JPop Watch: Koda Kumi Concert Series CM Provides First Glimpses Of "Hurricane" Music Video

Ok so that title is a mouth full, but it got the message across, right? Well in case you haven't been obsessively following Kuu-chan like I have for the past few months, she's got a new album coming out. Well, kind of. Either way it looks like the track she's promoing the most "Hurricane" is going to be another summer jam to get everyone excited, but the music video has eluded us thus far. Until now. Again, kind of.

倖田來未 Koda Kumi - Walk Of My Life - 2015 TOUR [JIJI PRESS REPOR...
倖田來未 Koda Kumi - Walk Of My Life - 2015 TOUR [JIJI PRESS REPORT HD]
Posted by 倖田 來未 Koda Kumi - America on Monday, June 29, 2015

I can't get enough of "Hurricane". It is so much closer to the old Kumi that I've been missing than what we've gotten over the past few years. It has a great dance, and putting it at the front of her show (as it appears anyway) she is full of energy and ready to take on the track. If you pay attention to the background, we get what looks like clips of the music video, but unfortunately the clip doesn't last long. It looks to be a similar style to "Like It", a track and single from the latest album.

The rest of the CM shows clips of various already released material, but done live and in the usual insane Koda Kumi fashion. For instance, she's dangling from the ceiling while singing "Dance In The Rain", and then after a dramatic costume change she's at the piano with "Walk Of My Life". She seems to be exhausted by the end of the clip, but with her intense dancing and antics, that's kind of expected, no?

Summer of Love, Kumi's new remix album, is set to come out July 22. It will contain three new songs entitled "Hurricane", "Ex Tape", and "No One Else But You", as well as mixes of her previous work dating all the way back to 2006. This release is very similar to 2012's  Beach Mix or her semi-annual Driving Hits series. Kumi is no stranger to releasing new tracks in unconventional ways, especially after her last EP was only available at her live shows and included new material.

There are three versions of Summer of Love, one as a CD only, and two others that are bundled with either a DVD or a Blu Ray disc. Each has it's own cover. You can preorder them on CD Japan now.