Suilen Posted May 30 Posted May 30 36 minutes ago, Curaga said: Finally listened to Hojoya and these were my first impressions! Overall... Not her best 01 First song is super cool. Love the vibe. 02 I like the instrumental way better on this album ver. 03 AI, sis... get out of here lol. The song itself isn't that bad, but seems similar to other songs she's done before. 04 Quaint. Kinda Broadway without being too corny. 05 Funkyyyyy, love the organ 06 Hmm, yeah a little different from the single version, but, like, not that different 07 Almost a blend of the two versions, but I still prefer the LDN ver. 08 kinda boring oop, sounds kinda like another one of her songs that was better (Meisai/迷彩) 09 This one's reusing an old song/melody too (or at least it reminds me of Saihate ga mitai/最果てが見たい). So far this album is reminding me of her self-covers albums, same kind vibe imo. 10 Hmmm I didn't remember this being a B-side. This one's nice. Her voice is already so unique/weird, throwing auto-tune on it too makes it really alien (in a good way imo). 11 mmm ok 12 that damn piano omg 13 Wow these last 3 are not it for me lol Another Sandokushi parallel I noticed is that the track lists for both albums are perfectly aligned, with 13 tracks each and 5 characters in each title (granted all full-width characters and the right font are used). Kinda makes me wonder if they are meant to be sister albums, or if she just likes this design choice lately. Yeah, the two albums are definitely related for better or worse, which is a cool concept in theory (and kudos to her for bringing those collaborators together, it reminds me of the failed Checkmate 2 project from Namie that would have Kumi, BoA etc but got scrapped due to her retirement), but maybe it could work better if released much closer to Sandokushi. The wait for a new project divorced from all that will be excruciating. 1
illia Posted May 30 Posted May 30 (edited) This absolute SERVE Stream this cvntquake!!! Edited May 30 by illia
Suilen Posted June 1 Posted June 1 So this is the list of all the physical singles released by miss Kumiko: Spoiler 1. TAKE BACK 2. Trust Your Love 3. COLOR OF SOUL 4. the meaning of peace (with BoA) 5. So Into You 6. love across the ocean 7. m・a・z・e 8. real Emotion 9. 1000の言葉 10. COME WITH ME 11. Gentle Words 12. Crazy 4 U 13. キューティーハニー (the single has 4 songs, but only Cutie Honey was later featured on compilations and stuff) 14. Chase 15. 奇跡 16. girls〜Selfish〜 (a DVD single so technically can be omitted) 17. hands 18. Hot Stuff 19. Butterfly 20. flower 21. Promise 22. Star 23. you 24. Birthday Eve 25. D.D.D. feat. SOULHEAD 26. Shake It Up 27. Lies 28. feel 29. Candy feat. Mr.Blistah 30. No Regret 31. 今すぐ欲しい 32. KAMEN feat. 石井竜也 33. WIND 34. Someday 35. Boys♥Girls 36. 恋のつぼみ 37. 人魚姫 38. I'll be there 39. JUICY 40. With your smile 41. 夢のうた 42. ふたりで… 43. Cherry Girl 44. 運命 45. BUT 46. 愛証 47. FREAKY 48. 愛のうた 49. LAST ANGEL feat. 東方神起 50. anytime 51. Moon Crying 52. That Ain't Cool feat. Fergie 53. Once Again 54. Lady Go! 55. TABOO 56. stay with me 57. It's all Love! (with misono) 58. Lick me ♥ 59. ECSTASY 60. 走れ! 61. Alive 62. Physical thing 63. Can We Go Back 64. Lollipop 65. Inside Fishbowl 66. Outside Fishbowl 67. For you 68. Got To Be Real 69. 好きで、好きで、好きで。 70. あなただけが 71. POP DIVA 72. Poppin' love cocktail feat. TEEDA 73. IN THE AIR 74. V.I.P. 75. KO-SO-KO-SO 76. 愛を止めないで 77. Love Me Back 78. Go to the top 79. 愛を止めないで 80. LALALALALA 81. IS THIS TRAP? 82. TOUCH DOWN 83. Dreaming Now! 84. HOTEL 85. Dance In The Rain 86. Shhh! 87. LIT 88. HUSH 89. NEVER ENOUGH 90. We'll Be OK 91. Doo-Bee-Doo-Bop 92. to be free I imagine that rating all of them will be a hassle, so in bold I have the singles that were released in batches, and maybe some of them can be removed depending on the feedback (certain people would probably want to delete everything after JAPONESQUE). I also need thoughts on girls~Selfish~, and nobody would probably mind me omitting those songs from the LOVE & HONEY single. 1
Meloetta Carey Posted June 1 Posted June 1 45 minutes ago, Suilen said: So this is the list of all the physical singles released by miss Kumiko: Reveal hidden contents 1. TAKE BACK 2. Trust Your Love 3. COLOR OF SOUL 4. the meaning of peace (with BoA) 5. So Into You 6. love across the ocean 7. m・a・z・e 8. real Emotion 9. 1000の言葉 10. COME WITH ME 11. Gentle Words 12. Crazy 4 U 13. キューティーハニー (the single has 4 songs, but only Cutie Honey was later featured on compilations and stuff) 14. Chase 15. 奇跡 16. girls〜Selfish〜 (a DVD single so technically can be omitted) 17. hands 18. Hot Stuff 19. Butterfly 20. flower 21. Promise 22. Star 23. you 24. Birthday Eve 25. D.D.D. feat. SOULHEAD 26. Shake It Up 27. Lies 28. feel 29. Candy feat. Mr.Blistah 30. No Regret 31. 今すぐ欲しい 32. KAMEN feat. 石井竜也 33. WIND 34. Someday 35. Boys♥Girls 36. 恋のつぼみ 37. 人魚姫 38. I'll be there 39. JUICY 40. With your smile 41. 夢のうた 42. ふたりで… 43. Cherry Girl 44. 運命 45. BUT 46. 愛証 47. FREAKY 48. 愛のうた 49. LAST ANGEL feat. 東方神起 50. anytime 51. Moon Crying 52. That Ain't Cool feat. Fergie 53. Once Again 54. Lady Go! 55. TABOO 56. stay with me 57. It's all Love! (with misono) 58. Lick me ♥ 59. ECSTASY 60. 走れ! 61. Alive 62. Physical thing 63. Can We Go Back 64. Lollipop 65. Inside Fishbowl 66. Outside Fishbowl 67. For you 68. Got To Be Real 69. 好きで、好きで、好きで。 70. あなただけが 71. POP DIVA 72. Poppin' love cocktail feat. TEEDA 73. IN THE AIR 74. V.I.P. 75. KO-SO-KO-SO 76. 愛を止めないで 77. Love Me Back 78. Go to the top 79. 愛を止めないで 80. LALALALALA 81. IS THIS TRAP? 82. TOUCH DOWN 83. Dreaming Now! 84. HOTEL 85. Dance In The Rain 86. Shhh! 87. LIT 88. HUSH 89. NEVER ENOUGH 90. We'll Be OK 91. Doo-Bee-Doo-Bop 92. to be free I imagine that rating all of them will be a hassle, so in bold I have the singles that were released in batches, and maybe some of them can be removed depending on the feedback (certain people would probably want to delete everything after JAPONESQUE). I also need thoughts on girls~Selfish~, and nobody would probably mind me omitting those songs from the LOVE & HONEY single. maybe rebrand it as an A-sides only rate?
Suilen Posted June 1 Posted June 1 2 minutes ago, Meloetta Carey said: maybe rebrand it as an A-sides only rate? Well, the issue is that all the songs on those singles are technically A-sides. This is what the Wikipedia entry for 4 hot wave says, for example: Quote The singles contains the quadruple A-side tracks "Ningyo-Hime", "I'll Be There", "Juicy", and "With Your Smile".
Curaga Posted June 1 Posted June 1 5 minutes ago, Suilen said: Well, the issue is that all the songs on those singles are technically A-sides. This is what the Wikipedia entry for 4 hot wave says, for example: omg With Your Smile... I love that one. But I love Ningyo-Hime too, so I wouldn't mind if you only want to include only the first A-side from each of the batch singles. I'm up for rating all 92 (or 91 if we exclude girls〜Selfish〜), but I know that's a lot more work for you too 1
Kyle-x Posted June 1 Posted June 1 12 minutes ago, Suilen said: Well, the issue is that all the songs on those singles are technically A-sides. This is what the Wikipedia entry for 4 hot wave says, for example: Maybe 2 rates one from TAKE BACK until stay with me (all singles from 2000s albums) and then a second one from It's all love! until now (first album in the 2010s UNIVERSE through now). Then you can include some of the digital singles from the later albums in the 2nd one since there's less songs Then when both rates are done you can also show us the combined ranking 1
Suilen Posted June 1 Posted June 1 2 minutes ago, Curaga said: omg With Your Smile... I love that one. But I love Ningyo-Hime too, so I wouldn't mind if you only want to include only the first A-side from each of the batch singles. I'm up for rating all 92 (or 91 if we exclude girls〜Selfish〜), but I know that's a lot more work for you too Well, this time I'm only adding the brief fun facts section instead of in-depth write-ups, so it won't be that much work, but more casual listeners might get intimidated at the sheer number of the singles so I'd like to trim things where possible.
Suilen Posted June 1 Posted June 1 3 minutes ago, Kyle-x said: Maybe 2 rates one from TAKE BACK until stay with me (all singles from 2000s albums) and then a second one from It's all love! until now (first album in the 2010s UNIVERSE through now). Then you can include some of the digital singles from the later albums in the 2nd one since there's less songs Then when both rates are done you can also show us the combined ranking That could work, let me make up some convincing reason so that the mods approve it (they're probably tired of all the j-pop rates)
Suilen Posted June 2 Posted June 2 A perfect song to listen to during the Pride Month 'You c*nt, I'm not a queer' 1
Joseline Posted June 2 Posted June 2 New song from Number_i I can't say I liked it to be honest. It's very chaotic and reminds me of songs by kpop groups like Stray Kids. But the group's international fans seem to like the song. It's already over 20 million views.
Joseline Posted June 2 Posted June 2 Timelesz (formerly known as Sexy Zone) has released a song produced by former Starto talent Yamashita Tomohisa (Yamapi). It wasn't even possible before. Starto no longer seems to be blocking their old talents (or maybe cant)
Joseline Posted June 2 Posted June 2 Starto has released a new group made up of members from Kansai groups SUPER EIGHT (formerly Kanjani8), WEST. (formerly Johnnys West), and Naniwa Danshi. Their music video is pure J-pop lol Japanese fans seem to love it a lot.
D.D.D. Posted June 2 Posted June 2 I'll 4 hours ago, Joseline said: New song from Number_i I can't say I liked it to be honest. It's very chaotic and reminds me of songs by kpop groups like Stray Kids. But the group's international fans seem to like the song. It's already over 20 million views. King Hirano though
Suilen Posted June 4 Posted June 4 (edited) New Shizuka Kudo album next month, hopefully it's better than the singles, which are giving the Japanese Fight Song New YUKI album next week Edited June 4 by Suilen 1
Suilen Posted June 7 Posted June 7 What happened to the woman who wrote and produced these? I fear that she got Melissa'd.
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