitely the better of the two, but even it feels bland to me at times. "~inside~" is a bore pretty much all the way through.

[Gustavopc]

Guys, does anyone here have bought the Ultraviolet t shirt, or are these pics of it somewhere? I'm thinking of buying it but the mu-mo shop says something about making it loook vintage/worn-out? I'm a bit afraid the tissue is not that good - even tho all other tees of hers I have are really good.

Originally Posted by ALfromHELLSING

I like Kumi's lyrics better, they sound much more interesting to me and have more weight to them. Just like with CWGB Kelly's lyrics were just another break up song and Kumi put much more meaning into her version.

Totally! That's why I get angry when someone says she's not writing her own lyrics and just translating. Well she might keep some verses and English but oh hell that's a completly different take on the song. Same for CWGB as you said, also AT THE WEEKEND, which was "I don't wanna work at the weekend", and probably many many others. For example, I totally doubt BUT lyrics were anywhere close to what Kuu did to them lol

[thinkingoutloud89]

^I got the shirt. It's hard to describe for me though. Its a very heavy material and the whole thing you see is basically a print. The "worn out" probably just means the batik-dying look of it.

[Gustavopc]

Hmm, I see! So apparently it doesn't affect the quality of the tissue, that's good. Thanks