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After a forgettable AND, Kumi is back to me again. Every songs in this album, I can feel that she intended to produce all songs in this. My favorite song is "Pin Drop", the reason I ordered FC album for the first time. Also, I like Dangerous, Hush, Japanese Name Ballad, Haircut and Chances All. By the way, I think Introduction could be better, it is the least favorite for me among all introductions.
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Easily Kumi's best overall album, since JAPONESQUE. I now understand why she was working on it until the last minute. She and her staff really thought about this album and put in some work on it. It's a unique combination of the familiarity of her 2005 to 2012 albums, and the boldness of her post-Bon Voyage work.
Listening to DNA, gives me a better understanding of what AND was supposed to be. I'm not going to lie, I was a bit put off by AND. It was a bit unfocused and a bit too over-the-top. Listening to both albums back to back, gives me a fresh perspective on AND. Really happy to see the tour performing very well ticket sales wise. Kumi is one of the few veteran soloists at avex who can easily tour each year without question. |
I have to listen to DNA some more, but I like it a lot more than I thought I would based on the previews. I don't think it's as strong as something like WOML, but it's really good.
As for AND, I really like it, but didn't LOVE it at first. However, after going to the FC tour, I really, really loved it. |
DNA is such a step up compared to AND. Really loving all the songs on the album
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DNA is a good album, and i LOVE more songs from this album, but i also hate more (CHANCES ALL, eargh!). Let's see with a month or two listening everyday... |
I really love it Work That!
The FC photo book is beautiful. |
I would like to know if Kuu is really Strong touring in Japan, cause it impresses me. She can make a tour only for Fanclub members. Is that usual in Japan?
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In some cases , the fanclub members get to go overseas and have fun with the artiste themselves . Kuu has done that before when she went Hawaii sometime back And some artistes take 1 step further by holding concerts that only male + female fans separately can attend too |
DNA is such a solid album, her last album that I liked as a whole was Bon Voyage, and now I feel that again with this release. Watch Out is the only bad thing on it, so noisy, it should've been put on AND lol
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So overall, my thoughts on the album~
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Overall yes it's a nice mix of what she's been doing lately and some "old school"-ish songs, more polished than AND, and more well layered (?) than W FACE, the arrangements feel better produced/more complex but still in the right places except for WATCH OUT :P I feel like that a lot of things "clicked" right for her (and me lol) during the production of this album. Really really great work, Kuu, so proud of you! <3 Can't wait for a terrific tour with a lot of dancing (and better outfits than those from bpm I hope hahaha) |
Dangerous and Work That are slaying me rn
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I loved W FACE (mostly outside) but was not really convinced with the 2 albums per year 2 years in a row.
AND was quite flat, i had no expectation for DNA, so after a first listening, i'm quite pleased with the album. DNA is more polished than her last 3 albums. My favorite are 心から I Love U (could have been a small hit if she released it as a promotional single with a dramatic PV) & Dangerous. Keep working Kuu, i hope the album will have good sales. |
The car horns in Watch Out keeps catching me off guard. I always think it's coming from outside :laugh
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CHANCES ALL and HOT HOT are my favorite songs.
I also really for some reason like WATCH OUT!! I must be the only one , lol I don't know what to think about ScREaM though, but I think with more times listening to it I can like it too- |
So some more detailed thoughts about DNA:
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Kuu introduces a new logo with this album: https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/Ft5p5q.png Two intertwined Ks forming one entity, a DNA strand. Really fitting to the theme introduced with W FACE and being continued with AND-DNA. Quote:
The 2nd Nagoya date still has some tickets left, but Idk for how long. Wish you luck to get tickets somehow! |
I actually read IOI instead of K-reverseK in that logo, but I like the concept :laugh
Corvina's comments on the lyrical content of the songs made me wanna take a listen to the album while reading translations, I guess it could help me grow into CHANCES ALL and WATCH OUT :P |
I love the album ♥♥♥
My favorites so far: - scream - hot hot - work that - pin drop And of course Haircut and Hush :) |
I really really liked the chorus of Guess Who is Back, but I do not like the verses. Since I love the chorus though, I put it on my Kuu fav playlist to give it a chance to grow
Dangerous had a lot of potential, like I was really feeling the beats when it started but it never came together for me. Otherwise, I thought this album really wasn't great. But Guess Who is Back and Work That are really good I think (minus that one issue I mentioned) :) Also I wouldn't skip Pin Drop if I heard it, it's fine. I appreciate her effort, but I hope I'm really able to enjoy her future project. It's better than AND. But All Right is my fav Kuu song from the year still. |
I liked Guess Who is Back, but I wished her vocals were clearer instead of that effect they used on the song. Anyway I'm happy many people here connected with the album, not my case sadly.
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I'm expecting better sales for DNA... Because AND had almost no promotion, right?
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