[Koda Kumi] re(LIVE) her re(CORD) in her 199th Thread!

[Gustavopc]

Kuu just posted on insta she was on studio for her new album re(code) out on Nov 13th........ At this point I'm just confused whether recode is an actual thing or just some typo

Also a CM has been released for the new dorama which will feature STRIP and you can hear a bit of the song in the later half

Sounds hiphop-ish to me, seems promising! (the dorama itselft tho... lol)

[wednesday]

Thanks for sharing. It sounds really good!

[kaled kalil]

Amazon Music Jp has a playlist of her "Greatest Hits" and the tracklist is... interesting.

I've never thought 0ji mae no tsunderella, Saigo no Ame and Koishikute as hits, at all. haha And I will never understand why Yume no Uta is so neglected.

https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E5%80%96%E.../dp/B07VFWRMC7

She posted on her Stories a ranking with OMG in 3rd and Put your hands up!!! in 4th, but I don't know where that comes from.

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I'm not sure what to think about the STRIP preview, by the way it sounds I don't think I'm gonna like that much.

[Party_King]

^ koishikute is one of the few ballads I really like from her ��

STRIP‘s preview sounds good for me! Could be the third song (Summer Time, DO ME and OMG) I like from re(CORD). I‘m still mad we didn’t get LLVL in HQ already.

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by kaled kalil

She posted on her Stories a ranking with OMG in 3rd and Put your hands up!!! in 4th, but I don't know where that comes from.

It's mu-mo's weekly digital ranking.

https://sp-m.mu-mo.net/rank/download-weekly/

[minkAYuko]

SO THERe are not many videos about ku on youtube, and I just happened to find this... and I thought it was worth the share?? is this even allowed here? xDD Thoughts??

[wednesday]

Originally Posted by minkAYuko

SO THERe are not many videos about ku on youtube, and I just happened to find this... and I thought it was worth the share?? is this even allowed here? xDD Thoughts??

I’ve been inspired to take dance lessons

[Corvina]

Kuu shared these outfit posts today while thanking everybody for the Kawasaki dates and looking forward to the Fukuoka dates coming.
She added an "coming soon" and she didn't link the brands for the clothing as usual - so does that mean we get those fashion pieces added as tour goods in Fukuoka?







Would be a first for her, cause usually tour goods have something to do with the tour or at least have her name + tour title on them, which doesn't seem to be the case here. Or is she even launching her own fashion brand, using the tour as a starting point?

Btw. they also added some seats for the 10/01 and 10/02 Fukuoka dates, Kuu posted about it - last chance to get tickets.

[Gustavopc]

That might be a winter ballad, they shot some scenes at a rooftop with fake snow coming down, I'm soooo ready

[chocopockymaster]

Originally Posted by Gustavopc

That might be a winter ballad, they shot some scenes at a rooftop with fake snow coming down, I'm soooo ready

FROM YOUR LIPS TO GOD’S EARS TBH

[Isicio]

Preordered the CD+DVD versión with bonus postcard at cdjapan, I hope the covers will be good.

[jiarongisme]

^ I wonder if that 9/3 limited clutch sparked some inspiration for her to start her own fashion brand

My friend has just sent my ticket to me via EMS! Can't wait to receive it.

[kaled kalil]

I've always wondered if she's very hands on when it comes to her goodies, specially for clothes in general. I know she chooses the ones she likes and all, but designing is something totally different, to come up with something from zero. not a fan of the outfit, but oh well.

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by jiarongisme

^ I wonder if that 9/3 limited clutch sparked some inspiration for her to start her own fashion brand

My friend has just sent my ticket to me via EMS! Can't wait to receive it.

Yeah, the clutch was designed by her, that was clear with the posts she made about it. So I wouldn't be surprised if she finally does her own thing with designing fashion.

And? Which seats did you get?
I'm curious!

Originally Posted by kaled kalil

I've always wondered if she's very hands on when it comes to her goodies, specially for clothes in general. I know she chooses the ones she likes and all, but designing is something totally different, to come up with something from zero. not a fan of the outfit, but oh well.

From all the posts in the past they collect ideas in team meetings as a team, they produce samples and then Kuu ultimately decides, but probably together with her team again.
Like just recently the stories about designing and choosing the pins for re(LIVE) - everybody sketched their ideas, Kuu as well. Or she also showed all the sample shirts for the a-nation shirt this year they considered giving in production (still think she should have picked the one with the grey reflecting print, that looked awesome).

Kuu made a post about an interview in Kansai she recently had - and she didn't link the brands for what she's wearing again (EDIT: ok, the piece she's wearing is from Kloset, a brand from Thailand, haha).
She didn't share or even just hint what the interview is about.



Ok, thread is full, gonna make a new one!

[thinkingoutloud89]

does someone have scans from the koda gumi magazine that featured the JAPONESQUE Tour?

[Corvina]

I agree with you, Koumori.
From the way she handles her career in recent years and what she tells us in interviews, she seems to be perfectly happy with where she is right now, having decent popularity and making her fanbase happy.
Every time something good happens, stuff sells out, she gets compliments or a good ranking, she's always so humble and thanking everybody, almost a bit shy.
She likes to challenge herself and do what she wants (while listening to her fans), if she gets praise for something it always feels like it's just a by-product.
For Megumi no Hito e.g. she didn't even know till somebody else told her. Or her being a Twitter trend - her fans told her in the comments she said, she didn't notice before.

Could she even be more popular again?
Maybe, if she'd find that niche between urban and K-Pop, but maybe not, looking at the other very popular acts in Japan like Aimyon, Gen Hoshino and Kenshi Yonezu, who are basically the direct opposite of her.