Koda Kumi

Yeah, it would have been nice if the full-length Black Cherry had the intro in it...
And I can't get this out of my head:
~
You know you love yourself
(but) nigete bakari ne?
You know you love yourself
(but) hamatte yuku
You know you love yourself
(but) me wo fusai deru
You know you love yourself
(but) anata ga iru
~

AHHHH!!!
GET OUT OF MY HEAD, KUU!!! (WITH YOUR ADDICTIVE BEATS!!!)

That is one of the most addictive lyrics that she's ever sung!!!
BUT was my first Kuu song and I think it's easily one of her best songs to date. I've played it over 900 times on my iPod!
She should do another song like that for the upcoming album cause it's that awesome. A good choice for Step Up, I think. She should do Step Up 2 too!

I still don't like that little comment about amniotic fluid she made .

I think people over-reacted to that WAY too much. She didn't say it a mean way so I don't know why people got so worked up over it. It cost her a lot in terms of Kingdom promotion [which she really could have used] and emotionally [if you saw her crying when she was apologizing, you could see it in her eyes] so people were WAY too hard on her. But she's back now and she's gonna blaze!

Yeah, but she didn't do her research before saying it, so she shouldn't have said it in the first place. But all of that's old news. By the way, have you heard "That Ain't Cool"? I don't like it because Koda is barely in it at all, except for one verse, and, no offense Kuu, but her English isn't the best.

No I haven't heard it yet!!!!
I'm waiting for my singles to come before I listen to all four songs. Hopefully I'll love all 4 songs!
Only about a little week later.

How big is your Kuu collection, anyway?

hehehe, my Kuu collection:

30. Koda Kumi – 4 Hot Wave (CD Single) [CD Only]
31. Koda Kumi – 4 Hot Wave (CD Single) [CD + DVD]
32. Koda Kumi – Ai no Uta (CD Single) [CD Only]
33. Koda Kumi – Ai no Uta (CD Single) [CD + DVD]
34. Koda Kumi – anytime (CD Single) [CD Only]
35. Koda Kumi – anytime (CD Single) [CD + DVD]
36. Koda Kumi – BEST ~ BOUNCE & LOVERS ~ (Best Album) [CD + DVD]
37. Koda Kumi – BEST ~ first things ~ (Best Album) [2 CD + DVD]
38. Koda Kumi – BEST ~ second session ~ (Best Album) [CD + DVD]
39. Koda Kumi – Birthday Eve (CD Single) [CD Only]
40. Koda Kumi – Black Cherry (Album) [CD + 2 DVD]
41. Koda Kumi – BUT / Aishou (CD Single) [CD Only]
42. Koda Kumi – BUT / Aishou (CD Single) [CD + DVD]
43. Koda Kumi – Butterfly (CD Single) [CD Only]
44. Koda Kumi – Candy (CD Single) [CD Only]
45. Koda Kumi – Chase (CD Single) [CD Only]
46. Koda Kumi – Cherry Girl / Unmei (CD Single) [CD Only]
47. Koda Kumi – Cherry Girl / Unmei (CD Single) [CD + DVD]
48. Koda Kumi – Crazy 4 U (CD Single) [CD Only]
49. Koda Kumi – D.D.D. (CD Single) [CD Only]
50. Koda Kumi – feel (CD Single) [CD Only]
51. Koda Kumi – feel my mind (Album) [CD Only]
52. Koda Kumi – flower (CD Single) [CD Only]
53. Koda Kumi – FREAKY (CD Single) [CD Only]
54. Koda Kumi – FREAKY (CD Single) [CD + DVD]
55. Koda Kumi – Gentle Words (CD Single) [CD Only]
56. Koda Kumi – grow into one (Album) [CD Only]
57. Koda Kumi – hands (CD Single) [CD + DVD]
58. Koda Kumi – Hot Stuff (CD Single) [CD + DVD]
59. Koda Kumi – Ima Sugu Hoshii (CD Single) [CD Only]
60. Koda Kumi – KAMEN (CD Single) [CD Only]
61. Koda Kumi – Kingdom (Album) [CD + 2 DVD]
62. Koda Kumi – Kiseki (CD Single) [CD Only]
63. Koda Kumi – Koi no Tsubomi (CD Single) [CD Only]
64. Koda Kumi – LAST ANGEL (CD Single) [CD Only]
65. Koda Kumi – LAST ANGEL (CD Single) [CD + DVD]
66. Koda Kumi – Lies (CD Single) [CD Only]
67. Koda Kumi – MOON (CD Single) [CD Only]
68. Koda Kumi – MOON (CD Single) [CD + DVD]
69. Koda Kumi – No Regret (CD Single) [CD Only]
70. Koda Kumi – real Emotion / 1000 no Kotoba (CD Single) [CD Only]
71. Koda Kumi – secret (Album) [CD Only]
72. Koda Kumi – secret (Album) [CD + DVD]
73. Koda Kumi – Shake It Up (CD Single) [CD Only]
74. Koda Kumi – Someday / Boys Love Girls (CD Single) [CD Only]
75. Koda Kumi – WIND (CD Single) [CD Only]
76. Koda Kumi – you (CD Single) [CD Only]
77. Koda Kumi – Yume no Uta / Futari de… (CD Single) [CD Only]

I'm going to order this in a week...

-> Koda Kumi - TAKE BACK (CD Only)
-> Koda Kumi - Trust Your Love (CD Only)
-> Koda Kumi - COLOR OF SOUL (CD Only)
-> Koda Kumi - COME WITH ME (CD Only)
-> Koda Kumi - m.a.z.e. (CD Only)
-> Koda Kumi - love across the ocean (CD Only)

I LOVE Kuu!
EDIT: Argh, Black Cherry (CD Only) should also be on that list. I must have missed it.

Hey, you don't have affection!

I know!!!
It's so sad...I have to get it soon but it came last priority because I enjoyed Trust Your Love as a single but the rest...
I'll get it soon. Maybe I'll get it 4 my birthday or something. I think I'll work on getting all the singles first before I finish off albums.

Amai Wana wrote:

I think people over-reacted to that WAY too much. She didn't say it a mean way so I don't know why people got so worked up over it. It cost her a lot in terms of Kingdom promotion [which she really could have used] and emotionally [if you saw her crying when she was apologizing, you could see it in her eyes] so people were WAY too hard on her. But she's back now and she's gonna blaze!

I agree completely, People over reacted, I felt really bad for her because Kumi is a good person. She has done many good things (like the concert for charity) but unfortunately people only focus when mistakes are made

Kuu's NINKI Rating for MOON
66.20 ＭＯＯＮ / 倖田來未

It's really close to the second place NINKI rating so maybe she'll pull ahead.

You're right Blue, people overreacted so I hope she has great sales with MOON to make everyone shut up lol

I'm a big fan of Kumi. She's one of my favorite J-pop artists. I like sooooo many songs from her.

BEST ~second session~ and Kingdom are my favorite albums (even though I absolutely hate LAST ANGEL).

Yeah, Kingdom was a FANTASTIC album and I didn't hate LAST ANGEL when it came out but as I listen to the album, it's my least favorite track.

lack Cherry, Kingdom, secret and BEST~second session~ 4 of my favorite albums EVER!

Last Angel leaves a bad taste in my mouth, EVERY time I hear it. And even though it's featured on some of Kuu's other songs, the Engrish on this one is the only one I CANNOT put up with.

hehehehe, LAST ANGEL was a good introduction to Tohoshinki though so it wasn't a total loss...at least for me anyway.

The Engrish wasn't what bothered me...it's the style I guess. Hard to say but it's not as strong as the other singles.

So Moon's out =) I just received my copy today *^_^* I thought Ku looked beautiful in the booklet <3 I really enjoyed the single, even though at first I thought I was going to hate the Fergie collaboration It's grown on me but still it's my least favorite. Once Again is my favorite on the single <3 What's everyone's favorite?

That Ain't Cool SUCKS. The song is much less That Ain't Cool feat. Fergie and more so That Ain't Cool feat. Koda Kumi. Kuu's BARELY on the freakin' song!

Okkk, I haven't heard any MOON songs so I can't talk with you guys on that...but I can talk about...

xx -> 02 -> 03 -> 02
23833 + 8590 + 4080 = 63880

I'm praying she passes the 100K mark for her 1st week sales. That would be awesome...

All right everyone, my copies of MOON have arrived so I definitely had to write a review!! Just click on where it says MOON on the next line to see it! [thanks to Sanouske for explaining it]. I worked REALLY REALLY REALLY hard on this one so please take a look Thanks guys and I hope you enjoy this single as much as I did!

MOON

I'll update the sales figures for MOON when we get some weekly numbers!

As always, Amai Wana, your reviews are incredible and entertaining. I'll be checking back for more in the future.
By the way, are you Amai Yume on Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai?

Yep that's me!!
Did you recognize it cause I wrote like the same post hehe

Thanks for visiting Donovon-Bozu and I would love it if you kept coming back! This review took a lot of time so I'm glad someone appreciates it.

I'm in love with MOON!!!
My expectations were different than I thought.

Moon Crying > Once Again > That Ain't Cool > Lady Go!
All of them are 5 star songs though!

So is Moon Crying good?

I might give it a listen.

Moon Crying...it's a beautiful ballad...

I agree with Donovon-Bozu. Moon Crying is a wonderful ballad and although some say it sounds rehashed of her older works, I LOVE Moon Crying.

Once Again is also really relaxing so I recommend it!

MOON First Week Sales: 88,309
Not bad, not bad