DNA (Koda Kumi album)
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| Studio album by Koda Kumi | ||||
| Released | August 22, 2018 | |||
| Recorded | 2017-2018 | |||
| Genre | J-pop, urban, R&B, electropop | |||
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Rhythm Zone CD (RZCD-86631) CD+DVD (RZCD-86629/B) CD+Blu-ray (RZCD-86630/B) CD+3DVD (Fan club, RZC1-86632/B~D) | |||
| Producer | Koda Kumi | |||
| Koda Kumi chronology | ||||
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| Singles from DNA | ||||
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DNA is the fifteenth studio album released by Japanese artist Koda Kumi, released on August 22, 2018. The album was released six months after her previous studio album, AND, making it her second album of 2018. It debuted at #2 on the Oricon charts.
The album was released in four editions: a standard CD, a CD+DVD edition, a CD+Blu-ray edition and a fan club exclusive CD+3DVD edition.
DNA houses thirteen musical tracks on the CD, four music videos on the DVD/Blu-ray, the performance of her Fanclub Tour ~AND~ at DRUM LOGOS in Fukuoka, which was performed on April 29, 2018, on the second DVD, and the behind-the-scenes of the tour and making of the album DNA on the third DVD.
Information
DNA is the fifteenth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Koda Kumi, released on August 22, 2018, just six months after her previous studio album AND.[1] This made it the artist's second album of 2018. The album debuted at #2 on the Oricon Albums Charts, taking #3 for the week, becoming her second consecutive album to not reach the number-one spot (AND charted at #6).[2][3] Kumi had held the number-one position with every studio and compilation album between 2005 and 2017, beginning with Best ~first things~ (2005) and ending with the double-album W Face (2017).[4][5]
Unlike AND, which carried a fun and upbeat style, DNA was made to be darker and toned down. This was most prevalent by the album's artwork, in which Kumi dons more muted attire.[6]
The album was preluded by three singles: LIT, HUSH and Never Enough. However, the songs "LIT" and "Never Enough" were placed on the album AND, while "HUSH" was the only song placed on DNA.
The album was released in four editions: a standard CD, a CD+DVD edition, a CD+Blu-ray edition and a fan club exclusive CD+3DVD edition.
The CD contained twelve new tracks, along with the previously released song "HUSH"; the first DVD and Blu-ray contained the corresponding music videos for "HUSH" and three new songs "Watch Out!! ~DNA~" (stylized as WATCH OUT!! ~DNA~), "Haircut" (stylized as HAIRCUT) and "Chances All" (stylized as CHANCES ALL). The second and third DVD was only released on the CD+3DVD fan club edition. The second DVD housed her April 29 performance of her Fanclub Tour ~AND~ at DRUM LOGOS in Fukuoka,[7] while the third DVD carried behind-the-scenes footage of the tour and the making film for DNA.[8]
Promotional advertisements
Prior to the album's release, Kumi had released three singles, though only one would make it to the album. The others were placed on her previous album And.
HUSH was announced on September 9th, 2017 and was her second single of the three planned releases for the year of 2017 - LIT being the first and Never Enough being the third.[9][10] Due to having no physical release outside of concert venues, the song failed to chart on the Oricon Singles Charts.[11][12] "HUSH" was a hip-hop piece composed by Swedish musical composer and songwriter Louise Frick-Sveen, who had previously worked with South Korean group SF9 for their song "Fanfare" in July along with Albin Nordqvist.[13] The lyrics to "HUSH" were written by Kumi and TEEDA from the group BACK-ON.[14]
The song "Guess Who Is Back" (track #9) was utilized as the theme song for the fourth season of the anime Black Clover.[15] This made it the first time since 2012 that Kumi performed a theme song for an anime, with her previous being "Go to the top" for the anime Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse.[16]
Music videos
Along with the music video for "Hush", three new videos were created and performed for the album: "Watch Out!! ~DNA~", "Haircut" and "Chances All". The three new videos were performed in the same location, with "Haircut" being the main promotional track.
The video for "Haircut" opened with the first few seconds of the album's first track, "Introduction ~My music is designed from my DNA~". It shows Kumi with blonde hair as she makes her way to a stylist's station, where they dye her hair in rainbow colors. After she gets up, she walks behind promotional posters for the "DNA" album as her hair changes. Throughout the video, she dons several hairstyles, including platinum blonde pigtails with butterflies, before she unveils her current hairstyle of a blonde bob cut. Other scenes in the video include Kumi spray painting a wall while wearing neon boots and a black swimsuit. The video ends with Kumi cutting her hair with scissors, which began the video for "Watch Out!! ~DNA~".[17]
"Watch Out!! ~DNA~" was performed in the same location, with Kumi donning a neon yellow raincoat over a black jumpsuit. The video was predominately a dance number, featuring Kumi and four backup dancers.[18] "Chances All" was composed of the multiple hairstyles she wore in the video for "Haircut", with Kumi singing directly to the camera.[19]
Short versions of all three new videos were uploaded to avex's official YouTube on August 9, 2018 to help promote the album.
Track listing
| CD | ||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
| 1. | "Introduction ~My music is designed from my DNA~" | Koda Kumi | Bobby Conscious | 1:27 |
| 2. | "HUSH" | Koda Kumi • TEEDA | Louise Frick-Sveen • Albin Nordqvist | 3:50 |
| 3. | "Dangerous" | Koda Kumi | Koda Kumi • Hi-Yunk | 3:57 |
| 4. | "Watch Out!! ~DNA~" | Koda Kumi | Hi-Yunk | 3:03 |
| 5. | "ScREaM" | Koda Kumi | Mayu Wakisaka • Mitsu J | 3:44 |
| 6. | "Chances All" | Koda Kumi | Toby Gad • Ty Dolla $ign • Lady G | 3:57 |
| 7. | "Aenaku Naru Kurai Nara" (会えなくなるくらいなら / If I Can't Meet You) | Koda Kumi | Yoko Kuzuya | 4:15 |
| 8. | "Haircut" | Koda Kumi | Fredrik Thomander • Andreas Öberg • Johan Becker • Maria Marcus | 2:45 |
| 9. | "Guess Who Is Back" | Koda Kumi • Back-On | Back-On | 3:26 |
| 10. | "HOT HOT" | Koda Kumi • Frida Molander • Anna Alerstedt • Freja Jonsson Blomberg | Maria Marcus • Frida Molander • Anna Alerstedt • Freja Jonsson Blomberg | 2:50 |
| 11. | "Kokoro Kara i love u" (心から / Sincerely) | Koda Kumi | Hi-Yunk | 5:29 |
| 12. | "Work That" | Koda Kumi | Sidnie Tipton • James Newman • Stuart Crichton | 2:56 |
| 13. | "Pin Drop" | Koda Kumi | Chris Wahle • Dele Ladimeji | 3:30 |
| DVD/Blu-Ray | |||
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| No. | Title | Director(s) | Length |
| 1. | "HUSH" (Music Video) | YKBX | 3:51 |
| 2. | "Watch Out!! ~DNA~" (Music Video) | YKBX | 3:12 |
| 3. | "Haircut" (Music Video) | Yuki Tsujimoto | 3:47 |
| 4. | "Chances All" (Music Video) | Kento Takahashi | |
| DVD2: Koda Kumi Fanclub Tour ~AND~ at DRUM LOGOS in Fukuoka | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Koda Kumi Fanclub Tour ~AND~ (DRUM LOGOS in Fukuoka 2018.04.29)
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| DVD3: Behind-the-Scenes | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Koda Kumi Fanclub Tour ~AND~" (Making Film) | |
| 2. | "DNA" (Making Film) | |
Personnel
Credits are adapted from album's Liner Notes[20]
- Musicians
- Koda Kumi - vocals
- JUN - background vocals (track 6)
- Koji Tetsui - bass (track 7)
- Tadashi Iwamaru - drums (track 7)
- Udai Shika - cello (track 7, 11)
- Shoko Oki - violin (track 7, 11)
- Masaki Iehara - arranger, guitar & programming (track 11)
- Yasuo Sano - drums (track 11)
- Hiroo Yamaguchi - bass (track 11)
- BACK-ON - arranger, composer (track 9)
- Hi-yunk - arranger, composer (track 3, 4, 11)
- Bobby Conscious - arranger, composer (track 1)
- Louise Frick-Sveen - arranger, composer (track 2)
- Albin Nordqvist - arranger, composer (track 2)
- Daniel Kim - arranger (track 5)
- Mitsu.J - guitar (track 5)
- Shinjiroh Inoue - programming & guitar (track 7)
- Fredrik Thomander - composer (track 8)
- Andreas Öberg - composer (track 8)
- Johan Becker - composer (track 8)
- Maria Marcus - arranger (track 10), composer (track 8)
- Frida Molander - lyricist, music (track 10)
- Anna Alerstedt - lyricist, music (track 10)
- Freja Jonsson Blomberg - lyricist, music (track 10)
- Chris Wahle - composer (track 13)
- Dele Ladimeji - composer (track 13)
- Darby Ward - composer (track 13)
- Yoshiaki Onishi - mixer
- Makato Yamadoi - mixer & recorder
- Production team
- MAX Matsuura - executive producer
- Katsumi Kuroiwa - executive producer
- Shinji Hayashi - general producer
- Shintaro Higuchi - executive supervisor
- Takeya Ino - executive supervisor
- Shingo Toguchi - advisory producer
- Hideki Endo - advisory producer
- Yugo Suzuki - advisory producer
- Kazutaka Yagi - artist management chief
- Mamiko Ohkami - artist management chief
- Misaki Tanaka - artist management
- Shinsuke Kubo - artist management supervisor
- Hitoshi Itagaki - general artist management
- Naoko Asai - artist management desk
- Yoichi Takeda - artist planner
- Masatoshi Uchida - A&R manager
- Yu Kikuchi - A&R
- Atsushi Sawamura - creative director
- Miho Shirai - assistant creative director
- Akihiko Oda - sales promotion manager
- Kenta Tamura - sales promotion
- Rie Kosuge - sales promotion
- Nobutoshi Ono - A&R general manager
- Yu Koiguchi - artist planner general manager
- Hiromi Amano - creative supervisor
- Mayumi Tokairin - A&R desk
- Rumi Kasai - A&R desk
- Akihito Yamanaka - tour management producer
- Shinya Kato - tour management assistant
- Ro Cholsik - tour management
- Mio Sakai - tour management
- Satoshi Arisaka - MD supervisor
- Naoki Mori - MD producer
- Asami Sugaya - fan club director
- Azusa Horiuchi - fan club director
- Taisuke Fujimoto - fan club director
- Kenta Sugawara - fan club producer
- Package staff
- Taku Nakai - art direction & design
- TISCH - photographer
- Kazuhito Sugito - hair
- Yayoi Tanda - make-up
- Kazuyo Shinato - stylist
- Akiko Akui - nailist
- Yukiko Yamashita - creative coordination
Charts (Japan)
| Release | Chart | Peak position | Total sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 22, 2018 | Oricon Daily Albums Chart | 2 | |
| August 22, 2018 | Oricon Weekly Albums Chart | 3 | |
| August 22, 2018 | Oricon Monthly Albums Chart[21] | 18 | 17,319 |
References
- ↑ "Koda Kumi Announces New Album DNA". JpopAsia. April 30, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
- ↑ "デイリー アルバムランキング2018年08月21日付 (Daily Album Rank 2018.08.21)". Oricon. August 21, 2018. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
- ↑ "DNA / 倖田來未 / ORICON NEWS". Oricon. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
- ↑ "W FACE ～ outside ～(DVD付)". Oricon. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
- ↑ "倖田來未のアルバム売上ランキング". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
- ↑ "Koda Kumi releases sexy visuals for 16th album "DNA"". Arama! Japan. June 17, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
- ↑ "Kumi Koda Concert Setlist at DRUM Logos, Fukuoka on April 29, 2018". setlist.fm. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
- ↑ "KODA KUMI「DNA」Special Site". Rhythm Zone. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
- ↑ "Koda Kumi announces 61st single "HUSH"". J-Pop & Showbiz News. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
- ↑ "Koda Kumi Announces 61st Single". Jpop Amino. September 10, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
- ↑ "Koda Kumi "HUSH" Information". Koda Kumi Official. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
- ↑ "限定シングル3部作リリース第2弾！ニューシングル「HUSH」、配信/ライブ会場/mu-moショップ限定で10/4(水)発売決定！倖田組/playroom/ライブ会場限定購入者特典発表！". Rhythm Zone. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
- ↑ "Interview with SF9's "Fanfare" Songwriters, Albin Nordqvist & Louise Frick-Sveen". BTSCELEBS. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Kumi Koda - HUSH lyrics and credits". iLyrics Buzz. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Black Clover - Opening 4 (HD)". Crunchyroll France on YouTube. July 10, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
- ↑ "倖田來未：「ブラッククローバー」で6年ぶりアニメ主題歌 (Koda Kumi: For the first time in 6 years, performs theme song for anime "Black Clover")". MyNavi. July 2, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
- ↑ "倖田來未 / HAIRCUT -Short Version-". avex Official YouTube. August 9, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
- ↑ "倖田來未 / WATCH OUT!!〜DNA〜 -Short Version-". avex Official YouTube. August 9, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
- ↑ "倖田來未 / CHANCES ALL -Short Version-". avex Official YouTube. August 9, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
- ↑ DNA (CD+Blu-ray edition). Koda Kumi. Rhythm Zone. 2018.
- ↑ "オリコン月間 アルバムランキング 2018年08月度". Oricon. Retrieved September 30, 2018.