I've loved everything I've heard so far <3 I actually really like her English too, it's so cute XD

That hallelujah song is a cover of the one in Shrek right? I swear to god I've heard it before XD

Yep, I looked it up, it's been covered a LOT. It was in the original shrek movie, it's the same as the Hallelujah on the Christmas gift album.

Hallelujah is a song by Leonard Cohen... the lyrics she sings are chosen from the original lyrics , that is to say, she omits some of the original.. in this entry you have what KOKIA sings... (I collected before my copy of the album arrived)

http://ehimeintothelight.wordpress.c...ad-ha-llegado/

and yes, she sings the line apple-pi qoutes...

and before you ask, i do not have idea what the song talks about ...

If I may help... *first message posting here*

The song talks about the Biblish story of king David and the woman he fel lin love with but who was married, Batseba.
King David composed the song "Hallelujah" when the Jew people brought in The Arc Of Triumph into the old Jerusalem, and danced and sung in front of this Arc.
He saw Batseba bathing and fell in love with her (in the good old times when people had bads on rooftops..) but she was married with one of his best military guys, I think. Uria or something.

Though, the hair cutting part remembers of something else, Simson (or Samson) and Delilah.
The guy who was powerfull but when Delilah cut his hair he lost his powers?
Fell in love with a woman who betrayed him.. Poor fella.

I'm glad to see Akiko-sama release so much new songs compared to some other artists, and I'm very curious about this Christmas album. Hope I can get my hand on a copy of it not too long from this time ^^;
I also made my boyfriend love her when I took him with me to the concert in Paris ^______________^ (amazing performance! never seen an artist perform THAT good live o_O )

wow! what a first post! thank you for the info! this makes so much sense!

Ow, that's okay XD
Thought you were gonna be like "omg Bible freak spotted" XD

Thanks for the welcome, guys ^_______^
I've been following this forum for quite a while but not as a member, you always seem to have the very first new info on the artists I like ^//////^
So.. Happy to join! ^^

Weren't there by the way members who saw KOKIAs concert in Paris? I went like "squeeee" when she mounted the stage XD
She was pretty funny rejecting te fact she was "kawaii" by telling everyone she was nearly 32 or something like that XD
And "I Believe" was a DARN good choice to close the concert with.
Anyone knows if the dvd is out yet?

^^Welsome to the forum, fellow KOKIA fan!!! Soo... you went to her concert in Paris? Wow!!!! Seeing her live, must be really amazing!!!

there's no dvd for the concert in paris. omnly for the 10th anniversary concert in tokyo.

@aqua_crystal; Thank you very much for the kind welcome, and that too for the other members ^///^ *feels at home now*
Yes, it was an amazing experience! First J-music concert ever and then even of Kokia... I mean.. This lady has one of the strongest voices on earth I think o_O (that world record she digged with O Sole Mio @___@ )


@Ayesha; oww, that's too bad, I thought my boyfriend told me they announced there would possibly a dvd t ocome out from her live performances and I thought it would be of her european tour, but too bad, I see.
They were filming when I was entering the building, though!
Maaaaaaaaybe there will be a little footage in that Tokyo concert dvd? ^^; *crosses fingers*

you're right.... but the quality is not very good... seriously, don't know why they film that much for nothing....

Soo... if the concert DVD itself is so expensive... I wonder how much KOKIA's concert tickets were for.

35€.
But definitely worth it!

yeah, the dvd is more expensive than the tickets!!!

^^Woah!!! Crazy!!!! If I knew the tickets were for that much, I seriously would have gone!! :OMG

^^I'm guessing it's around $55- 60. That's not too much for a concert ticket!

$50! http://www.xe.com/ in fact, the merchandising was much more expensive if we compare...

I wish more concert tickets costed that much.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...12_30_top2.jpg

This has taken my breath away

One word: GORGEOUS! :luv2

let's say 2009! and yes, you both are right

I've downloaded her Christmas Present cd since I'm not to afford a cd via internet for some time..
Is it me or does Kokia's voice sound much more stronger when she's singing in Japaneese? It's like she doesn't dare singing in English.
Too bad :s
Also too bad that I have a hearing problem and I can't hear her singing some parts (mostly parts where she highthens her voice ^^; )

On the other hand; that is one GORGUOUS picture! Is it a cover for an album or a single or something like that?

Uh-mazing pic!!! It has to be one of her best!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...0KOKIA/cut.jpg
great!

^^Is that the promotion pic??

Ooh, another pretty picture.

i can't wait for the previews...

It's strange how quick KOKIA's releases have started to come out. They used to be pretty slow at first...

COVERS OUT loving them :love
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ance_cover.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ance_cover.jpg

Edit:
Little party:
this post gets me into http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4.../rainbow-1.gif initiate! :love

Lovely and pretty!

Oh.. there will be a new Kokia-Album soon? Thats greate.. I really love her songs.

Love them both!! But the second one is preeeeetty!!!

do you wanna get goosebumps?
 

Amazing! :luv2

What I can make of it, is that a new single that's also going to be a game theme?
And it's called "That's Why I Was Born" I think. Was on her official site (couldn't make much of the Japanese though)

I can't hear the song :s I the beginning yes I can, but then there's far too much noise in it :s

that's why i was born is the name of rthe most importan blog about KOKIA in japanese

Woops. My wrong ^////^;;;
Sorry for that ^^; (I'm REALLY bad at reading Japanese)

But then.. That video, what is it? A new single or something?

it will be the song for the video game, the main song.

Oh.My.God :thud KOKIA's really showed off her vocal powers in this song!! I can't wait for the realease! I think I like this more then Follow the Nightingale (whcih is still my fav. KOKIA song)

She has a new upcoming single!

^Ah... thanks for that info!! So the song's named KARMA, eh? Nice!! Can't wait for the HQ!!

Very befitting.

good news! but 22/04 is really long time to wait

Has anyone heard KOKIA - AKIKO ~balance~ and AKIKO - KOKIA ~balance~ yet???? Those albums are AMAAAAAZING!!!! KOKIA's best albums yet!! Especially KOKIA - AKIKO ~balance~! The songs are sooooo powerful!! Although all of them are ballads, KOKIA really showed off her amazing vocals, which makes it, by far, the best KOKIA album ever! I've already heard that album 7 times! I just can't get enough of KOKIA's vocals ~ the composition is very very good as well. Her english really has improved. (P.S: Kokia hit sooooo many high notes in those albums. It's :luv2)

I have both album songs in my iTunes but been kida distracted so listening to them has been delayed. Seeing hoe excited you are, I'm gonna go listen to them.

^You should!!! It's just plain AWESOME!!

If any Kokia fan hasn't seen this performance yet, watch it now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k44LAvUWW8Y

I've been watching it all the time since I discovered it. I wish I knew where it was from? It's not a concert obviously, but has she ever done a studio live or something? I want the mp3 badly..

I thought it was the PV for dandelion? :shrug
Idk, really. Saw the video a long time ago and was amazed at she had the courage to sing it 'live'.

Here is the tracklist for KARMA

Titre : KARMA
Date de sortie : 2009.04.22
Référence : LASM-4004

01. Karma
02. Insomnia
03. Karma (intrumental)
04. Insomnia (intrumental)

here is a preview

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=2...1412406ca7cc00

@Hachimitsu; that vid is one of my favourites from Kokia ^___^
I love the part when she starts dancing ^^ And when she spreads her arms on "kaze ni narou ka?"
I'm glad you found it to your liking ^^
I just discovered the original version on the Pearl Collection album, but I have to say, however fitting and beautiful the instrumentals are, I like this a capella version much better!
Awww I loved it when she sang it on the concert in Paris and people were singing along! (so was I squeeeeee XD )
She was so cute! <3

I'm curious about those new albums, the covers are for sure gorguous (that haunting look she gives us on AKKIKO- - KOKIA ~balance~ cover o_O ) and after The Voice, there's nothing that Kokia can do wrong for me ^_______^ (even though her Engrish was sometimes pretty funny on the x-mas gift album XD my familiy asked who she was because they found her english was a little weird at times XD )

The VOICE ? Her wrong album? It's the most beautiful an amazing album that she made!
Akiko kokia & kokia akiko are not as beautiful as her The Voice for me!

ehh, I said, there's is nothing that she can do wrong for me anymore, because I liked The Voice album that much XD lawl XD (I mean, everything she does is fine with me now XD )

ah ok. I think the illness wear down my neurones XD

sorry^^"

Thanks for the tracklist of KARMA, Yoake!!! I wanna hear both songs! They sound so haunting~

Oh woah, Dandelion!! It sounds cool! Thanks!

Does anyone know where I could find the lyrics for both the ~balance~ albums?

Until now, Wasure Mono is surely one of my favourites o_O SO beautiful ;___;
Youka~Rebirth is also stunning! It's not disturbing at all, that the most songs are ballade-ish. At least they show diversity and are well-produced. They also have different intrumentals than in the previous albums ^____^
I LOVE them! *listens more to both albums*

It's a shame I haven't discovered Kokia until now, because I live in Europe too, and she performed there a few times, right? Does anyone know in which countries she has performed so far?

^France and Japan. Has she performed in the US yet?

Belgium too! A very small performance though, and it was sold out months beforehand XD

Cover of KARMA:


http://lantis.jp/image.php?id=e9030e...&g=cd&size=180

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?f...ogId=468372289

News about touring! I SOOOOOOO going to one of her concerts in Paris! :D And I'll take my mum with me this time instead of a boyfriend ^^ (yes I love my mum and my mum loves Kokia)

KARMA's obviously for an anime show or game.

Y'oure talking about the KARMA song now?
Seems like they are not only going to use it for a game ^^ Good thing!
And sorry, I should have posted it like that ^^; (bandwith things on this forum ^^; )


Heys, does anyone know what song KOKIA usually closes her concerts with? In Paris, previous time, she used I Believe, which I thought was a very fitting choice ^^
Gemetria is soo beautiful too on the KOKIA - AKIKO ~balance~ album btw ^^
They sound different, the albums. The Kokia one has some stronger songs, while the Akiko one seems to be a reminiscing album, about her youth.
KOKIA - AKIKO ~balance~ sounds like the album Kokia wants to put her voice at the first place, while in AKIKO - KOKIA ~balance~ she's quieter and sometimes leves the melody alone for a LOOOONG time (there is a song in which she only starts singing from 2:24 XD )

Yup, you are correct, it's the "Phantom-Requiem for the Phantom" OP theme (anime).

Thanks!!! Ehhhhh... I was expecting something better- like her balance covers.... The cover is sorta cool, though.

Whenever KOKIA has a song for an anime or game, her covers are one the characters rather than having stickers.

^ Really? I didn't know that. I wonder if she has had many anime/game tie-ins then?

^ I stand corrected. Follow the Nightingale was for a game but no characters.

^Lol. I was just about to tell you that!!

Well, what do you know? Just now that I'm starting to become interesting, she's performing in 2 neighbouring countries! I think I will go to either Germany or Belgium to see her.. it seems like fun!

@Hachimitsu; heh, maybe we'll meet since I live in Belgium ^^

I've decided it'll be the 14th for the concert in Paris, that I'll buy some tickets ^^
Too bad the boat concert is already sold out ;__;

I hope she'll sing Wasure Mono because I think it's one of her most beautiful songs ever *cries out of joy*

^ If you can go, would you describe the concert the best you can?

oooh you can't go? awww! *BIG hug*
I'll do my best!! I'll learn all of the songs of KOKIA by name and I'll be sure to note which she has sung and what she said ^^
Last year she was pulling a chair to the middle of the stage and everyone went "KAWAIII!" and she went like "kawaii??? I'm becoming 32 this year!"

Too bad for the fans that can't go :s
But she's becoming more and more popular, so you'll be sure to have an opportunity to visit one of her concerts too ^^ *cheers for you and other fans*

Beautiful cover^^

19th June. It's the end of my exams!O.O I want to go to see her concert

I uld like to see her but she'll come the 19th June in Belgium and I have exams :headache!!

Maybe I'll finished 19th but my boyfriend not and I don't want to go to Brussel alone!

the 19th is a friday :s
I think you can still go together, no?

I'd like to go to the one in brussels too, but I think she'll be alone like previous year and playing the piano instead of having her "orchestra" with her :(
That's why I'll be going to Paris ^^
Btw you live in Belgium too or something? :o

@Ayuta: second time for me, first time was also Kokia, last year ^///^
Awesome memories were made back then!

No, because he has an exam on the Saturady :grumpy
I live in Belgium in a Lost Land XD
And I'm studing in Liège/Luik!

She have her own orchestra for her concert in Paris?!! I didn't know about that!!

Ehh.. I'm not THAT good in english so I called it "orchestra" but I meant err... A drummer, synthesizer, gitarist, ... That kind of guys with her ^^
When you read the reports of previous year, some people weren't too pleased with poor Kokia (in belgium) with just her piano, listening to herself on a CD some times at the concert ^^;
I'd rather have her perform with more instrumentals and having to travel some for it then ^^;

Hey, I live in Gent ^_____^ Always nice to meet other people from the home country on message boards *shakes your hand*
Too bad for your bf :s you can invite someone to go with you? XD
Maybe I'll go two times XD Then we can go together XD

I'm glad to know you!

It'll be good but I must sucess my exam before >.<

i sudddenly started listening to her again and REALL WANT MORE!

^Have you head the ~balance~ albms yet?

^I only found...1..the one with INFINITY...not the other wan

Yes. I've heard two albums. Here is a link to downlaod them

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WUOKFUE9
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZFKJPQGO

Credit Nautiljon.com

Foxxy has uploaded the KARMA single in downloads section. :)

Are most of her songs, slow type of ballads ?