Koda Kumi has released two singles in the US:
"Take Back" in 2001, peaked at #18 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart
"Trust Your Love" in 2002, peaked at #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart, #19 on the Hot Singles Sales chart, and #35 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart ( Read more... )

EDIT: AHAHAHAHA Yeah, so Rino definitely did not do this one, because I just found out Rino was busy choreographing The Wiz. Yes, that The Wiz production in which the acclaimed director Miyamoto Amon auditioned the lead role of Dorothy for out of the 48fam. (Which gave me some of the best 48fam dance footage evar.) And for more six degrees of Apop ( Read more... )

My personal impression of the song:

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( This was only supposed to be the comparison to Ponponpon... )

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Fancam of Paparazzi, focused on the screen* -- I really really like this performance! So much energy! Though it's not that sharp, the camera isn't crazy and has decent cuts, but mostly, everyone is really enjoying themselves and it's so awesome to watch. It seems with every stage, I enjoy watching Taeyeon and Seohyun more and more <3 ( Read more... )

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Love love lovelovelovelove this camera 8D Such cool camera angles! Wish they had different outfits but they looked really nice here~~ All really energetic and catching the camera. I kept spotting Taeyeon having a grand ol' time XD Man, totally need to write up that lyrics analysis ( Read more... )

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Messy caffeinated thoughts ( Read more... )

C-ute concert will be broadcast live on Youtube this Saturday 2012-6-30 18:30-20:30 JST (This will be ~5:30 AM EST.) It's sort of 10 years in idol business celebration concert ( Read more... )

It sounds as though the audio has been replaced by the track, so the routine didn't seem to have as much "authenticity". For me, it was in one word: flat. Nothing bad about it, I just don't know why I was so indifferent towards it.

Download link below (~20mb), because anything Japanese gets taken from YT too quickly
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Two for the price of one at the same time! Amazing! XD (Regular MV, Dance version) I had some low expectations this time around and I'm not sure if that helped, but I actually liked Paparazzi and the MVs. The breakdown/dubstep I don't understand visually, but aurally was great. I was quite wary after hearing that "Ooh lala" part in the teaser, ( Read more... )

On the other hand, what with Sherlock and this, looks like SM MVs are finally looking up. And implications of classic musical!shidae? Yes please. Some of the members in suspenders and dress vests with their pants and spats? YES PLEASE. The song itself sounds pretty fun, too. Although lol, there's a "Girl's Generation" name drop. My Minimoni ( Read more... )