The 151st Thread - New Remix Album "Beach Mix"
 

Koda Kumi
The 151st Thread

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by Kaled Kalil

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Stage Name: Koda Kumi / 倖田來未
Real Name: Kouda Kumiko / 神田來未子
Birthdate: 13 November 1982 (Showa 57)
Blood Type: A
Hometown: Kyoto

Hobbies: Shopping, Goods.
Favorite Sport: Squash
Favorite Type of Music: Hip Hop
Favorite Dish to Cook: Niku Jaga (Beef and Potatoes)
Favorite Saying: Ikkai ichi e (Once in a lifetime chance)
Favorite Colors: Purple and green
Favorite Season: Summer
Favorite DVD: Haneru no tobira
Favorite Brands: D&G and H・A・K
Favorite Food: Okonomiyaki, 100% Fruit Juice, Perrier
Favorite Japanese Artists: Toshinori Yonekura, Sukima Switch
Favorite Western Artists: Christina Aguilera, Nelly, Pink, Pharrell Williams
Something She Can't Be Without: Love
Favorite Part of Her Own Body: The "kori kori" of her waist.
Something Often Unexpected: 'No smoking & no alcohol'
Something Unacceptable: Lies and deception
Special Ability: To be able to talk until her voice goes hoarse.


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Credits: Tsubasa, Kingdom, FinalFayth, Corvina, do it again, Cherrim, George.

Awesome first post, i really love the beach mix pics!

I love the pictures and everything for this.
I hope she kills it. Although it is just a remix album...

Special Ability: To be able to talk until her voice goes hoarse.

I read that as "to be able to talk until her voice sounds like a horse." Oh dear...
I like the beach mix banner btw!

How much you guys think that Beach Mix is going to sell? Driving Hits 4 sold 14k, so I hope Beach Mix sells at least 20k or 30k.

I don't really care about the sales, I'm just curious. XD

I love that banner.. how did you make her so shiny (iluminated?) that pic looks amazing!

I dont think I will be buying the new cd. I do not like remixes but ive barely seen any of her a nation lives... im torn!

I think there is a chance it may debut at #1 with 3ok or so. The week seems dead right now. Also we have to remember that Kuu's pregnancy is coming soon. It may help the album sell like 50k. But I expect it to go Top 10 at the least and sell 20-30k total minimum.

Beautiful first post :heart I love the colors

idk really how much it might sell. I wonder if they're going to promote it other than releasing that new song & PV? CMs or anything. banners? maybe if they promote it just a bit it might be good, idk. maybe people do miss Kuu or maybe they don't care

I really dont know how much to expect from this one, but I think it'll oversell DH4, since there is a new song+PV, which doesnt only mean new stuff, but also promotion for the album, and there is the DVD d:

Also, the DVD tracklist was posted in her facebook and...

What does "★初収録" mean? Is it from another day other than the broadcasted one?

Oh, new thread <3 Tracklist was finally released for Beach Mix it seems. Good. I like it. <3

It means first time ever included in the list.

I hope those performances aren't like 1minute long because that would be annoying. :(

DVD Duration (from amazon Japan): 71 minutes

Whatchu Waitin' On PV listed on m-on!
http://www.m-on.jp/artist/30/music_detail58767.html

^ I hope someone records it <3

recochoku half year ranking 2012:

Movie:
#47 Cutie Honey
#84 Brave

RBT:
#39 Brave
#93 Ai wo tomenaide

Album:
#16 JAPONESQUE

Artists overall CHaku Uta full:
#16 Koda Kumi

Artists overall Chaku Uta:
#23 Koda Kumi

Source:
http://recochoku.jp/recochoku_ranking/yearly_index.html


Not bad, considering she only released the album songs new this year and nothing else.

Loving banner. btw does anyone have HQ version of the poster picture?

Whatchu Waitin' On PV Preview
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/sKgdyKwrU8o/?fr=1
password: 0801

credits: KumiKuu@JPC

I like it! It works with the song lol I hope they show her full body!

Thanks for the recochoku update Corvina <3 I'm glad she's in the top 20 for full downloads despite not releasing much. JAPONESQUE did pretty good too!

The PV looks so funny and it totally matches the song aura! And she also looks awesome with that cap. Loving it so far (:

OMG i NEED the full version now -_-

Loooooooove the first post :love

Is Kuu wearing contacts in the covers?

EDIT: I really like the PV. Even though we wont see most of her because of her belly, it looks like the made up for it in fun and flashy-ness. I wonder if they will show her belly in the making of?

God I am so in love with Watchu Waitin' On already!! I can't wait for the song! HOT SUMMER HIT!!

^ ^ I think she's wearing her 1 day lenses on the pics, at least it looks like so

preview @ youtube

hahaha, sorry kuu, my eyes only on that two little dancers, so cute!

It looks nice, can't wait for the full thing! :yatta

Oh, gosh that PV looked so colorful and cool. <3 I can't wait to see the full thing~ :heart

From m-on
http://www.m-on.jp/artist/30/music_detail58767.html

maybe you can kill me, but the PV looks Kyary Pamyu much, no?

^ not really, at least it doesn't to me :S

^ Me neither, her style has been like that for a couple of years, even PVs with a lot of CG. XD

The preview is awesome, I'm not a fan of CG but this one looks great!

@Princess_Of_Roses It's just some lighting stuffs, but nothing that hard :D

@Alucard from Hellsing That's the bigger I have, and it was more LQ than that :(

^ since you're here, can I be rude and off-topic and ask you to make another great cover for Ayu's summer best? :D if you can :)

idk, but suddenly the colours and the hand movements and these tiny little non-figures reminded me of Kyary, hmm. other than that, I like the PV

the PV making is out-
http://youtu.be/nuHUPZsYcdk

I think it's gonna be hyper colourful and summery overall. also, sweet how they don't even show her bump in the making, lol

Its Kyary in the fact that its colourful and bright and lots going on, but Kuu's is more urban and fierce, whereas Kyary is more oddball random cuteness.

Kuu's makeup looks a lot better in the actual video than that cap posted earlier.

Also, is that the official making of, or just one by this JuJu?

Are we just gonna be seeing her upper body throughout the whole PV?

watchu waitin' on chorus is kinda stuck in my head now :innocent
and i love the PV preview :)

anyway, i think she's gonna sing 30 songs for the comeback concert (30 years old = 30 songs?) can't wait!!

Kuu at the grave for her dogs Rum and Ten:

http://i46.tinypic.com/34623ar.jpg

Source: kinot@ weibo and Kumi-Flash

^Rum was amazing, especially in those second session music videos.

She looks adorable in that MV/Making. Arigatou.

@kaled kalil thanks, I thought maybe I missed it somewhere, 'cause I only have tiny-one with SAMPLE on it.

even in the making they showed only her upper body

I think we will only see her upper body, like, ever. I don't think that any official releases, at least, will show her tummy.

WWO is stuck in my head too. I love it so much.

Kuu at the grave of her doggies made cry. I didn't realize they had died so close to each other, that must have been hard.

Also, can someone refresh my memory as to what the limited version of her Trick album was, please?

This once happened to me, it was one of the worst feelings ever :(

As for TRICK, if I'm not wrong, Venus was just for the first press, and probably so was DBR

PV is up @ kmc
http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/4057/kowtmh.jpg

:thumbsup

oh dear when it'll be up on AHS? :D

Judging from the preview video I think this is very well done. I mean, if I wouldn't have known she is pregnant, I wouldn't have wondered about why they hid her tummy anyway - just because it's still a nice PV like this and very summerish and interesting. And still a lot is going on even though she herself is just sitting.:laugh

I´ve just watched and It´s so damn cool, funny and fresh! The song for me is AWESOME! A summer hit 100%!! Good Job!

here it is: http://www.yinyuetai.com/video/454369

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PERFECT *_* !!

Hm I guess I'll just wait until my torrent from jpopsuki finishes.

I am truly sorry to hear that. I know that the companionship that pets bring you is second to none, and losing that must be very hard. I have not experienced it, but I have a dog who is turning eight this year. I make it a point to show her love everyday, because when she's gone I don't want to regret not spending more time with her. In that way, pets are really great, because they make you take a time out of a hectic life and spend some quality time.

That was a fun PV and I'm loving the song! I love the shots of the moving mouth on her belly haha

I recently had a pet cat. I had been thinking about getting a cat for a while and then one night when I got home and in the winter, I saw something white running around someone's legs outside. I thought it was my neighbor walking her dog. But, when I got out of my car, the girl was gone and I heard a meowing noise. I look over and it's a white kitty. I sat down and patted the ground and she ran up to me. She ran in and out of my legs meowing. She was dirty and skinny and followed me up my stairs to my apartment door. I let her inside and she practically devoured the can of tuna I opened for her. I attempted to give her a bath - she even let me use the blow-dryer to dry her off - she just sat calmly in my lap. I was unsure if I was going to keep her or not, and hesitant to give her a name. But eventually, I decided to name her Yuki (snow in Japanese), as I always wanted to have a cat with a Japanese name and I thought it was ironic and meant to be that I was thinking of getting a cat right around that time and she just shows up outside.

Well, for a while she was a calm cat. But she started to terrorize my apartment. She would roll around in the cat litter and fling it all over the place. She shed like you wouldn't believe and there was white fur EVERYWHERE. I could feel it on my skin when working out. She was a funny little thing and loved to steal things. One time I looked over and she was walking away with my wallet in her mouth!! Another time I turned around and all I saw was my white iPod cord being dragged underneath the couch. But, her absolute favorite thing to steal and chew on... were pencils. I only had a few but she would find them and chew them up. If I was working out and I had a pencil lying there to log my excercises / reps, the second I left the room to do something I would turn around and my pencil would be gone.

Anyway, I am getting carried away with this story but I had to take her to the humane society as I really had no time to play with her and she was becoming more of an annoyance. Lately I have been cleaning and organizing my apartment a lot and last night I found a chewed up pencil underneath my bed. It really made me sad as I miss that little kitty a lot now...

Pictures...

Full audio in the Downloads section:

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=114102

:)

Your kitty looks and sounds cute! What's funny about it too, is that there is a cat that wanders around the park near my house, it looks really similar to the one you had. I don't know if its a stray or not. Its immaculate, perfect fur, looks healthy. But, its out in the park all the time, when I see it and other people are around they comment that they see the cat all the time. Also, it has no collar.

Back on topic, I love the PV. Its so colourful and fun. They did a good job, considering. And the song. So addictive. I need an mp3 now!

And when is Kuu gonna pop? Anyone wanna guess the birth date? I'm hoping for the 17th, because its my "lucky number".

I had given her a pink collar and put an Ayu "A" symbol charm on it, but she seemed to have ripped it off somewhere... Lol.

Anyway, the SONG / PV...

I FAWKING LOVE IT!

Honestly, the video had some serious CGI DONE RIGHT! It looked like it had a decent budget but I guess they have more money to put into CGI when less time is spent on choreo / different cameras and angles / other PV stars / flying out to exotic locations, etc. But yeah, the effects on the PV are top notch and I was laughing the whole time at how cute it was. I was sad when the song ended, I still have excitement in my chest I haven't felt right-off-the-bat since IN THE AIR! Woot woot! Go Kumi, you totally slayed this year on your hot summer track!!

listening to the song right now and loving it!!

Want a single and new album, lol.

yey for summer songs :heart PV is so fun.

She reminds me of miliyah's style...and her nails are like...uh...sexy little thing nails? or microphone? idk whatever I forgot.

yey for the koda.

really colorful, i like it

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http://imageftw.com/uploads/20120705/9e4e4.jpg

<3

At least with Beyonce we got a squishy belly. With Kuu we get no belly. :(

I thought that maybe it's because of some beliefs and prejuices she's not showing it? idk about Japan & other countries, but, well, I did read that you might get bad aura from someone that'll pass on to your child? and Kuu has some haters, so...

the song is mega-cute though! and the PV is just hyper! the lips on the belly saying chu - so cute!

Kuu never fails!

did you notice that the instrumental from the preview is NOT in the audio from the PV?


that part was also included in the J-WAVE mix ...

so maybe we're getting two versions. one for the PV (which would be the original) and another one for the REMIX CD.

^ BUT

I wanna see the PV!!!

I like the PV, the effects were well done, it's not too colorful and not boring at all. Anb the song is awesome, the instrumental really got me :heart

That's what I learned with my dogs. I had two little dogs who died both in the same week when they were still like two months old. They were so young, but also so lovely, totally clumsy (': After that, when I got a new one, I enjoyed the most out of her, and I still miss her sometimes since I didn't get a new pet since then, because of college I wouldn't be able to give him/her attention and I would feel guilty of so. But let's stop with these puppy talks and stuck to the topic hahahahaha

Listening to Whatchu Waitin' On? full version now. I can't see the PV from any of those links so I wait for download links. <3 This song sounds so catchy ^.^

I cant wait to hear the whole song from the album. The PV is great, it's not boring at all.

@ayu_ready?: I'm doing a new one :D

The gorgeous instrumental part form the preview isnt in the PV version! :grumpy
maze, I hope you're right and we get antoher version on Beach Mix!
Considering the preview with that part is on the official site as preview, it probably will! :)
The song is totally catchy nevertheless.

PV is funny and so colorful.
Well done for her circumstances!

I hate that instrumental part! It has like no melody and is such a generic sound common to house compositions... I love the cute melody synth that's in the PV version - I'll take that any day.

If you want to listen to that "gorgeous instrumental" part, here's Nicki Minaj's "Starships" (skip to 1:09)



Sorry if my comment sounds rude, I just realized it could be taken that way but I'm not trying to be. Just stating my (strong) opinion, lol.

It may be generic and common for electro, but I love it! :laugh

^Yeah i agree, i love the song but that instrumental would have made it perfect <'3 i hope there will be a version with it somewhere.

Another remix album? Sweet. I like that avex is also going for a summer compilation with Kuu's songs, and those covers are like a melted rainbow vomited on my face. I love it.

^ haha, you are so nice.

Anyway, I like Watchu Waitin On? Or how the **** you write it. Bit standard but it's catchy.. until the next album comes out.

Something I am really interested in is how it's going with her and her baby. How is that going on?

^ she still hasn't given birth, but she should be due really soon!

Best line ever XD

The PV is just awesome~ I totally love the red lipstick Kuu. Really like the song too.

I hope she gives birth soon :yes

Even generic music turns into gold in Kuu's hands imo. :D

Whatchu Waitin' On? is so disappointing for me! :( Maybe if I listen to it more. But I always find that Koda Kumi is either REAL hit (ESCALATE, POP DIVA) or REAL miss (any of her ballads).

There's the problem, ESCALATE and POP DIVA are both boring and never take off, lol.

oh-my-God!plz post here or on your tumlblr (I'm following you ekkeke~) :D

Well the PV was cheap and lame but idc, the song is probably her best summer song ever :heart I've never been this pleased with a summer track from her. I'm in love :heart

I agree, they stay the same rhythm/beat/tempo through most of the song, makes it a bit hard to get into

Guys can the PV be found anywhere online? :( Too lazy to download it...

I think THAT'S WHY I love them so much :laugh ESCALATE beat is so hot, powerful, I don't know, I fell in love with it instantly

https://vimeo.com/45298325
pass: ilovekuu


here you can see a bit of the lyrics

a-geh a-geh :laugh

Man, how can you possibly say that? She's one of the best ballads singer from Japan. At least her fans in Japan appreciate her ballads better than her Western fans. Even tho her up-beat songs are almost never as half as successful there she still releasing so many of them. JAPONESQUE had only 3 ballads and ppl still complain.

Zeke. excuse me, POP DIVA is boring? It's like one of the catchiest songs ever.

This girl knows how to have fun and not think about too much with what she does with her music. Love it!

The chorus is very Kimura Kaela of her :laugh

This new song really disappointed for me. I am still hoping that the remixes will be worth it, though.

Even when pregnant, she is forever flawless and working hard. She really is the best. Love the kuu!

I like the song and pv.. :) but still not gonna buy the dvd yet i think. I want to wait and get Dejavu cd+2dvd its the only album im missing must get that first!

Yay new sig!!

That short hair look in the PV is so nice!!!
the song's quite catchy hahaha

Omg, POP DIVA is one of her worst that will never grow on me. The only version I like is the remix on DH4 (not the one by Young Punx! that one sucks). I hate POP DIVA because it's the same thing over and over, no real melody. I'm all about the melody. Nothing badass about it like the bridge in Driving. Nothing innovative. Like it had been mentioned when it was released, very similar to "Shots" by some-crappy-rap-artist-that-everyone-in-the-U.S.-loves (Lil' Wayne??). Hate it. Hate it. Hate it. It's not catchy it's just shouting. Lol.

Whatchu Waitin' On? is insanely catchy and the PV is really fun! :love Usually I find CG in music videos to be really cheesy but I think it was very well done in Kuu's video.

With generic, repetitive dance songs I have to love the beat or it annoys the hell outta me. Since I am a Kuustan I usually love hers. Pop Diva I love, but it sounds a million times better with headphones than coming out of a stereo.

^ I hated it at first, but when I saw it live, I fell in love with it.

POP DIVA is amazing, but the pv is one of her worst music videos.
Whatchu Waitin' On? is growing on me a lot !!

Aw, I like it. I love the action thing she was going for, but those are my favorite kinds of movies, so maybe that's why.

Agreed. It's definitely one of her worst songs. I can only tolerate it in the live performances because she doesn't sing the full annoying chorus. Never again Kumi :no

Oh wow people . You will keep complaining at Kuu even if she did a flawless song like TABOO , and everyone will be like " oh god she didn't bother to make a song better than TABOO" :laugh

TABOO <3

A song that's loved by everyone but never , ever grew on me is Aishou. I try to love it, I really do. But I just can't.

^ I think it's one of her best ballads ever. it's not that piano acoustic or R&B as usual, that maybe what makes it standout from the rest of Kuu ballads. the PV is also super gorgeous & beautiful & ero :P the whole BUT single is just flawless

:love THIS!!!

I don't like POP DIVA really that much, but it's not mega bad. but true enuff, it sounds mega weird while listening to PV/mp3 off the PC, but okay with headphones in :)