^ very classy! :love

i loveeeeeeeee how she looks in the recent one -- hopefully this means we'll hear naked soon.

:luv2

blank expression eh hmmm

I like that new promo pic for Esprique. :)

She looks gorgeous! I love the new picture.

Love the updo. She has a very classy look in this one.

the part before the Chorus of FAKE sounds 80% similar to Missy Elliot - Gossip Folks, u can hear clearly here =D

Does anyone know what the 4th item listed in the tracklisting on CDJ for both versions of Namie's new single means? According to Google Translate (I know it's not 100% reliable), it says "(Information will be) will be recorded all three songs the other six versions." Besides the initial three songs, what could the "other six versions" be referring to?

^ remixes, instrumentals, PV's

If anyone's looking for Namie's WILD / Dr. (CD + DVD), lemme know via PM as I'm selling my copy =).

Lol, I totally hear it.

But then I got distracted by how hot she looks :love

Has anybody heard any official word as to what Namie will be performing at the VMAJs? I read on another forum that it was Wonder Woman, but I couldn't tell if they were speculating or were for sure.

On a side note, I just noticed that Checkmate is #9 on the daily charts. I'm pretty sure it won't chart in the top 10 for the week, but that's still quite a feat. I mean, amongst all the other albums in the top 10 on the dailies it is the oldest one.

Namie's still in Top 10 with Checkmate? o.o Amazing! :D She's such a popular girl. <3

i just read yesterday from namie-fans.net's twitter that namie will perform "Wonder Woman" with AI & anna tsuchiya. i don't know if it's really true, either. :shrug but when i saw it i was pretty surprised, lol. i think that would make a cool performance. :P

If it's true then I'm also surprised and happy that she'll be performing Wonder Woman. I was almost positive that she would perform Break It since I believe that is the video she is nominated for.

lol she hasn't ever performed the song that was nominated for in any previous VMAJ back then tho

In 2004 she performed ALARM & Put 'em Up was nominated
In 2005 she performed WMWM & GIRL TALK was nominated

Hmmm... good point. Oh well, I'm glad that she won't be performing Break It anyway. I want to see the newer stuff.

Looks like Checkmate! is the 3rd at the half-year mark. First is Exile's album and 2nd is currently AKB48's recent album. I have a feeling that Checkmate! might drop to 4th after Arashi's new album comes out.

her Kose's ads are everywhere here in Taiwan :luv2

^ Nice. I think it would be so cool if I saw Namie's ads in America, but the only possibility of me seeing Namie stuff is in Japan Town.

Oh that's awesome still top 10 O.o

If she performs WONDER WOMAN I'll be happy but I'll be happy seeing her perform any song.

Really I just want to see a new Namie performance. She rarely does tv appearances anymore.

That'd be great if she performed Wonder Woman. I just really want her to perform :(.

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^PERFECT !!!!
they could be really nice covers for the new single

Great pics. I wonder when we're gonna see the new CM.

Gorgeus pics. <3

smile more

Amazing as usual :)

She is sooo beautiful

she can't lol

Namie is so gorgeous :3

PLEASE SMILE AGAIN!

Gorgeous pictures! I hope I'll look like that when I'm in my 30s :laugh

Yes she can! :

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:D :D :D :D

Namie looks like a new person when she smiles. It's beautiful. <3

I love it when she smiles :yes

I think in real life Namie smiles a lot, but it's in magazines and other types of photoshoots that she looks serious and that's because of her cool image.

She has a beautiful smile. :yes

Or maybe she's shyyyy, aww :heart

Covers!
Tempest will be the theme song for the period drama, Tempest, so it's a ballad
CD+DVD
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...a5838b1305.jpg
CD only
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...48/2v3o9oy.jpg

I like!

Well... That was uncalled for... O.o

Covers are...don't like them much.
Looks pretty fanmade.

To be honest I was expecting a bit more but other than that I think the covers are beautiful.

I don't like the purple background (it looks kinda cheap imo), but Namie herself looks beautiful as always :D

:luv2 beautiful covers

I like the covers! :D

I like them, she looks like she's on a castle in the clouds. :love

I hate the covers. Sorry, but, I just can say WTF

Gorgeus covers :luv2

the gargoyle is so.... random. Or maybe it will appear in one of the PVs? LOL

wow i sort of like the covers..
namie looks amazing always!
but that statue is quite disturbing lolsss haha
and the song called tempest is kinda of weird~

Gargoyles are so interesting and I love them, but then, the covers should have been spooky and dark and not romantic :P But I still love them because Namie is so pretty she can pull anything off :laugh

the covers are amazing!!i really like them :yes

I was expecting something fierce...But these will do.

Totes average. Wahhh.

I don't like the cover at all.
She looks bored, oh I'm bored let me sit on this gargoyle and look sexy.
All I can say is gorgeous legs.

Tempest is a ballad? Oh great

BALLAD!!!
the font looks... :/
the fuller pic looks better

i like it because it's different but other than that i don't know what to think. I just like the fact the namie manages to be beautiful on covers every single time. :)

The covers look pretty dull to me.

i like her looks and clothes, the face is ok..
i hate the background..if it's real, i think the cover will be so much better...

They're not what I was expecting, the gargoyle is kind of random, but it's still interesting :).

the covers are so beautiful

i was expecting the covers to not be on the simple side, but they are still simply BEAUTIFUL. :heart i love how namie looks & how she's posing. the font could be a bit better, though. :P

Blah. The lighting doesn't match the background and the dress doesn't match the overall theme..they're just weird. Not disgusting, but not much of a prize.

i like it !!
namie looks sexy, good legs

Love covers. they have interesting idea

they basically look like they're taken from a magazine with Namie on it... with a gargoyle. I think it's because of the random colours from the background and dress, and also the lack of theme.

Namie still looks good though :)

^^ agree!

I don't hate them. But they're definitely not what I was expecting...o_O

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^ love it. :heart

I think my "Namie is perfect in everything she does" phase is wearing out.

I'm getting pissed about her blank expressions :weep


I need hugs T.T

I must say not too fond of the covers, but I shall leave all complaints aside since this is a triple a-side :D.

The covers are good. I wish it was blue though. The background colour does not look natural at all.

there is a smudge on her right arm. photoshop fail?

^No it's a tattoo.

my fav is the cd only, because her expression in the CD+DVD ver. is weird

Pfft I knew that >.<

***** lost her mind! I hope the covers are more gramourous in HQ!

Ahh she looks amazinggggggg, as per usual

I think she looks gorgeous, but yeah the covers are slightly random and not single cover-ish. Still love them though! :heart
And I won't even bother saying that I hope the songs are all great, since I already know they will be :innocent :D

aww she's beautiful :love

I love this cover, she's so pretty.

damn Namie needs to stop being so gorgeous

I like the single covers but... They make me think of Hitomi Shimatani and Hitomi Shimatani covers look low budget because they probably are so what I'm saying is that these Namie covers look kinda.. Cheap. I hate to say it >_<!

I wouldn't say they're cheap, they're just simple. Get Myself Back/Break It didn't have that glamorous covers either. Maybe it's the theme of her next album? "Simplicity kicks ass". :D

I could not help but to laugh out loud at work when I read your comment. :D


I admit that I am a little underwhelmed, but at the same time the covers remind me of how simple and laid back the covers of her releases were during the early-mid 2000's. I like them. I just hope her next studio album covers are more attention grabbing. :yes

Simple and cheap aren't the same. Break It/Get Myself Back was simple but the quality of the photos was more rich with better lighting, quality looking props (the metal box) and a real setting (Get Myself Back) but with this new one it looks like they tried to pull off a surreal take on a realistic setting but when it's done completely in the studio like that with awkward lighting and prop placement then it looks cheap. Details make a simple photo a quality photo.

I agree they look cheap this time, not just simple. Just looks like done by an amateur... Someone over on JPC did a version completly in blue in just a few minutes and it looks so much better!
Get Myself Back/Break It covers were a lot better imo.

I'm not a fan of the statue, but other than that, I don't really mind the covers.

I don't like the text on the covers :no...it looks so amateur :/! If I had to choose a fav it'd be the CD+DVD even though they're kind of odd covers.

Hm, not an awful cover; but certainly not a best. It looks like a photoshopped fan-made cover to me, but well.. the only things that really matters for me are her new songs on the single.

Must say the Magazine cover looks stunning.

I think I might watch the drama Tempest and part of it will be simply because Namie sings the theme song. I mean, I watched Himitsu no Hanazono simply because of the theme song which was Baby Don't Cry. I think the other selling point for this upcoming drama is that it stars Yukie Nakama and I think I read somewhere that Gackt will also have a roll in this show.

^ U dun have to remember reading that info from somewhere, the official page of the drama has it all =D http://www.nhk.or.jp/jidaigeki/tempest/cast/index.html

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New KOSE ESPRIQUE Promo

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HQ ViVi August 2011 Cover

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Oooo, I like the new Kose one. It still looks classy, but has a little more youth to it. I think it's the hair.