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Originally Posted by lovethatkuu&ayu
Oh, it's a long story. Rhythm Zone wasn't satisfied with Kumi or her chart performance. By the end of 2002, there were rumors avex was going to drop her. Never any confirmation, but Max most likely stepped in and saved her at the last minute. real Emotion/1000 no Kotaba was probably her last chance and thankfully turned out to be a platinum single and helped her 2nd album become successful.
@ Corvina, I can't get into her 2nd album. Maybe it's because avex didn't let her write as much.
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Idk if it was Max, cause wasn't he the one telling her before or right after her debut, that she'd be too fat and ugly to be in her own PVs?
To fill in the whole story:
After the success of real emotion/1000 no Kotoba the singles and the album after didn't meet expectations again, even though Kuu worked as hard for it (and e.g. performed in lots of clubs). Though she also stated later she needed time to find her own style in music and visuals and that lacked in her first three years, cause she didn't really know back then, who she is or wanted to be. That just started to slowly change in 2003 with her first steps into ero-kakkoii. And with the full change in 2004 she got big. I guess it was Koda Reki where she said, that people probably felt that she wasn't sure about herself before.
Her 2nd album is just such a well-produced body of work to me. So poppy and catchy with an urban tinge. She worked with Lisa and Blistah for the first time and it really set the tone of her coming direction. I really think it helped her finding herself in her career. Which is why I don't mind that much that she wasn't so involved - she probably learned a lot through it (hence also the theme of the album).