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

[mi|kshake]

My copy of Best 2000 - 2020 and Best Singles Collection arrived the other day! Looking forward to listening/watching em!

[minkAYuko]

mine arrived too! but i'm not in my city. I just have some days to comeback and pick it up or else they will send it back! haha T_T

[mi|kshake]

Hope you make it back in time!!

[KLJames]

anyone have bd rip of "SO FEVER" and "NEVER GIVE IT UP" pv from her latest best? the rip i have from years ago is very bad in quality.

[KarenPang]

Announced a few hours ago on her fanclub but now officially made public

18th album heart will be released on 2nd March

heart will be the 1st new release of 2022 from Kuu

4 versions

Not yet finalised tracklist for both non fanclub & fanclub versions

CD

・ We’ll Be OK
・ Doo-Bee-Doo-Bop
・ to be free
・ 4 MORE
・ 100 no Kodoku Tachi e

& new album tracks

CD + DVD



CD + Blu-ray



DVD & Blu-ray content - same for both

・ We’ll Be OK -Music Video-
・ Doo-Bee-Doo-Bop -Music Video-
・ to be free -Music Video-
・ 4 MORE -Music Video-
・ 100 no Kodoku Tachi e -Music Video-
・ Title tbc -Music Video-

※ More details to be announced

Cost for both - 6,600 Yen

Fanclub



- CD + 3 DVDs
- CD + 2 Blu-ray

Cost for both - 18,150 Yen

DVD & Blu-ray content - same for both

・ We’ll Be OK -Music Video-
・ Doo-Bee-Doo-Bop -Music Video-
・ to be free -Music Video-
・ 4 MORE -Music Video-
・ 100 no Kodoku Tachi e -Music Video-
・ Title tbc -Music Video-
・ Nissin Raoh Presents KODA KUMI SPECIAL ONLINE LIVE 2021
・ KODA KUMI 20TH→21ST ANNIVERSARY EVENT @ Zepp Tokyo
・ KODA KUMI 20TH→21ST ANNIVERSARY EVENT @ Toyosu PIT

※ For Zepp Tokyo's , video footages are recorded & combined from both dates
※ More details to be announced

Bonus items

Fanclub

Non fanclub version - sticker (pattern A)
Fanclub version - compact mirror

Non fanclub

HMV / Loppi - sticker (pattern B)
Others not listed - postcard

https://rhythmzone.net/koda/discogra...?c=&id=1018794
https://rhythmzone.net/koda/news/detail.php?id=1096879

Yay

And considering Love & Songs 2022 will begin 3 days before heart release , it's not so surprising

No standalone CD only version for the 2nd time , just like what happened to BEST ~2000 to 2020~ :O

And Kuu look great in all the covers

[Corvina]

10 songs in total are planned for the album right now, it's stated in the FC and mu-mo shops:
https://shop.mu-mo.net/avx/sv/item1?...2453&categ_id=

[Gustavopc]

I absolutely ADORE the covers and the title. Cant wait to see what she's been preparing for us!

[ILoveGeniuses]

Already preordered the CD/2 Bluray FC edition!! Absolutely can't wait!! Love the covers too!! They're GORGEOUS!!

[minkAYuko]

Are we dead ? Did we die those covers OMG!!!! My BEST just got here this year and she’s coming with new material !!! Hopefully I’ll have this album before 2023 haha

[Diva_br]

I want the FC Version but I don't have the Monet after the best T T
So, I will buy it digitally :c

[Isicio]

I wonder if the CD case will be fat or thin.

[Ashen Twilight]

The covers are sooo good! I just got done listening to her entire discography but this makes me want to do this again. Since there are only 10 songs plans, I am glad I haven’t listened to any of the digital releases so more will seem fresh.

I wonder if later this year she will release another album called “soul” if she continues her double album trend.

[KuuXAyu-fan]

I will be getting the fanclub edition but I wonder why they made the regular version so expensive? 6,600 yen for a 10 song album seems really expensive. The CD+2DVD ver of JAPONESQUE was cheaper than that....

[ILoveGeniuses]

Originally Posted by KuuXAyu-fan

I will be getting the fanclub edition but I wonder why they made the regular version so expensive? 6,600 yen for a 10 song album seems really expensive. The CD+2DVD ver of JAPONESQUE was cheaper than that....

I have noticed that the past few years the cost of physical media has gone up, even here in Canada. It's insane as most of her albums nowadays don't even have as elaborate of lyrics booklets with as many pictures.

[lovethatkuu&ayu]

I believe avex in general is taking a higher price approach. The latest EXILE album has a similar price in regards to the CD/DVD or Blu-ray editions. The Japanese music industry has collapsed for the most part and avex is most likely trying to nickel and dime anyway possible.

Really loving the covers and can't wait to see if the upcoming PV relates to album artwork in some way. It's great to see her still very active and not slowing down after 21 years in the fickle music business.

[thinkingoutloud89]

If you compare it to the insane packages you get with Korean albums, which only cost half the money, these prices are a joke. I know Japan is a much more expensive country, and salary probably meets these native prices a bit more, but OMG.

On the other hand you get Nintendo stuff for like 3/4 of what it cost in Germany...

[mi|kshake]

Love the covers and the title! Didn't find the Summer of 21 single that memorable but Angel and Monster was such a step up from Re(cord) so I'm hoping this album is the same!

[Corvina]

Idk if I'd say the market has collapsed, but it is taking a change to higher physical prices for artists not being at the absolute top right now for sure.
Other labels do the same, tho not that steep (e.g. Ken Hirai's or AI's new album also is at 5,500 Yen for the video versions, even milet's new album is at 5,000 Yen for the BR version). Ai Ostuka's new album takes the cake with 8,470 Yen.

Taking the same price for DVD and Blu-Ray also is a new general approach. I guess besides making more money, the labels also want people to encourage buying the BR version maybe?

Concert releases are stable for now at least.

[Sim']

Covers are gorgeous, thank you queen !

As a full album, the last one I really loved as a whole was WALK OF MY LIFE...
Yes, I do enjoy some gems from the recent ones (RUN, puff, Hush, PARTY...) but I tend to skip the rest easily lol, when that wasn't the case for WOML or JAPONESQUE (top 2 albums).

Hoping she can deliver a quality baby !!
(I already love 100 no Kodoku Tachi e out of the listed tracks)

[KarenPang]

Selling the DVD & Blu-ray versions the same price is not a new thing , Johnnys' releases (be it single , album or their concert video releases) have been like that for quite sometime now

But for Kuu yes this's the 1st time for her to partake in this

AND , DNA & re(CORD) DVD & Blu-ray prices were 4,290 Yen & 5,060 Yen respectively while the 2 CDs + DVD for angeL / monsteR was priced at 6,600 Yen

Not very sure if avex will revert back to the fat CD casing for heart , at most they should make the booklet a bit thicker with the inclusion of more photos ? :c

With the way is written , I will not be surprised if Kuu release 2 albums this year again

Maybe the next album will be called head ? xD