She has composed and co-composed in the past. Milk Tea was her first composition, then she started having a bigger hand in her compositions after that.

She's co-composed Milk Tea and Introduction For Kingdom.

Crap, why do I always forget that! -_-; Thanks xD;

Don't forget BLING BLING BLING, This is not a love song, etc.

She is on ustream again and like always I catch the part where she is in the car going somewhere lol.

she's wearing the stockings from Dejavu covers :lech so sexy.

Okay is perfection. I really love this song!
Melting sounds a lot better in HQ too, the verses are really nice.


NintendoHTF1242: where is your avatar from?

I think I missed the whole show because channel seems to be offline now. :D I did see about last two minutes before it went offline but I feel so annoyed. It's the second show I completely missed. >.>

Never mind, it's on air again. <3

I am getting it for my Bday, so I am holding out til 16th March.

All I have heard are the single tracks and the previews

Does ustream broadcast work really badly for you people? To me it's really slow and collapses all the time. It wasn't this bad yesterday. o.O

:yes This.
She looks so cute!

thanks~

I love Hey Baby and Don't Love You!?? :love And the short version of Okay sounds great too :heart

Here are some infos and pics about the event she was yesterday, the one you could watch at UStream:

Koda Kumi held a local-event for the first time in Kyoto Station Square 4 years and 4 month left after Kumi's last LocalEvent in Kyoto.
α-STATION FM-KYOTO celebrates the 20th anniversary!

Singer Kumi Koda promoted at the square in front of Kyoto Station, her album release in March "Dejavu".The event was recorded on FM with public participation in Kyoto. She was on stage and emerged for 3,000 fans at the event and they called "Welcome back Kuu!"

http://i51.tinypic.com/dqi4xv.jpghttp://i54.tinypic.com/2py421d.jpg
http://i52.tinypic.com/2ms3r77.jpghttp://i53.tinypic.com/2uq2dro.jpg

source: Daily online, KUFC
Thanks to Kumi-Flash fansite!

Today there's another event to promote Dejavu, watchable at UStream! :)
Can't watch it right now, cause I'm at work, doesn't work here! :(

After I heard the three new songs I thinking about to buy the album. It seems like it is going to be an album that I like again. Her last two albums wasn't that great imo.^^

I'm trying to watch ustream as much as possible but I'm at school so it's pretty hard when I have to concentrate on school assignments. And I can't even count how many times I've already heard Melting, Hey baby, Choi Tashi Life and I Don't Love You !?? :3

She didn't compose This is not a love song...it's Bulgarian song :S
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CvZ28y2zkY

Damn it, I just read, that TSUTAYA versions are not for sale, but for rent only. I wonder if somehow it will still appear on yahoo auctions, 'cause I want this version with cardboard sleeve so bad.

You can buy and rent cd's at TSUTAYA...

For albums I think it takes a month (or something like that) from release date before you can actually rent it. Singles vary. Sometime they're rentable on release date, but sometimes there's a gap.

Kuu showed the booklet of Driving Hit's 3 on USTREAM:


Source; Baidu

And I recorded the photoshoot on Ustream Today ^^

don't know how to share a dailymotion video, so...

here the link ;)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xh6...11-02-24_music

the booklet looks so beautiful, Thanks for posting.
I want HQ scans :luv2

Me too i want HQ scans <3<3

Kuu at AirG FM :

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2a_3S7Fb6I...600/AirG+1.PNG http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O47UbRj9Pe...600/AirG+2.PNG
credits: ilovekuu

^ She looks cute ♥

DAM express preview (this pages are sequel of the black shoot):

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...expresspre.jpg http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...xpresspre1.jpg
Source; yaplog.jp

omg :thud 2011 has been so good to her photoshoot wise. I love them!

beautiful! I love her natural smile!

She's so beautiful when she smiles. :) <3

Goooorgeous! :heart

Loove the pics in the DH3 booklet OMG.

She is credited as a co-composer. That person didn't write the song either, they purchased the rights to it like Kuu did.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_O...ejavu_top3.jpg
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_O...ejavu_top1.jpg

^Those are lovely. I like the first one more though <3

Gorgeous pic on top.
I think it has to be from the Passing By PV*•*

NINKI index for Dejavu

01 218.60 Koda Kumi - Dejavu
02 160.40 Avril Lavigne - Goodbye Lullaby
03 63.50 Avril Lavigne - Essential Mixes
04 60.90 RIP SLYME - STAR
05 44.10 moumoon - 15 Doors
06 35.50 CHEMISTRY - CHEMISTRY 2001-2011
07 29.50 RHYMESTER - POP LIFE
08 27.40 MONKEY MAJIK - RARE TRACKS
09 22.80 Hirahara Ayaka - my Classics 3
10 21.90 hide - Musical Number ~ROCK Musical Pink Spider~

waiting in anticipating to get the Taiwan press / CD + 2DVDs 2 weeks from now woo <3

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Kumi will perform Bambi next Fri on MUSIC STATION

2011.03.04

1. Avril Lavigne - What The Hell
2. NYC - Yume Tamago
3. Koda Kumi - Bambi
4. Nishino Kana - Distance
5. Porno Graffitti - EXIT
6. RIP SLYME - Sense of Wonder

which was the ninki index for universe?

I love the top pic. She looks really beautiful.
The bottom picture is just adorable.

More:
http://www.koda.cc/img/top/dejavu_top6.jpg
http://www.koda.cc/img/top/dejavu_top2.jpg
http://www.koda.cc/img/top/dejavu_top4.jpg

She is so cute with the dinosaur <3

Two more:

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...javupromo5.jpg

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...javupromo6.jpg

And ViVi scans:

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...h_vivi0411.jpg http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q..._vivi04111.jpg http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q..._vivi04112.jpg http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q..._vivi04113.jpg
Click to see.

I would like to know as well.

Those pictures are so beautiful :thud
I want the album noooow :weep

Thanks for the ViVi scans, I really like the 3rd picture :yes

I really like the ViVi scans <3 , the 1st pic of her is so pretty *__*

Yay, my copy of Dejavu is in shipping process. I wonder if I'll receive it on Wednesday because I got shipping with fedex... :luv2

(According to ViVi) the guy singing in Passing By is B.Howard.

where are those screen caps from?

Got my Eternity DVD today, so I'll probably rip the audio later :D

ViVi included Kuu's comments about each Dejavu song:

~~~

Kuu-chan’s introduces the songs from her new album ‘Dejavu’

Prologue to Dejavu
It’s an opening track that leads you to a world of magical déjà vu, unable to tell whether it’s a dream or reality. Something that you have never seen before is waiting there for you… I wanted to let listeners feel that kind of excitement ♥

POP DIVA
Climbing over high walls allows you to grow. There are also things that you can’t obtain unless you climb over a wall. Please listen to this song when you crash into a wall and turn the music into your own strength!!

Lollipop
This song includes the message: ‘Don’t be a cheating guy anymore!! Love someone with all your heart!!’ Please listen to it if you’re infatuated with a no good guy ♥

Okay
You act selfishly because you want him to look at you, but he just keeps brushing you off by simply saying ‘OK’… This song is about the painfulness of nothing getting through to someone. That’s even more painful than fighting.

aitakute
I hope that couples who are going through a rough patch will listen to this song. You say “let’s just break up”, but is that really okay? Remember the time you spent together before you pack your bags and leave!!

Passing By
He fell in love with some other girl and left without a word. It’s okay to feel hurt, so I wanted to sing about that kind of situation… B.Howard also sings in this song in an emotional manner.

AT THE WEEKEND
It’s a song about a no good guy who you’re unable to reach on Saturdays. You want to believe nothing’s wrong but… What if? Please listen to this song when you feel in doubt and then gather the courage to find out the truth (laughs).

Interlude to Dejavu
The first half is R&B and hip-hop, but the second half turns into J-pop. By turning two different world into one song you can feel a déjà vu in which dream and reality melt together.

Melting
For couples it’s better to be totally different than to be too similar; that’s the message in this song. You can feel new things and grow together because you have different qualities ☆

Hey baby
I wrote this song for the anime Crayon Shin-chan. The lyrics include the message: “I’m an adult so stop treating me like a child all the time.” I recommend this song to women who are dating a guy older than them ♥

Choitashi Life
It’s impossible to transform yourself completely into what your partner likes. If dust piles up long enough, it can become a mountain!! Cherish your current self and change bit by bit. Please love your true self ♥

anata dake ga
I want people who have a love they can’t forget about to listen to this song. Listen, let your tears flow and say ‘I still love him’. Then please send those feelings to him one more time.

suki de, suki de, suki de.
Please cherish your feelings of love no matter what other people may say. Take your chance. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Continue to love him until you can accept it and let it go.

Bambi
No matter how strong a woman is, her heart trembles like a little baby deer in front of the person she loves. No matter what age, no matter what time, everybody feels love the same way ♥

I Don’t Love You!??
You love him but pretend not to know. That’s because you want him to be the one to say ‘I like you’. I used my female dancers as inspiration to show the inner workings of a tsundere woman (laughs).


*tsundere = being sharp and sarcastic on the surface, but head over heels in love underneath.

~~~


...Well, that explains Bambi's title XD

And it seems she completely changed AT THE WEEKEND's lyrics/message.

^ OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG , I really can't stop omg-ing at the songs description

i want my album now :weep

well guys do you think we'll have a competition between Kuu and avril ?

oh holy Kuu.. love the messages behind the songs in Dejavu so much!

Dejavu has beautiful meanings behind the songs.

This album will be amazin.

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q.../vivi04112.jpg
I hope some kind soul can make this textless!

I attempted to but it looked like crap because of my rush job + the background shadows. :grumpy

I think Kaled could do it pretty good though!

i looove dah ViVi scans! :)

and thx tenshi for translation! :heart

i think Dejavu will be a great album for me!
i won't say it will be her best, BUT i think i'll Love this like hell!

i think Melting is good!
nothing groundbreaking, BUT it doesn't sound too cutie for me and i think some people overreacting 'bout it!
i don't think it sounds annoying or something like that.
love the instrumentation of the song!

Okay is blazin' my soul & I Don't Love You !?? is rockin' my pillow!
And i really like Choi Tashi Life!
It's like i'm cruising through Mario Karts Rainbow Boulevard with mah cocktail! LoL
:love

here you go but it's not that amazing :P

http://i54.tinypic.com/2a9nsd3.jpg

Its funny that Kuu made a song called Bambi just as the Disney movie is being re-released on BluRay. I wonder if they will use that song as promotion in Japan?

Oh hey Gubsi, your blog is :laugh. I almost died when I saw
http://lameb1tches.blogspot.com/2010...r-ur-doin.html

^thx honey! xD

oh and did u guys ever see my Kuu Promo Poster wall?
http://lameb1tches.tumblr.com/post/3...y-kuu-wall-lol
(for bigger pic, click on it! LoL)

you're missing dejavu now!

http://i55.tinypic.com/1zmmhzd.jpg

does anyone have the actual talk video of A-studio where Kuu performed Moon Crying? sankyu

argh can't wait for the Dejavu leak tomorrow or sunday...
i just hope it doesn't leak when i'm working like usual! LoL
ikr
i'm getting that when it's up on YesAsia or Yahoo Auctions!

oh and Kingdom
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/XKOwPn8U62s/

@love in music: I already made a textless but I forgot to post LOL :D

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...xtlessvivi.jpg
Click to see.

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Thank you tenshi, this album is gonna be wonderful ♥

thank you so much tenshi, the messages behind the songs make me so excited for listening to them!! I want my album nauuu~!!

I think there will be many songs that I can relate to on Dejavu. Awesome, Kuu <3

yay :luv2

I did with the another photo too, if someone wants:

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...tlessvivi2.jpg
Click to see.

OMIGOD those new pics are so adorable!! Thanks for the textless versions kaled :heart

Argh I know I'm just moaning but I can't wait any longer for it to leak or till I get my CD... whichever comes first! I just need it in my iPod :cry

thank you so much! can I request the second one with the same outfit?

Thanks Twinkle & kaled kalil! :D

^the album might leak at the weekends, but hope we get the album before! (does anyone knows, when...?) (>_<) want's it now! 泣

Kumi's stuff generally leaks quite fast , fastest will be during this weekend , if not 2 days if not 1 day before the actual release date of Dejavu

I'm excited to get my Taiwan press / CD + 2DVDs copy in about 2 weeks's time :love

That's great. Cause already two people told me that you can't buy from there and I was very disappointed. I think I'll just keep checking yahoo auctions after release date.

@kaled kalil thnx for the textless versions. Amazin work.

Thank you guys ♥

@noisy_harmony Here :D

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...tlessvivi3.jpg
Click to see.

I hope the album leak tomorrow, I cant wait to hear AT THE WEEKEND...

aw thanks a lot! :yatta :heart

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

*cries* I just love this is not a love song! I can't believe It's just a kind of cover...

Whaaaat? We might get the album as soon as this weekend?

From the descriptions of some of the songs this album seems very couple-oriented. Isn't Kuu single now? Does she have a new man? :lech

I was wondering, does anybody know what external bonus items CDJapan and YesAsia gave out for Kumi's albums?

These are the only ones that I'm aware of:

• affection
• grow into one
• feel my mind
• secret
• BEST ~first things~
• BEST ~second session~
• Black Cherry → "Cherry Girl" booklet
• BEST ~BOUNCE & LOVERS~
• Kingdom → Poster
• TRICK
• Out Works & Collaboration Best → Poster
• Driving Hit's → Poster
• BEST ~third universe~ & 8th AL "UNIVERSE" → Poster
• Driving Hit's 2 → Poster
• ETERNITY ~Love & Songs~
• Dejavu → CD cover-sized calendar

Of course, first press editions usually have bonus tracks and/or slipcases as well as other goodies inside the album packaging but I'm only interested in the external bonuses (i.e. things that were outside the packaging). And also only things that were offered by CDJ and YA since those are the only places that I usually shop at because I want to know if I missed out on anything. :)

CDJapan already has their copies so I imagine other shops must have them too. So it's just a matter of time before someone leaks it. :)

^Holy crap! I'm super excited now!! Thanks for letting me know!

Added a couple in italics.

I swear every time I listen to Kuu I find a new song to love to death. I'm in love with Life right now <3.

oh I am sooo excited for the album!!! sooo exciting! I think her albums just gets better and better!!

My cd is in shipping process :heart

Mine too! I'm hoping I have it Monday or Tuesday!

me too! That will make monday be so much better.

Where the hell is a DVD Rip of the Billboard Live? I need to hear magic!!!

someone is holding out on us tbh.

I see people saying OMG SHE SOUNDS SO GOOD, MAGIC WAS REALLY GOOD, HER VOCALS WERE GOOD ON ____ but no one is sharing :(

RIGHT? I know they paid for it and everything but it makes me wanna see it even more! At least it's not discouraging like "wow, she sounded bad" or "what a cheap show" etc.

one of the haters on JPM said "I would like for her to do more of these types of shows" so that makes me really excited!

Scaled down shows like this are usually better in my opinion. So close and personal.

DVDRip is up on I Love Kuu and Ayuchina since tuesday. its on Pando and 115 though. can you guys download from those sites? I could send you the links.


iso file is also up at kmc (4.71 GB) but I cant see the download links ;_;

Mine is in shipping process, too, since yesterday!
I'm so excited for the album!

And thanks for all the pics, guys! :heart

^ yup. I uploaded it on jps. XD

if you guys want megaupload links.. wait for my friend, she'll do it.

*waiting for the .iso* ::tipsy

Dejavu is up @ kmc.

EDIT: photos of the booklet thanks to LiDaYu_Ran@jpm:


If only he or she could take pictures of lyrics too~~ ;D

omg , the whole package's awesome <3

is it bad that my 1st attention towards the preview pics for Dejavu is the back cover ? 8D :innocent

waiting in anticipation for my copy to arrive :love

:thud the booklet :thud

wait, i'm still downloadin dejavu.. *thanks to Gubsi who shared it*

Also the album leaked at KMC!

could someone with a kmc account pretty please re-upload it here? ;)

Dejavu
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R0G2VIRZ

credit: KMC
Got it from: Gubsi (thanks bebe)
re-uploaded by me

prologue & interlude are great!!
passing by :heart
Okay :heart :heart :heart
Aitakute :heart (dilemma's japanese version)
At the weekend :heart orgasmic!!
Hey Baby!: The album version is lot better than tv version!!
Choitashi life: it's catchy!
Bambi: :heart :heart :heart kimi ni crazy!!
I don't love you :heart

Too much :heart for Dejavu!!

She really uses lots of Engrish in this album