This is a post I wrote for Fated Light, and I’m just x-posting to here so I keep my articles together XD..<3
Inspired by her intense love for Disney movies, Koda Kumi has announced that she will be releasing a Disney covers album sometime within the next 10 years. Rumours say that two overzealous fans locked her in a room next to angry 30+ aged women in order to force her to sing in a pink dress and a tiara and with a pumpkin carriage pulled by mice transformed into horses. It worked.
Now, she has officially announced Disney HIT’S, a cover album full of beautiful, exciting Disney covers from old classics to recent hit’s, all of them equal in quality to her previous two Disney covers of “A Whole New World” and “It’s a Small World”. Fan rejoice as the two tracks have also been added to the album’s line-up!
For those not familiar with the two cover songs, “A Whole New World” features Peabo Bryson, the original singer for the pop version found on Aladdin’s ending credits. The song features soulful, emotional vocals from both singers, highlighting their superior ballad-singing skills, and their perfect pitch. “It’s a Small World”, on the other hand, features the rapping duo Heartsdales and takes the original song to a new, edgy, tropical sound that will never fail to make you dance! Heartsdales assures us that “It’s a small world after all, no matter if you’re big or small”. Deep stuff.
Included in the rumoured list of songs covered by Ms. Koda:
- Enchanted’s “True Love’s Kiss” (a duet with Fergie as Prince Edward)
- High School Musical’s “We’re All In This Together” (featuring AAA)
- Mulan’s “I’ll make a man out of you” (with Koda Kumi as all voices)
- Snow White’s “Whistle While You Work” (on helium)
- Sleeping Beauty’s “Once Upon a Dream”
- Mary Poppins’ “A Spoonful of Sugar”
- Winnie the Pooh’s “Rumbly in my Tumbly”
- The Little Mermaid’s “Kiss the Girl” (with a French accent)
- Beauty & The Beast’s Beauty & The Beast”
- Lion King’s “Hakuna Matata” (misono as Timon, Koda Kumi as Pumba, VERBAL as Simba)
- Jungle Book’s “Bare Necessities” (KM-MARKIT as Mowgli, Koda Kumi as Baloo)
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So, what Disney hit’s would YOU like Koda Kumi to cover? The Silly Song? Happy Working Song? The Work Song?
