[Koda Kumi] The 144th Thread - Happy Marriage, 1st child and 10th album [JAPONESQUE]

[Daggi_X]

^ I would actually be pretty excited about Driving Hit's 4... Loved all three albums, especially the 3rd one.

[Gustavopc]

^ Me too

But I dont want a complete box video in 2012, I'll be already spending a lot of money next year |: They should keep it for her 15th anniversary or something like that. Probably while she's away we'll get DH4 and Dejavu tour, if they release a BEST (B&L 2 or a b-side best, please <3) also it's enough until November, when should be getting something really new, like a ballad single.

[Lady~Deviance]

[Driving Hit's 4] would be a release that I look forward to. The 3rd one however, was the only one that I actually fancied.

And I guarantee that Avex is going to release a compilation of some sort whether it be a PV or song compilation. It's going to happen in some way or fashion. But then again who knows. This all speculation and assumption.

[maze]

oh my she was going to sing Brave at the Lawson Live and it got cancelled x_x oh well, hope kuu feels better now. she was fantastic at the music station super live, even without high heels

Japonesque gets more epic everyday, I really hope she will do the tour for this album after her long break ;_;

her hair is so black cherry-ish now. Love it!

[freedreamer]

MR BLISTAH!!! i think we can get a feel of what's to come. I feel like this album will contain EVERY STYLE kuu has tried over the last few years...WOOSH!!!

[Klauser_Bateson]

If there is a Driving Hit's 4, I want remixes of Hey Baby! and At the Weekend.

[tenshi no hane]

♪Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas are Japonesque previews♪

[ayu_ready?]

DEJA VU TOUR WAS AMAZINGLY FANTASTIC!!! ILHADIFIUEHRFIUHERIRFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't even image what it is in full! omg

and she was so beautiful and her voice was amazing and the opening was so fun!

ILOVEKUU

[NintendoHTF1242]

Mr. Blistah and Omarion!? Omg guiz, I need to get back into my Kuu news...it's been way too long because I have no clue what's happening lol.

[krauterol]

guys, people on some forums are speculating that Japonesque sales are going to be quite low, since some people I meet that have friends on japan said me that japanese people is not handing so well the fact that kuu is getting married 'cause she's pregnant, and also by the fact that all promotions are going to be cancelled due to her pregnancy. What do u think? I don't see a big problem for Japonesque the fact that she's pregnant :S and promotions nowadays are something that works different from years ago. (for ex: Universe just had one live performance with "you're so beautiful", and kingdom didn't have any live for Under and Amai wana (which were the two promotional songs).
I think it will work well, at least I hope so.
But I wonder why japanesse audience are saying that about kuu's pregnancy. It's like they always want to talk bad about her for everything she does. I don't remember very bad comments on Ayu's wedding in las vegas... Imagine if kuu gets married in las vegas with a stranger :S I don't know if I'm clear... (aaaaggggg!! wish my english was better to really know how to capture my thoughts clearly...)

[Gustavopc]

I was also afraid that japanese people would react negatively to the pregnancy + marriage, but probably these people aren't the ones who would buy JAPONESQUE even if nothing had happened. And will all the promotion be cancelled? She can perform a ballad or a mid-tempo song on the TV shows...

I really don't know how JAPONESQUE will sell. I don't really care for single sales, but for me it's important for the album to get some good numbers, not necessarily many copies sold, but many weeks charting and that kind of thing.

By the way, has avex already announced any tie-in for the new tracks? And they should give us at least previews from the songs this week since we'll get the album in less than a month |:

[krauterol]

Image, and only imagine that avex finally decide to postpone Japonesque to next x-mas xD

remember: avex = moneymoneymoney! (and sure this album has a big money inversion)

[emi♡]

I wouldn't be surprised if it sells pretty bad tbh.

It's already going to be fairly low, most likely around 200k...and if people really start not liking her...and it goes way lower, nothing really we can do

those numbers are still really high compared to most female solos so...it's not so bad.

[kotora]

Originally Posted by Gustavopc

Oh, I like the fact that she'll work with Blistah again, all their collabs are awesome. Hopefully it'll be an Candy 2.0 but in a japase style, not arabic

That would be a bad idea if she dances like in Candy PV while she is carrying a baby.

[Gustavopc]

^ All PVs were already shot, and it was mentioned on playroom that she was learning a new choreography for a PV shooting. But I was actually refering to the song, not the PV.

[maze]

^^ whaaat? the PV was filmed when she was not pregnant.

actually there are going to be a lot of hot PVs on Japonesque.

[KuuXAyu-fan]

I'm very disappointed that we didn't get any previews today. I hope we get them soon.

[KuuXAyu-fan]

Originally Posted by krauterol

(for ex: Universe just had one live performance with "you're so beautiful", and kingdom didn't have any live for Under and Amai wana (which were the two promotional songs). )

Kuu actually had 2 music station performances right before the album release of Kingdom. 1 she performed anytime, and the next she did Amai Wana.

[Gubsi]

first of all i think the marriage and the baby will promote the album alot!
maybe not 8749927342027804 copies in one week, BUT i think it will have a little boost!
and that someone won't buy the album cause there is no tour for that!?
i think it will reach 200.000 overall for sure!

and i always lol so hard when someone said "my japanese friends don't like that so it will sell bad"...
i remember when some YUI fan said: "my japanese friend said on his university no one likes Kuu so her TRICK album will sell around 100.000 overall!!" or something like that...
i mean yeah, ur japanese friend know every single person from his university and that reflects whole japan... #gorlbye #loldead

for previews...
we can expect previews not before january, maybe some song snippets...
in her FC u can win some secret meeting in tokyo where they show 13 PV previews on dec 29...
so i don't expect we'll get anything this year!
even i want that site update to know the goodies, previews and i want my update for the Koda Kumi App on iPhone...

PS: Sorry if there is some engrish in my post i just woke up! lol

[Corvina]

So PV previews for some FC fans on 29th December?
Well, that doesn't mean we won't get song previews in the next days, probably around New Year as well.
I mean, it's just a month till the full album is released!

Japonesque will sell 100k for sure, ger fanbase is stable enough.
I hope it will do around the same like Dejavu, but you'll never know how the japanese public takes the news. People who aren't fans just hear "shotgun marriage", I guess, and don't inform further on it.
So probably she will sell a bit less than the previous album, Dejavu, again, just like in the last years. That's what I expected before her pregnancy news and what I expect now, haha.