CD (only can be purchased at KODA KUMI LIVE TOUR 2024 ~BEST SINGLE KNIGHT~ concert venue(s) )
CD + DVD
CD + Blu-ray
1) UNICORN [Introduction]
2) Heaven's Kitchen (BONNIE PINK)
3) Vroom
4) TOKIO
5) Silence
6) UFO (Pink Lady)
7) We are FIGHTERS
8) Trust・Last -TYPE K-
9) PIECE OF MY WISH (Imai Miki)
10) Tooi Machi no Dokoka de... (Nakayama Miho)
11) Let's fight for love!
UNICORN is Koda Kumi's 19th album & it was released last month on 17th April .
Koda's last studio album release was 2022's heart .
4 songs were released digitally prior to UNICORN physical album release :
- Vroom ; released digitally last Dec
- Silence ; released digitally on 14th Feb ; used to promote the movie Gold Boy
- Tooi Machi no Dokoka de... (Nakayama Miho) ; released digitally last Dec
- Let's fight for love! ; released digitally last Aug ; promoted the mobile game Ikemen Series
While these 2 digital released songs are not included in UNICORN :
- BLACK WINGS ; released digitally last July
- Dangerously ; released digitally this March
In addition , a solo version of Trust・Last -TYPE K- is included in UNICORN .
Trust・Last was a joint single collaboration released under the name Koda Kumi x Shonan no Kaze . The single collaboration was released last March & Trust・Last promoted the drama Kamen Rider Geats .
As she approaches the 25th anniversary of her debut in 2025 , Koda Kumi releases her 19th album UNICORN . The record features original songs like Vroom , Let's fight for love! & Silence , the theme song of the film Gold Boy . It also includes Koda Kumi's solo version of the Kamen Rider Geats theme song Trust・Last & covers of songs by artists who have influenced her over the years .
I unexpectedly really enjoyed Koda's previous album heart & before she released UNICORN , I already had a feeling I was not going to like it as much as her previous studio album releases .
To be fair to Koda , UNICORN is very different in terms of format as it contains both original & cover songs , something that she has not done before until now .
I know none of the cover songs that Koda released & included in UNICORN so due to this , instead of a full length album , Koda's latest offering felt like a mini album release to me .
The new album tracks TOKIO & We are FIGHTERS are not bad but I find it a pity that Koda did not include BLACK WINGS , Change my future & Dangerously in UNICORN as I felt these 3 songs were pretty good and would have made the album more appealing because 11 songs felt a bit too little for my liking .
Koda has been in the business for a very long time & I don't expect to like everything she released . I don't like all of her studio albums she has released over the years & that's nothing wrong with it .
With next year being her 25th anniversary , it reminds to be seen what will Koda do to celebrate this landmark milestone but regardless of what she plans to do , it's already an achievement for her .