Koda Kumi shocking interview on YouTube

[Psychotic_X]

Originally Posted by namiie

Wow. Any respect I had for her just went out the door. If this were Ayu, I believe she would've put her foot down. This just shows that Kumi does whatever is necessary to sell records and is a record label slave. She can't think that her fans are stupid. After all this success, and she STILL has no control over her image? Give me a break.

Oh you're 2 years too late...
Back in the day when her singles barely sold, she pretty much had no choice in her career...
It's either you listen to what they say cause you're doing ****, or you can leave...
And she wasn't going to give up her career because shes passionate about singing!
Personally I find nothing wrong with the image.. Its part of the job, every artist has an image to fit...
and it just so happens Kuu suited the sexy image better than others..
If you look at her now, she's got tonnes of control over her image.. Her sexy image is long gone pretty much, the last time I saw it was during the release of JUICY..
Other than that its pretty much the "Kawaii Kuu-chann"...

Ayu taking control of her career.. now yes.. back in the day I don't think so...
Ayu was forced to release A BEST thats why she had the tear on the cover cause it was supposedly thought to be the last release she'd make...

Originally Posted by namiie

Either do the sexy thing wholeheartedly, or change and do something else. Koda Kumi strikes me as a very cookie-cutter idol with no sense of self on her own, which sucks because she otherwise does have potential. Then again, I do have to ask myself how much potential she really does have, because if she can't sell records without taking her clothes off? ...well...that's pretty sad. Girlfriend needs to step it up, geez.

Actually you're wrong...
her image simply captures their attention and her music is what sells...
NOT her lack of clothing.. if you followed her 2006 releases..
Koi No Tsubomi was one of her biggest hits and it's far from skanky or ****ty...
Her ballads are what got her #1 singles all throughout 2006.. "you",
"feel", "Yume No Uta"...

if she was selling singles cause of her image, her skanky songs would've been racing up the charts but they're not..
Also, the whole "sex" sells crap doesn't apply in Japan... the country feeds off "cute"...
Look at Goto Maki, she's completely trashy.. all her clips are of her touching her fake tits and look at how she's selling..

Originally Posted by namiie

And she DID have surgery (well, so did Ayu and others, I believe)...I suppose a little of my respect for her came back, because it does take a lot to admit that.

if you read the previous posts, she told everyone she DID NOT have surgery...

Originally Posted by austin. ♥

Awh crap. It's old news, I was hoping for scandal.

lmao, yeah it is. I just wanted to know what was going on.
So I bumped it. lol.

Originally Posted by Psychotic_X

Actually you're wrong...
her image simply captures their attention and her music is what sells...
NOT her lack of clothing.. if you followed her 2006 releases..
Koi No Tsubomi was one of her biggest hits and it's far from skanky or ****ty...
Her ballads are what got her #1 singles all throughout 2006.. "you",
"feel", "Yume No Uta"...

if she was selling singles cause of her image, her skanky songs would've been racing up the charts but they're not..
Also, the whole "sex" sells crap doesn't apply in Japan... the country feeds off "cute"...
Look at Goto Maki, she's completely trashy.. all her clips are of her touching her fake tits and look at how she's selling..

I agree with this. But you have to agree it was pretty sad that she had to
do all of these things she didn't want to do just to get where she is now.
I mean I know she loves singing and all, but if you were really passionate
about it, wouldn't you want to make it your own way?
But then again, I do applaud her for failing but then succeeding, even if it
wasn't her choices.
I'm glad she has control over her image and music and such now.
I hope that made sense, i'm a little pumped up on Jolly Rancher candy canes. lmao

[MsMiyabi]

Originally Posted by Psychotic_X

if she was selling singles cause of her image, her skanky songs would've been racing up the charts but they're not..
Also, the whole "sex" sells crap doesn't apply in Japan... the country feeds off "cute"...
Look at Goto Maki, she's completely trashy.. all her clips are of her touching her fake tits and look at how she's selling..



if you read the previous posts, she told everyone she DID NOT have surgery...

She has fake tits