Heart (Koda Kumi album)

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Heart
Koda Kumi - Heart.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 2, 2022
Recorded2021–2022
Genre J-pop
Label Rhythm Zone
Producer Koda Kumi
Koda Kumi chronology
Best: 2000–2020
(2021)
Heart
(2022)
Unicorn
(2024)
Singles from Heart
  1. "We'll Be OK"
    Released: July 28, 2021
  2. "Doo-Bee-Doo-Bop"
    Released: August 18, 2021
  3. "To Be Free"
    Released: September 8, 2021
  4. "4 More"
    Released: November 15, 2021
  5. "100 no Kodokutachi e"
    Released: December 6, 2021

Heart (stylized as heart) is the seventeenth studio album by the Japanese singer Koda Kumi, released on March 2, 2022, over two years after her previous studio album Re(cord) (2019). The album was released on streaming platforms a month prior to the physical release on February 2.

Contents

It was released in four editions: CD only, CD+DVD, CD+Blu-ray and CD+3DVD. Heart has twelve musical tracks on the CD and seven music videos on the DVD/Blu-ray with a making video of "Sure Shot." Prior to the album's release, Kumi released five digital songs to help promote the album: "We'll Be OK", "Doo-Bee-Doo-Bop", "To be free", "4 More", and "100 no Kodokutachi e".

Background and release

Heart was originally released on streaming platforms on February 2, a month prior to its physical release. [1] The album was released in four editions: CD only, CD+DVD, CD+Blu-ray and a limited edition CD+3DVD, which was only available to her fan club, Koda Gumi.

The album was preceded by five digital singles: "We'll Be OK", "Doo-Bee-Doo-Bop", "To Be Free", "4 More" and "100 no Kodokutachi e" (100のコドク達へ / To 100 Lonely Souls).

The CD contained seven new tracks, along with the previously released digital singles. The DVD and Blu-ray contained the corresponding music videos for the singles, along with the new video for "Sure Shot" and a dance version of "4 More". The second and third DVD were only released on the CD+3DVD and CD+2Blu-ray fan club editions. The second DVD housed her "20th→21st Anniversary Event" that was performed on December 6, 2021, at Toyosu PIT in Kōtō, Tokyo, along with a behind-the-scenes featurette. The second DVD housed the events she performed at Zepp Tokyo on December 3 and 4. [2]

Promotional activities

To help promote the album, Koda Kumi performed at several live venues. She performed "100 no Kodokutachi e" at Music Fair on December 4, 2021, and Live Empower Children 2022 on February 15, 2022. [3] [4] All of the digital singles were aired on the radio station J-Wave's program "Groove Line" after the music ban was lifted. [5] [6]

"100 no Kodokutachi e" was advertised as the "saddest ballad" Kumi had released throughout her career. [7]

Kumi collaborated with Taiwanese-American artist ØZI for "Outta My Control." [8] For the song "Good Time", she collaborated with Japanese-American artist Ai. [9]

Commercial performance

Heart debuted and peaked at number 4 on Oricon Daily Albums chart for February 1, 2022. [10]

Track listing

CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Bow Wow"Koda Kumi Hi-yunk  
2."Sure Shot"Hi-yunkHi-yunk • RUSH EYE 
3."Atlas"Koda KumiWill Simms • Ronny Svendsen • Nermin Harambasic • Anne Judith  
4."Good Time" (featuring Ai)Koda Kumi • Ai Uemura Theron Thomas • Sam Sumser • Sean Small 
5."Outta My Control" (featuring ØZI)Koda Kumi • ØZI Bhavik PattaniCharlie Storwick  
6."Anemone" (アネモネ)Koda KumiHi-yunk 
7."100 no Kodokutachi e" (100のコドク達へ / To 100 Lonely Souls)jamKatsuhiko Yamamoto 
8."To Be Free"Koda Kumi T-SK • Adam Yaron • Imad Eljattari • Luigi Nabuurs • Pascal Oorts 
9."Red"Koda KumiC-Young • Jessica Eunjoo (Decade+) • BEI(Decade+) • K.O(Decade+) 
10."4 More"Koda KumiTiaan Cristie Williams • Olympia Henshaw • Hailey Leane Collier • Will Simms • Lagazio Sebastian Morales 
11."Doo-Bee-Doo-Bop"Koda Kumi UTA • Hi-yunk 
12."We'll Be OK"Koda KumiAtsushi Shimada • Albin Nordqvist • Louise Frick Sveen wiki 
DVD1
No.TitleLength
1."Sure Shot" (Music Video)4:40
2."100 no Kodokutachi e" (Music Video)5:55
3."To Be Free" (Music Video)3:50
4."4 More" (Music Video)3:12
5."Doo-Bee-Doo-Bop" (Music Video)3:11
6."We'll Be OK" (Music Video)3:51
7."4 More" (Dance Version) (Music Video)3:07
8."Heart" (Behind-the-Scenes)49:15
DVD2
No.TitleLength
1."Koda Kumi 20th→21st Anniversary Event" (2021.12.6 @Toyosu PIT)1:50:08
2."Koda Kumi 20th→21st Anniversary Event" (Behind-the-Scenes)6:30
DVD3
No.TitleLength
1."Koda Kumi 20th→21st Anniversary Event" (2021.12.3 @Zepp Tokyo)1:36:24
2."Koda Kumi 20th→21st Anniversary Event-" (2021.12.4 @Zepp Tokyo)1:30:00
3."Nissin RAOH Presents Koda Kumi Special Online Live 2021"45:38

Charts

Chart performance for Heart
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [11] 9
Japanese Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [12] 11

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