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

[jiarongisme]

Originally Posted by Toniayu123

I love it. Hope she’s just using a big size and they’re not oversized style.

I think it's meant to be the oversized style though. Which I LOVE.

[ladyluthien]

Originally Posted by Corvina

Such a gorgeous picture of her

[Corvina]

I don't mind oversized styled shirts here and there, but in recent years it's all we're getting, cause Kuu herself loves it as well.
I really want one with a normal cut again for a change.

Originally Posted by Gustavopc

I like your point of view, Corvina, it does make sense now to me

I hope they announce all goods soon, the first concert is almost in a month from now. I guess they'll do it after the next a-nation performance.

Kuu confirmed yesterday that the blue drop in the middle is supposed to be a drop of ocean.
So probably blue - ocean - moon and orange/red - land - sun.
I do hope she sings Tsuko to Tayou again btw.!

[Corvina]

Kuu is part of the official Rugby World Cup promo:



It's what she shot here with Tommy.

They also released a modelpress version of the Goldfinger 2019 PV:



https://mdpr.jp/music/detail/1859743

Though Idk what should be different here except the PV being shorter.
Basically just some easy promo for the song.

EDIT:

A better shot of the new JAPONESQUE shirt from the rehearsals today:



Interesting thing she says is, that she posts so many close-ups from the rehearsals, cause she wanna surprise us. Or else she'd reveal too much.

[minkAYuko]

Avex just uploaded the japanese version.

Originally Posted by Corvina

Well, that's actually because usually it's not allowed to film or make photos.
Unless you also mean news reports and such.
I mean, she got invited again after 11 years (same with Ongaku no Hi after some time), so that's already great!

Though I was just browsing through the comments on her Insta posts from yesterday and was reminded of your comment.

This person writes she saw Kuu live for the very first time and was so flashed that she's a fan now! She calls herself oba-san, old lady, and calls Kuu jokingly a good kid.



This one says she went alone, but the audience got in such high spirits when Kuu performed that it was awesome.



This one is really happy that right in front of her was another fan (or fans) with the Kuu x Universal Studios towel sitting.



And this one says that she was sitting at the first base just in front (it's a Baseball stadium), but when Kuu made that acrobatic dance, the cheering got really loud and people said how cool she'd be. She really got everyone excited, not only her fans, and this was great.



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Kuu also teased the new Black Cherry shirt in her stories!

Lovely comments! <3

[Toniayu123]

So she just confirmed on ig the shirts are oversized in style, she’s wearing an M

[Gustavopc]

Here's to hoping I like the FC tshirt design lol

[kaled kalil]

At the end the inverted version is LLVL, that's why all the signs were like that. lol GOLDFINGER 2019 sounds alright, but I have the impression that the voice is mixed weirdly, with the instrumental louder than her voice.

I still don't understand the point of having both songs, but well, everyone is happy and that's what matters.

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I like the t-shirt design! It looks kinda vintage, I don't know why.

[jiarongisme]

GOLDFINGER 2019 has definitely grown on me after a few more listens. Love it!
What does A CHI CHI A CHI mean though? Like is it slang for something? Shorthand for a trendy term in Japan when the first version came out in 1999? Google just seem to only be able to give me romaji lyrics lol.

[ShiniTakashi]

^ The term "A CHI CHI" is usually used for something hot. Like if you touch a hot pot or something, you go "achichi". So I guess we'd just say "yowch" or "ouch" in English?

Also, I really like "GOLDFINGER 2019"! I was a bit on the fence with "Livin La Vida Loca", but I love the Japanese version!

[jiarongisme]

^ Thanks for the explanation! Makes a lot more sense now

[Corvina]

Yeah, it's an onomatopoeia. There are a lot of those in Japanese.^^
You can also translate it as "so hot" or something like that.

A Japanese comment pointed this out - there is a sign in the Goldfinger PV with ドーム on it, the Japanese word for dome. Was this supposed to be Do Me or does it mean something else?

Kuu's 好きて、好きで、好きで is used in the Abema TV drama 奪い愛、夏 as an insert song for episode 2, airing August 8.
Info from her official site.

[pedronekoi]

^ It can be "Mood" backwards, no? ムード Since there's other words backward, I think it's more possible to be that?

[Corvina]

There's a comment from Kuu about 好きで、好きで、好きで。being used for the drama on modelpress:

挿入歌決定にあたって、倖田は「AbemaTV『奪い愛、夏』の挿入歌に『好きで、好きで、好きで。』を選 んで頂きありがとうございます！！」と感謝し、「実はこの曲は、当時“今の時代”にあっていないのではない かと思い、2年間程お蔵入りになっていました。ですが、メロディーもすごく良く倖田來未らしい曲だと思い、 2年越しにリリースさせて頂いた曲です！」と告白。「こうして何年経っても愛される楽曲になっていて、お蔵 入りにせず、リリースして良かったです！」と心境を明かした。

It reveals some interesting info about the song.
Kuu thought it didn't really fit the current times when she first made it, so she stored it for about 2 years. But she liked the melody so much and thought of it to be a fitting song for her as an artist, so she finally released it. As it became a cherished song over the years she's glad she did.

The drama is currently the most watched original drama on Abema TV and a popular drama overall.

Didn't notice I made a mistake in my other post - of course the drama started August 8, episode 2 is going to air this coming Thursday, August 15, tomorrow.

@pedronekoi
That's also possible, who knows.

[lovethatkuu&ayu]

That would mean the song was written/recorded in 2008. I'd be interested in knowing what other songs were recorded in those same recording sessions.

[Corvina]

Ok, so the news about 好きで、好きで、好きで。is basically everywhere, on news sites, on Twitter. Overshadowing Goldfinger 2019.

Though Goldfinger 2019 is one of the picks of the week on the official KKBOX Japan site.
Even the headliner of their playlist.

https://www.kkbox.com/jp/ja/playlist/Gr0dSUSqiNRIRG3Jr5

https://twitter.com/KKBOX_JP/status/1161512034988711938

Meanwhile HMV Narita is reposting Kuu's post about Goldfinger 2019, spreading some promo and love for her again.

https://twitter.com/HMV_Narita/statu...41846079811584

There simply must be some fans of her working there.

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Just read some comments on her last post that fans are worried a-nation in Osaka might be cancelled due to a taifun coming this weekend... Hope everything will go fine.

[KuuXAyu-fan]

I thought GOLDFINGER would do the best on iTunes since it has an MV but it's done the worst of all the singles so far. Its slightly odd to me how the fanbase hasn't supported this digital project so far. At least people are still buying tour tickets, DVDs, and her albums. (in comparison to the digital singles project)

[abestfah]

Originally Posted by KuuXAyu-fan

I thought GOLDFINGER would do the best on iTunes since it has an MV but it's done the worst of all the singles so far. Its slightly odd to me how the fanbase hasn't supported this digital project so far. At least people are still buying tour tickets, DVDs, and her albums. (in comparison to the digital singles project)

How about Eh yo? It seems to be the most popular one as she performs it many times. Anyway, what the team did to all covers makes me not interest in them much as well. I love Summertime and Goldfinger, btw.

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by KuuXAyu-fan

I thought GOLDFINGER would do the best on iTunes since it has an MV but it's done the worst of all the singles so far. Its slightly odd to me how the fanbase hasn't supported this digital project so far. At least people are still buying tour tickets, DVDs, and her albums. (in comparison to the digital singles project)

Simple answer: They know the album is coming.
And looking at the comments under the PV, they prefer new original songs and good PVs for them.

[thinkingoutloud89]

sad it is not on the german apple music.