[Koda Kumi] The 197th Thread - Hits for Driving

[kotora]

Originally Posted by Gustavopc

Is Kumi a meme again now? lol A friend retweeted this account today and I'm impressed by how many followers it has

https://twitter.com/CODAKUMI?s=09

Koda Hamasaki

[jiarongisme]

That's my new favourite Twitter account.

[Corvina]

Another interview release, this time for Oricon:

https://www.oricon.co.jp/confidence/special/52680/



Same photoshoot as for mu-mo, but different pictures.
Partly same questions, but also partly different.
The new things:
- Kuu introduced noise cancelling headphones for children at her concerts in 2005 already, very early like the interviewer observes.
Before she had a care service, but there were so many voices saying they want to enjoy the concert with their children together.
Just as Kuu got older and started a family, she also noticed that the amount of fans with kids at her concerts increased with time.
- The Oricon interviewer states, that there are also more young fans at her concerts than before and asks, how she feels about having another viral hit with Megumi no Hito on Tik Tok.
She was surprised, cause she didn't even know about it until Pikotaro send her message about it.
She covered the song, cause for her it was a song to dance together at concerts from the beginning, so she is glad it spread with that concept intact like that.


EDIT:
The FC edition of DNA Tour sold out this past week.
Due to popular demand they decided to make more copies available for preorder and sale for all FCs, also the global one. The FC goodie, the neon marker set, is NOT going to be included in these additional sales.
Going to be available for preorder again starting omorrow!

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■販売開始日時
2019年3月17日（日） 10:00～

■商品概要
KODA KUMI LIVE TOUR 2018 -DNA-
発売日：2019年3月20日（水）

[ALfromHELLSING]

Thanks for translating the main interview points, Corvina.

Is anyone able to extract the HQ FC Edition cover from the FC website? I can't save it in full size aside from zooming out on the page and taking a screenshot of its slightly smaller version.

I got my hands on the first press of the brand new copy of 99% Radio Show, if anyone is interested in Apple Lossless rip let me know and I will upload the whole album here or just the 2 tracks featuring Kumi.

Spoiler:

[KarenPang]

DNA DVD photos from Mercari

Spoiler:

I thought at most the DVD will have a digipak packaging 1st press aspect wise

Guess not :s

Poster notice that CD stores received

[KarenPang]

DNA video release fanclub version

From Mercari

Spoiler:

Photobook

[Corvina]

DNA Tour is at #1 for its first day:
https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/dm/d/2019-03-19/

Instagram and Twitter are full of pics from people receiving their copies, mainly the FC version.

And some stands from shops in Tokyo:





Thanks to 坂本直子 in Kuu's fangroup on facebook for the photos.

Which made me wonder.... the Blu-Ray seems to have two different versions - the normal blue and a black one.





Pics thanks to masa_dayo and sxxyx_93 on Instagram.

I suppose the black one is either first press or a FC version?

[KarenPang]

HMV Aeon Mall Narita





https://twitter.com/HMV_Narita/statu...61351435063296

[Corvina]

The live recordings for both DNA and AND Tour -Zepp version- were uploaded on Japanese streaming sites, here on AWA:



It really seems avex is not uploading stuff for some of their artists internationally for streaming anymore since the start of 2019. It's not only Kuu, it happened for some other of their artists, too... But not all of them, Idk what to think.

[Meat Pao]

^ I feel your pain, some labels stopped uploading their artists' to Spotify for international peeps since like, 2017 (like Kato Miliyah), and Utada Hikaru's latest album only JUST got put on Spotify to promote her Kingdom Hearts song probably only because it's an international thing.

I'm starting to think that Japanese labels don't see opening their artists for streaming internationally as a viable thing after "testing it" between 2016 and 2017

[Corvina]

Yeah, it's a pity if it gets gradually worse again.
Full PVs on youtube is the same trouble.

Update on the Japanese Koda Gumi renewal.
The FC magazine is going to change!
From June 2019 onwards it's going to be released 2 times a year (June and December) instead of 4 times.
It's going to get a lot thicker with around 50 pages per issue and it's going to be in a "photobook style" (3 magazines up till now had 18 pages and one special issue per year 38 pages, so we get around 10 pages per year more now). Size is going to upscale - the new magazine is going to be in A4 size. The content is going to orient on the results of the big questionniare, what we wanted less and what more of.
For the global Koda Gumi I assume it keeps being uploaded digitally, it doesn't say.

Right now for the new first issue they search for Kuu related pics (e.g. of us fans at the concerts or our collections). People in the Japanese Koda Gumi can send in up to 5 pics with small comments.
They also search for problems or questions fans want to ask Kuu for advice or thoughts for the same issue.
All of those they pick are going to be printed in the issue of June 2019.


Just saw in the Insta stories of a Japanese Kuu fan I follow:



They're having promo for the tour on Insta in Japan!

Thanks to a.iluv93.hiro.

[Corvina]

DNA Tour is #2 today:
https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/dm/d/2019-03-20/

But it's flying-get day for Black Pink's new tour DVD, released 03/22, so understandable.
Sadly that also means she won't get weekly #1 - Black Pink is just too popular.
So this is probably going to be her 5th #2 DVD release in a row, beating one KPop act and losing to the other.

[melissalove]

#2 what? That’s amazing, I’m so proud of her. Kumi keep slaying.

[ilovekodaa]

I need DNA TOUR in jpopsuki hahahaha <3

[KarenPang]

Kuu is currently in South Korea :O



https://twitter.com/KODAKUMINET/stat...61801420517376







https://www.instagram.com/p/BvVKSSBAw2j/

1 of the hash tags Kuu used is Myeong-dong which's where the photos were taken

My sister is currently living in Seoul with my aunt , maybe I should tell her to go find & stalk Kuu on my behalf , haha :p

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

1 of the hash tags Kuu used is Myeong-dong which's where the photos were taken

My sister is currently living in Seoul with my aunt , maybe I should tell her to go find & stalk Kuu on my behalf , haha :p

She's not currently in South Korea, she was some time ago for a secret dinner shower.
The same Ayu was some years ago as a secret guest.
That's also why she uses ある日.^^


A bit random, but as it was talked about for Ayu...
Which songs from Kuu were covered by other artists?

I know KG covered 愛のうた for his cover album Love Songs 2012.
And Toshinori Yonekura covered 好きで、好きで、好きで。in his cover album うたびと2015.
Anything else?
Interesting that both are male singers.
I put both songs under spoilers.

Spoiler:

Chart update:
Yesterday the DVD was at #5, today at #3, one spot before Black Pink.
All depends on the first day sales.

[kaled kalil]

Nakamori Akina covered Ai no Uta in 2015.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2frprn

[KarenPang]

https://twitter.com/KODAKUMINET/stat...72508054077440

The design of Kuu's phone holder stand is so comical xD

[kaled kalil]

All the content from the FC DVD is on JPC (DNA and AND Tour, making of, special videos and more).

She looks so good with this hairstyle. It's very Harley Quinn x Joker kid.

[pedronekoi]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

The design of Kuu's phone holder stand is so comical xD

It's a good from the comedian Cookie haha My friend has the same.


https://supercookielandneo.com/goods.html