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Originally posted by Vin
But the BOTTOM LINE is that it comes down to the MUSIC and more importantly, when it comes to K-Pop, the VIDEO. Americans couldn't understand a WORD of "Gangnam Style," but loved the production, his vocal delivery, AND his VISUALLY stimulating and parody-able music video. So, maybe those K-Pop and J-Pop artists that are looking to crossover need better music and better videos, to be honest. Let's not try to pretend like it's a lost cause to try to crossover.
...Vin
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Yeah, I mean the whole thing can be done in Korea and if it's good enough it will be a hit, for example that Girls' Generation song on Letterman was lousy, tired semi-melodies over a Spice Girls meets early Britney meets 'Loose' Nelly Furtado filler track. They seemed timid on the performance, the voices very auto-tuned, a lot of old pop/modern R&B tricks for effect on the song. A total scramble.
A well-written song and a great video will do the trick, but a world smash quality song and a video that really can really be a classic not just an overproduction of something with little substance.
there's no barriers, including language, that can separate music from an audience
