Filed under: Koda Kumi | Tags: J-POP, JPOP, Koda Kumi, Koda Kumi MOON, Kuu, Moon Crying, 倖田來未
Tracklist:
1. Moon Crying
2. That Ain’t Cool [Feat. Fergie]
3. Once Again
4. Lady Go!
5. Moon Crying (Instrumental)
6. That Ain’t Cool (Instrumental)
7. Once Again (Instrumental)
8. Lady Go! (Instrumental)
Moon is Koda Kumi’s 40th sinle and reached 2nd on the Oricon Weekly Charts. It was released on 11th of June, 2008 and sold 138,446 copies. Moon Crying was used the themesong for ABC TV drama Puzzle.
I admit some of Koda Kumi’s ballads get on the boring side for me, but Moon
Crying is different. I absolutely love it. It begins with some beautiful piano, and the Kuu starts singing. Her voice is really nice in this song, especially when it reaches the chorus and Kumi belts out. The arrangement while being simple is exceptional and really matches the atmosphere of the song.
I don’t get why That Ain’t Cool is advertised as featuring Fergie, when the fact of the matter is that Fergie pretty much sings the whole song, but I guess that’s not necessarily a bad thing, seeing as Fergie is a talented singer. The lyrics are mostly in English, and while being a bit stupid, some of the lyrics are quite amusing too, such as when Koda says cheekily “I’m not your mummy, so say sayonara.” It’s a pretty good collaboration.
I’ll be quite frank about Once Again, while it is a nice song, I do find it to be extremely boring, and bland. Nothing really stands out in this song, and everything is rather forgettable.
I think the opening of Lady Go! is catchy, when it is gradually getting louder, however when I heard Kumi’s voice soon after I was rather disappointed, she is using a vocoder when she clearly doesn’t need to. The vacouder makes her voice sound fake and is annoying. I though this song would have been much better if she just sang normally, however I did find the instrumental bridge three quarters of the way through interesting.
MOON wasn’t Koda Kumi’s best single, Moon Crying and That Ain’t Cool being the only above average songs, however she continues to have nice arrangements and has a nice voice without a vocoder.
Rating
3 stars
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How can you give Koda Kumi only 3 stars? If you give Fergie’s song only 1 star, I wouldn’t mind at all. The other 3 songs by Kuu are all should be rated 4 to 5 stars.
Comment by Jinhwa April 1, 2009 @ 6:43 pmWell, I gave it three starts because I think it deserves three stars. No denying that MOON and That Ain’t Cool are nice songs, but Once Again and Lady Go! lowered the rating :)
Comment by Ironic Clown April 3, 2009 @ 6:09 am