And other times in short bursts, such as during the switch at the end of “Atlas” where Kumi sounds like she’s auditioning to be a member of 2NE1. The influence of K-pop was clear and in abundance on Kumi’s 2018 albums AND and DNA, and Kumi’s never let it gs “Bow Wow” and “Sure Shot” which are just damn K-pop songs. Especially if the listener also has their ear bent to K-pop. This is not to say that listeners won’t draw comparisons to what they hear on Heart. So many other acts right now around the world are doing the sounds you will hear on this album, versus the early 2000s, when the reference pools seemed smaller, music wasn’t being looked at on the global scale it is now, and thereby who was copying who’s song felt far more specific once upon a time. But it feels less obvious and egregious than it did earlier on in her career. Kumi is still taking other people’s songs and sounds and recreating them to an extent. But Kumi tidies her shit up on Heart, and finally takes her sound a bit more seriously. The results on said album and those which came after were messy. It touches on a couple of the sounds which have featured on every album that Kumi has released since Bon Voyage. Heart as it stands isn’t a big departure for Kumi. Heart may not feature all of the songs of the styles and sounds that you’d expect from a Kumi Koda album, but it does take a couple of them and refine them, which makes for far more quality listening experience than what can be said for many of Kumi’s over the past 10 years.Ī bitch finally got rid of the kitchen sink. Heart manages to do what I thought was unthinkable for Kumi at this point in her career, and that is condense her gaggle of sounds down. A repertoire of which got bigger, with nothing ever being let go, consolidated or refined. But Heart has managed to buck a trend in the Devil’s year of 2022.Ī massive problem (amongst others) with Kumi Koda’s music, is that she had no real sound, or suite of sounds. Because, well…*Gestures* Look at the material.
I had no expectations for this album, as I choose not to for any Kumi Koda album. Heart is Kumi Koda’s 18th studio album (I’m counting angeL + monsteR as an album, I don’t give a fuck) following a string of what have been doo-doo doggy bags.
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