[Koda Kumi] The 206th Thread - My Name Is...

[kaled kalil]

Lucky Star -PV- https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV17y4y1b7mQ

It's not the tour version. With very few changes (less green and more yellow backgrounds) and some new scenes. Nothing major, it's just a BG Tour video anyway.

Also, Cutie Honey finally has 1kk views on Youtube.

[Gustavopc]

On a funny random note, yesterday I dreamt I checked AHS and avex had announced a summer special album with lots of collabs in between their acts, kinda like song+nation but not for charity. Kumi fans were pissed cause it was announced she was to collab with BACK-ON and people were already expecting another Poppin' love cocktail-ish song. ayu fans were intrigued cause she was to collab with Kalen Anzai lol

[kaled kalil]

That's a nightmare, not a dream. haha

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Some Spotify stats, just for fun: All Kumi albums on Spotify which has more than 1 million streams:

DNA- 16,970,714
Kingdom - 12,175,879
ETERNITY ~Love & Songs~ - 6,204,956
BEST ~second session~ - 6,069,154
TRICK - 5,933,788
Black Cherry - 5,292,355
secret - 4,820,931
Dejavu - 3,875,035
Best ~first things~ - 2,987,302
JAPONESQUE - 2,219,795
grow into one - 1,988,496
UNIVERSE - 1,910,670
W FACE ~inside~ - 1,752,618
re(CORD) - 1,667,976
feel my mind - 1,575,943
W FACE ~outside~ - 1,472,236
Bon Voyage - 1,401,398
AND - 1,346,709
WALK OF MY LIFE - 1,199,750

Missed the cut:

affection - 672,074
angeL [MY NAME IS...] - 638,062
monsteR [MY NAME IS...] - 406,513
Color The Cover - 329,203
BEST ~BOUNCE & LOVERS~ - 137,135
SUMMER OF LOVE - 79,119
WINTER OF LOVE - 83,967

For compilations, only the exclusive songs are counted (first things: Butterfly, NO TRICKS, flower, Promise and Star)

Overall streams: 91,106,549

[thinkingoutloud89]

^you guys should stream affection more. The two minis will eventually catch up. And why the hell is CtC so low?

[Corvina]

My Name Is... Tour 2020 4th week sales:

DVD
#29 - 158

Total sales: 8,219

https://tieba.baidu.com/p/7290416096?pn=2

The Blu-Ray is actually still selling as well.
https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/259698...cts/1386099/1/
But as Oricon only publishes the top 10 weekly ranking and numbers for Blu-Rays, we simply don't know.
If the DVD is falling out of the top 30 weekly for DVDs next week, we won't get numbers for that anymore as well.

Today 9 pm JST the variety show special of 突然ですが占ってもいいですか？with Kuu airs.

[ayumisrael]

Going to watch kuu on my TV today

[kaled kalil]

Kumi doesn't help the situation of both affection and Color the Cover, besides TAKE BACK and walk she barely sing songs from these albums. And those setlist playlist actually helps the songs get more streams.

I like affection, but it's pretty much a late 90s album released on 2002 with not much a direction imo. It's harder for people who got to know her after 2010 to connect with the older material. grow into one and feel my mind also has low streams, but they have at least a big hit each to push the album overall (real Emotion and Crazy 4 U).

Color the Cover' situation is a shame, I really love the album and I wish Shake Hip was as big as BE MY BABY/Megumi no Hito, #justiceforshakehip.

[Xianghua]

I just can't stop seeing the Go to the Top single cover in ayu's 23rd Monster cover. lol.

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by Xianghua

I just can't stop seeing the Go to the Top single cover in ayu's 23rd Monster cover. lol.

That's what you think about?
I can't unsee Ayu pretty much doing the same thing as Kuu with Killer monsteR last year.

[Xianghua]

ahaha, actually I did wonder about the "monster" in the title as well!

[thinkingoutloud89]

Originally Posted by kaled kalil

Kumi doesn't help the situation of both affection and Color the Cover, besides TAKE BACK and walk she barely sing songs from these albums. And those setlist playlist actually helps the songs get more streams.

I like affection, but it's pretty much a late 90s album released on 2002 with not much a direction imo. It's harder for people who got to know her after 2010 to connect with the older material. grow into one and feel my mind also has low streams, but they have at least a big hit each to push the album overall (real Emotion and Crazy 4 U).

Color the Cover' situation is a shame, I really love the album and I wish Shake Hip was as big as BE MY BABY/Megumi no Hito, #justiceforshakehip.

I’m not on Spotify. I rather meant you guys in a “you should do Organizer streaming” kind of way

[Corvina]

Watched some parts of the show today.
They did a long talk about and with Kuu about her career and music.
Was funny when she forgot which single she released in 2004 and her reaction to it.
She did say at the end she wants to sing until she dies.

Didn't watch that part, but apparently Kuu also talked about how she wants to make a new style or fusion of (modern) dance and traditional Japanese dance.
And was refering to this guy and his project?
https://mobile.twitter.com/naomichi0819
https://mobile.twitter.com/dance_jpn
Would be cool to get something in the veins of Japonesque again, music and image wise, with another twist maybe.
She did learn traditional dance as a kid after all.

They also talked about private stuff.
Kuu did mention in MCs in the past already that she'd like to have a girl next to her boy. Now here they talk about how 2021 could be the right time.
Wouldn't it be funny if she'd get pregnant with a girl this year? :-)

[Corvina]

Some comments under her newest Insta post are cracking me up!
"Looking forward to the baby girl"
Did also see fans posting that they have the feeling she already is pregnant. Don't think so, but we will see in the next few months.
Very supportive tho.

I'm making sure to like every comment loving the idea of Japanese dance (collabos) or Japanese style Kuu, cause I really wanna see that with a fitting song!

[KarenPang]

It would be great if Kuu does have a daughter

Can you imagine a mini version of Kuu ?

[Corvina]

Munakata Fes is slowly releasing infos about this year's festival.
Now they revealed the special location Kuu is going to perform at!
It's the Star Flyer hangar at the airport in Kitakyushu!

They say:

福岡県の北九州空港「株式会社スターフライヤー」の機体格納庫で、機体をバックに倖田來未さんのライブパフ ォーマンスを行います。
優雅なブラックボディが特徴のスターフライヤーの機体と倖田來未さんのセクシーで、ダンサブルなＬＩＶＥは 、究極の贅沢な時間です。スターフライヤーを意識した衣装もこうご期待！
普段、一般の人は立ち入ることのできない場所での貴重なコラボ映像をぜひお見逃しなく!

Koda Kumi is going to hold a live performance with the aircraft in the background at the aircraft hangar of "Star Flyer Co., Ltd." at Kitakyushu airport in Fukuoka prefecture.
Star Flyer's aircraft featuring an elegant black body and Koda Kumi's sexy and danceable LIVE are the ultimate luxury time.
Also stay tuned for the Star Flyer fitting costumes!
Don't miss the valuable collaboration footage at a place that the general public usually can't enter!

https://munafes.jp/live_location/



You can see the other locations and artists scheduled for them at the link above. Two are yet to be announced.

Btw. the final line-up consists of 9 artists and the festival runs for 9 hours (11 am - 8 pm).
So it's likely that they schedule an hour for every artist, probably with some talking time included cause of the MCs leading through the live broadcast.

[Xianghua]

That is AMAZING!

Originally Posted by KarenPang

It would be great if Kuu does have a daughter

Can you imagine a mini version of Kuu ?

Adorable

[KarenPang]

Compilation album BEST HITS 40 a-mix will be released on 28th April

And 1 of the songs included in the 40 songs compilation is Butterfly

https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000199703

[Corvina]

Mr. Blistah reposted an old pic from 2019, when he worked with Kuu on re(LIVE) (he dubbed the fan parts).

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNaRS7cHYm-/



The interesting thing is what he posted with it:

Summer is coming soon, it gonna start.
And that summer... a 2nd time.

So are we getting something with him this summer?


In other news, Ultraviolet overtook STRIP in streams on Line Music.
Now Ultraviolet is her #82 most streamed song there and STRIP #83.
Too bad we don't have numbers.

[kaled kalil]

The performance sounds promising, sad that I might not watch it because of not even being able to register on the website... If anyone wants to help me out, just let me know.

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Something I forgot to add to the Spotify stats, she gets around 100.000 streams per day, so in about 90 days she will reach 100 million streams on Spotify, which I think it's quite impressive.

[Corvina]

Her Japanese fans are very attentive.
Saw it posted on social media - Hemmy K opened an official Insta account today!
No offical info whatsoever so far about anything, but it's real, cause Kuu and her manager are both following.

https://instagram.com/hemmyk_officia...d=h2sv2jxo7109

This probably means we're getting a broader launch of the brand soon with official info!