[Koda Kumi] The 156th Thread – 恋しくて (12.26) + 2nd Cover Album (February 2013)

[Gustavopc]

Originally Posted by kaled kalil

Well, sometimes she add some cover songs in her albuns (Yume with you, Ima sugu hoshii, Venus, etc...) but I don't see something like "half brand new songs/cover album".

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So, I dreamed with the JAPONESQUE Tour last night and it was so awesome LOL, best tour ever...
The setlist was something like this:

-Intro-
Follow me (full INTRODUCTION to JAPONESQUE song, it was sooooo freaking good with taiko and everything, and the chorus was all in engrish... It started with her shadow behind a big shoji door, and she was with a full red kimono)
So Nice
KO-SO-KO-SO (with the dancers tied on a bed)
Pink Spider (the dubstep break was amazing lol)
Say Her Name
Slow

-interlude-
Ai wo Tomenaide
Brave
Ii hi tabidachi (from her new cover album) ~ Alone
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Ai no Uta ~ Koishikutte
darling
All for you

-interlude-
V.I.P. feat. T PAIN
ESCALATE
BUT ~ UNIVERSE ~ POP DIVA ~ BE MY BABY (remix medley)
Lay Down
Love me back (this time she isn't the police, she's being arrested XD)
No Mans Land (performance on jail, similar to 1 LOVE from Ayu)

-interlude-
Watchu waitin' on?
Hey Baby!
Everyday
IN THE AIR
Yasashii Akuma (from her new cover album)
Love Technique

-encore-
I woke up when we're all singing Moon Crying (blah) to ber during that time between the last act and the encore. =(((

The interludes were great, with more acting and less jokes, they were pretty similar to Kingdom's interludes.

She seemed so happy during the whole concert, it was really amazing even it was just a dream XD

What an epic dream And an epic concert as well hahahaha Gotta love this setlist

Originally Posted by Bad Wolf

ETA: omg you dreamt she covered Ii hi tabidachi. LOL DIDN'T ALAN COVER THAT SONG TOO? SEE, I AM PSYCHIC /old thread reference

Kuu also covered it on FNS like two or three years ago, and it was epic

Originally Posted by gothicayu

for those who are interrested here is her textless pics thread http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=116601

This is heaven on Earth omg thanks a lot!

[Gubsi]

LONG TIME NO SEE, Gubsi is in da forum... #urghlol #lameentry
well...
so after a long time of moving into the city, new job, etc. i'm back again (for those who remember me...)

it's strange that i found more love for Go to the top in the last days...
i liked it, BUT never thought this is my jam or i could masturb. to this...
since i played it last last week i begin to love this even more idk
恋しくて is so great!! i know it's the typical j-pop ballad formuoli and i expected it to be like this, BUT when i'm shopping through the city and listen to the song i could sing along and do theatrical arm moves!
BUT i would love if she would release a No Way/Okay type of ballad or something with house/ambient elements in a ballad as single!
and i'm so ready for her new cover album!
ETERNITY was superb and god i love Pink Spider preview, i mean Kuu playing a prostitute and throwing chiptune elements in this song...
and she already had my money&soul with this little 8-bit beep beep! lol

i hope her next single will be a "ero-kawaii" themed single with a sexy electronic pop/dance song with sickening beats and a cute pop song like IN THE AIR/Lady Go!

so i just want to ask everyone...
is someone here attending Kuu's JAPONESQUE Live Tour next year!?
or are we (Me, Lee-Chan & Corvina) the only ones!?

Originally Posted by Gustavopc

But usually her pre-album singles have poor sales and don't get all the attention [she performs the songs themselves a lot, but the promotion focus is towards the album], and her summer singles are avex biggest bet on the year when it comes to Kuu singles... That's why I don't see her releasing an album in the middle of year. Releasing an album between December and early January is much better cause there are all those special lives for xmas and the end of the year, the xmas boost on sales as well...

That's why I think it is unlikely to happen, but then she could surprise.

well, i think we defo get a new album before summer...
i mean if her album would come out winter 2013... u know with her amount of single releases it will be like:
KODA KUMI 11th ALBUM "I EXPLORED DUBSTEP WOW WOMB WOMB" with her trillion hit singles [Go to the top], [恋しくて], [55th Single], [56th Single], [57th Single], [58th Single], [59th Single], [60th Single], [61st Single], [62nd Single] & [63rd Single] and 2 exclusive NEW SONGS! YAY! BUY IT!

I think there's a reason that Beach Mix will probably replace Driving Hit's...
her Remix Albums usually comes after a studion album...
so i think we'll defo get her 55th Single in march, cause u know fiscal year ends march 31st and we all know avex want those sales and cash to show them record labels how to milk those cellphone gals and boiz!

and then another limited 56th single + 11th album after that 1 or 2 week/s later in may around the time her tour ends!

then starts her 12th album era with her new 57th (4 song summer) single and Beach Mix 2...
and do a little 11-15 concerts fall/winter arena tour like she did for JAPONESQUE!

i mean with Kuu u never really know what's popping out of her next year..!?
so maybe you're right, maybe i'm right, maybe no ones right, let's see!

[KuuXAyu-fan]

It's nice to see you back Gubsi! Just in time for the new year celebrations.

[Gustavopc]

I've been wondering, since ETERNITY had good sales and they seem to be preparing this new cover album with as much or even more effort than the first one, I am really hoping for a handful lives on TV for the cover album She did perform Megumi no hito and BE MY BABY, but the lives were like a month after the album was already out. It'd be cool if she promoted it - almost - as much a studio album

Originally Posted by Gubsi

well, i think we defo get a new album before summer...
i mean if her album would come out winter 2013... u know with her amount of single releases it will be like:
KODA KUMI 11th ALBUM "I EXPLORED DUBSTEP WOW WOMB WOMB" with her trillion hit singles [Go to the top], [恋しくて], [55th Single], [56th Single], [57th Single], [58th Single], [59th Single], [60th Single], [61st Single], [62nd Single] & [63rd Single] and 2 exclusive NEW SONGS! YAY! BUY IT!

I think there's a reason that Beach Mix will probably replace Driving Hit's...
her Remix Albums usually comes after a studion album...
so i think we'll defo get her 55th Single in march, cause u know fiscal year ends march 31st and we all know avex want those sales and cash to show them record labels how to milk those cellphone gals and boiz!

and then another limited 56th single + 11th album after that 1 or 2 week/s later in may around the time her tour ends!

then starts her 12th album era with her new 57th (4 song summer) single and Beach Mix 2...
and do a little 11-15 concerts fall/winter arena tour like she did for JAPONESQUE!

i mean with Kuu u never really know what's popping out of her next year..!?
so maybe you're right, maybe i'm right, maybe no ones right, let's see!

Glad you're back Well, this possibility on the 11th album is not utopic, but it seems so rushed... but then we're talking about Kuu, anything is possible

[Ayu_Love]

Welcome Back, Gubsi!

'Koishikute' Single uploaded by KarenPang!: http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...94#post2949294

[TeamAyu2004]

Man, this new single is so depressing...
but its beautiful.

[Gustavopc]

I love Alone! She sounds amazing in this one, nice pairing for Koishikute

[love in music]

Sigh.. pretty boring single. :/

[Delicious n Bold]

The single IS quite boring but it's tolerable.
I expected so much more for a winter single
You know, after i got into kumi's music...
oh well, back to Days.

[do it again]

hi Gubsi!!! xxxxx

[KuuXAyu-fan]

Koishikute is the best winter ballad ever released. That is all.

[Benikari47]

Originally Posted by KuuXAyu-fan

Koishikute is the best winter ballad ever released. That is all.

[kaled kalil]

The single is great! Best ballad single since Yume no uta, and its not boring at all imo.

[Bad Wolf]

I'm just happy I got me some new Kuu after a long, gross day at work. Florists at Xmas time -- or any holiday time -- are horrible work environments, you guys

[mizuki-7]

I don't like this single and I also didn't like go to the top :/ Love me back is the last single I've appreciate !

[setsuka]

love the b-side so much more than the A-side

the covers makes me so excited for the new album....Koishikute is pretty but I barely replay it

like I like the song but not enough to listen to often might change overtime

[Bad Wolf]

I at first thought Koishikute was pretty forgettable, but tbh I get it stuck in my head more often than not these days. That's kind of a mark of a song's brilliance for me: if I can remember it lol. Nothing will ever top Suki dex3/Anata dake ga for me, though.

[Gustavopc]

Originally Posted by Bad Wolf

I at first thought Koishikute was pretty forgettable, but tbh I get it stuck in my head more often than not these days. That's kind of a mark of a song's brilliance for me: if I can remember it lol. Nothing will ever top Suki dex3/Anata dake ga for me, though.

This.

[Ayu_Love]

I think 'Koishikute' has been quite a hit and miss single with western fans Some love it and some just think it's boring and forgettable, which is fine. I hope the Japanese public love it, though. I originally thought it was as generic and boring as I personally find 'Ai Wo Tomenaide' (kuu's most boring ballad to me, sorry kuu D: ), but after another listen to the longer preview I turned to really like it, and the melody got stuck in my head. I really like the melody, and how it gets more epic after the first verse. I thought the covers could have been more imaginative, though.

[Bad Wolf]

^I think it seems like the sort of ballad they'd eat up. It has the benefit of having Kuu's emotional voice back it up too: She sounds especially heartbroken in the song, which gives it character.

Incidentally, is there a translation of Koishikute anywhere? Or at least the kanji and romaji? I should start translating Kuu lyrics now lol