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

[Benikari47]

Originally Posted by kaled kalil

^ Here it is:
http://a.imageshack.us/img409/2960/rzcd45562.jpg
http://a.imageshack.us/img580/149/rzcd45561.jpg

OMG Thank you so sooooooo much! you have no idea how much i've looked for these! you're amazing!

[Huaka]

I'd translate but I have to go to work soon so by the time I get back I'm sure someone will have done the job. Heh.

[Ayu_Love]

Originally Posted by Benikari47

OMG Thank you so sooooooo much! you have no idea how much i've looked for these! you're amazing!

I second this!!

[happiholic★]

BUT/Aisho covers are simply beautiful. I just realized the flowers were fake looking at the HQ version.

EDIT: It must be true love for Kuu and Kenji:

[jpopfan]

Has anyone seen this yet? They registered their marriage! Tokyohive

[tenshi no hane]

I made a quick translation/summary:

・Boom Boom Boys: Parts are censored. Drugs, cigarettes, throwing up in the toilet. A PV like she's never done before.

・No Man's Land: A monochrome world. Apparently Kumi's favorite PV of the album. Has a 'Can We Go Back' vibe. She's alone is a no man's land with a chain on one of her legs.

・V.I.P. feat.T-PAIN: A dance scene has been added to T-PAIN's part.

・Lay Down: Fluorescent make-up. Choreography by Yuji. Blond hair with white highlights. Western-like song.

・ESCALATE: A dance tune. Dance battle with her dancers. She's playing chess with a foreign guy. But the chess pieces are the Koda Family (in black) and her dancers (in white), and there's a showdown between them.

・So Nice: A KOSOKOSO and Get It On vibe. Choreography by Yuji. The 4 seasons as theme.

・slow feat.omarion: A sad ballad. The end/destruction of the world is the theme.

・Everyday: the theme is 'rainy girl' and 'sunny girl' (a girl whose presence brings rain or clear skies). CG. Nice lyrics. It's a song you want the person you like to listen to.

・Love Technique: Hey Baby and Run For Your Life vibe. Kumi dressed a 'love teacher', she casts magic during several love situations. Cute and cool.

・Brave: Sad. Girl with a broken heart and time has stopped, but afterwards it starts to snow and...

・All for you: Song for her fans, the lyrics too. Acoustic guitar. Making of scenes.

[AyuHamasaki01]

^Thanks for translating. All the songs sound amazing~ I really wanna hear some previews!

[Corvina]

Some additional info from that PV review:

No Man's Land has a pretty low pitch and it's Kuu's favourite PV from the album.
So Nice has Kuu in different Kimonos with different backgrounds like the 4 seasons, that's how I understand it.
Brave is Kuu's favourite song from the album. She recorded it a longer time ago and wanted initally to release it with stay with me as a single.

Thanks tenshi for a propper summary!

[freedreamer]

I think I'm gonna love them all already >.<
Love Technique! coz i adore Hey Baby!
and all her upbeat tracks..omg..

[Minttulatte]

So Brave was recorded in 2008, is that true? Now I wish I had that "stay with me / Brave" single... That would've been cool. 8D

Those PVs sound so good. Every single one. I also squealed like a fangirl when I read that So Nice has a Get It On vibe on it. I worship Get It On so bad I wanna hear So Nice already ;_______;

[Corvina]

Apparently All for you lyrics are written with fan letters Kuu got from her fans.
So a really personal song between her and her (japanese) fans.

[ayu_ready?]

so far it sounds amazing. it can't be otherwise with Kuu

[kaled kalil]

Thanks for the translation, tenshi and Corvina! I feel like I'm 2007, with the same expectation for Kingdom, but now for JAPONESQUE.

I've found more reviews, but I don't know if you guys still wanting those things lol... Anyway:

http://ameblo.jp/kazuyakumi/entry-11121194395.html
http://ameblo.jp/kazuyakumi/entry-11121231063.html

[krauterol]

OMG all pv-songs reviews sounds awesome, with no exception!!
I kinda like the fact avex is not showing so much this time, this how it must be always. One month before the release and all we have are covers and title tracks, now reviews, but that's all! IMO this is the way to make people buy Japonesque like crazy!

[jpopfan]

Does anyone know if Brave was a Phased Differently song? I found something on youtube saying its Kumi's Brave but from Phased Differently? The song more dance than anything else but from the pv review it sounds more like a ballad..

[Gubsi]

^nope i found that PhrasedDiff. had a demo called Brave, so i was wondering if it's Kuu's song, cause they did MORE, Run For Your Life, AT THE WEEKEND...
BUT then someone from (i think) JPC asked them...
And it's not the demo! :/

[freedreamer]

Is Kuu attending KOUHAKU? If yes, how many more till her? Trying to rush home to catch her haha

[setsuka]

yes she is and 14 or so lives till her and she singing AWT

this Kouhaku so far is really gorgeous visually hopefully Kuu looks extra amazing,her get-up last year was lulzy

[ExodusUK]

Was it last year when the dancer dragged Kuu across the stage?

[setsuka]

^
yup,kinda

she went, her live was pretty ,reminded me of her Coming Soon live for AWT, her dress was super pretty and she is getting chubbier

too bad she had no interview and was packed with TVXQ, like introduced together, I dunno it felt odd with a ballad and then KYDH right after with more special effects

she got cheated or should have done something more interesting,is semi-pressed,deserved better everything tbh, she had the same amount of time as Kana and was equally forgettable