[KoreanDream]

Originally posted by SO.UNCOOL™

Your comment seemed pretty serious to me.
& IDK what their label was thinking releasing that mess of a "Japanese version" of "I AM THE BEST" as the lead track to promote their album.
I just can't at them throwing in Korean and Mandarin on a song that's supposed to be in Japanese

If they were smart they would have gone with a Japanese version of "I Don't Care".
But honestly, I think these K-Pop acts should just start releasing original material instead of Japanese covers of their Korean stuff.

Really? I thought the gif gave it away.

I AM THE BEST went to 37 on the Oricon charts. THIRTY. SEVEN.
Where was the Mandarin?

Go Away, Ugly, and I Don't Care could have all been hits in Japan, IF handled correctly. It annoys me to no end how badly this whole NOLZA mini album has been handled. I thought the YGEX partnership was such a good idea, then this...

I agree. SNSD's decision to release a Japanese album with original Japanese material was genius.

[KoreanDream]

Originally posted by Britneyfan09

I think people are being too hard on 2NE1. It's just a mini album and I'm sure even their debut physical single in Japan will easily outsell it.

If it's handled well, Go Away could be very successful upon release next month. But I have no doubt YG will find some way to **** it up.

[Newt]

Originally posted by Britneyfan09

Why the **** is this thread dead and gone when I'm bored as hell but when I have a big test to study for the next day it decides to make a comeback.

Because Gisele texted me about your test and told me to come distract you

Originally posted by KoreanDream

Good. I thought you were going to tell me that those sales were great and that I knew nothing about the Japanese market, as some bitch on 6Theory tried to tell me when I said the same thing about 2NE1 the other day. Lord, K/J-pop stans can be really irritating.

The delusion.

I AM THE BEST is my jam though

[Lararen]

Just gonna say i like 2ne1 in korea.And I'd prefer them stay there or learn the language of the people they are trynna pimp money out from. Done

[Britneyfan09]

Originally posted by Newt

Because Gisele texted me about your test and told me to come distract you

That is so like her.

[SO.UNCOOL™]

OMGGGG this song from MAA's new album sh!ts:



LIFE has been given!

[Britneyfan09]

Originally posted by KoreanDream

If it's handled well, Go Away could be very successful upon release next month. But I have no doubt YG will find some way to **** it up.

Girl YG has nothing to do with Japan. Blame it on Avex Trax.

[Lararen]

^MAA ***** newt how ya been?

[Lararen]

Originally posted by KoreanDream

If it's handled well, Go Away could be very successful upon release next month. But I have no doubt YG will find some way to **** it up.

Nah 2ne1 will stay flopping

[KoreanDream]

Originally posted by Newt

I AM THE BEST is my jam though

Sis, in Korean, I hope? It's a mess in Japanese.

Originally posted by Lararen

Just gonna say i like 2ne1 in korea.And I'd prefer them stay there or learn the language of the people they are trynna pimp money out from. Done

They actually speak Japanese really well, at least for a K-pop group. It's just that their songs sound messy when translated into Japanese.

Originally posted by Britneyfan09

Girl YG has nothing to do with Japan. Blame it on Avex Trax.

It's YG's fault, too.

[Lararen]

^ It's both their fault because YG has a say in the promotion marketing of their own artist etc. Probably more-so than avex

[Newt]

Originally posted by Britneyfan09

Girl YG has nothing to do with Japan. Blame it on Avex Trax.

Avex strikes again

Originally posted by Lararen

^MAA ***** newt how ya been?

I've been well! I'm always busy and doing something so that explains my long absence but I've misseddddd ya'll <3

Originally posted by KoreanDream

Sis, in Korean, I hope? It's a mess in Japanese.

Of course

[Britneyfan09]

Kumi and Namie have announced their singles for 11/30 with Kumi's album hopefully in December. Now I need Ayu to announce a new single so the trinity can be back together.

[KoreanDream]

Originally posted by Britneyfan09

Kumi and Namie have announced their singles for 11/30 with Kumi's album hopefully in December. Now I need Ayu to announce a new single so the trinity can be back together.

I hope Ayu releases a single for 11/30, too. It'd be like the old days.

[KoreanDream]

Originally posted by Lararen

^ It's both their fault because YG has a say in the promotion marketing of their own artist etc. Probably more-so than avex

Yeah, it's more YG's fault. But AVEX is never innocent.

[SO.UNCOOL™]

J-POP TRINITY


Ayumi Hamasaki


Namie Amuro


Koda Kumi

Any complaints?

[Belle]

w/e, people seem to forget how many of TVXQ's Japanese singles flopped before they made it huge.

[Britneyfan09]

For those who missed Kumi's performance of "BE MY BABY" in Vietnam.

[Newt]

Originally posted by KoreanDream

I hope Ayu releases a single for 11/30, too. It'd be like the old days.

Except for the fact that sales are now tiny in comparison to their old numbers

Oricon needs to get their **** together, it's almost 2012 and still no digital sales conglomeration with physical sales

[SO.UNCOOL™]

Originally posted by Britneyfan09

For those who missed Kumi's performance of "BE MY BABY" in Vietnam.

So flawless! Only a member of the trinity could put on a performance like this