Kumi Naidoo to 2008, he was the Secretary General and chief executive officer of Johannesburg-based Civicus: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, which is dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society throughout the world. He also served as the founding chairperson of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty. Kumi Naidoo joined Greenpeace in 2009. He had been persuaded by his daughter Naomi to take on the role. Greenpeace's commitment to direct action and civil disobedience was what attracted Naidoo to the organisation. Naidoo saw his role as the executive director of Greenpeace as that of an alliance builder and an agent
DNA (Koda Kumi album) South Korean group SF9 for their song "Fanfare" in July along with Albin Nordqvist. The lyrics to "HUSH" were written by Kumi and TEEDA from the group BACK-ON. The song "Guess Who Is Back" (track #9) was utilized as the theme song for the fourth season of the anime "Black Clover." This made it the first time since 2012 that Kumi performed a theme song for an anime, with her previous being "Go to the top" for the anime "Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse". Along with the music video for "Hush", three new videos were created and performed for the album: