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Ero kawaii is a Japanese term meaning erotic cute.
I realized k that most if not all of you don't know who Koda Kumi was. I've said before that Godzilla is the best thing to come out of Japan besides sushi, pagodas, samurais, and Koda Kumi. It's something you probably glossed over. That's fine. There's no reason you should know who she is if you live in the United States. When PSY dominated the world with Gangnam Style, it brought attention to K-Pop, but J-Pop was generally left on the side. So, now you might know who Hyuna, Girls Generation, and G-Dragon are, but if I mention Utado Hikaru or Ayumi Hamasaki your mind goes blank. Japan turned out not be as viral worthy as Korea. You've never heard of these women. |
Both Utado and Ayumi are reigning queens of J-Pop. Koda is my queen. The best way to put it into perspective is to described Ayumi Hamasaki as Britney Spears, Utado Hikaru as Jessica Simpson, and Koda Kumi as Rihanna.
Koda Kumi was always commercially successful before she vamped up her image in what she describes as ero kawaii. But, just like Rihanna, that took her from Pon de Replay to S&M. Koda Kumi is now a staple of Japanese music and culture where before she would have been a well thought of side note.
I only own four of her twelve albums, and I've been thoroughly impressed with all four (My personal favorite being Kingdom). It's here that I would describe her music as more urban, J. Lo during her “I'm Real” and “Ain't It Funny” phase.
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The best part about loving a Japanese (Korean for that matter) singer is that they go crazy. When they realease an album there are so many different versions all depending on the level of fandom your in. The regular CD, for the I'm kind of interested in you. The CD and DVD for those people who enjoy the noise coming from your mouth and also appreciate looking at your body in those music videos. Then the CD and 2DVD where now in addition to everything else we can see you grind your body on stage.
It's insane. When, I bought Kingdom I didn't know what kind I had bought, and believe me I was shocked when this huge CD came in the mail. |
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Where Beyonce did one visual album and shocked the world, Koda regulars presses out a music video for each one of her songs.
And, Justin thought he was inventive doing a single a week for a “Music Monday”. Koda did that before him and sent two out of those twelve bitches to the top of the charts. Now you should be able to put together who did it better. It's no wonder Fergie decided to team up with her. That's right Koda Kumi did a song with Fergie. |
But, Koda can also pulls rank in the home country when she dueted with fellow J-Pop (And K-Pop) star BoA on their single "The Meaning of Peace". It was released in order to honor the victims of the September 11th attacks. I for one am always pleased when two of my favorites stars record together.
Let's also not forget her nails that are on point. Koda is always on point, but her nails are even more so.
Do you have any J-Pop, K-Pop, C-Pop (Apparently it's a thing) obsessions?
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