[Koda Kumi] The 186th Thread - 60th brand new single on the way

[inthezone]

TABOO is her best, there's no competition lol

[Cahz-]

1. Aishou
2. feel

Also, I like most of JAPONESQUE.

[Ryusei]

she's killing me... just announce the 60th single already....

[Isicio]

We are waiting 2 months for the announcement, this is so boring

[KuuXAyu-fan]

Honestly I won't be surprised if she announces nothing and then we hear in April:

Fan club 60th exclusive single Bring It On April 2017 + tour title Live Tour 2017 ~Best Single Collection 2~ with no other release for the year besides the tour DVD.

[ahtka-chan]

Originally Posted by Isicio

We are waiting 2 months for the announcement, this is so boring

We, Utada Hikaru fans, had to wait six years for the girl to comeback, Kumi spoils you guys hahaha

I just wanted to know what do you guys like about Dance In The Rain. I find that song so basic... The MV is really nice, i guess, but she has better songs imo

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by KuuXAyu-fan

Honestly I won't be surprised if she announces nothing and then we hear in April:

Fan club 60th exclusive single Bring It On April 2017 + tour title Live Tour 2017 ~Best Single Collection 2~ with no other release for the year besides the tour DVD.

The new album is coming till the tour.
Should I let you remember?

2016.11.23
レコーディング♪
くぅちゃんは次のアルバム、ツアーに向けて新曲を制作中！

Recording ♪
Kuu-chan is in the middle of producing new songs for the next album for the tour!

[KuuXAyu-fan]

Originally Posted by Corvina

The new album is coming till the tour.
Should I let you remember?



Recording ♪
Kuu-chan is in the middle of producing new songs for the next album for the tour!

I remember. Sorry to be over dramatic. It's just last year we heard similar words and we ended up with "Winter Of Love." I know its 99% likely we'll get a studio album before the tour but I'm just nervous. Hopefully we get some more info soon.

[Corvina]

I do share your feelings of iimpatience, but it's still the old year and you said it yourself, WOML e.g. was officially announced in January.
Would have loved to get more info and the album earlier like with JAPONESQUE, but hey, it is confirmed, that's the only important thing in the end.

[orbitalaspect]

Originally Posted by Corvina

I do share your feelings of iimpatience, but it's still the old year and you said it yourself, WOML e.g. was officially announced in January.
Would have loved to get more info and the album earlier like with JAPONESQUE, but hey, it is confirmed, that's the only important thing in the end.

I know her sales have dropped a lot, but it'd be more important to me that she not record an album for the sake of having a reason to go on tour again. I'd rather she do the album for the sake of doing an album, like every album she's done since Black Cherry.

[kaled kalil]

But for most of the artists, doing an album is just a way of getting the songs together to go on tour get the coins, specially if we think about the japanese music market with artists releasing albums yearly...

She's recording an album for the sake of doing it, and to have something to promote next year. I don't know what's bad about this.

As I said a couple of months/weeks ago, I'm not expecting any news until January/February, with the album coming right after one or one and a half month after.

[thinkingoutloud89]

For Kumi is actually one of those few commercial artists of Japan that still put thought into the overall product that is called "album". I think WOML showed that not having single is beneficial for the cohesiveness of the product, so I'm glad one ofter another drops releasing singles.

[ahtka-chan]

^Well, both "Beyoncé" and "Lemonade" are proof that you can release a cohesive album with decent singles.

And, ever since UNIVERSE I feel like Kumi releases albums just to have songs to sing live...

[Corvina]

I actually think every album after UNIVERSE is, compared to UNIVERSSE, much more cohesive...
(which doesn't make UNIVERSE a bad album, as I love it)
And btw. didn't she prove last year, that she doesn't need a new album to go touring?
Personally I couldn't care less.

[thinkingoutloud89]

Originally Posted by ahtka-chan

^Well, both "Beyoncé" and "Lemonade" are proof that you can release a cohesive album with decent singles.

And, ever since UNIVERSE I feel like Kumi releases albums just to have songs to sing live...

what you talking about? Beyonce only had one single "Formation", before the album came out

[jiarongisme]

HOTEL and MONEY IN MY BAG were single tracks though. Just thought I'd put it out there

[thinkingoutloud89]

^forgot those two, but it was not like she had 4-6 a-sides over a span of 1 1/2 years. Most of the time, the first three of those don't fit the overall tone of the album (see stay with me, or ayus Beautiful Fighter etc.), but other than Namie they all fear to leave them out.

[ahtka-chan]

Originally Posted by thinkingoutloud89

what you talking about? Beyonce only had one single "Formation", before the album came out

As of now, Lemonade counts with six singles: "Formation", "Sorry", "Hold Up", "Freedom", "Daddy Lessons" and "All Night". They are all nice tracks (well, I personally don't like Sorry, Hold Up or All Night).

Formation was the only pre-release, yes, but that's because the release system in America is different from Japan. In Japan, you generally have four singles, and then the album, in the US is the opposite.

So, if Kumi has a definite goal for where she wants to go with her music, she is perfectly able to release four singles and an album filled with songs that match the sound/style she presented in the singles, something that, in my view, she has been failing to do. Her discography is very diverse, there's nothing wrong with that, but it's harder to show evolution and maturity once your releases are like that, and that's something that made me lose much of the interest I had for her. But, anyway, I still hope one day she'll release a very well crafted album, with thought and a message, like "Lemonade", "A Seat at The Table", "Fantôme", "19 to 20" and others.

I think the closest she got to release a cohesive album was ETERNITY, but that's my opinion.

[thinkingoutloud89]

^thats basically what I said. I know that these songs where released as singles, but these songs are decided as such AFTER the album came out.

Releasing a single after the album is a whole different story, since it is already a part of the album. But the way Japan handles it just doesn't work for me anymore. I don't mind diverse styles and I love that about Kumi, but I hate out of place songs - and its mostly the singles that stand out like a sore thumb. Although always top-notched songs one came to love already, they destroy the overall "theme" of the album in many cases.

[ahtka-chan]

^It happens in Japan also. Both Hikki's First Love and BoA's Be the One were released after their respective albums.