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I'd love to see a summer single again, a three track release with two videos would be amazing. Just please don't make another LP sized single, Kuu, I've paid too much on shipping taxes since LIT :P
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so is haircut already out? sorry, not up to date here...
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Corvina , maze , Kaled & Gustavopc , you guys please kindly check your respective PM inbox thanks
=== Photos of AND , Taiwan press CD only http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5635627432 The OBI colour is now black & not bright blue anymore Poster given is the same as what Rhythm Zone gave === https://s9.postimg.org/qki8xb1sf/9e8...ae5655d7c5.jpg 1st batch of Koda Kumi Fanclub Tour ~AND~ concert goods will be made available for preorder this Fri ・LIGHT UP DOG TAG（BLACK）; ¥1,800 ・CUSTOM DOG TAG charm (5 in total) ; ¥600 ・Sports towel －NEON YELLOW－ ; ¥2,500 ・Sports towel －NEON PINK－ ; ¥2,500 ・Sports towel －NEON ORANGE－ ; ¥2,500 ・SWEAT －NEON YELLOW－（M/L）; ¥6,500 ・SWEAT －WHITE－（M/L）; ¥6,500 ・TEE －NEON YELLOW－（M/L/XL）; ¥3,600 ・TEE －BLACK－（M/L/XL）; ¥3,600 2nd batch of goods will be made available for preorder on 23rd April ・2WAY bag ; ¥3,000 ・CAP （BLACK/ WHITE）; ¥3,200 ・Shoulder bag ; ¥2,500 ・Shower sandals －AND－（MEN'S/ WOMEN'S）; ¥4,500 ・Tassel Misanga (3 colours) ; ¥900 ・Can badge (3 in a set) ; ¥1,200 ・Card holder sticker ; ¥1,300 ・LUNCH BOX ; ¥2,200 ・Chopstick with box set ; ¥800 ・KLOOP towel pillow case ; ¥2,500 ・KLOOP iPhone case（8/7/6s/6対応・X）; ¥3,900( http://rhythmzone.net/koda/news/detail.php?id=1060330 Photos of the goods can be seen via http://shop.mu-mo.net/a/list1/?categ_id=201703076 |
Omg love the yellow towel and black tee :heart All goods look great tbh but those two grabbed me :P
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I want the sweater and the cap.
if someone from germany is ordering, let me know. |
For me I'm surprised there's no pamphlet and/or postcard set , would have been awesome if the pamphlet contained extended shots from AND but guess that's only reserved in the fanclub copy of the album :x
@ Gustavopc - PM replied , please check your inbox ^^ |
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As usual, the tour goods are fabulous. I agree with Corvina, the dog tag is definitely meant to act as a light stick of sorts.
I like how colorful and fun a lot of the goods are. |
Kuu had a day off yesterday, having Sakura party at home with friends and family.
She also had a jam session with some artist friends afterwards (the FC is going to see something from that). Here the pics for all, who haven't seen them yet: Spoiler:
Today she had rehearsals again, singing and dancing. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/mtdAKi.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/Uf87p6.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/GbRf5j.png 3 male and 2 female dancers again like for Let's Party Vol. 2 (the one in the middle is the stand-in for Kuu and the one or better two in front the choregraphers, usually Maiko and Fuko, former dancers of her). What I personally love about the goods is Kuu using the line " I just gonna live my life" from IT'S MY LIFE on the sweater. Together with shirt and towel a must-buy for me. Btw. her official site suggests fans making their own coordinates of the different colours and items. So one of the very few occasions fans are not encouraged to buy everything, lol. |
Since it's a fan club the goods will not be at yesasia right?
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I don't recall what happened with Let's Party Vol. 2 but I'd guess not :(
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I think I remember seeing the lightstick from Let's Party Vol 2 on yesasia, but I'm not sure.
As always the goodies are awesome. Neon Yellow is such a bold and interesting color so I'm hoping for something very bright and neon for this tour. Only three weeks 'til the beginning of the tour, I'm very excited! Also, Sukkiri Special Live is next week, I wonder if it's gonna be a "preview" of the tour, since they are so close. |
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I love how her goods are never predictable.
And they're often very inclusive of male and female fans. (Not that anyone can't wear anything they want, but you know what I mean lol) |
Let's Party Vol.1 and 2 both had lightsticks.
The one for Vol.1 was just a normal stick though. I don't know if YesAsia had the goods for her FC lives before, but all of them are available through the normal mu-mo shop and you don't have to be in the FC to buy from it. So no reason for YesAsia not to get them actually. |
Judging by this picture it seems that she's doing Hot Stuff for this tour! https://www.instagram.com/p/BhZGiNwlt07/
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And from her stories it looks like IS THIS TRAP? was also rehearsed omggg ToT
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https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/hgSBSa.png She has a lot of muscle pain today and is jokingly asking, if it is okay if the FC tour is MC only. :laugh And she answers her own question with the sentence, that it won't be an AND tour anymore then. ;) Looks like they rehearsed new songs yesterday and old ones today. But Idk if this is IS THIS TRAP?. Cause her dancers would look and point to the audience then. The TAKE BACK remix has a similar move, hasn't it? With the dancers covering her body with their hands. |
Oh, indeed, they take a look around the audience :o
I'd love to see TAKE BACK there as well ahahaha |
I'm hoping for Hot Stuff, personally. Although, this tour could be MC only and it would still be pretty funny. Kuu in and of herself is entertaining.
Goods look great, I would like the sweater, slides, bag and bracelets. But, I think the box is a toolbox, not a lunchbox... |
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^maybe can we call it "multi use box" ??? Like, obviously is a lunchbox but perhaps they want to show us that can we use it in anyway we want?
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The AND tour logo looks uninspired tbh but I am living for that white sweater and the black cap, both would make a great coordinate!
This zippo tho lol.. I have never seen this one, I love it https://i.imgur.com/OJSaaNq.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Gxk9aU1.jpg https://i.imgur.com/jDWmB7i.jpg |
AND 6th week sales:
#295 - 191 Total: 18,575 Driving Hit's 8 2nd week sales: #182 - 333 Total: 2,867 Somebody on Baidu shared the yearly Oricon ranking Top 50 for albums so far and #50 sold 27k. So Kuu is probably in the Top 100 right now with those sales for AND. :roflmao W FACE ~outside~ last year was album #169 in the full year ranking for 2017, W FACE ~inside~ #173. AND will probably be in the Top 250 of the year, whatever will happen else. More rehearsal photos from yesterday: https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...923/zePzJN.png https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/vw3QmW.png |
Japan is definitely beginning to feel the effects of the streaming era. In the U.S. there are big albums only selling 5k in pure sells after the first month. SPS (sales plus streaming) has completely changed the chart dynamics.
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Wow, I love those zippo lighters.
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Kuu finished rehearsals today.
4 days of intensive training. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/yLGHOM.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/MWzd6D.png |
omfg the print on that coat is to die for :heart
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^Is that the Namie x H&M collection? XD
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^ I thought about it too lol. it looks similar to that picture indeed. wonder if they sent something from the collection to her early.
it's a beautiful print! |
^hm the print is different at least from what we saw so far...but this type of piece seems to bin hot right now
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Rofl, it's from ZARA, Kuu tagged it in her post.
It's a favourite for her and she bought it last year. |
right, good time to delete my instagram, I miss all of these things :roflmao
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Kuu will be at A-Nation 2018! Nagasaki and Mie dates so far. Tokyo and Osaka line-up not announced yet but I'm guessing she'll be there as well.
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There is a lot happening right now at her FC.
- They announced a-nation and the ticket sale for those dates. - They're now having a resale for a bunch of tickets for the FC tour, cause apparently there was a connection error with the sales site (and people, who won tickets in the lottery, couldn't pay their tickets, that's how I understand them). So now they sell the remaining tickets on a "first come, first serve" basis. (cause there is obviously no time anymore to make lottery rounds). Those tickets won't be picture tickets though. - They announced another campaign for the tour. People attending the tour can enter a drawing for seats directly on the stage for the Zepp venues! 20 people are drawn for each Zepp date. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...923/iV3Ks1.jpg - They also announced a campaign for renewing your membership at the venues. Plus people, who already renewed their membership at least twice, can get a special postcard with a message from Kuu at the FC booth. It will be given out one per person and date, 4 randomly types, while stock lasts. - The tour won't have an encore section. First people got their tickets for the first date in two weeks: https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/F6wrVv.png |
^ Is the stage seating only for Japanese FC members? I can't find a place to enter on the site, or any news about it.
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AND image that was used for the poster
https://s9.postimg.cc/tc9u0d1gf/news...ge_1060433.jpg http://rhythmzone.net/koda/news/detail.php?id=1060433 Seems like there will be no encore for the AND fanclub tour :O http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5646681261 |
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This thing with the fans on the stage makes me think about how the stage is gonna be. I can picture it being somehow like a club/bar, something similar to PARTY's PV with the fans sitting at the bar. It will probably be like her Asia Live 2015 tho... haha
I love how some of my favorites stages from her lives are from small venues: Dirty Ballroom was awesome, a big screen is not needed imo; Second Session Release Party was lovely, with those curtains and lights (still wish we had the whole thing, and not a digest video) and First Things Tour. ♥ If you don't know what the Release Party was: https://vimeo.com/89871640 |
I honestly thought Best Singles Collection was an amazing small venue concert. I loved everything about it. I feel like most other people didn't like it, though.
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Kuu should consider doing a Premium Night type of tour at very small club venues which're even smaller than Live House
I can imagine her performing at venues such as Motion Blue Yokohama , Nagoya Blue Note , Blue Note Tokyo , Billboard Live Tokyo , Billboard Live Osaka and singing acoustic jazz like songs onstage and these venues can only accommodate less than 400 people Motion Blue Yokohama is the smallest as it only can accommodate 150 people That would have been epic & the proximity of Kuu away from the stage towards you is so near it's hard to believe which's something you will not get in an Arena tour Also back when Kuu came here to perform , even some of her own Japanese fans flew by here to see her cos the chances of her performing in Live House venues back in Japan is very rare , not counting the upcoming fanclub tour That said I enjoy watching concerts that're staged in all different venue types but sometimes less is more |
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YAS that Billboard live was EVERYTHING.
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I also love that concert. she looked so classy and the atmosphere was so nice
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a friend of mine wants company for the show in Fukuoka. anyone interested? id love to go but ill be in Tokyo at the time :(
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nnn girl why you gotta post pics on LINE showing bad form when doing your splits??? my hips hurt just looking at it
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I guess, I'm following your friend on Instagram.
Anyway, after dance rehearsals last week, Kuu has band rehearsals this week. She has new guitar and bass players, one being from the band HighsidE (the band of Misono's husband), the other from the band Red Diamond Dogs. Today they practiced the show for the live house venues (aka not-the-Zepp venues). Judging by her words, it will not only look a bit different, but also has a different setlist. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/2MLUOX.png https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/6dCQN2.png https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...923/oDqVp8.png https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/UMxGlA.jpg She also posted a small video (without audio): http://www.instagram.com/p/BhqEhv2hUGP/ I can't read lips, but fans in the comments say it's IT'S MY LIFE. |
At this point I guess it's safe to say her black and white looks came to stay lol Love her style in that second pic, such a queen
I wonder how outfits for this tour will be like (I mean, if there's more than one) |
AND 7th week sales:
#276 - 191 Total: 18,766 Driving Hit's 8 3rd week sales: #281 - 184 Total: 3,051 |
Ayu quoted Kumi on her instagram story
https://i.imgur.com/mpRY51W.png People say it's a gift from Kuu? not sure. But it's nice to know their friendship lingers |
From what I've read on facebook, Kuu went to her concert, they met on the backstage and she gave ayu that gift, it's a skin-related product. So cute these two :heart
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http://rhythmzone.net/koda/news/detail.php?id=1060646 https://line.me/S/sticker/11037 So cute aww Unfortunately the LINE stickers are only available for purchase for those living in Japan , I can't buy them as much as I want to x_x |
I want those Kuu stickers so bad :( They're adorable. I really hope they'll release them on international version of LINE eventually.
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Yet another thing released for Japan only lololol
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Yeah, it's too bad they're still Japan only.
She already had some in the past. But they're popular. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/3...923/oSdEFF.png According to some Instagram users, Kuu is currently trending on iTunes Japan (together with e.g. Hikaru Utada). Do you guys want to see some more FC rehearsal photos? https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...923/IhdOST.png https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...923/I553xS.png https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/i5bdEm.png https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...923/NXA0kt.png Tomorrow is the Sukkiri Super Live! Sadly no live broadcast this year, but it's very likely to be broadcasted later. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...923/vELUP7.png She finished rehearsals altogether now and the last day was the rehearsal for Sukkiri. She probably is going to sing some songs from the FC tour setlist. But in the interview included in the AND FC edition she said, that she's performing all 10 songs from AND at the FC tour and plans to keep them exclusive. We will see tomorrow, if she kept that plan and we will only see old ones. |
Sukkiri Super Live started!
Kuu performed first and as Kinot is attending the show, we have first hand infos. Setlist: POP DIVA Ultraviolet MC HOTEL WIND め組のひと PARTY Poppin’ love cocktail It's going to be broadcasted May 26. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/3...924/7ahfKC.jpg Stage photos from Instagram and Twitter: https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...923/V6sSV1.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/mMMlA2.png https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/KQSSIe.png https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/pMzcsE.png WIND and PARTY! |
Interesting that she's going to sing all 10 songs from AND. I wonder if Haircut and HUSH will be performed as well. Also, the album length is around 30 minutes, and I expect the concert to be around 60min, so she can add some other songs.
As for the Sukkiri Live, the setlist is okayish, sadly her festival set have been pretty much the same for the past years. I question myself... Why HOTEL? It's not a hit, as far as I know it's not a fan favorite and I personally think that it's an awful song to perform live (the nasal voice always sounds weird to me) even tho the choreography is good. Maybe it's because HOTEL in one of the first songs of her new style, and she wants to keep it. Anyway, I'm excited for PARTY and WIND. :) |
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Group shot of everyone who performed at today's Sukkiri SUPER LIVE in Nippon Budokan 2018
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DbT2VyXUwAITSkK.jpg:small https://twitter.com/ntv_sukkiri/stat...85089025802245 Chris Hart is besides Kuu === Kuu wrote this tweet https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DbUNfZ9U0AENVcx.jpg:small https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DbUNfZ9U0AITlEc.jpg:small Quote:
Kuu looks great , she said in the tweet that she wished she had a chance to sing ballads at Sukkiri SUPER LIVE in Nippon Budokan 2018 |
She also said, she was the first performer, but the audience was there from the very first song onwards cheering for her, she had a lot of fun.
More official photos! https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/RTAuTC.png https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/WD9XLJ.png https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/GaWQS9.png And Kuu backstage with Shokichi from EXILE THE SECOND: https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/haXRbp.png |
Seems like some partial footages of yesterday's Sukkiri SUPER LIVE in Nippon Budokan 2018 will be aired tomorrow morning on Sukkiri according to Kobukuro's staff twitter
https://twitter.com/TeamKobukuro/sta...73626111148033 Not sure if the footages will centre on Kobukuro's performance only or will Sukkiri air brief performance snippets from the other artistes' performances :confused |
Kaled basically summed up everything I thought. Glad we'll get footage either way :D
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Also, I hope Haircut isn't the next single. It is my least fav track from AND, even if it's just a bonus track and a short version. However, if I had to choose between Haircut as a single or no single at all I'd say let it be Haircut, better than nothing. Yet Ultraviolet was supposed to be a single but was turned into the lead album track in the end, I feel like it's gonna be the case with Haircut. |
i LOVE the layer loook she got going on and her hair is amazing!!
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Broadcast timings for Sat's Sukkiri SUPER LIVE in Nippon Budokan 2018 via NTV
26th May - 6pm Repeat broadcast , 15th June - midnight NTV will broadcast about 2 1/2 hours of Sukkiri SUPER LIVE in Nippon Budokan 2018 footages https://natalie.mu/music/news/279323 |
Kuu was included in the Sukkiri preview this morning:
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I'm still in love with WHO. Don't need new music now, thx.
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^ agreed. Especially if it's going to sound like HAIRCUT. She can keep that shit locked away forever kthx
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She had a shooting today:
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YAS work that weave. Giving me Black Cherry Tour mermaid vibes.
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She is so pretty :)
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HER WIG SNATCHED MINE SO BAD OMG
She looks hella pretty in this video, so much it hurtssss, I really need to see what that's for |
And Kuu teasing her photographer with making a photo of him in her stories, rofl.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bh9DEoth5jp/ さすがくうちゃん！Typical Kuu! :laugh |
oh wow I love that long hair, she looks amazing :smitten
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btw I wonder if she's being assisted on using Instagram, there's something almost everyday and she's using stories pretty well (just a couple of pics instead of thousand of long videos, things are interesting and not too much personal but also doesn't look like ads, today there was a nice pool she made and so). Keep it up, Kuu!
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Please just keep your hair like that forever Kuu! :luv2:luv2
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She literally looks 16 with this hair
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Saw that video on Instagram, and holy hell she looks hot af. She's so beautiful!
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Although it is not the same style, it reminded me of the look that she had in the PV of "So Into You"
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SHE LOOKS AMAZINGGGGG YASS
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AND 8th week sales:
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That shooting could be for the summer single, I can even see now Kuu starting the PV with this long blond hair and ending it with a short sexy one :P
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