[Koda Kumi] The 205th Thread - angeL & monsteR

[kaled kalil]

New mini-albums "angeL" and "monsteR" out on December 2nd!

Preview of all the tracks

angeL
01 Alarm
02 I'm Lovin'
03 for...
04 RUN
05 puff
06 Lucky Star

monsteR
01 Killer monster
02 WORK IT!
03 FliCky
04 No One
05 Sing the truth
06 XXKK

Profile

Spoiler:

Stage Name: Koda Kumi / 倖田來未
Real Name: Koda Kumiko / 神田來未子
Birthdate: 13 November 1982 (Showa 57)
Height: 154 cm / 5'0"
Blood Type: A
Hometown: Kyoto
Hobbies: shopping, miscellaneous goods
Favorite Sport: Squash
Favorite Music: HIP HOP
Special dish (to make): meat and potatoes
Favorite words: Ichi-go ichi-e (translated "for this time only," "never again" or "one chance in a lifetime")
Favorite color: green and purple
Favorite Season: Summer
Favorite DVD: はねるのトびら - You knock on a jumping door!
Favorite brand: D & G / H · A · K
Favorite food: pancake / 100% fruit juice / Perrier
Favorite Japanese music artists: Yonekura Toshinori / Sukima Switch
Favorite Western artists: Christina Aguilera / NELLY / PINK / Pharrell Williams
Indispensable thing: Love
Favorite place of my body: the "korikori" of her waist
Something surprising about me: No smoking, no alcohol
Can't forgive: lies and deception
Feats: Speaking until her voice is hoarse

Links

Spoiler:

→ Official Website
→ Official Instagram
→ Official Facebook
→ Official Twitter (Staff)
→ Official Youtube Channel
→ Official Global Fanclub

[kaled kalil]

Latest news:

Originally Posted by KarenPang

Dance In The Rain PV has been uploaded



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDKdOL6cREs

Originally Posted by KarenPang

KODA KUMI LIVE TOUR 2020-2021 MY NAME IS... COUNTDOWN EDITION will be held on the last day of 2020 at Osaka Jo Hall !



2 ticket costs :

- ¥9,300
- ¥11,300 inclusive of MY NAME IS...VISUAL LIGHT

More details will be announced soon

https://twitter.com/KODAKUMINET/stat...36657547096066

Originally Posted by Corvina

Previews for all songs are up on the official site!

https://rhythmzone.net/koda/discogra...php?id=1017867

Originally Posted by KarenPang

2 birthday commemorative items will be made available for order tomorrow noon onwards in celebration of Kuu's birthday

This's done based from fans' feedback



Multi pouch

¥4,800

Can use to store laptop , tablet or documents



Smartphone case

¥7,800

Interior of the smartphone case has a mirror & a pocket to store cards + $

Spoiler:

https://twitter.com/KODAKUMINET/stat...13187316969473

Originally Posted by Corvina

Kuu was just announced as performer for FNS this year!

https://mobile.twitter.com/fns_kayou...40411281911811

December 2nd, so the first night.
Maybe she's gonna sing a new song (RUN?) as it's perfect timing with the release date!

I really like Killer monsteR so far!
I actually like all of the previews!
Really dig that mix of laid-back urban and electronic sounds!

[kaled kalil]

The tracklist from the FC DVD/Bluray was updated as well:

〔DVD〕
■Music Video
puff / XXKK / Killer monsteR/ RUN
■好きで、好きで、好きで。-うる星やつら Collaboration Version-
■Guess Who Is Back -Lyric Video-
■Behind the Scenes -angeL×monsteR[MY NAME IS…]-

Now it has a random Guess Who Is Back Lyric video, I guess it's going to be available on her youtube channel at some point.

[thinkingoutloud89]

hmm not too excited by the previews, feels kinda generic to me. I will find a few songs to put on repeat tho. I guess it's more what sound I strive towards to then what she deliveres (is not her, its me lol)

[KarenPang]

Happy birthday Kuu

And Dreaming Now! PV has been uploaded



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLo1UxRmdQM

[CeReSu]

Love the previews, sounds nice ! Like an extend of AND & DNA !
I'm more excited by monsteR than angeL

[Darkifrit]

I love the previews. No bad songs so far.
So far quite happy with For... it’s less generic compared to the performance earlier this year.

[KarenPang]

Staff posted this birthday video dedicating to Kuu

https://twitter.com/KODAKUMINET/stat...03598916177920

[Gustavopc]

Thanks for the new thread, kaled!

Also, happy birthday Kumi!! Wish you all happiness and joy in the world, thanks for being such an inspiration and a great hardworking diva

[Earth_maiden]

Is this a new PV of Dreaming Now? I swear the original was an animated video...

[KarenPang]

Dreaming Now! PV never had an animated PV , not that I know of

Think you got it confused with Go to the top

[Corvina]

With everything happening right now and everyone congratulating her for her birthday, Kuu is trending again on Twitter!
Currently 12k tweets and rising!



Happy Birthday to my all-time favourite artist!

[Earth_maiden]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

Dreaming Now! PV never had an animated PV , not that I know of

Think you got it confused with Go to the top

Ahhh thanks, I don't follow her stuff like I used to. ^_^;

[minkAYuko]

Great great news!!

I need that Pouch and the wallet-case xD

Dreaming now another Iconic PV!.

The teaser songs sound really good!!! WORK IT! sounds like a dance song and I can't wait to have it!!! I just preview the angeL side, gonna wait for the monsteR side.

[mi|kshake]

Happy Birthday Kuu! Glad the Dreaming Now and Dance in the Rain PVs were uploaded. Looking forward to watching them again!

[Ayu_Love]

Happy birthday to the Kuu-een!

I'm loving all the previews so far, especially 'RUN' and 'WORK IT!'. I've had 'RUN' stuck in my head ever since the teaser came out, I predict it's going to become a new career favourite ballad for me. All the new songs sound like they have a lot of variety of sounds between the verses and chorus', so I'm looking forward to hearing them all in full!

When I saw that Aespa's Ningning had done an English version of the 'RUN' teaser I was a little nervous that people would get the dates wrong and think Kuu had copied them, but it seems like it's given Kuu's teaser a nice bit of publicity boost! People are even citing Kuu's as the original and Ningning's as a cover since Kuu's teaser was released a few days before, although other's say it must just be that SM bought the same song at a similar time to Kuu, which I assume with them being released so close together would be the right answer. Although I did notice at the beginning of Ningning's teaster she drew a blue butterfly on the wall, which is a symbol Kuu has used multiple times in her career and has a tattoo of.

Probably just a coincidence since a lot of pop stars seem to like to use butterflies as symbolism nowadays, but just something I noticed!

[hud]

previews are really strong for me. I really love listening to her voice without too much autotune. some of the songs feel very fresh, I'm pretty sure I'll listen to this release a lot!

and happy birthday, Kuu! you're one of the best singers out there and an excellent performer! hope this date repeats for many and many years <3

[KarenPang]

Flowers Kuu received for her birthday





https://twitter.com/KODAKUMINET/stat...37816643690496

[Corvina]

Those flowers are from the Fuji TV staff.
Kuu says this was her last work day as a 37 year old.
FNS is by Fuji TV, so she probably prerecorded her performance this time.

The HMV in Narita renewed the big Kuu display again and made a big panel with birthday messages from fans (and a book out of it they gonna give her).
Fans were able to leave handwritten messages in the store as well as on Twitter, it's 1,000 altogether.

https://mobile.twitter.com/HMV_Narit...20095773069312

[Darkifrit]

Happy Birthday to my Queen!
16 years since I support the lady. God time flies!
My support never went down since then.

I’m proud of the person she became and still amazed by how young she looks!
She will always be my top artist.

I have a really good feeling about the new Minis, the more I listen to the previews the better they sound!