The 206th Thread - My Name Is...
 

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Kuu's collab with karaoke company Joysound was extended 2 months because of high demand!
Now running till the end of March.

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https://shop.joysound.com/campaign/kodakumi/
https://rhythmzone.net/koda/news/detail.php?id=1089189

The movie Zokki with Kuu starring in it is starting to run in Japanese cinemas nationwide April 2!
Aichi prefecture is getting an advance release March 20.

https://zokki.jp/
https://rhythmzone.net/koda/news/detail.php?id=1089103

Here are some pics of the loveil flyer currently available at Donki stores in Japan.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...923/WfdZO9.jpg

Speaking of loveil:
It's now also officially avilable in T-Garden stores in Taiwan!

https://www.instagram.com/tgarden.tw/

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They also play her music like here Merry Go Round:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKMDKhaHV_g/

Update for the DVD release


Shirt design

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Sticker sheet

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Acrylic keyholder

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Postcard A (CD shops)

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Postcard B (Loppi/HMV)

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FC edition DVD/Blu-Ray 3 content:

　■各地セレクションライヴ映像

　・CHANCES ALL (Marin Messe Fukuoka Part 2 2020.10.04)

　・奇跡 (Marin Messe Fukuoka Part 2 2020.10.04)

　・好きで、好きで、好きで。 (Nihon Gaishi Hall Part 1 2020.10.10)

　・Through the sky @Nihon Gaishi Hall Part 2 2020.10.10)

　・1000の言葉 (Yoyogi National Stadium Part 1 2020.12.05

　・BRIDGET SONG (Yoyogi National Stadium Part 2 2020.12.06)

　■ミュージックビデオ

　・Lucky Star

　・puff -Dance Version-

　・Killer monsteR -Dance Version-

　・Lucky Star -Tour Edition-

　・Dreaming Now!! -Tour Edition-

The advanced screening is going to be with Kuu together, so like the Nico Nico Douga screening of re(live).

LIKE THE BUNNY FROM FIRST THINGS TOUR!!! :heart
So cute ♡

^ Also noticed that throwback, looooved it!

I like these goodies, and the selection of songs for the 2nd DVD is great, so happy for 1000 no kotoba.
Interesting that we have two videos for Lucky Star then, I guess the Tour Edition will be the same video but with fans recordings on it? Also love th fact they included Dreaming Now, that video made everyone here so curious about it lol

Live Empower Children is releasing a charity song on February 15, the day the event is held this year.
It's called My Hero～奇跡の唄〜 and Kuu is one of the artists featured.

This might be a little off-topic but does anyone know if Kumi's HEMMY K can be shipped overseas? I know perfumes have some issues, but what about those? Cause if not a friend of mine is in Japan and I could ask her to check on them for me.

My mom used to send me cosmetics from the US all the time so I don’t think there should be a problem. :)

It's not a problem, other foreign fans already got it.
Liquids are not allowed to be shipped.
But the cream is sold out right now and for the mask there's only a few left. No word so far when they gonna restock.
It's only available on mu-mo at the moment.
Given the success, they might expand with the next restock though.

That's great to know, thanks a lot!

i retract my previous statement that the FC version of ku's concert was bad, I just saw the little preview from instagram and it looks so cool!

avex Taiwan posted this video of Kuu last night which she wished all her Chinese fans happy Lunar New Year

https://www.facebook.com/49366485570...4939551845710/

The video has traditional Mandarin subtitles and Kuu also talked about angeL & monsteR and the upcoming My Name Is video release and her HEMMY K skincare too

The 2 mini albums - if fans have listened to the material

HEMMY K skincare line - hope fans both male and female will try the products & be beautified after trying

The last part of the clip Kuu talked about the still ongoing COVID-19 outbreak and she hopes fans will stay safe and continue to take measures to counter the virus

Kuu was shooting the last two days.
Her manager also showed a short off-shot with sneakers and high heels in her stories. :idea

We needed a 20th anniversary asia tour fuq covid19

The song My Hero~奇跡の唄~ is out! Ku's on the verse after the first chorus.

Not Romero Britto doing the jacket artwork....

^ My exact effin thought lmao

Where can I download angeL and monsteR?

is that a... romero britto artwork...? omg........

Kuu is going to be on the NHK show 歌える！J-POP黄金のヒットパレード!

She's performing Ai no Uta together with the popular pianist Harami.

Episode is airing 03/29.

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Harami made a cute post about it on Twitter:
https://mobile.twitter.com/harami_pi...66465807060996

She loves Ai no Uta and adds how radiant Kuu's aura was, that she's a really friendly person and has such a tiny face (a Japanese beauty standard for women).

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The 2nd "monthly Kumiko" epsiode is airing 02/27!
This time it's a free talk episode. Everybody can send in right now whatever they want to tell Kuu and other fans - personal stories, recommendations s.o.

They made three weekly Kumiko episodes in between called Kumiko house, but those were just audio, like a podcast.

Last Dec's KODA KUMI 20th ANNIVERSARY TOUR 2020 MY NAME IS... which TeleAsa Ch1 aired last month can be watched via https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1d54y1s7dr

^thank you I wanted to share it with a friend :D

My Name Is... Tour DVD/Blu-Ray documentary trailer:



If you wanna take part in the online pre-viewing with Kuu, you have to order the FC edition till 02/28.

The video has audio in synch issues even though at the beginning things look ok :s

I did not encounter this problem when I downloaded the .ts for it

There are some different angles in the trailer, so it's another edit after the Asahi Ch1 cut. Not sure if it was just for the trailer, but the washed colours for the second act aren't that bad, Dance In The Rain looks fantastic.

The trailer looks so good, now it makes me want to buy it lol.

wtf is that filter on the second part of the concert looks dull af

20th Anniversary Premium Goods + Anniversary Goods Reproductions
https://shop.mu-mo.net/st/special/koda20th_premium/

<PREMIUM GOODS>
● SAFETY PIN PIERCES ￥ 6,000 (tax in)
● STICK PIERCE ＋ KXXK CROWN EAR CUFF SET ￥ 4,800 (tax in)

<PREMIUM GOODS -SPECIAL NOVELTY->
If you purchase PREMIUM GOODS during the pre-order period, you will receive up to 2 acrylic earring stands as a gift!

(ex - 1 item = 1 acrylic stand, 2 or more items = 2 stands)


<ANNIVERSARY GOODS>
● KXX K LOW CAP -BEIGE- ￥ 3,600 (tax in)
● KXX K LOW CAP -BLACK DENIM- ￥ 3,600 (tax in)
● KXX K THERMO HANDLE STYLE BOTTLE 500ML ￥ 5,800 (tax in)
● KXX K BACKPACK ￥ 9,800 (tax in)

<ANNIVERSARY GOODS -SPECIAL NOVELTY->
Every time you purchase ANNIVERSARY GOODS for 5,000 yen (tax included) per account during the pre-order period, you will receive one random antibacterial paper mask case (2 types in total)

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There will also be a 50% off sale on 20th anniversary tour/ past tour goods.

FC sales from March 9th 18:00
General sales March 15th 18:00

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eu_BtkVV...g&name=900x900

https://twitter.com/KODAKUMINET/stat...22205137133568

That also would have been another good alternative image used for the My Name Is video release cover too

Is someone ordering? I would love that beige cap!

If only that crown piercing was a real one and sold alone...I’d get it, it’s awesome

I always thought Kuu is a taller woman, but this picture proves me wrong.
:D:D:D:D:D

Kuu is TINY, just about the same height as Ayu - just 1.5m, which is 4'11".

Love the crown earcuff, too.
Too bad it's gold and in a set.

Really eager to know the old tour goods they gonna include in the sale tho.
If they add some past favourites I gonna use the chance to get a backup (or for highly popular or rare items like e.g. from W Face Tour my first chance to get some).
A pity they only gonna upload the items on 03/09.

Yes, she's very tiny! I was surprised when I met her in person. But still fierce

I wonder why majority of Japanese women are shorter.

KODA KUMI 20th ANNIVERSARY TOUR 2020 MY NAME IS... IN TOKYO



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOTjBNcaWVg

2nd 1/2 of the clip includes an interview featuring Kuu & based on the outfit she wore it was probably filmed the same time when she did the interview with TeleAsa Ch1

Best thing about the interview is that it has English subtitles

For this link , the interview instead has simplified Mandarin subtitles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpGSsUrZcDo

Keep in mind that Kumi usually wears very tall high heels. I remember in one of those variety shows she was standing next to a guy, and then she took her shoes off and went from pretty much his height to his shoulder. lol

Also, there is this legendary picture of her with Rihanna, which is 1.73m and is not even standing properly.

https://i.imgur.com/AWAE0mhl.jpg

I feel bad for not enjoying MY NAME IS... Tour as much as I would like to, even tho it's now the concert I have watched the most probably, because of the different dates streams.

and we thought they would have a song together.

For anyone who cares: I've finished doing the digital AI upscale of her AND Tour.

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Samples:
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Download & Stream: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mDW...ew?usp=sharing

Oh my god Kuu looks to cute in that pic with Rihanna. She is absolutely star struck.

Now that Ayu also had a video I noticed that Kumi´s Digest video has a unknown logo at the end too.

https://i.imgur.com/vXMi0Ch.jpg

I’m so proud of kumi. Doing a successful arena tour during a global pandemic will surely go down on her history as an artist.

Really enjoyed the digest! Forgot how many great songs she performed!

^^^Is the logo of Japan's government music globalization programme

I get jealous of her skin. She looks good with that light skin with different colour hair.

If I dye my hair, I would look like a gangbang member doing something illegal.

Watching the monthly Kumiko episode and she's showing the FC edition of the tour.
Looks absolutely amazing!
There's also a poster included they didn't announce for it.
Tho ofc folded or it wouldn't fit in.
The making of is about 85 (!) minutes long if I understood it right, she just mentions it shortly.
Kuu says, the cover is from the ballad section as this was the favourite styling for her FC fans.

Gonna post an update of her streams in the next few days.
Line Music still doesn't show stream numbers, but they do have a ranking on every artist's page from most popular to least popular, tho like AWA they count songs released on multiple releases separately.
Here's Kuu's:
https://music.line.me/webapp/artist/...f143d18/tracks

The most streamed are ofc め組のひと, 愛のうた and 好きで.
Most interesting is 最後の雨 being under the top 30.
Newer songs in the top 100 are 君想い (31), WOML (46), LIT (61), puff (63), Eh Yo (64), GOLDFINGER 2019 (66), HUSH (72), STRIP (82), Ultraviolet (83), BRIDGET SONG (85), again (88), 心からi love u (95), PARTY (97) and GWIB (100).

Is Kuu going to have a goods sale on Mumo as well? I swear I’ve read it somewhere but can’t remember...

Yes she will , next week for fanclub members & then general public 15th March , both until month end

https://rhythmzone.net/koda/news/detail.php?id=1089798

For Ayu's it will end on the week that it starts for Kuu

https://avex.jp/ayu/news/detail.php?id=1089706

@toniayu123:
You just have to go one page back in this thread to see all the info... ;)

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Streaming update

youtube

01. Megumi no Hito - 2,073,105
02. Ai no Uta - 1,370,635
03. you - 989,733

04. Crazy 4 U - 957,455
05. Cutie Honey - 911,958
06. Someday - 762,404
07. Koishikute - 681,657
08. It's all Love! - 664,298
09. Butterfly - 662,201
10. Love Me Back - 558,821

11. Moon Crying - 538,276
12. BUT - 532,703
13. BE MY BABY - 526,705
14. Pink Spider - 516,674
15. D.D.D. - 404,521
16. puff - 402,636
17. Unmei - 385,776
18. Cherry Girl - 377,040
19. Aisho - 372,311
20. hands - 358,579

21. Suki de. - 347,466
22. Get Up & Move!! - 344,410
23. XXKK - 343,104
24. show girl - 336,451
25. Selfish - 311,995

Last update 31st December 2020


Spotify

01. Guess Who Is Back - 13,934,367
02. Ai no Uta - 9,100,561
03. you - 3,078,201

04. Moon Crying - 2,847,916
05. Cutie Honey - 2,729,183
06. Butterfly - 2,302,192
07. Megumi no Hito - 1,845,643
08. Ienai yo - 1,545,747
09. real Emotion - 1,535,449
10. Suki de - 1,361,770

11. Koi no Tsubomi - 1,211,388
12. Guess Who Is Back - KATFYR remix - 1,142,081
13. TABOO - 1,092,315
14. Chiisana Koi no Uta - 1,059,843
15. Yume no Uta - 1,030,494
16. Anata dake ga - 872,169
17. anytime - 735,933
18. hands - 716,583
19. Ai wo tomenaide - 706,288
20. Someday - 684,807

21. No Regret - 664,328
22. Rain - 655,547
23. Ojimae no Tsunderella - 629,108
24. I'll be there - 618,671
25. Bling Bling Bling - 597,577

Last update 31st December 2020


Some songs ranking after:

D.D.D. - 570,240
Koishikute - 549,764
Lollipop - 538,000
Crazy 4 U - 494,991
LAST ANGEL - 478,099
Ningyo Hime - 477,875
Love Me Back - 474,754
Kimi Omoi - 408,159
UNIVERSE - 392,185
WALK OF MY LIFE - 391,309
Cherry Girl - 383,250
show girl - 380,655
JUICY - 380,145
Ultraviolet- 362,131
HUSH - 351,348
Yorokobi no Kakera - 345,988
BUT - 343,935
Aenaku naru kurai nara - 320,634
Stand by you - 315,623

There are a lot of songs having streams between 100k-300k, so people are probably listening to a lof of different songs of her.
Some of the discrepancies are also very interesting, e.g. WOML is pretty high in streams on all music streaming sites, but on youtube the PV is low (60k).

Nice to know is that LINE Music is generally more used by the younger generation as it's the app used for incorporating music in TIK TOK in Japan (besides they have a special offer for pupils and it's for Japan only).

The 17Live audition is over now and the final with the best and Kuu is happening soon (date in March to be announced yet).
I hope someone will be able to record and share.
And Kuu's Kansai Collection performance is this coming Sunday!

How many Spotify streams does Kuu have in total?

Idk cause I don't know any tool that can do that.
The ones I know either don't include total streams or you have to pay.
Guess we have to ask Evan Odinson which one he uses, if you wanna know.. :laugh

off topic, did anyone know whats the video play in backdrop when kuu perform 'come back' @ FANTASIA? for many years i thought it was the pv for it, but now i realized im wrong because they didn't upload any video for it for the past year for her youtube channel.

It's really cool to see those streaming numbers, thanks a lot for the update, Corvina! Ai no uta and you being on both Top 3 for Spotify and YT don't surprise me at all, but I can't keep wondering how an actual PV for GWIB would be rn if she had released one back when the song came out. Always seems to me it could have been a nice performing single if she released it as such. Also, love how Ienai Yo is so well on Spotify, I love that cover so much!

That is quite a solid Top 20 on Youtube!

You're welcome, Gustavo!
I also think it's interesting to see what songs are doing well on different sites.
SHUTOUT e.g. is on par with Rich& Famous on Spotify, but on Line Music R&F is much higher.
Which probably means it's the international fans pushing SHUTOUT on Spotify. :laugh
Similar to GWIB.

Kansai Collection is currently happening and there are official live streams for it.
This Japanese Twitter user summed the links up:
https://mobile.twitter.com/reiko_sak...10905050222593

The 4 live acts are performing around
14:45 (2:45 pm JST)
16:00 ( 4 pm JST)
18:15 (6:15 pm JST)
19:30 ( 7:30 pm JST)

Kuu is the first one, the top batter.
Currently performing Megumi no Hito.
WIND now.
And OMG as last song! :heart
(Also doing nice on Line Music scratching the top 100 :P )
I just woke up, so I didn't catcht the beginning of her set.

Full set:
01. XXKK
02. DO ME
03. Megumi no Hito
04. WIND
05. OMG

All performed in full!

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Pics thanks to piro-kun on Twitter.

Btw. WIND is part of a new Sakura compilation album avex is releasing this March.

She looks gorgeous!

She also sounded great, strong and powerful.
You can find clips on Twitter and Insta, don't know if we get a rip.
Reactions are very positive according to fans on Twitter attending.

Kansai Collection is taking place @ Kyocera Dome in Osaka.
All tickets are sold out, tho they still have hygiene restrictions they're following.

She looks and sounds awesome. I didn’t know concerts have resumed in Japan (kinda) it feels so refreshing seeing so many people again.

:love
I watched the streaming live on LINE LIVE, when I see those trousers I thought she probably was going to sing also killer monster, but...love the the setlist anyway

Kuu looks downright amazing in today's Kansai Collection

Badass & extremely fierce looking

This's on/off of sorts as 1 moment , Japan kept implementing 'state of emergencies' in different prefectures while on the other hand , concerts & events like today's Kansai Collection still can proceed on as planned

I don't get it frankly

I'm actually surprised today's Kansai Collection event still went ahead at Kyocera Dome Osaka as J&A cancelled next Mon & Tue's Travis Japan Live Tour 2021 IMAGE NATION ~Zenkoku Tour Shichatte mo Iidesuka!? that were supposedly to take place at Osaka Festival Hall

The full performance: deleted it. :(



I couldn't record it, it was past midnight and I had internet issues during the night....

She looks absolutely gorgeous, loving the hair and the outfit. Interesting that she did pretty much the same setlist she was supposed to do last year, only replacing WATCH OUT for XXKK, and adding WIND. An improvement for sure.

fond this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x72dhIB1LA

She is looking STUNNING!! This haircut is the best she had in years! And the styling is super on point! The queen stays queen!

Lots of official pics on Insta as well as on articles around the net.

Kuu herself is thankful for all the comments and DMs not only from fans, but also from new people/fans saying they saw a Kuu live for the first time!

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/3dslm7.jpg

Yes!!!! Looks so good !!!!! I love her with long hair so much but this look on her makes so much sense!!!!! Wow

This Twitter user's tweet was liked by Kuu's Twitter staff

He/she attended yesterday's KANSAI COLLECTION 2021 SPRING & SUMMER and was so impressed with her performance that the user ordered her MY NAME IS video release via Rakuten Books after that

https://twitter.com/quee_scarlet36/s...45289851777026

Havent got to watch her performance yet but oh my god she looked stunning indeed. From her hair to her shoes everything was so gorgeous.

I cant wait to see what she plans for 2021, there must be so many ideas after 2020 had to be held a bit back.

HMV Narita has done it again

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EwAyKZUV...jpg&name=small

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EwAyKZQV...jpg&name=small

https://twitter.com/HMV_Narita/statu...51460445843467

It's flag day for her new tour release!
(Edit: flying get- day ofc, but I always call it flag day, so I unintentionally used it here as well :laugh )

Lots of people receiving their copies on social media.
Here's some photos of the FC edition:

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/nKCdkX.jpg

The poster on the right:
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/LYlkEd.jpg

Photos by Twitter user @taakuu_0223
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https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/FaEfSG.jpg

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/PzlUIq.jpg

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/v442wt.jpg

This Twitter user says the new Dreaming Now! PV alone is worth the 24k yen! :laugh
https://mobile.twitter.com/Kairi__93...51640121475072

Joysound added a tour part to their campaign:
https://www.joysound.com/web/s/campaign/1133/index

They picked 20 songs of Kuu and people can either sing at home through the app or in Joysound stores any of these songs, share the ranking and can win autographed tour stuff by Kuu!
Runs till end of April.
You can see people on Twitter already taking part.

Kuu's dancers also got their copies from Kuu.
Here's Akihiro's:
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/l5Jb0V.jpg

It was his birthday on Sunday when they performed at Kansai Collection.^^

Tour goods from the THANKSGIVING SALE on mu-mo:

MY NAME IS
re(live)
DNA

Includes the pony stone collab and 20th anni goods

So far these are sold out:

MY NAME IS
- sticker set
- mask
- smartphone ring

re(live)
- mini truck
- hair ties

20th goods:
- sports towel
- socks (men’s and ladies)

TSUTAYA Shibuya

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EwBt5vMV...jpg&name=small

https://twitter.com/SHIBUYA_T_MUSIC/...16036352913408

They also brought the 2019 a-nation goods back!
Man, I'm happy about that, cause I've missed the cool shirt!
The hair ties are from those a-nation goods, not re(live).
And for DNA it's only the cinema goods, not the regular tour ones.

So they really didn't go further back than 2019.
Not that surprising considering how well her goods usually sell.
re(live) goods were up on mu-mo to buy regularly for about a year already without sale!

Btw. people confirmed on Twitter that the full making of of the tour on the FC version is between 80-85 minutes long!

As expected the FC version looks amazing as hell, a pity I couldn't afford it. Thanks for sharing those pics, Corvina and Karen! Hope this release charts well, it really deserves.

HMV & Books Shibuya

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EwF55ZiU...jpg&name=small

https://twitter.com/HmvBooksShibuya/...10000607916052

MY NAME IS... video release 1st day

Blu-ray - #4
DVD - #3

https://tieba.baidu.com/p/7255982026

Also , avex wrote that puff has been streamed online more than a million times since its release last June

https://twitter.com/avex_portal/stat...71694734495744

It’s on bilibili as well: https://m.bilibili.com/video/BV1Ki4y1K794

Kuu looks amazing in that live! Here's another youtube link of the full performance too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAu7...83%83%E3%83%88

Not quite HD but the vocals are pretty clear!

I'm hoping the FC version of her live tour doesn't sell out by the end of the month so I can get it. Although everytime I have tried to join the Global FC I always seem to get an error message. :/

I've noticed that Kuu's Instagram followers has shot up from when I last checked (I remember when she was hovering around 350k for awhile and now she has 465k!) which is great to see. All of these TV shows and performances are helping her to expand her audience again!

Speaking of TV - they announced two more TV appearances!

First is another 2 hour special of a popular variety programme, Fuji TV's 突然ですが占ってもいいですか？, airing 04/07, 9 pm JST.
https://rhythmzone.net/koda/news/detail.php?id=1090152

And the other is MBS' ちちんぷいぷい, a remote interview/comment for her 2015 dancer Miku, that actually already aired yesterday.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMQ4wWKD4ZB/
She couldn't announce it in advance as it was a surprise.
It's still watchable online till 03/15 on GYAO in Japan.

2nd day of My Name Is... Tour:

DVD #4
Blu-Ray #6

Also fans are reporting the tour trailer is airing at karaoke stores.

Loving all the displays as always! The FC version is gorgeous! I feel this one release where all the covers are amazing!

I wanna see Dreaming now and Lucky Star MVs... I hope someone can upload it!

MY NAME IS... video release 3rd day

Blu-ray - #5
DVD - #4

https://tieba.baidu.com/p/7258602137

Also among the latest Instagram Stories Kuu posted recently is that you PV has been viewed more than 1 million times on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEe9XPFi69U&t=2s

Idk how often I watched her WIND performance at Kansai Collection.
Her vocals are awesome there and I love her energy!

puff having more than a million streams is interesting.
On Spotify it's around 200k, on AWA only around 70k.
So the majority of streams is coming from Line Music, Apple Music and amazon and so from a Japanese audience.
Most probably the most from Line Music as it charted in the top 20 there with release and is among her top 70 songs there now.

Kumi total streams on Spotify: 88,545,469
Number of followers: 379,381

Source

I'm glad that Kuu still seems to get good digital support from fans, I remember her thanking fans on her Instagram stories for getting Re(Cord) to #1 on Line music. Is the FC version of this tour still available on the global FC?

@kaled Kalil Thanks so much for the AI upressed version of the AND tour btw! What program did you use to upres it, if you don't mind me asking?

I'd like to try and do upressed versions of Black Cherry and Trick tour since we never got HD versions of those I don't think.

Yes. both editions are still available!

@Ayu_Love:
Yeah, also explains why they tried to push Line Music with campaigns in the past, if her streams are good there.

Kuu is guest in the new episode of the キャイ〜ンのティア channel together with Gackt:



And they held the final of the 17Live audition!
Kuu is announcing the winner and the ranking via live stream on 17Live March 27.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMWwx8eD...=1bxnfhksh3qcc

Kuu's My Name Is... Tour DVD/BR ranking through the first week:

DVD 3-4-5-11-9
BR 4-6-5-out of top 10

Tomorrow last day and weekly numbers!

Adding another interesting thing about streaming in Japan:
Alright, my bad, checked which services Oricon counts and Spotify is still not included.
But they added youtube streams of songs (the official audio uploads I assume they mean, PVs and lyric videos are counted with their youtube chart).
They've updated the chart December 2020 and I thought they added Spotify, lol.

MY NAME IS video release total sales - 7,506

Overall position - #5

Sales breakdown :

Blu-ray | #5 ; 2,511
DVD | #4 ; 4,995

https://tieba.baidu.com/p/7263438442

Ranking today:
DVD #11
BR out of top 10

And she just posted this on Instagram without further explanation or caption:

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/KxjNmZ.jpg

She was in the recording studio the last two days, so are we getting a new song?

Here's the other one she posted a week ago from a shooting.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/qb49PP.jpg

Oh, I always wondered why artists put up videos of just the full audio to their songs on YT, now I know!

Not bad sales!
She have been shooting a lot lately, and now recording... hope the queen of summer delivers this year.

Ranking today:

DVD #13
BR out of top 10

Still #13 despite the new releases!

And Kuu is in the studio again.
She shared in her stories that she has a lot of songs on her work computer.
Which probably means we get a new album!
She really never gonna stop.
Considering no new album was originally planned for last year, but only a best with 2-3 new songs, they probably follow their rough early schedule they always have again now.
I do think it's better to not have released another best.

The official account of the Nail Up! magazine just revealed this pic and the info that Kuu is going to be featured in Vol. 100!

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/GnhlrI.jpg

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMg7tweJ...=1uek60evy7qox

It's one of the outfits from above.
So that was a magazine shooting.

Hey guys, any sign of the Music videos? I would love to see Dreaming now!

@Ayu_Love I used Topaz Video Enhance AI. It works better with videos that were shot in HD to begin with.

Gackt also had one video with キャイ〜ンのティア and Kumi in his channel. They do a lovely version of Ai no Uta, they all sound very good together! Now I want a Gackt and Kumi collaboration.



Also, here it is Dreaming Now PV and Lucky Star Tour version

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1oU4y1p7Ja
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1cA411T75r

Nail Up! cover:

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/sQStNC.jpg

Thank you so much!

I love the nail up pictures except for that horrid background, what an unflattering color that is. Hope they used another one for the other looks.