{"id":261,"date":"2012-05-17T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T06:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hildred-billings.com\/site\/2012\/05\/17\/hubpages-wednesday-kumi-koda-the-japanese-artist-you-may-have-heard-of\/"},"modified":"2012-05-17T06:45:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-17T06:45:00","slug":"hubpages-wednesday-kumi-koda-the-japanese-artist-you-may-have-heard-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hildred-billings.com\/site\/2012\/05\/17\/hubpages-wednesday-kumi-koda-the-japanese-artist-you-may-have-heard-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Hubpages Wednesday: Kumi Koda, the Japanese artist you may have heard of."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-jN9C7ugCfEw\/T7Sd_Ja5X3I\/AAAAAAAAAi8\/47cuzIhQcMc\/s1600\/kumi.png\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-jN9C7ugCfEw\/T7Sd_Ja5X3I\/AAAAAAAAAi8\/47cuzIhQcMc\/s1600\/kumi.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&#8230;If you&#8217;re into that sort of music, that is.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s theme is on <a href=\"http:\/\/hildred.hubpages.com\/hub\/Kumi-Koda-The-Coolest-Diva-in-J-pop\">Kumi Koda<\/a>, a highly popular J-pop artist who has made her mark as a hyper-sexualized dance machine and ballad crooner. Okay, I love Kumi. She&#8217;s amazing. But she&#8217;s not everyone&#8217;s cup of tea. But if you like dance songs and great ballads, you at least have to click on the video below and give her a try!<\/p>\n<p>Up for grabs are two album reviews of hers: <a href=\"http:\/\/hildred.hubpages.com\/hub\/Kumi-Koda-Album-Review-JAPONESQUE\">JAPONESQUE<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/hildred.hubpages.com\/hub\/Kumi-Koda-Album-Review-Dejavu\">Dejavu<\/a>. I recommend JAPONESQUE out of the two, but of course you should read both of them. *hint hint*<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all for this week. 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