I haven't been able to come here for a while lol. Nice to see a new thread here though~ :heart

I recognized Kuu and Kenji at once from the pic! :D

Oh yeah, a new best album that has only summer hits on? Nice. I love Kuu's summer songs so I think it's a good release actually. Every summer song on the same CD will be awesome and I don't have to see the trouble in making my own list. x)

JUICY, FREAKY, ECSTASY, Lollipop & V.I.P on one CD? Yes pls. She better not ignore JUICY!!!

This release will only be worth it if she includes atleast 1 new song tho

i believe she may release a new song , we know that she recorded a song while ago

and Kuu can't do a whole single in her condition

i really hope for a new song *O* !!!!

I don't really want ANOTHER best album.... (T__T)

I have a question guys. Seeing that picture of Kenji & Kuu shopping and watching UNIVERSE Making Of DVD lately where Kuu and her dancers are driving from one location to the other by car, I wondered, is Kuu always walking around in public on her own? I mean, without bodyguards or anything like that?
This may not be unusual but I am so used to ayu who always has one or two bodyguards around in her pictures, and an assistent driving her car. Except for when she's on vacation overseas.

Apart from that, the voting for her Love&Songs Live is closed right? I am looking forward to see the final setlist:heart
And to baby's birth.

^ lol yeah i'm so excited for her baby birth , I'm promising my friends to make a cake and a party celebrating it , and yes i'm serious :laugh

what do you guys think the tracklist will be for BEST HIT SUMMER!?
i mean it could be a summerish songs/videos compilation so we would get songs like:
To be One, COME WITH ME, I'll be there, Lick me ❤, Once Again, girls, Hashire!, Your Sunshine, yadda yadda and so on!

Or we could get a summer singles best with something like:
Lollipop, JUICY, ECSTASY, FREAKY, Poppin'love cocktail, blah blah

i think we'll get a summerish songs best...
so more cute/pop/fun heavy tracklist and 1 new song...
and i'm sure we'll get some summerish remixes of some songs on it!
like they did with BEST ~BOUNCE & LOVERS~
DVD should be her summersongs PV's and some live performances!!

they look great together! :love

That photo with Kenji makes me so happy for her! :)
They're wearing the same glasses. :D

Another best? Meh, not something I need... But somehow expected.
Hope there's 1 or 2 new songs on it or other stuff like a-nation performances to make me excited, lol.
As we know she did some new music.

@Luja
For going by car I know she does both, driving herself and having a driver, it's in different documentaries.
And for having a bodygurad... I don't know actually, she seems to go out mostly by herself in Japan. There are photos made by fans and paparazzi where she's clearly alone or just with family and friends, just like this one with Kenji or the last one with her walking around Ginza (and the photos from private visits with her dancers in amusement parks in the FC mag, there never seems to be somebody else).
Outside she always has somebody around her e.g. when she was in LA for FREAKY single or in Taiwan 2009.

I think she tends to go out by herself a lot...I don't think I have ever seen Kuu with a bodyguard, like Ayu. There was a recent photo released a couple of months ago where she was out shopping by herself. The fans seem to take pictures instead of bother her...It would be so awesome to bump into Kuu shopping though hahaha.

I think this pregnancy is great for Kuu's career. Kuu is clearly still loved even with the pregnancy, considering JAPONESQUE still got #1 and some good sales without any promo! I think since this is such a huge change in her life, it will also make a big change in how she approaches her music, which is why I am excited for her comeback. I don't think people need to worry about her not being sexy anymore, since she herself said she is going to continue with it and be a 'sexy mummy!'. Sexy is who she is! I don't see why having a baby she should stop that...She'll just continue being the mature sexy that she has been doing. Like the JAPONESQUE cover, now that is classy sexy!

After all these years in J-Pop industry and after being with Kumi for so long people are still complaining about best albums? Seriously. We all knew avex is gonna release best album this year, it was just SO obvious. You all know that best albums always have good sales in Japan. And like happiholic★ she IS Queen of The Best or Best Queen.

Anyway, if it's something like BOUNCE & LOVERS I guess we can expect at least one new song and maybe some old songs with the new arrangement. Time Heals Version of Saigo no Ame was perfect.

Speaking of Best Bounce & Lovers, I really wanted to buy it when I saw it at the convention, but it wasn't Japanese Press.

If this summer best turns out to be true, then I'm going to wait for full details before I completely write it off.

more like With your smile, girls, Lady Go!, Lick me & Poppin' love cocktail. lol
but it will be an awesome CD anyway, I love her summer songs.

and I also hope she will include at least one new song and stuff on the DVD we haven't seen before, if not this is probably going to flop.

If Best Hit Summer is like BOUNCE&LOVERS, then I hope she'll include some album only tracks in too, and not just singles. So my tracklist would be like this:

1. new song
2. Butterfly
3. Lick me
4. Lollipop
5. Moon Crying
6. Once Again
7. JUICY
8. ECSTASY
9. V.I.P.
10 Chase
11. Sweet love...
12. Your Sunshine
13. FREAKY
14. Lady Go!
15. girls
16. With your smile
17. To be one

I tried my best with this. And yep, Sweet love is there. To me it creates a very summer-ish atmosphere and thus it's definitely one of my favorite songs. I'm pretty sure Moon Crying could be in there. It's really popular song after all and I think it might be nice add to the list. I also want Your Sunshine into this album because it's too awesome. I love that song. ;__; I also think that Cutie Honey will probably be in the track list but I didn't put it in this time. I love that song but it just didn't fit into this dream track list I made. XD I wanted to put Heat there too but I think that JUICY is enough~ x3

But I had fun making this anyway. :heart

NOOOO shhhhh she HAS to include some dancey summer songs on it.. and not just Butterfly and Cutie Honey lol

I'm excited about the album if have at least a new song, I hope for a-nation peformances on the DVD.

And I don't see MOON as a summer single, it wasn't even released in the summer, I don't know if it will be on the album.

Well imo the most ideal tracklist for avex is

1-NEW SONG
2-COME WITH ME
3-Chase
4-Cutie Honey
5-Butterfly
6-With your Smile
7-I'll be there
8-Ningyo hime
9-FREAKY
10-Girls
11-Lady Go!
12-Lick me
13-ECSTASY
14-Hashire
15-Lollipop
16-Outside Fishbowl
17-Poppin Love Cocktail

well they may not add Hashire , since kuu never performs it or include it in album or did a remix etc.. so underrated but it so summerish they must give it a chance

She performed Hashire on Trick Tour, Dream Music Park, UNIVERSE Tour and Eternity Billboard Live, and also have a remix. XD But I agree with the list.

I think they'll add Taisetsu na kimi e, V.I.P., Heat, Once Again and maybe For you.

Edit~

It seems that the album will have a new PV, so it will have at least one new song.

I totally forgot to add COME WITH ME and Poppin' love cocktail into my ideal playlist lol. XD

I'm just hoping the album will be a mix of summer sounding songs with songs released in the summer, but with more emphasis on the former. I would love if she used some album only tracks or b-sides and make PVs for them :love