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

[Corvina]

That's the monthly playroom calender.
Surprised and happy they upload it now to the global FC, too!
Looks nice and gives the concept an additional dimension.
Lookign forward to it.

Here's the preview.

On the FC shop page of the new album they state that the best live selection on the DVD will last over 2 hours.
So it should be full performances, even if they put one from every tour/concert on there.

And regarding JUICY, she simply might not like the song herself that much or performing it at least.

[Gustavopc]

I feel like Kumi tends to not perform songs not written by her, and JUICY is one of them. Maybe she doesnt connect to those as much as her own written songs and prefers other songs. And as far as I know JUICY wasnt a hit amongst her Japanese fanbase, so another less reason.

[KuuXAyu-fan]

Thank for sharing Corvina.

The auto-tune ruins it for me...

[oaristos]

Lucky Star sounds cute. Thanks for sharing the preview, Corvina!

[KarenPang]

re(LIVE) Documentary episode 2



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOzYkiXg2Kg

[KarenPang]

LIT PV has been uploaded



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdS--NSJABw

[Corvina]

In the Insta live Kuu announced a new colour for her lenses - pink.
She also shortly talked about the tour and the new album, e.g. there will be lots of pics in the booklet.

This morning they revealed some of the goods and more info for the tour album!

Cover



Sticker



Shirt, comes in size L



CD will contain 21 songs in total, 75 minutes.
DVD will contain 145 minutes of a best live selection, ending with a special edit of walk, going from the past till present + audio commentary by Kuu for everything.

[KarenPang]

Mezamashi TV tomorrow morning will broadcast footages on Kuu & EXILE ATSUSHI

https://twitter.com/cx_mezamashi/sta...34874633232384

Curious

[kaled kalil]

The cover is a little disappointing, but oh well.

[Gustavopc]

It is but tbh I was expecting a mix of the promo pic and the tour logo so it didnt surprise me lol Not a big fan of the goodies as well so I think in the end I'll just skip this release.

The walk edit seems to be cool, remided of ayu's Who... live lyric video, and since she always performed it on her tours, gives an extra meaning to it. Kinda hoping they upload this edit to YT as well but not counting on it

Just noticed Megumi no hito finally surpassed Crazy 4 U and is now the most viewed PV in Kuu's YT channel. I'm still happy C4U got so much attention, I love that song to death! you is at #3, very close to it.

[abestfah]

Originally Posted by Corvina

CD will contain 21 songs in total, 75 minutes.
DVD will contain 145 minutes of a best live selection, ending with a special edit of walk, going from the past till present + audio commentary by Kuu for everything.

Instead of the best live selection this kinda repeative stuff, she was supposed to release rare or unreleased footages like new mvs from some popular songs or Universal lives.

[Gustavopc]

I like the ideal of rare/unreleased stuff but it wouldnt fit the idea for this compilation, since the idea of "MY NAME IS" is basically showing off her trademark/best stuff. I'd die for a release like this in future, but I can see why she went that way for this one.

[thinkingoutloud89]

I'll wait for the tracklist tho. Maybe there will be a surprise.

[Gustavopc]

I wonder if there's a chance of the old songs getting new vocals or instrumentals or maybe even a remaster? I kinda wish instead of this she had released re-remastered version of BEST first things with a Bluray disc for the PVs.

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by abestfah

Instead of the best live selection this kinda repeative stuff, she was supposed to release rare or unreleased footages like new mvs from some popular songs or Universal lives.

There's a reason unreleased stuff wasn't released, so I wouldn't count on getting that ever.
It's also her decision what to do and she's not supposed to do anything.... And as thinkingoutloud89 said, I'd wait for the tracklist.
We never got such a compilation with full performances, only those DVD books with parts of performances and never more than about 70 minutes. The best selection on the Japonesque special edition was voted by fans for her first 11 years of her career and not in full included either iirc.
The song tracklist might have some surprises, too.

[thinkingoutloud89]

^yeah I low-key hope for remasters, rerecording, rearrangements or something like that (ala Namie Love Enhanced). At this point I don't think that will be the case but on the other hand I think that would justify it to be a fanclub only release a bit more (as someone said, it is strange to introduce yourself to your fans). But we will see - if not, I'll skip it but that's nothing to bad as we will get something new soon anyways (Kumi is the only one I count on to get something new constantly - meaning every year).

As for unreleased stuff. The German Band Jennifer Rostock did a "Worst of" when the went on hiatus. They recorded 12 tracks from song ideas or lyrics that were scrapped and made 12 full songs out of them. They really weren't that spectacular, but it was a cute idea and at the same time it was kind of a retroperspective in their past 10 years as you could cearly tell where each song came from.

[Gustavopc]

idk the Japanese market overall doesn't seem to be into releasing discarded songs or demos like we see with artists from the US and Europe. I think it's like what was said in an ayu's thread once, probably they release most of what they got to the final stage so the leftovers are too raw to release. ayu herself has done tons of stuff throughout her career and iirc she only released video footage like that in A COMPLETE, so I don't expect it from Kuu either.

And geez twitter is on a whole drama with the album cover. It was so... expected (?) to me, no surprises at all. But some people seem to be hating her too much for this release, when if you don't want it you can just simply not buy it lol
At the same time tho I do wish she announced it all at once, I guess people get their hopes up that the next thing will be superb just to be disappointed by their own expectations when the cover is a promo pic we've seen before, and I feel it'll happen again when the tracklist is announced at it includes Ai no uta and Moon Crying, or when she reveals the goodies and the promo pic is used again in something new lol If it all was announced at once I think it would be received with a bit less of drama.
Plus, I don't think western fans overall seem to realise they're not the main focus of Jpop artists. Kuu's social media isn't even published in English, let alone her do a compilation of songs we want but the Japanese fans are not into.

[lovethatkuu&ayu]

This is probably going to piss people off, but the fanbase has been spoiled rotten.

Some fans need to gain some perspective to be honest.

[minkAYuko]

^

[Corvina]

I'll never understand how somebody can get angry about something trivial like a cover or music in general.
If you dislike something, just go over it or concentrate on the things you like.
Life is too short for unnecessary negative feelings.

In other news.... We will get a PV for OSAKA TOKYO!