CD + DVD
CD + Blu-ray
1) Bow Wow
2) Sure shot
3) Atlas
4) GOOD TIME Feat AI
5) Outta my control Feat ØZI
6) Anemone
7) 100 no Kodoku Tachi e
8) to be free
9) RED
10) 4 MORE
11) Doo-Bee-Doo-Bop
12) We'll Be OK
Koda's last studio album release was 2019's re(CORD) .
5 prior digital released songs are included in heart :
- 100 no Kodoku Tachi e ; released digitally last Dec on Koda's debut anniversary date
- to be free ; released digitally last Sept
- 4 MORE ; released digitally last Nov
- Doo-Bee-Doo-Bop ; released digitally last Aug
- We'll Be OK ; released digitally last July
Sure shot is the only album track that has a video made . heart also includes 2 new album duets , GOOD TIME that features AI & Outta my control that features ØZI .
heart was made available digitally on 2nd Feb , a month before the physical release of the new album .
Koda Kumi shares her heart in her 1st album release of 2022 ! Besides brand new songs , the record includes the 5 digital singles she has released since last Summer .
I did not liked re(CORD) & frankly my expectations for heart were quite low before I listened to it so it was an unexpected surprise on how much I really like Koda's latest album significantly .
For starters I like most of the prior digital released songs & I wondered if the new album material was able to be on par if not be better than them and luckily they were able to .
I don't agree that Sure shot should have been the album track that has a video made as it's 1 of the weaker new album songs although the accompanied video is very entertaining & funny .
As for the new material other than Sure shot , the other song I'm not so keen is Atlas .
My favourite new heart album tracks are GOOD TIME & RED . AI vocally compliments Koda very well while for RED , I love it the moment I 1st heard it as the music style is something Koda has not done before until now and this should have been the song that had a video made & not Sure shot .
Also another problem that past studio albums' of Koda had but something I didn't encounter that much in heart is the sound transition . The album actually flows quite well from start until finish which's also another nice surprise too .
Overall I really like heart a great deal & I think avex made the wrong decision to release the songs digitally a month before the physical CD release because it's now sadly Koda's worst charting album to date and heart definitely deserves a lot more than this .
Lastly with the way avex wrote about heart , I will not be surprised if Koda would release another new album later on this year , like what she did for AND & DNA . We'll see if I'm right or wrong on this .
CD
CD + DVD A & CD + Blu-ray A
CD + DVD B & CD + Blu-ray B
The duo's 1st release of 2022 , Kojundo romance is their 3rd single to get a Blu-ray release after 2020's KANZAI BOYA & last July's Un/Pair .
Kojundo romance has the theme "romance is the most sincere form of communication that connects people."
A total of 4 B-sides are included in Kojundo romance :
CD :
- Te wo Tsunagu no wa Hisashiburidane
- My only one
CD + DVD A / CD + Blu-ray A :
- Precious Moments
CD + DVD B / CD + Blu-ray B :
- Setsunaine
Welcoming their impending 25th anniversary of their debut , KinKi Kids bring the 1st release of their benchmark year. The Johnny’s duo's 44th single Kojundo romance was written by Matsumoto Takashi , composed by Mashiko Tatsuro & arranged by Tomita Keiichi . Kojundo romance is a heartfelt song about the pure communication that connects people .
This's 1 of the rare times that I felt the B-sides are a lot more better than the A-side . Kojundo romance is pleasant sounding but I feel the song's quite plain & doesn't really stand out that much as compared to KinKi Kids' previous single releases .
For me I find it a surprise that I like the B-sides more than the main A-side . That doesn't happen often but occasionally it does .
With this year being KinKi Kids' 25th anniversary I'm curious to see how they will celebrate & hopefully it will not be like what happened with their 20th anniversary which their plans were overshadowed after Tsuyoshi's unexpected health issues .
CD
CD + DVD
1) Face To Face
2) Beautiful World
CD only :
3) Face To Face (Vantage Remix)
4) Face To Face Instrumental
5) Beautiful World Instrumental
Yamapi's last physical single release was 2020's Nights Cold & this's his 1st physical single release after he left Johnny & Associates in Oct 2020 .
Produced by UTA , Face To Face is filled with Yamashita's thoughts of : "During these days when the ordinary is threatened , I don't need anything else as long as I have one thing that is precious to me .
The B-side Beautiful World was 1st released digitally last Sept & promoted the cosmetics brand HADA NATURE while the CD only version of the single included a Vantage Remix of the A-side .
UTA produced both the A-side & B-side of Yamapi's new single so it's not a surprise that both songs sounds almost similiar which could be a good or bad thing depending on how you look at it .
Yamapi faced a lot of struggles with his solo music career over the years even though he has some really good songs in his solo discography & to me I'm surprised it took him so long to strike out on his own and as the saying goes , 1 door closes but many more will open which's evident for Yamapi's case .