I wish I could be friends with Koda T.T she is not only pretty as f*, but always looks so happy and positive T.T

I find her overall aesthetic to be my favorite. Like, Ayu looks great on a day to day basis from her candid shots, but I don't like her tour outfits. Kuu always looks amazing. I would love to shop in her closet. Plus, her tour goods are always stellar.

Now I know at least one more person apart from myself who likes NEVER ENOUGH and yes, lyrics for NEVER ENOUGH are among her best.

I'll gladly take another NEVER ENOUGH type of ballad but I really hope that the new grand ballad is more traditional, something like Kimi Omoi, Koishikute or stay with me. I'm not expecting another you, Yume no Uta or Promise from it but it's been 4 years since Kimi Omoi was released.

I always liked never enough, not a fan of the pv though.

Spotify created a playlist "This is Kumi Koda" https://open.spotify.com/user/spotif...1DZ06evO1lN1pB Its a very good mix of fan favorites and some other songs like Ienai yo. But it doesn't have Crazy 4 U, so it's not perfect.

Btw, I don't remember ever seeing NEVER ENOUGH being called as a "grand ballad" at all.

^it was, i think it was one of the first info posts on her site/video on fc or an interview
that’s why probably everyone was thinking we’re gerring a new cellphone ballad at that time lol

Crazy 4 U is in the playlist now, I guess they're still updating it? Will check it out later today, thanks for sharing :)

Yup exactly. I was so excited expecting a cellphone ballad with the whole grand ballad description lol.

I don't have any expectations when it comes to Kuu, I just take it as it is.
I'm only not that excited when a ballad is announced, cause I'm an uptempo person.

But if the snippet from the studio she played yesterday in one of her stories is one of the new songs from DNA, I am overly excited about getting another hard hitting electronic song like XXX.

I prefer her R&B ballads to her ai won't cut my toenails. I'm not a big ballad person.

Great Spotify playlist. I love that The Meaning of Peace was included.

What do you guys mean when you say cellphone ballad? Whenever I read that I think of On and On PV being shot to fit cellphone screens but I don't think that's right.

I believe it started from hands, where the cellphone plays a huge part to the storyline in the PVs :laugh So it's stuff like Yume no Uta, Ai no Uta, you, stay with me, Suki dex3, etc. Hilarious.

Wow, I never noticed that before! :laugh

I thought it meant a big, popular ballad that teen girls will want to download as their ringtone lol. Like Hikaru's Flavour of Life or Kana's previous stuff. But that's not based on anything apart from my own assumptions.

I always thought the same as jiarongisme :P

I used to think that as well but then I realised a lot of times it was used in a funny context so I thought maybe not :laugh

First two Tokyo shows today.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/ezxN1Q.png

Kuu got flowers from a lot of other artists like Ayu, TRF, Moumoon, Do As Infinity and....this time also from Namie Amuro.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/lQGFlm.png

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...921/4rgL57.png

Here are the 4 random message postcards you get, when you're in the FC for 3 years or longer:

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Got the pics from a nice Japanese fan in Kuu's facebook group.

They also gave those cards out to international KG members - I got one each date I went and am only a first year member.

Ah, interesting.
Got two as well as I'm in my 7th year Japanese Koda Gumi already.

In fact they implemented a new system right before the tour to make it easier to spot and probably also to encourage FC members.
It's now a colour-coded system, divided after the years you're in the FC.
It's the new digital member card.

Fans under 3 years are colourless.
3-8 years are purple members.
9 and upwards are golden members.

I'm purple correspondingly.

https://imageshack.com/a/img924/377/l9t7J3.jpg

(censored my member number)

Btw. they also uploaded a 1 minute recording from LIT from last weekend (no selfie-camera, a normal recording) yesterday.
Plus all the small videos every week from the meet & greets from all dates and her circle forming with band members and dancers before the shows.
Don't know if any of those are going to be on the international one later (as the daily tour reports sadly aren't uploaded yet there as well).