I love Aishou and I love Alive!
Both are really different and both are well done.
Though they don't get well with the japanese public, not at all.
They love Kuu's safer ballads.
Every ballad single over the last years got at least Gold digitally.
But the best is for me - her vocals are mostly gorgeous on her ballads and I appreciate that a lot!

Btw, I'm not a big fan of POP DIVA, I grew to like it.
But it is fun seeing it live.
And I love the PV for it!

Kuu never fakes it when she sings her ballads. I love her Moon Crying performance from Taiwan Live so much because it's so simple yet epic at the same time. Also, I think her voice fits ballads perfectly and that's one of those reasons that makes her the best ballad singer in my opinion.

Alive is a great song. I always end up crying at the last minute when I listen to it. It expresses loneliness very well. Aishou on the other hand was a shock to me when I first read the lyrics. I always thought it was about something else and not so sexual as it actually was. But still I adore this song so much. I actually love everything about this ballad. It's just perfect. <3

I think my favorite ballads might be Yume no Uta and Aishou, closely followed by Suki de, suki de, suki de, you and Kiseki. <3

I bet there's something wrong with me when I lolled so hard on this while I absolutely adore Party Queen. :D

Aishou is her best ballad hands down, that track is absolutely amazing! one of my favs <3
But overall i'm not overly crazy about Kuu's ballads. I like most of them but songs like "Stay With Me, Ai No Uta" & "Moon Crying"
sounds like your usual Jpop winter ballads and she doesn't really make them her own imo.

Overall i'm just more in for her upbeat songs, she has some of the best bangers in Jpop EVER!
But there's much stronger ballad singers than her (Suki De/Anata Dake Ga was amazing though)

I loved Aishou because it's really different ballad from her others like brave , stay and her endless beautiful "basic" ballads :P

I love almost all of her ballads, from the older rnb ones to the classic-ish ones to the different ones. I could name my 20 favorite ballads here and it wouldn't be enough :laugh But I still wish someday she'll release a rockish ballad like No way to say, those are so epic, and they would match Kuu's voice SO MUCH!

I like a lot of her ballads, but I can definitely see how some people wouldn't. Aishou is one of my faves :yes

I HAVE INTERNET AGAIN!!

Haha man I saw this on Tumblr before I saw the PV, and thought it was part of the PV for a bit. I was like OMG KUMI IS DISSING PARTY QUEEN?? BUT SHE LIKES AYU?? #LOLfeelsstupidnow

Ahh I LOVE WWO! <3 It's such an awesome, addicting, fun song! The PV is cool too! At first I was like 'this is so weird' (but the CG weird that I like), but It's really fun and edgy. :D Kuu knows how to do a fun, summery cool song, she has nailed it! <3 I'll be listening to this for weeks now. Also tempted to do make-up tutorials for the 3 looks she is wearing. :)

I'm excited for Beach Mix release, I was pleasantly surprised with the DVD tracklist. :D All (well, most!) of her A-nation and Rhythm Nation performances is really cool!

Here's a download link the full PV in HDTV .ts format! :)
http://www.uploads.ws/LieLrH

I wish I had all of Kuu's PV's in .ts format. D:

Just found out that Overhead Champion is remixing COME WITH ME for Beach Mix...love his mixes!

I don't know how you guys are talking about her best ballads and not citing magic, that's a great song. ♥

^ All ballads on feel my mind are epic, magic is no exception :heart Rain, Hana, magic, Sweet Love... and Gentle Words [can it be considered a ballad?] <3

omg Hana!!!! i died when she performed it at Dirty Ballroom... so underrated!

Me too! I died when I saw that!!

I also think that the version of the new song on beach mix is just going to be the original version. It's not credited as a remix or anything.

LOL, why is everyone "dying" in this thread all of a sudden? I love Kumi fans and our tendency to be dramatic. "OMG, flawless", "Goddess", etc.

^^how about "nauseating"?

ugh

kuu fans have the best sense of humor :yes :P

People complain when fans are too negative... people complain when fans are too positive... interesting.

^^That's what I've learned about forums...lol I kinda hate everyone.
But hey I'm guilty of doing those things sometimes too. ANYway...I thought it was funny that they barely showed her from the neck down in the new PV lol

NEVER could get into Aishou. I cannot stand the song at all. The intro is nice but the chorus is just dullzville and lots of shouting. What a bland melody.

I don't think it's a problem lol
I actually really like ESCALATE and POP DIVA.

But her ballads, I view them on the same level as A Song for XX (album). Just... well, I pretend that 98% of them don't exist. I think they're so bland and generic.
I can't get enough of Moon Crying, it's why I bought Trick. I need to get my hands on Black Cherry for Juicy and Yume no Uta.

I guess the fan base is divided with her ballads. I'm not surprised :P