[Koda Kumi] 202nd Thread - Celebrating her 20th year

[Corvina]

Kuu performed 走れ! today at Music Aid Fest!
In full!
And had a talk part before.

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CA2Pq0r...d=5kphctrfmfr2

And I just have to mention 好きでして!
Such a great feel-good-song with great vocals, always love to listen to it.
My favourite from W face -inside-.
-inside- has altogether some real gems on it, no matter how many people say it's boring.
And surprisingly 喜びのかけら is the song with most streams of it by now. Another great song.

[ALfromHELLSING]

Originally Posted by Corvina

Rich&Famous is one of the most popular songs of re(CORD) on Spotify, even tho it's an album song and only available in Asia.
Album ranking is:
#1 - STRIP - 193,183
#2 - again - 152,382
#3 - GOLDFINGER 2019 - 119,812
#4 - DO ME - 116,523
#5 - Rich&Famous - 106,691
#6 - OMG - 106,139
#7 - プチョヘンザッ!!! - 99,528
#8 - Summer Time - 94,009
#9 - GET NAKED -92,483
#10 - SHUTOUT - 73,193
#11 - k, - 57,806
#12 - Merry Go Round - 26,639
#13 - Eh Yo (re(CORD) edit) - 24,805
#14 - Livin' La Vida Loca - 21,650

Overall pretty balanced.

Merry Go Round is a freaking Masterpiece, I can't believe how unpopular it is. Madness. I still hope that KK will perform at least a short version of it at 2020 LIVE TOUR. It's my most played track from re(CORD) and its remix is my most played track from re(MIX). Ah, well. I'm one of 3 people who love NEVER ENOUGH so I shouldn't be surprised here.

Anyways. Here's 月と太陽 (Demo Version) from Black Cherry Demo Version CD, Kaled shared a link to an auction for it a while back. Good news - I won it. Bad news - it was so poorly recorded that I was only able to rip 月と太陽 from it so far. My PlayStation says it is corrupt and my PC doesn't even see it half of the time.

Demo version vocals are completely different from the final version and the first half of the bridge has different lyrics. It doesn't mention the title of the song 月と太陽, that's probably why the final version is different.

[KarenPang]

Hashire! at home performance from yesterday's MUSIC AID FEST. ~FOR POST PANDEMIC~

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1wT4y1g7Jf

Full show has been uploaded on JPopsuki

[Corvina]

People who ordered the puzzle on the first day through FC already receive them.
Now we can see the details.





It's not a simply beauty shot, Kuu is partly filthy like she worked, repaired something or had a struggle.
Now I wonder about the full concept

More preview pics from the shooting from her FC:



Thanks to chaki_51323 on Insta

Originally Posted by ALfromHELLSING

I'm one of 3 people who love NEVER ENOUGH so I shouldn't be surprised here.

I never listen to the studio version these days, but I love when she performs it live as she usually nails the vocals!

[Gustavopc]

I'm way more interested in this Photoshoot, I had noticed some markings on her arms but thought those were those temporary tattoos she already collab'd with

[kaled kalil]

Thanks for the demo, ALfromHELLSING! Good to know that you managed to get the CD. I wonder if the song had a different title during the writing process, because the lines in the final song is the only reference to Sun and Moon as far as I remember. During Black Cherry's era not all the songs had the title into the song, like Puppy and Koi no Tsubomi, so who knows.

I also LOVE Merry Go Round, it is my top 3 from the album for sure. It's a shame k, and Merry Go Round are as loved, I don't care much from Rich & Famous, and it being locked outside Asia doesn't help me liking the song.

Her performance of Hashire! was unexpected, and she sounded lovely! Please Kumi, more Hashire and less Poppin' love cocktail.

[Gustavopc]

The June FC video is up. She talks about the goodies which are being released, a-nation' cancellation and says it's uncertain if her 20th anniv tour will be cancelled or not. She says her crew and her are looking for ways to be together with the fans nonetheless, and also planning to release FC services for this stay-at-home routine. It was a cute positive message overall.

She also says she didn't stop making new tracks, but that was all regarding new music.

[kaled kalil]

Catch this blast from the past:

Promotional video for the meaning of peace. I only had the CM in potato quality, so it's nice to see this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ2BLdKZrbQ

[Gustavopc]

That's so sweet to see, thanks for sharing! I see no interaction between both nowadays unfortunately and that makes me wonder how they got along back then lol

[jean-baptiste]

Blast from the past indeed! Such a great song. Good times

[chocopockymaster]

The blonde with the dirt is giving me A BEST LIVE vibes

[Gustavopc]

We love warrior queens who get dirty for their anniversaries

[kaled kalil]

It reminds me of Ayumi's 15th Anniversary pics

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by kaled kalil

It reminds me of Ayumi's 15th Anniversary pics

Which was used for the A Best Live pamphlet, hence choco's comment.
Tho Ayu and her team didn't really make anything out of the concept, hope Kuu does.

[Gustavopc]

Well iirc at least the merch had a war/army theme, and there was a pamphlet with ayu and crew. If at least Kuu does the same I'll be happy lol But I wouldn't expect that theme for her goodies from what she showed us so far.

[kaled kalil]

Another Spotify update, it has been a while since I did one.

01 Guess Who Is Back 7.361.854
02 Ai no Uta 6.578.886
03 you 1.982.402

04 Cutie Honey 1.852.910
05 Moon Crying 1.807.064
06 Butterfly 1.571.960
07 Megumi no Hito 1.237.623
08 real Emotion 1.078.736
09 Ienai yo 955.468
10 Suki de Suki de Suki de 931.588

11 Koi no Tsubomi 822.667
12 Chiisana Koi no Uta 754.987
13 TABOO 741.869
14 Yume no Uta 726.335
15 Anata Dake Ga 588.078

(June 01 2020)

Last Update (I think? I couldn't find a more recent one)

01. Ai no Uta - 3.339.315
02. Guess Who is Back - 1.892.808
03. Cutie Honey - 821.411

04. you - 781.298
05. Moon Crying - 758.137
06. Butterfly - 724.623
07. Megumi no Hito - 553.335
08. real Emotion - 553.209
09. Suki de Suki de Suki de - 399.315
10. Chiisana Koi no Uta - 383.910

11. TABOO - 374.921
12. Ienai yo - 349.740
13. Yume no Uta - 347.892
14. Koi no Tsubomi - 341.388
15. Ultraviolet - 294.634

(May 10 2019 http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=418)

Her top 10 songs are almost all 1kk. As expected Guess Who is Back surpassed Ai no Uta, since it's part of Black Cover's playlist and all.

[jiarongisme]

Originally Posted by Gustavopc

We love warrior queens who get dirty for their anniversaries

YAS

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by Gustavopc

Well iirc at least the merch had a war/army theme, and there was a pamphlet with ayu and crew. If at least Kuu does the same I'll be happy lol But I wouldn't expect that theme for her goodies from what she showed us so far.

You could go in a lot of different directions with it, army is just one.
e.g. Kuu could be shown repairing a 20th anniversary car/truck or something or a sports theme s.o. or fighting with herself as this is her overall theme in recent years.
Maybe they even adapt it a bit to the current situation.
In the past she usually used one theme for at least part of the goodies and also for the tour itself like stage and interlude movies. Would be cool if they do for a release and tour together this year.

I at least hope there's a reason they only show close-ups of her face in the FC preview pics and there are some props and stuff even with plain bg, lol.
They did the same when they shot the re(LIVE) promo.

The puzzle and co. are early released goods, probably because of the situation and because nobody knows how everything's going to go for the rest of the year.

Edit:
The puzzle is weekly #1 on mu-mo even tho it only was released at the weekend.
https://shop.mu-mo.net/avx/sv/rank1?...llWeeklyDetail

It's also #1 on the daily ranking again today.

[ALfromHELLSING]

KK did this hard worker / fighter look before for her own 10th anniversary in 2010.

Spoiler:

While this is a shot from the MV she could have picked the other 2 looks but she picked this one, cause it represents the song title better. She did say before that she's still criticized by people in Japan and this look could be a reference to her still fighting to be herself. I love the new picture. I wish we got it in HQ. It's interesting that she went from her hands intertwined for re(LIVE) to unlocked on this picture. I really wonder if there's a meaning behind her doing this.

[kaled kalil]

It's also quite a contrast with the Fantasia picture, where she's all white and clean with nothing covering her. Now it's the hands and the hair.