Thank you so much Emi! this single is actually rather nice, not the most memorable but decent.

omg darling is niceee. I also thought it was going to be pretty boring from the preview but it surprised me. definitely makes up for the weakness of go to the top :p


kumi's boobs are doing their thing :laugh

http://i.imgur.com/cLalJ.jpg

more previews:

^ omg... i LOVE her eye make up!! looks so good. it makes her look younger, i feel.

These lens look so good on her, I'm in awe of these previews :love

When are we getting first day sales?

In about an hour.

I hope it goes #1

She has strong competition from SUPER GIRLS and a single called LIFE IS SHOWTIME. She'll most likely be #3 but hoping for the best.

Thank you, emi, for the mediafire links! :)

This makes me remember the issue from few years back when someone sent a killing threat to her, calling her with this title. Of course he was taken into custody but calling her the shame of her hometown to me doesn't sound very appropriate. It really bothers me because I really don't want to remember that issue, it was so horrible. :< And personally I don't even think she's a shame. I'm actually quite sure Kyoto is proud of the Queen of Live. ;)

^I was about to say the same thing! I remember that, he was sending Max (head of Avex) threatening messages that he was going to kill her on the train platform, and that he was a huge fan of Kumi but she was the shame of Kyoto or something like that. Odd man. >:C

Thanks so much, Emi! <3

The preview images from Vivi are so awesome, probably one of her best spreads for a long time, so looks amazing. <3

1位 SUPER☆GiRLS 35,055枚
2位 幸田来未 22,488枚
3位 鬼龙院翔fromゴールデンボンバー 17,435枚

^#2 so far, that's awesome actually considering all her singles from last year were below that, well done kuu! <3 Let's see how she does for the week!

I can't believe a year has passed already, time is going way too quickly, stahp time, STAHP. D:

GTTT is so much more intense in full quality, awwww yeah. <3

Honestly, I'm not concerned at all about her chart position. I don't think that she's in trouble of getting dropped by avex, or even of her production quality going down.

Also, Darling was a nice surprise. I'm not crazy about the song over all, the beat is just cute. But, her vocals are amazing! Very unique, yet really pretty and controlled.

Also what's this new "Edge" fashion in Japan? I saw she was once on the cover of a magazine called "Edge Style" and now in the ViVi scans they call her an "Edge Diva". I keep seeing 'edge' this and 'edge' that, not just with Kuu either.

Aw, Go to the top is #2 on daily charts? That's great! :)

Okay, "Go to the top" sounds great in full HQ. There was a moment when I didn't appreciate the preview at all, but this HQ version is good. <3 "darling" is even better than I imagined it would be. It has that old school vibe on it, but it also feels quite unique to me. I don't think she has similar ballad in her discography, and that's good. "Go to the top (DJAKi ASY remix)" is even better than I thought, actually, I think it's better than the original mix and that's very rare for me when it comes to Kuu. :D Overall I really love this single. Good, fierce comeback for Kuu. I can't wait for the performances. <3

"Edge Fashion"? Hmm, to me it gives a picture of a fierce, confident woman or something. I've seen that "Edge Diva" on Kuu's magazine shoots quite often since last year. I kinda like it. XD

**** the Super Girls

Dang,
So the shame of Kyoto title came from a crazed fan? I thought it came from a pissed off Kyoto community that went 'she's bad and yada yada

To be honest, I call kuu the shame of Kyoto affectionately XD she's my shame of kyoto

I've been listening to Go to the top on repeat for hours now. It's gonna have 100 plays soon. Then I'll switch to darling. <3

Why? ;3

Number 3 is not bad.
I really like the remix and go to the top..
but that ballad... bad.

^
number 2 o_O

anyway happy she got second and beat that Golden Bomber dude !!!

hope she stays consistent and takes second, I don't mind SuperGirls getting their first first, I like them a lot

Chart position and sale numbers are good, a lot better than for Love Me Back, the last upbeat single.

Darling is a really nice song. I'm satisfied with this single!