I'm an Ayu-fan,she is perfect for me and i love everything she does.But i must say,JAPONESQUE has the best covers i ever seen,they're better than so much covers ayu did.So congrats kumi-fans ^_^ You must feel really happy and proud~
Hoping for great songs and PV's!!!

haha honestly, i dont even think there's a need to compare Kuu and Ayu in anyway.
JAPONESQUE's covers are probably one of the BEST covers for an album. like comparing to most artistes...at least thats what i feel.
and in a general sense, it's just stellar as its own. :)

Since I haven't translated any of her interviews in a while:

Interview translation: Katy Vol.4 (2012 January) => here
"I believe that, when it comes to love, the ones with the courage to be assertive take home the gold."

She talks about being assertive, how to get a date for Christmas and... lingerie :innocent

^ Oh lovey Kuu. :heart

Well to me Kumi is the only artist that I'm proud of her and her works , It makes me happy when my friends "who aren't into J-pop" keep telling me "OH UR GIRL IS FLAWLESS" " I WISH MY FAVORITE COULD DO THE SAME THING THAT KUMI DOES !!" , so I'm really proud of her , she never let me down in front of my friends when I'm talking about her they keep OMG-ing all the time at what she does :laugh

I'm thinking of buying this album because of V.I.P. in HQ.
are there any making off's in the album?

My, Zeke, I don't know if I should worry about you or fear it...XD
Do you really let music and especially Ayu influence your life and emotions that much? You're an independent individual, you shouldn't feel bad or stressed, angry or anything, just because Ayu released a bad album for you.
It isn't important for your own life.
Sorry to say, but that totally reminds me of fans who got lost in their fandom. :(

Here's a better scan of the black Katy pic from yesterday:
http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/3634/katy017.th.jpg

Replaced it in the other post as well.

Thanks tenshi for the interview!
Kuu is so random and such a simple mind sometimes. XD
But also sweet.
She really speaks about "he" like her actual boyfriend at home - like she explains her relationship she has at the moment. :laugh

Well I am extremely passionate about music. Music is my entire life and has been for as long as I remember. I have over 10,000 songs on my iPod and for years now I have been trying to save money to follow my dreams of moving to New York to attend a music production / dj institute to learn how to produce and mix so I too can posses the knowledge to create. But I will admit it is just sort of a spectacle when Ayu releases an album.

Thanks so much for the scans, Corvina! I really want to do a make-up tutorial for the first pic but since my eyes are very western, it probably won't look the same. I did find this very nice tutorial though, it's in Chinese but English subtitles:



I also found this tutorial where the make-up is quite similar to Kuu's make-up in 'Love Me Back' if anyone wants. :D

^Amen. :) Both artists work very VERY hard for us as fans, and the least we can do is appreciate that with excitement, support and love. Not picking names here, because I know we all love Kuu here very much. :heart

Lol, I feel like an issue has been made of something that wasn't even an issue to begin with. It's like people are trying to pick drama out from where there is none. I don't recall any comparisons regarding each artists work or who is the better artist. Just discussion on how the artists affect us/me in a different way. I'm actually more excited for Kumi's album.

Anyway, when can we expect previews? I now it's far off yet but when are they usually released for Kumi's albums?

^this is why it's just way better to be positive in the koda thread :laugh


On another point, I do wish people would stop comparing Ayu and Kuu though. But mostly in the Ayu section. Here, people aren't so nasty or threatened.

People fly off the handle so easily because it's a release from the usual tension that hides beneath the surface of AHS.

Don't take any of it personally because it's never really about what it looks like it's about. People just take opportunities to express thoughts and feelings that have been building up for a long time whether the situation is appropriate or not - or even applicable. :P

Anyway, does anyone know what was on that list of "favourite live performances" that Kuu's fanclub was supposed to vote on? Gubsi mentioned it earlier and surmised that it's very likely what the second DVD from JAPONESQUE will be made up from. Was it just content from her regular concert DVDs? If it is, there's really no reason for me to buy the CD+2DVD version instead of the CD+DVD version aside from a much nicer cover. :P

^Amen to what you said.

And yeah, I believe I heard that's what the 2nd DVD is supposed to be, too. Although Im still a little confused on the 2nd DVD? One is supposed to be like, a CM DVD or something, I'm a bit confused at the moment.

The Happy Music live was awesome, the best so far. http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzMwOTE5NzAw.html

Thanks for the scans and translation, Corvina and tenshi!

I'm a bit confused too.
I thought the 2nd DVD would include some of her live performances but it looks like it will only contain CMs?

No, CMs and Top 20 best performances will be together on one DVD. Other DVD on CD+2DVD version has the PVs. :)

It's weird the 2DVD with the Best Live, since we got 3 DVDs with such thing.

omg 19 tracks... this album keeps getting better. & we get the cuter version of you are not alone!!! yay

people can't take that beautiful Queen Kumiko Kouda is the only reason j-pop still exists. (well, she's the only reason I even listen to this otherwise crappy genre)

but anyway, I got engaged last night!!! :) My boyfriend proposed to me. I want Koda to come to my 2012 wedding and sing a beautiful song!! please start a campaign ty

Matt Tishler: Love Me Back
Adam Royce: Under

19 tracks? Awesome, I was waiting for a introduction.

This is so cool! Congratulations Kingdom! ♥