After that song info about Koda Kumi registering a song with a similar name to one of Namie's that also had the same credits on it (sorry I forget which it was), it makes me think that what COULD be possible would be:
1 - A cover/tribute album, with slightly different takes on the song
2 - A checkmate 2.0 that is not original songs, but is more like a remix album to include an additional person/people (Mariah Carey had a concept similar to this that got scrapped called Angel's Advocate that was a companion to Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, and then some of the songs were released later as bonus tracks) -- that is essentially a duets album where they use the original Namie recordings, and then just add in another person.
That could be a way to incorporate the results of that poll from a while back, without Namie actually having to do anything new, or promoting it.
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