[Koda Kumi] The 189th Thread — W FACE inside/outside + Driving Hit's 7

[Toniayu123]

5 years ago she did a fan club tour?? Where was I? I didn't know.

[Isicio]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MS-6OrfeGOc

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

Marika , do you know if Kuu's concert goods imposed a buyer restriction limit ?

No, there isn't afaik.
You can buy as much as you want.
But I guess if you start buying dozens of the same good, they'll probably say something.

@Toniayu123:
Kuu had 2 FC tours so far.
Let's Party Vol.1 in 2008 and Let's Party Vol.2 in 2013.
Looks like she likes it having them every 5 years.

[kaled kalil]

I'm curious to know about her entrance, 'cause at the beginning of ULTRAVIOLET she's just there. The stage does have a second floor, but it's in the middle of the triangle.

Here we can kinda see the intro for the tour and a little bit of Damn real: https://www.instagram.com/p/BS0JvKFgWOv/

And for those questioning about the W FACE DVD package, this is how it looks like https://www.instagram.com/p/BSzd2IjhIUS/

[pedronekoi]

The projections looks amazing even tho the stage is pretty simple...

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by Isicio

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MS-6OrfeGOc

More footages on last night's tour



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS-6OrfeGOc

That face mask with the Ultraviolet text on it is so cool

Originally Posted by Corvina

No, there isn't afaik.
You can buy as much as you want.
But I guess if you start buying dozens of the same good, they'll probably say something.

Oh ok , I'm real surprised the parka is very popular even though I don't like pink & yellow that much

But I guess the parka is a practical concert good especially if you plan to wear it often

Anyway even if goods start going on sale from 1pm onwards , I do know people who would queue very early in the morning in order to buy the more popular in demand ones

When I went back Japan in the beginning of the year , I arrived at Zepp Namba at 10am & the goods weren't on sale until 1.30pm (another reason is because I wasn't familiar with Osaka)

I was so early until I saw the delivery truck parked at the road side & the delivery guys handed the concert goods (they were still in the boxes) to the staff , haha

I thought I was early but I wasn't as there was already a line formed outside Zepp Namba

I don't know about queuing overnight to buy concert goods though , I think that's not allowed

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by pedronekoi

The projections looks amazing even tho the stage is pretty simple...

I think that might be one reason it's that simple.
Also at one point there are cups and a sofa moving on stage (like the Alice attraction in Disneyland - the theme for the fans on stage is amusement park).
They need space for that.

@Karen

There are even more parkas, as there are parkas in different colours available at the venues in different regions.




Nosuke, misono's husband, was at the concert yesterday as well:


And Kuu is making a LINE post before and after every concert stop and after she's posting a handwritten message and a small part of a big picture that will only be visible with more tour stops (like as puzzle).

[CeReSu]

still no W FACE PV???
I can't wait to see it!

[KarenPang]

Ah Marika , I didn't know the parka have different colours in each region , I thought that only applies to the sports towels :O

Too bad there's no red option as it's my favourite colour D:

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W FACE Day 3 setlist

M1 Ultraviolet
M2 POP DIVA
M3 (Medley)Wicked Girls〜HURRICANE〜MONEY IN MY BAG
M4 Insane
M5 Bassline
M6 Damn real
M7 Promise you
M8 愛のうた 爱之歌
M9 TATTOO〜SWEET MEMORIES〜小さな恋のうた 小情歌
M10 Heartless
M11 好きでして 喜欢你
M12 BRIDGET SONG
M13 Stand by you
M14 HOTEL
M15 TABOO
M16 XXX
M17 Be My Baby
M18 LOADED feat. Sean Paul
M19 Bring It On
M20 What's Up

EN1 Poppin' love cocktail
EN2 キューティハニー 甜心战士
EN3 Comes Up
EN4 walk

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5071468516

The Baidu user further wrote that today for the 1st song in the encore segment , it was supposed to be a toss up between BUT or WIND

But for some reason , it was changed to BUT Vs Poppin' love cocktail and unfortunately , BUT lost :x

The Chinese translation for Poppin' love cocktail is hilarious though lmao , it doesn't match the actual English song title LOL

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

Ah Marika , I didn't know the parka have different colours in each region , I thought that only applies to the sports towels :O

Too bad there's no red option as it's my favourite colour D:

Yeah, red would have been great.
And I also love the mint, purple and the black ones, but I'm in Kansai and I can only buy the yellow one!
Guess I try my luck with auctions afterwards.

[Isicio]

Originally Posted by kaled kalil

And for those questioning about the W FACE DVD package, this is how it looks like https://www.instagram.com/p/BSzd2IjhIUS/

Thank you, looks simple.

@KarenPang Thank you I can't put the link right.

[jiarongisme]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

The Chinese translation for Poppin' love cocktail is hilarious though lmao , it doesn't match the actual English song title LOL

"鸡尾酒" is the direct translation for cocktail though. Pretty sure it was just the forum's colloquial way of calling that song.

I love her BRIDGET SONG look but what is up with the other dress for the ballad section LOL.

[Marurosu]

Originally Posted by kaled kalil

Love the outfits! Here is the video footage:



The stage is a little weird this time, with just one floor and it seems there is no live band this time.

Actually the band stands behind the stage. Beside the triangle. There a little stage in the middle of the triangle that Kumi came from at the beginning. But it disappears​ when when the led screen is full

[maze]

Wow those outfits are really bad except for the first one which was also ruined because of the 5 first songs she performed. Ultraviolet looks lifeless, no wonder tho it was just a bad choice as an opener, would have fit better for the third section with that awful hairstyle. The ballad section looks uninspired , same look and dresses at least she should have changed colors. Encore style must be a joke.

I dont know, I was amazed by the two new albums and that she finally came back with something sexy/mature like outside, and something for the nostalgia like inside. And then she makes a tour excluding the best songs and doing the same thing over and over. She needs a new formula, this is just getting freakin old

[Xianghua]

Oooh the different parka colors are a good idea!! But lol why does just Gunma have its own color? It's a prefecture, it's region is Kanto.

I want that ultraviolet mask.

[oaristos]

I love her energy during Ultraviolet. I didn't like the album but I might enjoy watching the tour (the same happened with Bon Voyage). And I'm not going to complain about the stage because I much prefer Koda in smaller venues, and I actually find the triangle pretty cool.

[Gustavopc]

Love the mint dress, a side of it is sexy with the legs showing and the open part at her torso while the other side even has a long glove

[thinkingoutloud89]

So a short review:

Opening + first segment:
Pretty unspectacular to be quite honest. But she looked so hot and it is probably my favourite part of the show. Ultraviolet is a lame opener though, but it seems to be the tour theme (Kumis code-name is Ultraviolet for the show, the dancers are named after the other songs on the t-shirt). POP DIVA had much more power and energy.

As for the medley that followed: It was fun but short, disappointed me a bit though.
Nothing special for Insane. Bassline was performed with a big hat and a black, hight outfit while the screen showed curtains. Looked really stiff - I hope it changes throughout the tour. Damn real is one of the highlights performance-wise.

W FACE PV looks pretty cool, but as a PV it is really boring. Did not buy it in the end (will probably be on the Tour DVD)


Ballad section:
Okay overall. I only remember Chiisana koi no uta cause everyone sang along which was cute, Heartless was performed with only a piano and there were a lot of girls crying during Ai no Uta. Overall not to draggy thanks to the covers. Enjoyed it, but the outfit is just plain ugly. Sukideshite is the song for the audience to come up the stage.

Upbeat section:
Really loved HOTEL and Taboo. The energy for this was pretty high. The outfit looked strange again and reminded me of M BEST Tour Miliyah and the dance break was pretty weird with some fire-streetfighter action. BE MY BABY and LOADED got the crowed and she did not perform BIO (at least i can't remember). I personally enjoyed Wassup aswell and she cried during Comes Up leaving the crowed singing it.

Encore:
Short and basic. Enjoyed Butterfly, other than that more talking than singing. No special ending but " to be continued".



We have 5 dancers for this tour and a live band during the Ballad section. There seemed to be some sound issues as she kept giving hand sings during the whole show. The stage is he basic level and and upper level on the center pyramid.

If you want to know more details, just ask.

[se7entheaven]

Originally Posted by maze

Wow those outfits are really bad except for the first one which was also ruined because of the 5 first songs she performed. Ultraviolet looks lifeless, no wonder tho it was just a bad choice as an opener, would have fit better for the third section with that awful hairstyle. The ballad section looks uninspired , same look and dresses at least she should have changed colors. Encore style must be a joke.

I dont know, I was amazed by the two new albums and that she finally came back with something sexy/mature like outside, and something for the nostalgia like inside. And then she makes a tour excluding the best songs and doing the same thing over and over. She needs a new formula, this is just getting freakin old

IKR. She seems to fell into the same formula now:
Dance Intro, Long Ballads, some pop dance fun songs, then Encore.

Plus... recently everything seems so budget. My poor Kuu...

[kaled kalil]

@thinkingoutloud89 Thank you for the short review! I'm really happy that Sukideshite is the song for the fan interaction, such a nice song.