yeah. probably cause the album's not out yet, it's still a new song for us and for her, she's never sung it live before, and it's a "how should I sing this?" first time experience. Which I think is what made her sound a bit uncertain and flat and weak in parts. I think people saying her vocals are amazing are just not over the "wow" factor of hearing a new song for the first time.

I'm sorry ayu, DejaVu is gonna pwn Love songs. Win!

lol if that is "weak" vocals, I might need to get my ears checked because she sounded pretty good! the opening to it started out shaky but by the end of the song I was in love.

no, I just think she did fine. nothing sounded terrible to me. :shrug I was actually impressed.

I kind of noticed the first note being a little off but it wasn't horrible. Plus like someone said, it's new for her and all of us so I wouldn't worry about it too much.

to each, his own i guess.

So the first note was a bit off! I thought I heard something, but I assumed it was me XD

speaking of her live vocals, I think 99% of the time kuu is really good singing live. she sounds almost identical to the recordings of her songs and a lot of the time even better. that's just how I feel lol some people might think I'm crazy but w/e.

But seriously, I'm the only one who thought of Dilemma listening to this song? I swear I heard the little "oh's" in the background, too!

her live vocals are really good most of the time. But I think this time around it sounded weak in the beginning. Maybe she was nervous performing a new song? :shrug

pretty much except every now and then her dance songs will sound a bit off. Probably because she's dancing and singing, and she doesn't sound so horrible I can't listen, but like when we were getting all the lives of TABOO, sometimes she sounded really good and then other times she was really nasally.

yeah, if she's dancing a lot then it's alright for her to not sound as good.
her live voice is why I'm glad she got the Queen Of Live title for Japan. no matter what, I know that whatever live I watch from her is going to have good vocals.

Somebody needs to add the fact that she is the Queen of Live on her Wiki page :P

I heard Pop Diva today & I must say I like the song very much. Has it been released yet or anything? Sorry I been out of touch with Koda Kumi for a while.

wow, i thought that "The Queen of Live" was just a term us over-zealous fans came up with. i didn't know Japan actually gave her that title. that's awesome!

We're all waiting eagerly for it to leak -- I mean be released properly :D :D

honestly, I'm not surprised Kuu got the Queen of Live nod. I haven't seen anything like her performances, and I'm completely hooked on them. She can rock a stage and has a great voice for the most part (I've never been bothered at her live singing, anyway~). It looks like so much fun to see her perform ;; I'd love to go someday...

I don't think there was like an official award but I think it's what it says on her DVD covers nowadays. I think there's like a sticker on them that says "QUEEN OF LIVE"? and then it says it on her Official site when they announce a new DVD or concert.

And God said, "Kuu is the Queen of Live." And God saw a Kuu live. And it was good lol.

Yes the QUEEN OF LIVE was very self (avex) proclaimed...

Self proclaimed or not, she obviously deserves the title. It's not like anyone else in Japan puts on a show like she does.