i hope "Hurry up" is the one she sings at the year end shows! it's one of my favorite songs of all time.

Physical Thing preview pleaaase.. T_T

Lick me<3: meh, it's cute, it's OK.
ECSTASY: I love it!! Changed me from so-so to liking Koda.
Hashire!: Best summer song of '09!!

Overall, I think it was a very well made single, promoted just about right, 2 out of 3 covers were great, and its apparent that she worked very hard on it.

yey kuu is officially my top artist~

Amazingness.

@Edge: I agree about Hashire!~ The song is growing on me, and the PV is great.

http://dlkumiloves.free.fr/Lives/Kod...0.11.2006).wmv

if you love yume no uta, watch this live.. i love how she adlibs at the end it sounds so beautiful! and the vocals are amazing

usually I really hate her doing those adlibs thing. But this is awesome.

3 SPLASH mu-mo mobile themes :

http://i31.tinypic.com/2zo9nhf.jpg

» http://rhythmzone.net/koda/info/news090730.html

^ Thanks for posting! I think they look really good. I like especially the Hashire! one.

omg new pic for the ECSTASY one!!!

^ this is the backcover for the CD Only version ^^
the pic was posted by Karen :

http://i32.tinypic.com/acx3xv.jpg

oh I'm so stupid, I couldn't tell! :laugh

my cellphone theme looks just like the hashire! theme, i have my phone bg cropped exactly like that

her adlibs can get annoying but i love them usually.. but yeah, that is one of my favorite perfs of yume no uta ever!

OMG!!
Today i was so bored that i make more KODA KUMI LESSONS gifs!!

To the Mods:
No i don't offended Ayu in LESSON #1 (i love her alot), it's a funny joke, i don't know in which worlds some people live here, BUT i can laugh about Kumi too and she's my Number 1!
Or do you think, if i hate Ayu i would spend my time to offend her!?
No, then i would go to JPM! xDDD

LESSON #1:


LESSON #2:


LESSON #3:


LESSON #4:

gubsi you are so cute :)

gubsi i love those they are so cutie! :heart

Imo, the Lick me<3 photo there is 2x better than the one used for the cover, its insanely cute.

Thank you all!
I love this thread, all the people are so freakin' gorgeous!! :D

And ストロボ・EdGE i love your ayaka set! :love

i like the back covers of 3 SPLASH more than the front ones.
i scanned the Lick me one because it's my favorite.
http://i30.tinypic.com/v7fe2o.jpg

^ I think I want a set with that photo....

Thanks gubsi! It was made by Panda<3.

I like those mobile themes! They're really nice!

:laugh OMG Gubsi, I friggin' love you!

Gubsi you're lovely! :heart the GIFs were hilarious! :thumbsup

i totally love them! :laugh

:roflmao :roflmao at those gifs

those are really priceless & ace 8D

:roflmao That totally made my day :laugh :laugh They are awesome.

Oooh, thanks for posting! I really love this back cover.

Super cute pose on the back!

Hahaha, the a-nation pouch is already sold out at mu-mo (it was released yesterday). Japanese people seem to like Kuu's a-nation stuff this year. :laugh

mu-mo themes are cool!!!

@Gubsi: you're awesome! :roflmao

I lolled at the gif pics in the good way. First one was the best imo. :D And the theme pics for whatever it was for are sweet as well. <3

A-nation 09 setlist from 2ch

倖田來未
01.Lick me
02.ECSTASY
03.愛のうた
04.人魚姫
- DANCE SESSION -
05.走れ!
06.girls

Empry, you're faster than me. :D

It's a nice setlist, she performs all three songs from 3SPLASH.
I'm really excited to see some videos and pics. I hope the dance session rocks!

Dissapointing.
I wonder when kuu will get rid of girls already.

Lick me was expected, yay for ECSTASY (though it's between Lick me and ai no uta X_X) and ai no uta, that's all.
I don't like the setlist much.

Hopefully the dance section is interesting. :D

Thank you.

I am SOOO excited about Kuu's perfomance! <33

great!! all 3 SPLASH songs!!
and yeah!! i love ningyo hime!!
i hope they show all of the performances on TV!!

LOOKS SO GREAT~!!!!!!!!!!! :love :love :love :love
lick me, ecstasy, ai no utaaa :luv2 and my ningyo himeeee!! :thud
hashire and girls in the dance session! oh yeaaah! total energy!!
this setlist is perfect!!! *____________*

Awesome setlist. :heart All those songs are great! Great to see Ai no Uta and Ningyo-hime there, they're both amazing songs. I'm really excited about this, especially the Ningyo-hime performance. That's one of my favorite songs from Black Cherry.

i think she should have picked some other song like I'll be there...but then again, Ai no uta just because its more popular..

I know ._. I don't like girls.. Lick me would have been enough for 1 poppy summer cute song
I'm excited about the rest of the setlist though! Ningyohime<3 ECSTASY<3 Hashire<3 Ai no Uta<3

I wish she did TABOO or Driving too.. oo and I hope the DANCE SESSION is awesome like always! I love her dance interludes in her tours :heart

Singles Monthly Ranking (July 2009)

1. Arashi - Everything = 386193
2. Yusuke - Tanpopo / Kaizokusen / Sonote = 225403
3. Tohoshinki - Stand By U = 208551
4. Nakayama Yuma w/ B.I. Shadow / NYC Boys - Akuma no Koi / NYC = 175788
5. AKB48 - Namida Surprise = 136063
6. Tegomass - Tanabata Matsuri = 91531
7. Koda Kumi - 3 SPLASH = 74714
8. Friends & Hexagon All Stars - Naitemo Iidesuka = 66242
9. Kobukuro - Stay = 60484
10. flumpool - MW - Dear Mr. & Ms. Picaresque - / Natsu Dive = 44050
11. Big Bang - My Heaven = 37807
12. C-ute - Shochu Omimai Moshiagemasu = 33613
13. ayaka - Minna Sora no Shita = 28401
14. Remioromen - Starting Over = 25672
15. Ikimonogakari - Hotaru no Hikari = 24533
16. Big Bang - Gara Gara Go! = 24280
17. Arashi - Ashita no Kioku / Crazy Moon ~kimi wa muteki~ = 23508
18. JASMINE - Sad to Say = 22890
19. Orange Range - Hitomi no Sakini = 20985
20. Teppei Koike - Kimi Dake = 20477
21. Junko Akimoto - Tasogare Love again = 19604
22. BREAKERZ - Hikari = 19291
23. GACKT - Lost Angels = 18944
24. Yajima Beauty Salon - Bomber clam = 18541
25. GACKT - Flower = 18524
26. Akina Minami no Super Mild Seven / Mai Satoda with Goda Kazoku = I Believe -Yume wo Kanaeru Maho no Kotoba- / Don't Leave Me = 17533
27. TV Anime "K-On! (Keion!)" Image Song: Mio Akiyama = 14796
28. YUI - again = 14738
29. Suga Shikao - Party People = 14639
30. TV Anime "K-On! (Keion!)" Image Song: Yui Hirasawa = 14473
31. Shiina Ringo - Ariamaru Tomi = 14369
32. Kiyoharu - DARLENE = 13765
33. KREVA - Aka = 13650
34. Base Ball Bear - BREEEEZE GIRL = 13558
35. Shoko Nakagawa - Kokoro no Antenna = 13533
36. GReeeeN - Haruka = 13129
37. V6 - Spirit = 13028
38. Ueto Aya - Smile for (REBORN! EDITION) = 12981
39. SCANDAL - Shojo S = 12630
40. 10-FEET - Super Stomper = 12326
41. Versailles - Ascendead Master = 12006
42. mihimaru GT - An rock = 11771
43. Fukuyama Masaharu - Keshin = 11053
44. TV Anime "K-On! (Keion!)" Outro Theme: Don't Say "Lazy" = 10807
45. Kiyoshiro Imawano - Oh! Radio = 10429
46. Mitsuko Nakamura - Tsureai = 9794
47. TV Anime "K-On! (Keion!)" Intro Theme: Cagayake! Girls = 9760
48. Boom Boom Satellites - Back on my Feet = 9667
49. Tohoshinki - Share the World / We Are! = 9512
50. HAN-KUN - Keep it Blazing = 9454

Yeah girls is too poppy for me, it's her only summery song I don't like (though generally I prefer her other type songs of them).
She has better songs she could replace girls and ningyo hime as well with songs like the example you gave (TABOO or BUT). I didn't die over hashire! too so I wouldn't mind if she would replace it with a lot of other songs she has.
Actually I wish she will sing Chase again sometime. :)

Umm, where's the one song option? I love Ecstasy; not so much Hashire and DEFINITELY not Lick Me! Blegh.

it's great! congrats Kuu! :heart
and thanks for the info Karen~ ^^

#7 is a lucky number! ^^

:no @ girls in a-nation... I wish it was With your smile... but the rest is so awesome omg!

I love girls *o*

btw.. on the list said 74714
3 SPLASH not has passed the 80k ??

pretty cool! ningyo hime on there looks kind of random. at least shes doing all of 3 splash!

me too, i don't see how anyone can be surprised she added it to the setlist. girls has been her summer theme since it was released on freaky, she ends a lot of summer shows with it. lucky for us we :heart it

OH THANK YOU ALL GUYS!
I HOPED YOU LIKED THE GIF's! :)

Oh i really like the setlist! :D

And Guys it's time for new KUU LESSONS!!! :laugh

LESSON #5:


LESSON #6:


LESSON #7:


LESSON #8:

^ hahahahahaha :roflmao
i love the lesson #7 :laugh

EW. omg. i'm probably not even going to watch her parts then. at least there is hashire.. but still...that's an awful set list :no

im so glad she sings "Ai No Uta" at A Nation!

nah!
these songs are really hits in Japan :heart :yes

that's nice. i still dislike most of them though.
she should have had I'll be there or Once Again.. and instead of girls, "with your smile" would have been a lot better :yes and she could have had a much better ballad. even "faraway" would do!

yay for ECSTASY and Hashire... :weep to everything else though.
I'll be there instead of Ai no Uta
With your smile instead of girls... then i'd like it.

her performance of Ningyohime at a-nation '06 was really cool, hopefully this one is good too.

i wonder how many of these we'll actually see... she had a huge setlist last year and we only saw Lady Go! Moon Crying and FREAKY.

i hope if they only include some that it's just "Ai No Uta" and "Lick Me" because those are the songs that always have the best performances out of the bunch and she always sounds that are really good on them also!

yeah...yey for ecstasy and hasire...lick me has grown on me...so I dont mind it either.

everything else is a :no for me, but I'm sure it's a good list for a-nation.

I'm actually excited for a-nation this year...usually I don't really care.

I'm fine with the setlist. Anything with Ecstasy in it :luv2

Wow..........

will someone slap some sense into this stupid little ****?

I think the Alive preview was amazing....and Kumi's vocals sound wonderful...:yes he (she) is basically saying that Kumi can't sing...and that she's only a performer??? LOL...I hope Alive/Physical Thing gets a #1 and then its like...well is she that good now??? :roflmao

people have opinions and you shouldn't bash someone and call them names because they disagree with you!! :no

geez, it's just his opinion. though he is a bit harsh most of the time. he's like that with practically everything

^Well, I agree that people can have different opinions....but you can be like "I really dont like the preview of Koda Kumi's new song Alive. It's too slow and it doesnt fit her voice yaddayaddayadda" which is fine :yes and not like "omgliketotallykodakumidoesnthaveanysingingchopsfo rsingingslowsongsandshesnotmeaningfulandnotasinger andshesnotthatgoodshesnotthatgoodSHESNOTTHATGOOD" :no

I just find it hilarious that people make videos of their reactions to stuff and put them on youtube.

It's like...don't you have anything better to do...AND THEN I never understood the people who actually watch the videos...I mean...who want's to watch some dumb*** embarass themselves for a few minutes...

In addition to these people that have no lives, are the people who consistently rate all the koda kumi threads down. It's really interesting how haters are sometimes more obsessed with the thing they hate, than the fans who love it.

So...to sum up: People on youtube are idiots. The kuu haters at AHS are obsessed with her.

Surprise Surprise.

Anyway...that's my long post for the day.


I want Physical Thing already.

^You hit the nail right on the head, emi.

..I wanna hear Physical Thing.

Ill actually agree with you on that. HA no life

yeah it does! When I first got it, I thought the file was perhaps a little damaged...

but if you say that it's even like that on the avex channel...I guess it's just like that.

lol, that is how it has been since i joined ahs but i noticed it happens on a lot of sites. there are a select few who looove to state how much kumi disappoints them and they are over her. or how they hate her. yet they are always here. always commenting on kumi's stuff. always in her threads.

the more kumi attention the better for me though.. even at her "worst" this year she is leaps and bounds ahead of her competition.. so eat it up hatas! kumi kuu is here to stay :cool

This is some trufax right here.

:( kuu haters. it's sad but it's how it is. nothing can be done about it :shrug all artists have those anti's.

this youtube user here has quite a number of Kumi x SHOW variety show. The videos are in chinese subs

http://www.youtube.com/user/2009kumikumiko

Just heard the preview for Alive, and it sounds amazing! Can't wait to hear it in full. 3SPLASH was okay, but songs like that I prefer from her =D

Ningyo Hime! :luv2 Please no rags this year Kuu :no
I'm really happy with the setlist, the only I don't like is "girls" being there.

My thoughts exactly.

:roflmao :laugh Awesome! I love you.

exactly! they are kuu lovers after all :laugh :yes

Gubsi, you are just so great at making silly Kuu gifs!!!

it was awesome to see the Hashire ! PV earlier on at MTV Asia again :luv2

I hope ECSTASY will be shown soon

The under lined part is fine.
I don't think that it's wrong when someone is dissapointed from what kuu does since, she can't satisfy everyone and their preferences all the time, it's also not like some people here are ashamed to go to ayu's sections and say they are dissapointed often so I don't get why from kuu people can't be dissapointed and from others they can. What kind of an attitude is that?

If people are over her or hate her then I agree that they shouldn't post here and ignore this thread. :)

For another note,

I want a Physical thing preview already.

It's really sad for Kuu though... cos it's really in her threads all around different forums that I see so many hate and insults to her like... huh? She's so sweet with her cutie smile! Gotta love the girl!

And omg Gubsi what PV is that with her licking her lips in the SEX IS BEST lesson? I've never seen it & it looks so hot omg!

I don't get the whole hate too though I guess all of the jpop female singers get their share of hate on each forum though from what I've seen hikki and namie gets the least hate (it might be wrong but I don't see as much as the others.) I wish they any of jpop females wouldn't get hate, oh well.

And Gubsi I really loved lessons #5 and #6 and #8 lmao.

I don't know why all the hate exist for some artists!?
If i don't like an artist, i wouldn't spend my whole time to bash them! xD


And a big THANK YOU to all, i think i will do more KUU LESSONS in the future maybe! :D

It's from her D.D.D. feat. SOULHEAD PV!
It's when the rap part from SOULHEAD start! ;)

lesson #6... o__o;;;

i never said there is anything wrong with being disappointed in what kuu does from time to time. (you can't please everyone.) however i am talking about the people who are extremely disrespectful about it and purposely try to start fights over it. :) thanks

I loved 3 Splash, especially Lick Me <3
And I love the commentary in the thread's opening post about "It's All Love!" (Which is one of my favorite songs EVER)
"Kuu helps out unpopular sister! - LOL"

i agree that sometimes people are too sensitive about what other people say about kuu! it's like as if people are only allowed to have an opinion if it's a good one! :laugh the point of a forum is to discuss things, but it becomes annoying when it seems people just participate to say negative things about an artist.

kuu's got an exciting fall coming up! i'm really excited for Alive/Physical thing and i really hope her Taiwan concerts are good. :heart

Gubsi..I just can't get over your Kuu lessons! They're so cute! You should make more!

Moar!

I have a question why is it in the Lick Me pv that Kuu says Chu instead of her whole Da da da da...?

i guess she thought it'd be "cuter" although that makes the video unwatchable for me it's just... too much.

chu is the onomatopoeia for kiss though if you didn't know that.

Onomatopoeia...lol love that word...anyways yeah I knew cause of Ai's Chu-Lip :)

i agree gubsi, pleaseeee make more!

here is the picture, i spent several minutes searching for it. please enjoy it.

wow it's so pretty!

I don't think I ever saw it before~ Where is it from?

it's from a shoot of her kimono collection

i like this one much more:

:heart Do you have a link to her whole collection? She's so gorgeous... :luv2

http://kumiloves.free.fr/Gallery/?alb=282

you have to sign up and it's in french, if you need help let me know :)

^ Oh I'm already a member and I always thought it was in Spanish... :thud I'm an idiot lol. Thank you! She looks great and they're HQ...

even kuroki meisa said that kumi smelled great i bet her fragrance would be an even bigger hit than Glo by J.Lo and M by Mariah Carey combined!

:laugh

it's so bad to the extent that I can't remember how it sounds like & if you ask me to listen to it now , ick I doubt I will

I would buy it :yes