14th album 'LOVE again' out February 8th, 4th of five 15th anniversary releases [IV]

[Heavenly]

Originally Posted by pepper

I just saw new Kumi realese, the 2nd cover album. It's pretty sad her photoshoot it's so DAYUM good...

Gawd, I always was on Ayu side, but wait.
- she married a guy
- she gave a birth
- and she can still be creative and not sing about love all over over over and again...

All Ayu is doing now is drinking tea in pretty house, crying in wheat crops, crying on a car and playing with sappy American styled dramas. Her photos are "Ayu close up with "no" make up thinking of her love life calmly looking into a beautiful relationship" "Ayu in sheets thinking of her lover" "Ayu in the beach with her lover"... I know Kumi does that too, she is singing sappy ballads in rain looking pretty, but she ISN'T focusing on that.

Haha, it's sooo true

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by pepper

I just saw new Kumi realese, the 2nd cover album. It's pretty sad her photoshoot it's so DAYUM good...

Gawd, I always was on Ayu side, but wait.
- she married a guy
- she gave a birth
- and she can still be creative and not sing about love all over over over and again...

Yes cuz making cover albums and recording a bunch of songs with koi/ai kanjis in the title and generic (piano+bass) arrangements and PVs in which she walks around surrounded by a bunch of people is just so new, creative and never seen before... Read her lyrics. 90% of her songs are about love and relationships in some form. In fact Nishino Kana is the only female artist who sings more about love than her. Tbh Utada is currently the only female artist in Japan who IS creative and manages to stay somewhat fresh with her lyrics other than Kyari Pamyu Pamyu (but her songs are just too unbearable for me) >_>

Koda hasn't been creative since Kingdom.

[~StarCatcher~]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

Yes cuz making cover albums and recording a bunch of songs with koi/ai kanjis in the title and generic (piano+bass) arrangements and PVs in which she walks around surrounded by a bunch of people is just so new, creative and never seen before... Read her lyrics. 90% of her songs are about love and relationships in some form. In fact Nishino Kana is the only female artist who sings more about love than her. Tbh Utada is currently the only female artist in Japan who IS creative and manages to stay somewhat fresh with her lyrics other than Kyari Pamyu Pamyu (but her songs are just too unbearable for me) >_>

Koda hasn't been creative since Kingdom.

Defenitely not the case...

Kumi is way more creative imo than most of the artists excisting in Japan or in this world!!

[Akutenshi]

Originally Posted by ~StarCatcher~

Defenitely not the case...

Kumi is way more creative imo than most of the artists excisting in Japan or in this world!!

Quoting just for the lols tbh. I love Kumi so I'm not trying to hate on her but this is just biased fandom at it's finest.

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by Akutenshi

Quoting just for the lols tbh. I love Kumi so I'm not trying to hate on her but this is just biased fandom at it's finest.

Exactly. What I am saying shouldn't sound offensive towards her in any way, as she is among rare female solo artists who has managed to stay relevant after a long time being present.

[truehappiness]

Nice! Hope people can snatch them up quickly.

[TeamAyu2004]

i wonder how many copies they have?

[adantatu2]

I loved that poster with the best moments of our ayuma !!!

[Jawdarna]

I know we're all sick of titles with 'LOVE' featured, but I actually wish there was a song called 'LOVE again'. I like the way it looks.

[truehappiness]

The name was styled as "LOVEagain" on one of the CDL goods pages which was pretty neat. Though that was just a mistake, I guess.

[Jawdarna]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

The name was styled as "LOVEagain" on one of the CDL goods pages which was pretty neat. Though that was just a mistake, I guess.

How awesome would it have been if she had named it 'LOVEgain' as a homage to LOVEppears? I mean, again and appears use the same 'a' sound...

But then I think everyone would just call it LOVE gain, it doesn't seem as effective as LOVEppears. :O

[FoObY]

Originally Posted by Jawdarna

How awesome would it have been if she had named it 'LOVEgain' as a homage to LOVEppears? I mean, again and appears use the same 'a' sound...

But then I think everyone would just call it LOVE gain, it doesn't seem as effective as LOVEppears. :O

I would appreciate the amalgamation LOVEgain. Given how love is pronounced like loo-ve in Japanese, the extra emphasis on the -ve would lead into 'gain' nicely, just like in LOVEppears.

[LacusClyne]

Cdjapan just have some more of the Blu ray and goods limited edition back again, so finally went to place my order.

[Foyuki]

ayupan figure

Spoiler:

[TeamAyu2004]

coolness!
My first ayu-pan is pretty cute!

[microphone]

All those Ayu-pans look so frightening.

[FoObY]

I have to agree.. The production value of Kumi's works tends to be fairly high. JAPONESQUE was impressive imo.

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by FoObY

I have to agree.. The production value of Kumi's works tends to be fairly high. JAPONESQUE was impressive imo.

Production values and creativity don't always go hand to hand.

I was simply talking about her music and PVs. She has her ups and downs like everyone else, but has never been on pair with Ayu when it comes to creativity nor has she ever managed to surpass her works.

[~StarCatcher~]

I am not offended sorry if it sounded that way=)

But I really think she is changing her style and her sound constantly with adding her "vibe" to it.

And the PVs they are always something new to me(okay maybe not all her ballad PVs )

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by ~StarCatcher~

I am not offended sorry if it sounded that way=)

But I really think she is changing her style and her sound constantly with adding her "vibe" to it.

And the PVs they are always something new to me(okay maybe not all her ballad PVs )

She had some awesome PVs like WIND, Ningyohime, BUT, Aisho or Wonderland and tons of PVs that feature her sexy signature that I like (Shake it, JUICY etc.), but imo I'd say that only some are very creative and really interesting. On the other hand she has tons of videos where she is just sitting down and singing while looking pretty and as much as I hate Ayu's PVs featuring a love story Kumi actually started that whole crap with the 2nd session PVs and she has so many of them...