[Koda Kumi] The 150th Thread - Best Hits Summer

[Minttulatte]

Kuu's vocal range is awesome. The best voice from Japan imo~

[Corvina]

She's sitting in the PV and it's done with CG?
They did both, song and PV, in April.

Thanks for her vocal register!
I love her lower and her head register both so much!

Edit:
Preordered Beach Mix right now at mu-mo and the poster is for Koda Gumi members as well.
And it's a "clear poster". Didn't know what it was yesterday, but just read in the description from mu-mo that it's made of polypropylene, partly transparent.
It's a poster you can take with you at the beach!

[ayu_ready?]

Originally Posted by Ayu_Love

I was playing Dino Crisis, so yes for me, LOL.

me too lol

Originally Posted by freedreamer

The covers are jarring O.O hahaha
but cant wait for a new song!!

btw.. here's something to share

thanks for this. maybe it should be put into the first thread post?

I'm usually pretty pissed with people telling Kuu can't sing or doesnt have any voice. like, really?

[Gustavopc]

Thanks for posting this video! I feel so proud of Kuu now hahahaha <3

[Earth_maiden]

The covers are very cute... but who would wear sunglasses in the bath?

[ayu_ready?]

^it's not a bath! she's wearing swimwear so it's a summer party. haven't anyone attended them? I do, every summer

[emi♡]

^O_o

[isthisLOL?]

Disappointing to see all the notes below C3 are harmonized or octave unison(both things which tell us practically nothing as it's incredibly easy to tamper with that using effects, octave unison often is created by taking the higher version and just transposing it digitally for example and since it's in the background you can't tell if that was done or it was actually sang in that octave). Very nice belts from C5 to E5 though! I love her power in her belting range, it's nothing spectacular but she has great control over it. And her highest falsetto notes are really nice, too. She's better than I thought. Even if her "realistic" chestvoice range seems to be more along the lines of C3(or B2)-E5(which is still above average).

[ilovekodaa]

Originally Posted by Gustavopc

I feel so proud of Kuu now hahahaha <3

+1

[happiholic★]

LOL @ the beach poster. Though, it is a cool idea. Less damage will come to it over time. Kinda like how Canada now has plastic money that is hard to rip.

Also, who is putting soap suds into the pool at summer parties? Not cool, man. Not cool. Unless they are trying to conserve water by skinny dipping and bathing at the same time or something. But, that's still weird.

I still wanna know the exact contents on the DVD before I buy my copy!!!

[Zeke.]

Well it could be like a foam party. They are tacky though - it's like a cheap version/cheap outtakes from the FREAKY release. She looked hot as Hell in those though and that shoot was of high quality. Even the picture of her eating off that spoon looked great and felt very "Summer"ish.

[Delicious n Bold]

So much praise for the album cover! lol I think its just tacky and horrible, like the Dejavu album cover (i still think she stole Ayu's rock'n'roll circus swag and it failed)
On a bright side, i DID order Dejavu... but only because CDJapan had it on sale for %50 off lol

[kaled kalil]

I think the cover isn't like a party or something, it's just her sitting on a chair (we can't see the chair, but that's how they took the picture) with a lot of foam, and that's it. XD

The poster idea is so cool, I love it.

People are overreacting about everything... Driving Hits have a cover worse than that (imo of course, her hair is so gross there) and the tracklist isn't over yet, and even if it's done isn't that bad.

[emi♡]

Tacky like Dejavu?



I think the covers are just like Gossip Candy Except they decided to throw all kinds of bubbles in there lol

I think these ARE tacky...but idk I have a soft spot for them cause, like I said, they remind me of the 90s.

[Jester]

Bubble party on the summer, lol

[happiholic★]

I was inspired to watch the concert on the Love Me Back single. It was so amazing!!!! If there are similar performances on Beach Mix it will be worth the money. Just don't include that performance, avex!!

EDIT: Oh, since I've seen the vocal ranger both here and in the Ayu forums, has it been done for others singers, like Kana or Miliyah? And who has the biggest range?

[Delicious n Bold]

Originally Posted by emi♡

Tacky like Dejavu?



I think the covers are just like Gossip Candy Except they decided to throw all kinds of bubbles in there lol

I think these ARE tacky...but idk I have a soft spot for them cause, like I said, they remind me of the 90s.

Well, tacky isn't really the word I was looking for lol...
The covers are, well, just look at all those floating objects that look like a Photoshop nightmare. They're not Sunset/Sunrise nightmare bad, just badly done. At least the Dejavu cover can't give you nightmares..
You know what reminds me of the 90s? Shake It Up.... Nostalgia mode, activated.

I hope Koda Kumi pulls an angela aki on us, and becomes even better after her pregnancy. I need moar ballads like Yume no Uta. Koda has a hot voice, she just has to use it properly. Imagine a jazz song... oh yeahhh

[maze]

Originally Posted by Delicious n Bold

(i still think she stole Ayu's rock'n'roll circus swag and it failed)

those weren't any better though
at least Dejavu covers had a concept on them, but I do agree that the photoshop was pretty bad.

I still think her worst cover to date is flower. lol
can't get the hate for the COME WITH ME cover. I think it's just... simple.

[Benikari47]

I don't think the Dejavu covers are that bad at all, in fact i quite like them. The floating objects were obviously supposed to look that unrealistic. It reminds me of Alice In Wonderland in some way. At least some effort was put into them, even if they did pretty much jack the RNRC covers.

I still think the Out Works/Collaboration Best cover is one of her worst in terms of artwork, those photos were horrid.

[emi♡]

I didn't think they did at all though :/

I don't think people realise how huge the union jack was in Japan during that time last year

and kuu's covers aren't even about that...she's just wearing super trendy clothes lol