I think you went way overboard with your interpretation, like waaay overboard. There was nothing in his comment about pregnancy or pregnant women being unable to sing. He said nothing about pregnancy being a bad thing. And he certainly didn't even suggest that Koda should not have had a kid. That's just plain blowing it up on your part.

Koda's voice has changed since the pregnancy, and it's obvious in the way she practically shouts out lyrics when belting. But I don't think Kuu has ever had a particularly strong "singing" voice. The best I think she's done is MORE, and I think the most control I've personally heard is on Alive. Koda also has a history of overdoing the big notes, much in the way that Ayu has a history with her crazy vibrato.

It's likely Koda had a lot of testosterone during her pregnancy, and that can lead to a permanent lower or fuller voice. And I'd bet she hasn't really noticed the way she used to sing sounds so different with a slightly lower range.

All I can say is Koda still brings her A-game for performing. WOML Tour was hands-down the best of the three divas. Koda sounds the best live, and is clearly fit enough to cartwheel around the stage and belt out notes while soaking wet and spinning like a jet engine. Her choreography was not only on-point, it was remarkably impressive to see her move so quickly between completely different styles of dance.

And I don't even have to bring up how absolutely nuts it was to see that entire stadium move to BE MY BABY. I didn't anticipate that song was THAT popular, but I was shocked to see everyone in that crowd immediately shouting along with the track once it started. That is not something I have seen out of Namie's or Ayu's fans.

Koda still has it, even if her voice is different. But I agree with Zeke., I think the vocals need to come down a few notches. I was extremely surprised to see how much past material was used in the BV and WOML tours, and I think Koda needs to go back to drawing board with some of the crowd's reactions in mind. People clearly LOVE Taboo and BE MY BABY, and they also enjoy LOADED. I wonder what it is about those tracks that separates them from songs like LOL and ESCALATE, which don't get that kind of reaction.

You guys predicted the future. Her 2016 live tour will be called Best Single Collection.

Tentative title for Kuu's new hall tour has been announced -- KODA KUMI LIVE TOUR 2016～Best Single Collection～

http://rhythmzone.net/koda/live/tour.php?id=1000534

KODA KUMI LIVE TOUR 2016～Best Single Collection～ will start on 30th March 2016 at Ichihara Civic Hall & the last date of the tour is 13th Nov 2016 at Okinawa Civic Hall

Hoo boy :dead2

I wish she come to SG and do it at star theater or something

Now that's a LONG tour :dead2 Seems like there'll be no new studio album in early Spring then *sighs*

That was not a title I was expecting, maybe going through her old stuff for her 15th made her feel nostalgic? :laugh Just don't give us a Premium Night 2.0 and I'm okay with it, especially if there's room for 2000~2005 songs in it

That's cool. So compared to her last tour with many new songs we will get a smaller tour with her classic hits. I like that<3

Same , The Star Theatre is a great performing venue & the sound system's so good . LUNA SEA performed there when they came here to perform & it can accommodate about 5,000 people

It's a lot of dates for KODA KUMI LIVE TOUR 2016～Best Single Collection～ and there's a 第一弾 受付 & 第二弾 受付 , I wonder why ?

Does this mean she will be doing different setlists for both 第一弾 受付 & 第二弾 受付 ? :confused

Maybe she'll be doing a la her fanclub live, dividing it to part 1 and 2. But really...?

The 2016 hall tour dates indicated under both 第一弾 受付 & 第二弾 受付 are inter lapped with each other also :O

第一弾 受付



第二弾 受付



I never seen anything like this , this's a 1st for me

Also I don't know for Kuu's fanclub exclusive concerts but for her , were the dates for her past fanclub exclusive tours announced on her website or no ?

Some artistes like Acid Black Cherry , they don't reveal their recently concluded fanclub livehouse tour on their website , the dates can only be seen on their fanclub site

That's weird... If dates didn't overlap I would say she would be releasing something in June and then preparing another setlist, but this way... Guess we gotta wait and see

I think there's a good chance she'll extend this to overseas. When she did BV Tour the Taiwan date was announced later, and ASIA LIVE 2015 was also announced later (it wasn't the same tour extended but it had some similarities), so who knows?

PS: Please come to Brazil

PPS: Just noticed the last date is on her birthday!! omg I wanna go to this concert!!

nnnn not that long-ass tour til her birthday in november :dead

so basically instead of doing singles or BEST 〜4th whatever〜 they released SoL and WoL cause she doesn't have a hit the since BEST UNIVERSE...
(i mean the only singles that weren't on them were POP DIVA, KO-SO-KO-SO, Love Me Back, Go to the top and Dreaming Now!)
i just hope we don't get BEST 〜Single Collection〜 next year cause that would be quite ridiculous after SoL/WoL... :laugh

so i just hope she's doing some singles for 2016 with Cupcake feat. AKLO and a let me say "comeback" album early 2017... lol

第一弾 受付 and 第二弾 受付 just mean that the fan club application period is split... there are so many dates, maybe they can't handle all those applications at one time? You can apply for the shows listed under 第二弾 受付 from March.

I'm so excited, because she will be performing just a 15 minute walk from my apartment :) big name artists don't really come here!

LOL.

Best Single Collection? So I guess she won't be releasing a new album next year after all :(

Damn, that's a long tour o_o

She has enough material for a new BEST ~4th something~ (16 tracks just like third universe) and there are some hits here and there, at least some fan favorites.



And since UNIVERSE is an original album, you might even count:



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If this new tour is based on SUMMER of LOVE and WINTER of LOVE, I don't think she'll perform old stuff.

I like the idea of the concert, and I'm hoping for her to perform a couple of underperformed singles, like Love Me Back and Physical thing, but I don't think it's going to happen.

What it seems is that this tour is more for the general public, a tour with her best hits overall (and, of course, from 2006 to 2010 zzzzZZZZ).

What worries me is the singles there in the title. She has many great bsides and album tracks, hopefully they're not left out of this setlist, even tho she could make a full diverse setlist only with single tracks.

And I don't think this means there'll be another BEST, this might be just her version of Namie's Live Style aka I don't have an album this year but hey let's keep on touring

A summary about the concert dates:

- 59 dates overall.
- She has some "free time" during august. Almost all the other months has around 7 or 8 dates each, but august has 6. July and september has 10 dates each.

I think the only release next year will be something for the summer, as usual.

^ Her "free" time in august is likely to be filled with a-nation...

I'm still hoping she'll release a b-sides best someday...

Oh My... she's gonna kill her voice for sure..
Since it's probably gonna be my last one.. I'm thinking of going to 2 dates.. in May and July. Anyone plans to come?

^haha yeah i thought the same..
so WOML screech level up tbh
tbh i hated that "we left A-Sides for B-Sides sch*t" they did with BEST UNIVERSE... especially when her other 2 BEST had all her A-Sides...
i wish it would be more like this:

and i hope they don't inlcude her UNIVERSE singles cause they belong to the third universe era for me and it was single-wise her lamest in my opinion and doesn't fit the Lollipop-DITR mood for me...
if we ever get BEST 4th tho... lol

B-Sides Best in Summer and BEST ~4th season~ now would have been much better for her 15th tbh

BUT with her management i wouldn't be surprised if we get BEST ~Single Collection~ anywayslol
i wish Kuu would change to Dimension Point, cause they have young teams with fresh ideas at least...
i mean look at Namie, they did a really amazing job with her!

so i hope we'll get some singles at least 2016...