Koda want's you to Keep it right in her 75th Thread
 

Blah. Old thread over 500. I'm sucking at titles.

I know right? She had a good thing going.

^Yuuuuup.
Woah, Kuu threads go fast..

Yay new thread!

Her next single (if she's following her release trends from previous years) will be her quadruple summer single right? And since this year she doesn't have to apologise for any fluid comments, hopefully we can get a FREAKY or dare I say JUICY-esque track!

i'd love another 4 hot wave type of single. as in, 4 a-sides = 4 PVs :yes

*sigh* i miss the 4 hot wave era soo much :weep

but whatever kuu releases for the summer, just please don't let any ballads be included!

4 hot wave was awesome in every single aspect from the songs to the PVs , I really hope it can happen again but I frankly doubt it :(

yeah :yes , summer's all about fun fun fun & not being all teary & cheesy ballad like

she said on her radio show the single might be released before the tour ends, so sometime in may/june. hopefully it's a quality single. but they might postpone it, since that's becoming a pattern for her singles...:irked

but what if her bf dies again?? :innocent

she should still go outside and have fun in the sun to forget about her dead boyfriend? LOL. it's summer after all :laugh

I seriously hope we get something that awesome.

No more ballads, Kuu! It's friggin' summer, not winter.

i think kuu had a boyfriend who died once and she will never got over it so she makes a video about it every year to commemorate his death, but KUU needs to let it go :thud

is 'keep it right' the name of a new song or something?

maybe this person have keke palmer "keep it movin" and nelly furtado "say it right" on their mind when they make this thread, :P

OH i hope KODA CAN REMAKE THESE SONGS!!!

I don't mind a ballad...as long as it's just one, and there are three more upbeat songs along with it xD

I thought Hot Stuff First Press was with DVD and CD only the normal edition. I was wrong! Thanks for telling me that it was limited, I never knew that!

Agree.
I wanna have a cool summer single like FREAKY.
I'd appreciate it without ballad but I don't mind if it's just one from 4 songs and not the a-side. :laugh

It's apart of the lyrics from It's all Love!

Someone hasn't listened to It's all Love!.

I like the title. :)

Hey I also miss the 4 hot wave era. That single is her best summer single. I wish she'd do something like it again <3

me too , she nailed everything from the songs to the PVs on 4 hot wave , too bad it doesn't seem possible for her to do that again :(

1->1->2->1->1->1->2 - Koda Kumi x misono - 38,587 + 12,592 + 7,172 + 3,967 + 3,486 + 3,950 + 3,918 = 73,672
x->2->3->2->2->2->1 - AKBIdoling!!! - 11,514 + 6,442 + 3,764 + 2,990 + 2,719 + 4,108 = 31,537

EDIT:I changed the sales because one day was missing

^Good for Kuu-chan and her sister. :) Hopefully they'll get the #1 spot this week. <3 I love It's all Love! and every song on it. I'm not even bothered by misono's voice anymore which sounded a bit strange to me at first. Now I like it. :D

Whoever said It's all Love! would sell 75k in it's first week was right.

Thanks for the sales. I think sales are pretty good. And it might even outsell TABOO.:rolleyes

I can't wait to hear new summer single! They are all so different.
And I hope it will have 4 songs and she'll once again reach 100k+ with it.:D

I remember someone in the old thread asked if it's going to be a #1 for Koda's discography and while searching Oricon, I noticed that 倖田來未×misono have their own profile. So It's all Love! in a sense will be a #1 single for both artists but Oricon will only count it as a #1 for 倖田來未×misono.

^ Ah thanks for that!

This is a step up, I mean stay with me just almost broke 65k after a few weeks and TABOO with all its awesomeness broke 80k only in its 4th week! I hope there is a consistent rise in her sales from now on (that is if she produces great singles)

^To be honest. I thought the single was going to flop because it sounded like a hot mess, the chorus at least. But after a few listens it grew on me. I glad that It's all Love! sold more than stay with me. I hope the single sells more than TABOO.

^ Yea I didn't think it would sell as much as it has, but I'm glad it is :D

Good sales so far, thanks for the update!

And I NEED a JUICY song for summer!!!

too bad It's all Love ! is credited under Koda Kumi x misono . If not it will be counted as her 7th #1

I frankly surprised that it's able to top the chart . I guess pushing the single all the way back to end of March helped instead of its original release date of 4th March (when all the big boys ARASHI came marching down)

so congrats to the sisters :D

Does anyone want my amateur translation of show girl? I really wanted to know what she was saying so I gave a shot at translating lol

yay for the new thread!

Any other juicy stuff from the last thread I should know about? :innocent

you didn't really miss out on much tbh :yes

but the scans for the lyrics of the out works and collab best were posted but that's all really

I finalllly got my hands on it

http://www.isarapix.org/pix21/1239040031.png

I gotta say it was a pretty damn good single. I would love to see the two collab again. Twould be something I'd be interestin in hearing

lol oh. i hate that song and have only listened to it about twice? and it's hard for me to understand her engrish

i am so surprised this single is actually selling decent, it's her worst single since MOON

Well...I personally never really know how to take collaborations...I dont really count it as one of kuu's singles...and if it totally flopped...I'd be like whatever.

I think it's a solid single...It's not totally amazing...but I like that the song is on the catchier side...and that it's not a ballad.

I wouldn't mind if they collaborated again...although it kinda takes away from kuu releasing her own crap...but if it's as good as this one...I think it'll be fine.

I really hope her sales are going to start coming up again.

I like the single too! I think it's cute that they had the Koda sisters working togehter... I'm happy it's selling so well...

It's All Love is soo boring that I can't even describe it.

:(

This is kinda random but, compared to like her previous tours and stuff, does anyone know the odds of her adding more tour dates...

and didn't she add more for this year's tour? I thought I heard something about that...anyway..thanks :)

i think there was 6 more dates added since the intitial announcement of the tour dates.

http://rhythmzone.net/koda/schedule/090109.html

there's currently 20 dates, 6 of which were added on. Kingdom tour had 18 dates, some of those were added on, i don't know how many.

the tour starts on saturday, so i hope we see some pictures or footage soon after.

It's all Love! sold 74,000 first week! and it's #1.

http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/confidence/64929/

Just missing 1k, well we'll see tomorrow because usually there is a bit of a sales deterrence from what Oricon writes in their articles and what the actual chart says.

i'm honestly surprised at how well this single did! congrats to kuu. :P

The official sales are between 73,500 to 74,500.
Oricon just round it to zeros number in those articles to make the number catchy (since no one will remember it sold 74,173 or numbers that are not rounded.)

congrats to the Koda sisters :D

A new record for Kumi and misono. They're the fourth siblings to release a single together and the fifth to have the single reach the #1 spot. At least that's what I got from the article.

that's really neat

just curious who're the rest in the pic ?

Glad Kuu got another #1! I personally liked It's All Love! It seems as if I'm one of the few people who liked it. XD

I liked it too! faraway is an awesome ballad, nice change from her lovey-dovey or dead-bf ballads and It's all Love! is enjoyable :yes

I'm glad it sold so well

^But I love her dead-bf ballads...

Anyone can provide the vocal track of Trust your love?? THX!^^

74k! great job Kodas!!!

anyway, since TRICK tour will be started on saturday, which songs from TRICK do you think that she probably gonna sing?

well my guess:
intro for TRICK, Driving, Stay with me, TABOO, show girl, moon crying, and Joyful

I do hope she sings hurry up! :love

ビリーバンバン (BIRIBANBAN)
フィンガー5 (5 Finger)
ノーランズ (The Nolans)

To correct myself they are the fourth siblings to release a single together and the first to reach #1.

what a significant and impressive record of the KODA SISTERS :)

yup :yes it's great for the both of them

maybe after this , misono's solo career will improve & get more exposure ?

That's great, two more concerts than last year!
And a well selling single with Misono...is Kuus popularity rising again?
I'd be happy about it.

haha a great number :D

Hope we see a catchy single in summer

and i guess she will perform it's all love in trick tour

1->1->2->1->1->1->2->1 - Koda Kumi x misono - 38,587 + 12,592 + 7,172 + 3,967 + 3,486 + 3,950 + 3,918 + 1,978= 75,650

It passed the 75k mark!

She has to screw all the ballads except 1 or 2. I really want this to be an upbeat concert, Kingdom already had a huge section of slow songs.

From TRICK, I´m expecting her to sing: INTRODUCTION FOR TRICK, Driving, Stay with me, TABOO, This is not a love song, JUST THE WAY YOU ARE, show girl, Joyful/random ballad from TRICK, Hurry Up!, Bling Bling Bling and That Ain´t Cool. And she can add good and old ballads like you, Ai no Uta or Rain or something like that.

And she better is singing BUT, FREAKY and JUICY!!
Cherry Girl would be nice too.
And I would love her to death if she sang Ningyo Hime. Pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaase!!

Am I asking for too much Koda? xDD

Congrats for Kuu and misono for such a successful single like It's all Love! They deserved this. <3

yes & it's impossible :lech

We know for sure that she will be singing Driving because of what she said in her radio show.

She sang 15 songs at Black Cherry tour, but this was a special concert,
9 at Kingdom tour.
I think we can expect about 8~9 songs from TRICK at the tour.

I suppose:
Intro, Driving, TABOO, Moon Crying, Just the way you are,
Joyful, This is not a love song, Ai no kotoba, show girl.

I don't think she'll sing Hurry up!, but please Kuu, please do!
It's one of my favourite songs on TRICK. :heart

I'd also lov eit if she sang NO TRICKS or Best friend of mine but chances aren't good for that. :laugh

she better do Driving , it's such a great song on TRICK

I'm still sore that she didn't include/did Amai Wana & Aishou in her Kingdom tour DVD :grumpy

yeah, they were missing sooo much there. And BUT. How could she give it only 30 seconds of it in that crappy medley?

I know tell me about it , she should have done the full song live T_T

that's no doubt 1 of the star tracks in Kingdom

for me, that´s her best song in her whole discography, so yeah, I was pretty much disappointed.

yeah & the PV's prob the main reason as to why Kingdom's rated NC16 (you can't buy it if you're below 16) in here :rofl

Kuu did say she's gonna focus on the album tracks of TRICK on her concert and if that means she'll perform all of them, I'm totally happy with that xD I also hope she sings Yume no Uta & faraway too!! and fingers crossed for JUICY :X

I love them too!! XD But I meant that atleast she's shown a different side in her lyrics for ballads :yes

She probably won't preform Juicy. I don't know if she's ashamed of the song or she promised her parents she wouldn't preform it, I don't know but she's not preforming the song. She's moved away from that image.

but JUICY is like an icon!! she should perform it, it´s ok if she wants to do a less revealing coregraphy, but she still performs Cutie Honey and the lyrics are quite explicit anyway.

She's performed SHAKE IT before and that's on the same par as JUICY lyric wise AND choreography wise :( and don't forget Ima Sugu Hoshii! That's like obvious explicity sexy stuffs but she still performed it T-T

Please.. I don't like Kuu at all (I know "Kuu" is a name for her fans, but I'm just used to it.. Like Hikki)

Someone tell me what's about her? I found her perverse from the beginning, to much Britney over her >.< (I don't want anyone to be mad at me, I actually want to like her, she's pretty xD)

Please tell me what songs I should try to hear O.o

Most definately TABOO :yes

^ XD don't be scared!! we won't bite ;) Now let me try to convert you!!!

What I personally love about Kuu is her voice <3 I think she's got one of the best and it suits any type of songs imo. I also think she is an amazing performer and has amazing stage presence <3 The other thing I love about her is she's not afraid to try new things, be it music or clothes and she has her own unique style :yes and she's always telling people to be themselves and do what they like.

She's gone off the full-sexyness for some time now and a lot of us fans want it back! But for you who doesn't like it maybe you should try her other songs :D

Do you like ballads? If so try listening to Yume no Uta, you, Promise, Ai no Uta <- classic Koda Kumi ballads.
If you like dancey songs try: TABOO, BUT, Bounce, Get Up & Move!!, Candy, Amai Wana
A bit of a rockish edge (Kuu style): FREAKY, Hurry Up!, Ningyo-hime
Cutesy/mellow songs: Koi no Tsubomi, Koi no Mahou, I'll be there, With your smile, JUST THE WAY YOU ARE
General upbeat songs: Driving, show girl, Run For Your Life, Lady Go!

aand those are just a few I'd recommend XD Sorry for the long post! Hope that helps youuu :D

download her Black Cherry album and best ~second session~
they are her best albums :yes. i would not recommend her newest ones. stay clear of TRICK

I'll try those you have recommended ^^ Gonna try some of it tomorrow :yes

And about the sexy style; It's not that I don't like it, but in the way I see it, she is like "See my body" in every PV (Or maybe I was unlucky xD), what I found.. Silly xD Who knows.. If I can be used to Kana, I should be able to be used to Kuu too xD

For me Best ~Second Session~ and Secret are her best albums by far. Kingdom, Black Cherry, and Best:First things are good also.

Haha I see xD it does take some getting used to!

jee am I the only one who loved TRICK album? XD

Well I was happy when she performed No Tricks in her B~FT~ tour, it actually suprised me, and I was upset that 1000 No Kotoba wasn't in the tour, but Heat made up for that :)!

yeah but I think it's the whole package with regards to JUICY

there's no way I can watch the PV with my parents around . They will go O_O

Definitely Best~SS~, Black Cherry and TRICK


NO, i love TRICK, except for TAC, joyful and Benus :dead2

Well since TRICK for me ends right at Bling Bling Bling...its really a great album :laugh

Pink Shinigami: give her a chance! She's actually very sweet and grateful, and there's a lot of different reasons why she has the songs and PVs she does. I've found that she actually has a very interesting sound that isn't quite pop or hip hop or R&B, and that's one of the main reasons why I like her :D

She's also really fun.

^ :yes

that & she's really bubbly , although a bit too bubbly at times :laugh

:laugh Same here. I don't think I can watch the JUICY PV with anyone...

:laugh I showed that PV to all of my friends.

It only got weird when one of the guys got seriously turned on by it hahaha it was still funny though.

Kuu looked completely awesome in that PV.

yeah & also for BUT & TABOO too

ugh my lesbian side of sorts will come outta me if I see BUT & TABOO PVs now :lmfao

yeah she looked amazing in the PV despite all the stuff that was going on in there

4 hot wave still set in stone as 1 of her best singles to date imo

everything from the songs to the PVs were executed very well

fork it to me koda because she's done :thud :love i hope she makes a new single soon

Can't wait to see some pics and footage from the TRICK tour. I seriously need her to perform Juicy, that song is too awesome for her not too!

Yeah, I was also surprised to see NO TRICKS.
Overall she's an artist who performs older songs as well as her new in her concerts, I like that.
Maybe she will surprise us in her TRICK tour with another great old song or even a song she never performed before?
I tend to believe that.
(but I defenitly think it won't be JUICY, sorry :laugh )

No, I love it too! :luv2

Right, most people tend to see just on side of her, a really shallow side and don't want to look further, it's a pity.

@Pink Shinigami:
Give her a chance, take a look at some of her documentaries or read some interviews - then you will see that she has a great character!^^
You can watch one of her concerts, too. In my opinion she's the best japanese entertainer as a whole, she loves singing, dancing and being near to her fans. She always includes her fans in her show, that's so cute.

In regards of her music you should try her first two best albums, BEST - first things- and BEST - second session.
I'm baised, but you can find on all of her albums great songs. :yes

I'd really love Kuu to perform JUICY on her tour this year. It's so sad she probably won't do it. :< But if all of the songs from TRICK are performed then... omfg. I was hoping she won't sing That Ain't Cool since I still hate it. But if she's gonna sing Driving, This is not a love song, Hurry Up! and Ai no Kotoba etc... that's sweet. <3

Well said. :D I kind of have same feelings for both of these songs. I really love Kuu more when she sings songs like these. Hopefully she'll do something like BUT and TABOO again someday. That would be awesome. <3

:D

I really want a full version of TRICK T_T . It's a good thing that she didn't made a full version of Kingdom , it will be a total bore & snoozefest

I don't have any urge to see JUICY live (though I wouldn't mind).
I prefer she would do a normal and full m.a.z.e performance :D
Full version of TRICK will be highly accepted!

I 2nd that too :D

She should only sing That Ain´t Cool if Fergie is gonna perform it with her at some point (maybe she could join on the last show, or in 2 or so shows, and during the rest of the tour she could perform any other song instead of TAC)
And I hope she doesn´t sings It´s All Love! or faraway D: (well, faraway´ll be ok if she doesn´t does much ballads)

the JUICY PV for me is one of the icons of J-Pop in the 2000s, and that bottle caused a huge impact on everyone. Koda was so fresh and new in the J-Pop scene back then...

and I agree with Karen that 4 hot wave was a real good single, that and BUT/Aisho and TABOO are the best singles of her career for me :D

:no at the That Ain't Cool comment , I really don't want that to happen . That song alongside with Venus are the only ones on TRICK that I skipped

however I don't mind a full Japanese version of That Ain't Cool ;)

thanks & I agree with you back on this :D

Same thing happened with my friends haha :thud (btw I love your sig emi :luv2)

Nice to know there's a lot of TRICK love :D yay! Only song I didn't like from it was That Ain't Cool but maybe a Kuu-only version would be good on the tour!

In case it hasn't been posted yet:
KODA KUMI DRIVING HIT'S = #11 (34,702 + 9,645 = 44,347)
OUT WORKS & COLLABORATION BEST = #13 (32,491 + 7,702 = 40,193)

Slowly but surely they'll hopefully break 50k each

All this talking about the tour make me so excited about it!
Hopefully we get to see pics, setlist and maybe videos at saturday already!

Thanks for posting.
Sales seem to be constant, so both can reach 50k+ I'm sure.

i want to know

japan love kuu in her ero kawai or her style now ?

I don't know it's hard to say , I guess Japan loved the old Kumi during her ero kawaii days ?

after all it was during that time when she really shot up in terms of popularity & sales

^ I want to know that too.

Looking at it sales-wise, Black Cherry which was packed with ero-kakkoii and kawaiiness sold way more than Kingdom & TRICK combined which were both limited in ero-ness. So in terms of sales, maybe yeah, it was what set her apart from other artists.

:yes

I must say that ero kawaii days were a classic part of her lmao

no matter how you think & look at it , it's true to a certain extent , it kinda shaped up the way that she has gotten to this day cos I believe if not for the stuff that she put out during her ero kawaii days , she wouldn't be where she's now

^totally agree, but I think that she never liked the ero-kakkoii/kawaii style, and that it was Avex which pressured her to sport it, so when she gained more control over her career she decided to tone it down.

I think she wasn´t comfortable with that image.