[Koda Kumi] 133 thread // Dejavu & Driving Hit's 3

[RikkuChii]

Wonder what she's saying in Japanese. No translation yet?

[tenshi no hane]

Originally Posted by Tsubasa2591

―今月リリースされたオリジナルアルバムのタイトルは「Ｄｅｊａｖｕ（デジャヴ）」。この言葉を 選んだのは どうしてですか。

倖田　新しい曲なのに「懐かしいな」と聴こえるという意味で、デジャヴと付けました。もう一つは、フランス 語で 、デジャヴを使ったことわざがあるんですが、自分がつらいときに、「以前にもつらいことがあっ て、乗り越え てきたじゃない。だからまた乗り越えられるよ」という意味があるというのを友達に聞いたとき、 このアルバム を聴いた人の背中を、ポンと押せるようなアルバムになればいいなと思って付けました。

This part is interesting. She chose the title Dejavu for 2 reasons. First of all because the songs are new yet sound nostalgic somehow. And secondly because a friend told her that (as a French proverb) 'deja vu' has another meaning: "You've had difficult, stressful times earlier in your life, right? But you've overcome those difficulties. So you can overcome them again." In other words, she hopes this album will encourage those who listen to it.

[Minttulatte]

^Now I know why I should listen to Dejavu on repeat for the next six months. <3

Originally Posted by Tsubasa2591

POP DIVA @ Music Lovers
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/NzSATd6lONs/

OMFG that was awesome. <3 I seriously love that outfit, the choreography, the whole song is just pure perfection that only Kuu can have imo. <3

Love it:

so true

[waterballoon]

I really like Make It Bumpb

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by Tsubasa2591

POP DIVA @ Music Lovers
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/NzSATd6lONs/

Wow, the crowd is ecstatic! XD
Love it!

Wait for somebody uploading the rest on a stream, cause I don't want to download 400 MB for just one part!
Thanks for postin anyway.

[Kingdom]

Originally Posted by tenshi no hane

This part is interesting. She chose the title Dejavu for 2 reasons. First of all because the songs are new yet sound nostalgic somehow. And secondly because a friend told her that (as a French proverb) 'deja vu' has another meaning: "You've had difficult, stressful times earlier in your life, right? But you've overcome those difficulties. So you can overcome them again." In other words, she hopes this album will encourage those who listen to it.

aw, thanks! I do love this album!

[Minttulatte]

I'm so addicted to Make It Bump. Far East Movement x Kuu = HOT.

[love in music]

that POP DIVA performance was great, I loved her outfit.
I didn't know she had so many old fans though, I kinda laughed at them closing up on what looked like 40-50 year olds jamming to POP DIVA

[kaled kalil]

Dam Express preview (bigger)

[Ningyo Hime]

she looks great <3

[AyumiAi]

Originally Posted by tenshi no hane

This part is interesting. She chose the title Dejavu for 2 reasons. First of all because the songs are new yet sound nostalgic somehow. And secondly because a friend told her that (as a French proverb) 'deja vu' has another meaning: "You've had difficult, stressful times earlier in your life, right? But you've overcome those difficulties. So you can overcome them again." In other words, she hopes this album will encourage those who listen to it.

Thats really odd 0_o I speak French as one of my primary languages and i've never heard of that expressions from France or Quebec

[maze]

Originally Posted by tenshi no hane

This part is interesting. She chose the title Dejavu for 2 reasons. First of all because the songs are new yet sound nostalgic somehow. And secondly because a friend told her that (as a French proverb) 'deja vu' has another meaning: "You've had difficult, stressful times earlier in your life, right? But you've overcome those difficulties. So you can overcome them again." In other words, she hopes this album will encourage those who listen to it.

wow I think I love this album even more now. thanks for translating tenshi!

Originally Posted by Corvina

Wait for somebody uploading the rest on a stream, cause I don't want to download 400 MB for just one part!
Thanks for postin anyway.

in the same page you can find the full show in MKV format (912x512 / 315 MB)
or here if you prefer the MP4 version (1280x720 / 511 MB)

some screenshots by me:

Spoiler:

Butterfly performance was the shiz queen of live!

[do it again]

the one on the left looks like an asian salma hayek...

[Minttulatte]

^You're right, she does. o.o

[tenshi no hane]

Originally Posted by AyumiAi

Thats really odd 0_o I speak French as one of my primary languages and i've never heard of that expressions from France or Quebec

I know, me neither XD

I'm not that brilliant in French but I'm pretty sure 'déjà vu' only means you feel like you've experienced something before even though you haven't.

[Tashiro]

Nice to see she named her CD based on something that, until now, has turned out to be wrong (or fake). HAHAHA. So funny, Kuuchan is so damn cute.

[KarenPang]

Koda Kumi talks about her new album and hall live

I put the Q&A in the spoiler mode as it's quite long :x but it's still worth reading !

Spoiler:

Pop diva Koda Kumi recently gave an interview with ‘GET-core’, where she discussed her new album “Dejavu”, as well as her upcoming live shows in Kyushu.

Check it out below!

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GC: The title of your album released this month is “Dejavu”. Why did you choose that title?

KK: I decided upon the name because the album is full of original songs that have a familiar feel to them. The phrase is in French, and a friend told me that for her, ‘deja vu is when even though there’s been pain in the past, there still exists pain that must be overcome’. So after playing back the album, the name seemed to fit.

GC: How was the album created overall?

KK: When I looked objectively at ‘Koda Kumi’, I think there are two sides to that personality. There’s the private “Ku-chan”, and there’s also the artist ‘Koda Kumi’. This album features both sides of me.

GC: So it’s “Koda Kumi”-ish…?

KK: I’m like ‘Fujiko’ from ‘Lupin the 3rd’! Koda Kumi has this image of having wealth and fame, as well as being strong. Compared to the more private “Ku-chan”, it’s as different as a lion and a rabbit.

GC: The promotional video for your “Pop Diva” single featured strong women battling men.

KK: The promotion video is the same as a movie; it pulls its strength from the song quality. For the video, the image of strong women fighting was a bit exaggerated, but I think women nowadays are very strong. With all the vegetarian men increasing these days, I think the rate of meat-eating women is rising too, and they’re saying “I can do it too, you guys! (laughs)”. There are women in the world who never shed tears, but there are also times where they must overcome trials, and I hope this expresses what they experience.

GC: You have a lot of songs where you sing about love. Are you singing from personal experience?

KK: When writing lyrics, there are many instances of writing about personal experiences. Sometimes when writing lyrics, I interview my female friends because my experiences aren’t the best. When I listen to other people’s experiences of love, I learn how to express many different loves as well.

GC: You seem to have an image as “The Goddess of Love”…

KK: Hahahaha, I’ve got a predisposition to love, it seems. When you don’t love, you feel emptiness. Even when I write those kinds of lyrics, I feel down a bit.

GC: This year, you’ll be going on a hall tour that will take you through Kyushu, including planned stops in Fukuoka, Oita, and Nagasaki. What kind of performance do you want to give?

KK: Since this is my first hall tour in 5 years, I thought, “What could be done with a hall performance up to this point?“, and based my plans off of this idea. I especially hope to impress the audience with ballads for this tour.

http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/03/kod...and-hall-live/

The Goddess of Love eh ? now this's 1 term I like

[Earth_maiden]

You know, when POP DIVA first came out as a single, I kinda though it was pretty average and a bit of a mess. Now that I've got the album and listened to the whole thing 30+ times, I finally understand why POP DIVA is such an awesome and addictive song.

[Luja.]

Lots of ballads for the upcoming tour? I think it's gonna be a beautiful tour, especially since she's playing in smaller venues this time and is therefore closer to the audience. Sadly the earthquake and it's consequences overshadow everything atm.. hopefully by the time she is touring, everything will be back where it belongs and people can recover.

btw, what's the name of the first song in this video?

[jiarongisme]

^ Chiisana Koi no Uta. I loved the performance the first time I watched it after I downloaded the DVD rip from Jps. It's beautiful. <3