[Koda Kumi] 203rd Thread - Still celebrating her 20th year - Page 8

lovethatkuu&ayu · #**141** 8th July 2020, 05:21 PM

I'm both excited and a bit nervous about this. Shimatani held her first tour date a few days ago, and everything seemed to go well. Granted, that her live was in a tiny venue and not an arena. With guidelines in place, I hope things go smoothly. I wouldn't be surprised if avex will try and use Kumi and her tour as a guinea pig before the AAA dome shows to test some things. .

The fans on social media seem to be mostly positive. I'd say around 30% seem unsure or a definite no, but aren't hostile either.

My favorite summer singles are Freaky, MOON, and Gossip Candy. MOON stands out because I really appreciate the dark and introspective atmosphere about it. Not every summer is joyful. Sometimes things don't work out as planned and there's a time of reflection. It's for that reason why I enjoy the somber tone in MOON.

Corvina · #**142** 8th July 2020, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Gustavopc

I like these lyrics (?), sound like a bold statement. Also, I think she's singing about a crown in the teaser? And then there's the lion, which is already deemed as a king, and nonetheless he's wearing a crown. I think battling, crown, throne, all these elements are on the theme for the tour. Don't know how "my name is" will fit this tho

Hope there are some cool goodies with this lion and/or crown related stuff.

The logo reminds me of Insane as she uses the same symbol in the lyrics.

Gustavopc · #**143** 8th July 2020, 10:33 PM

omg you're right! I had forgotten she talked about being a lion in the song, just remembered the crown verses. She must be expanding the song's idea, and now I wouldn't be surprised if she performs it on the tour lol

And this afternoon I was thinking of the shooting having a "dirty" side and a "clean" one... I'm thinking that we may get a best focused on cute songs and ballads vs. another one for her upbeat fierce tracks lol

Corvina · #**144** 9th July 2020, 09:41 AM

I kind of expect her to sing Insane as well.

The new song might be a kind of coupling song for it (like 好き, 好きで, 好きで and 好きでして).
And with the goods I just hope not everything is in black and this pale pink, hope for other pastels and grey, too.

Now with the digital version of the FC magazine we also have the results of the last part of the 20th anni song poll!
From Go To The Top single till today (or Bon Voyage album era till today).
Overall quite a lot of more recent songs charted!
I'm so happy about SHUTOUT!

(spoiler for bigger version)

Spoiler:

A song that puts you in a good mood?
01. CHANCES ALL
02. Eh Yo
03. LIFE so GOOD!!
04. WALK OF MY LIFE
05. Dreaming Now!
06. OMG
06. プチョヘンザッ!!!
08. BRIDGET SONG
08. What's Up
10. LOADED feat. Sean Paul

A song you wanna listen to when in love
01. 君想い
02. 好きでして
03. 恋しくて
04. BRIDGET SONG
05. darling
06. 会えなくなるくらいなら
07. again
08. Gimme U
09. 心からi love u
10. Stand by you

A song you want to hear live?
01. again
02. SHUTOUT
03. LOADED feat. Sean Paul
04. IS THIS TRAP?
04. NO ME WITHOUT YOU
06. EH YO
06. OMG
06. STRIP
06. プチョヘンザッ!!!
10. 君想い

The song you sing the most at karaoke?
01. 恋しくて
02. WALK OF MY LIFE
03. LALALALALA
04. 君想い
05. BRIDGET SONG
06. again
06. プチョヘンザッ!!!
08. CHANCES ALL
09. Alone
10. Eh Yo

A song you'd recommend a person who doesn't know Koda Kumi?
01. WALK OF MY LIFE
02. CHANCES ALL
03. again
04. Eh Yo
05. OMG
06. GOLDFINGER 2019
07. BRIDGET SONG
07. DO ME
07. Ultraviolet
10. 君想い

Music video you like?
01. again
02. k,
03. HAIRCUT
04. On And On
05. HOTEL
06. EX TAPE
07. BRIDGET SONG
07. PARTY
09. LALALALALA
10. LIT

Cover you like?
01. Bon Voyage
02. Summer Trip
03. re(CORD)
04. HOTEL
05. WALK OF MY LIFE
06. Shhh!
07. DNA
08. AND
09. re(MIX)
10. Color The Cover

Marurosu · #**145** 9th July 2020, 01:58 PM

Who in the hell voted for Bridget song in "music video you like"??? ʕಠ_ಠʔ

Gustavopc · #**146** 9th July 2020, 02:26 PM

^ Probably the same fan who voted for it on that best song poll I did on twitter

I'm actually not surprised with the results, besides Color the Cover ranking low in the best covers. Miss Nina Mikagawa snapped on that, kinda sad people vote for AND/DNA over that one cause I always had a hope they'd collab again someday but seems like her fanbase didn't care about it much.

Kimi omoi really was a hit among her fans, wasnt it? A pity she never released its PV aside from that special FEVER DVD. Also funny how all three songs on the top for the recommendation poll aren't upbeat songs.

kaled kalil · #**147** 9th July 2020, 02:46 PM

The re(MIX) cover over Color The Cover is homophobic. For the PVs, BRIDGET SONG over SHOW ME YOUR HOLLA and Dreaming Now? That's some bad taste over there.

I would never recommend CHANCES ALL to someone who not knows Kumi, ever.

On a better note it's interesting to see a lot of re(CORD) songs, I wonder if people really enjoyed or they were in the moment since it was the newest release.

Gustavopc · #**148** 9th July 2020, 03:39 PM

This poll made me want to update the most viewed PVs list on YT, last one I did was June 10th. Videos under 100k are inside the spoiler box. With the last videos, there are noe exactly 100 PVs on her channel, with a bit under 11.5 million views if you add them all up.

1. you - 621k ( = )
2. Crazy 4 U - 618k ( = )
3. It's all Love! - 503k ( = )
4. Someday - 490k ( = )
5. Megumi no hito - 486k ( +14 )
6. Pink Spider - 431k ( -1 )
7. Ai no uta (album version) - 374k ( +1 )
8. Koishikute - 365k ( -2 )
9. BUT - 326k ( = )
10. Love Me Back - 322k ( -3 )
11. Cherry Girl - 229k ( = )
12. Get Up & Move!! - 229k ( -2 )
13. show girl - 226k ( -1 )
14. Unmei - 222k ( -1 )
15. BE MY BABY - 221k ( +5 )
16. D.D.D - 221k ( -2 )
17. hands - 219k ( -2 )
18. Shake It Up - 213k ( -2 )
19. Cutie Honey - 208k ( +29 )
20. Birthday Eve - 195k ( -3 )
21. Selfish - 184k ( = )
22. Gentle Words - 183k ( -4 )
23. No Regret - 173k ( -1 )
24. Butterfly - 173k ( new )
25. WIND - 168k ( -2 )
26. Candy - 162k ( -2 )
27. Aisho - 158k ( -1 )
28. puff - 155k ( new )
29. TAKE BACK - 145k ( -4 )
30. stay with me - 129k ( -3 )
31. anytime - 124k ( -3 )
32. POP DIVA - 117k ( -3 )
33. m.a.z.e - 101k ( -3 )

Spoiler:

Poor introduction for kingdom is still not over 10k streams but I get it lol

When it comes to videos who got the most views in this month, top 10 is:

1. Megumi no hito +327k
2. Cutie Honey +162k
3. Ai no uta (album version) +88k
4. Crazy 4 U +84k
5. Someday +81k
6. BE MY BABY +63k
7. you +47k
8. BUT +42k
9. It's all Love! +36k
10. Love Me Back +35k

Megumi no hito really IS popular lol I thought that either you or Crazy 4 U would be the first PV to cross 1mi but seems like Megumi no hito is the one to keep an eye on. Also, really glad Crazy 4 U is still getting a lot of streams, it should surpass you in a few days and for a while will be her most streamed music video.

Toniayu123 · #**149** 9th July 2020, 04:47 PM

Wtf are those results? Lol at least haircut is on the top 3 PVs

Corvina · #**150** 9th July 2020, 08:27 PM

Kuu's core fanbase has just as a peculiar taste and individual character as she has.

Actually thinking back it's kind of a small miracle she ever got as big as she was in a country like Japan.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gustavopc

I'm actually not surprised with the results, besides Color the Cover ranking low in the best covers. Miss Nina Mikagawa snapped on that, kinda sad people vote for AND/DNA over that one cause I always had a hope they'd collab again someday but seems like her fanbase didn't care about it much.

Pink Spider PV IS popular, so it looks it's just this particular shoot.
So I wouldn't rule another collaboration out completely.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaled kalil

The re(MIX) cover over Color The Cover is homophobic. For the PVs, BRIDGET SONG over SHOW ME YOUR HOLLA and Dreaming Now? That's some bad taste over there.

Well, I voted for SHOW ME YOUR HOLLA and you see how much worth that was.

But I also made sure to mention HAIRCUT in my comment for that question, so I'm happy it made the top 3.

Marurosu · #**151** 10th July 2020, 02:09 AM

IMO HAIRCUT is her last amazing PV, although re(CORD) has good ones...

Gustavopc · #**152** 10th July 2020, 02:50 AM

Since when does Kumi has a mole/beauty mark near her right eye?
https://twitter.com/DoingKoda/status...446624256?s=19
It's very small and I thought it was done for this shooting but I also noticed it on the DNA cover. Did she use to hide it?

minkAYuko · #**153** 10th July 2020, 03:38 AM

it comes with age u_u

kaled kalil · #**154** 10th July 2020, 04:21 AM

Also, Dance in The Rain should be in the top 10 PVs for sure.

@Gustavo: She always had, you can see "all" her beauty marks in Chase's cover, they didn't bother removing them, from arms, to hand, to chest, to face, to neck, etc.

Spoiler:

The only one that seems to be "growing back", being more noticeable, or just the scar showing more than the usual is the one from her upper lip, that she had before her debut. For live performances you can always see that it's covered with make-up, but from her own footage is always gone.

Spoiler:

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If anyone wants: UHQ promo pic for MY NAME IS...

Spoiler:

Diva_br · #**155** 10th July 2020, 04:26 AM

Well... I remember some photo of hers when she was pregnant (from Koda Gumi blog, i think?) with freeckles (but maybe are you know, pregnancy marks) and then another with one mole in her nose, she said it was her "favorite" but always get cover with make up; but don't trust me so much xd

I will post the photo if i find it. It was a close up of her nose with her finger point it the mole/freckle

Gustavopc · #**156** 10th July 2020, 02:08 PM

Oh my I feel like a such bad fan for not noticing that mark

I looked at her insta later and could spot it in some pics but very few, I guess in the end it's easier to hide it with makeup since it's so small. And filters probably end up blurying it out as well.

On another note, as expected, a How To Dance video has just been uploaded for puff!

kaled kalil · #**157** 10th July 2020, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Corvina

Kuu has another performance scheduled on Abema TV.

It's going to be a remote performance in a special stay-at-home programme, airing June 10, 9-11 pm JST.

Is she really performing? Because she's there for the comedy bit, reacting to the performers.

I don't know how much I can take of it, it's not that fun watching comedy in a foreign language I can barely understand. haha And to help it is 2 hours long.

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Yeah, I stopped watching. One hour was enough for me. haha

minkAYuko · #**158** 12th July 2020, 08:01 AM

Guys ‘Whatchu Waitin' On?‘ should be coming by the 25th right ? I love that MV. I bet she’ll upload a clip with her son watching the MV since he was in her belly at that time ^^

ayu_ready? · #**159** 12th July 2020, 01:00 PM

the PV for Puff is cute, but I'm crying over how little budget she seems to have the last 2 years. makes me nostalgic about old concerts and albums.

kaled kalil · #**160** 12th July 2020, 07:29 PM

^ What do you expect for a made at home PV? It's not a matter of budget, and to be quite honest and her PVs where never about the budget anyway.

For the past two years she had LIT, PARTY, HAIRCUT, Livin' La Vida Loca, etc. which all looked pretty good.

On another note, I do miss her old Arena Tours. I was watching the TRICK tour the other night and I do miss the big stage. Her last arena concert that I really enjoyed was JAPONESQUE, both The Artist and WOML didn't had the same sparkle, maybe because both stages were pretty much a big screen and that's it.

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I'm surprised that her fans haven't gather around to do a bunch of clips with people singing and dancing as the music video for puff. Kim Petras did this for Malibu and it is so stupid that it's fun. haha I guess we're all camera shy. I would do it tho.