SHINee's new album is probably gonna only have like 4/5 new tracks on it anyway, since it's only got 12 tracks on it and we have the 3 singles and b-sides already, plus Everybody/Dream Girl Japanese versions will possibly be on it too.
I agree with you there. But YG and SM don't seem to care about the UK even though it's the 3rd largest market after the US and Japan.
2NE1 could easily slay in the UK, plus will.i.am is popular there so all they would need is a guest slot on The Voice or something which he judges. They also look "exotic" which the UK likes, they would do well imo.
I hope it does make things easier for K-Pop acts though. I still want it to have that big "breakout" moment (Psy was a novelty) where international success finally happens.
YG has his eyes set on the US, which is understandable (biggest market and the music from his company generally is in line with the US anyway). I don't think SM would ever try and go international again outside Korea, Japan, and China.
I agree that 2NE1 might work well with the UK. G-Dragon would work, too. We can only hope that they'll try that avenue rather than the US. "Gotta Be You" and "Crooked" could be UK hits.
I'd like that, too, but I also sort of think K-Pop will forever be a niche genre in the west. As you said, Psy was a novelty, and I don't think K-Pop is as accessible as everyone says it is (not for the western GP, anyway). Little movements like these can be exciting but we have to keep in mind that the chance for K-Pop to breakout is small at the moment, unfortunately.
Big kpop groups are consist of people with multiply talents and each member have a certain role in the group.... And most of all, everyone can dance.... i am not here for 8 vocalists that would probably cant move their feet.....Simon should stop copying ideas and maybe start a musical....
Not to mention that kpop scene is excited, adventurous and experimental (visual wise).... imagine a western group dressing and moving as kpop idols.... that wont be taken very good from the audience, so their management team wont do that, meaning they will end a boring group...
it will be just a bigger one direction... and thats certainly not something good
Why would SM/any agency be thinking about a US debut for a UK X Factor entry? Unless you're Leona Lewis, but even she was limited
I think it would be as hard/harder for the UK to accept them. I can't recall the last Asian singer that was popular there, even UK born
One Direction.
I don't know how to word this correctly but the british charts are generally more supportive of music that wouldn't really make any impact throughout the rest of the west. It just seems like the best bet for a successful single or two from k-pop groups who aren't PSY.
YG has his eyes set on the US, which is understandable (biggest market and the music from his company generally is in line with the US anyway). I don't think SM would ever try and go international again outside Korea, Japan, and China.
I agree that 2NE1 might work well with the UK. G-Dragon would work, too. We can only hope that they'll try that avenue rather than the US. "Gotta Be You" and "Crooked" could be UK hits.
I'd like that, too, but I also sort of think K-Pop will forever be a niche genre in the west. As you said, Psy was a novelty, and I don't think K-Pop is as accessible as everyone says it is (not for the western GP, anyway). Little movements like these can be exciting but we have to keep in mind that the chance for K-Pop to breakout is small at the moment, unfortunately.
The problem is, Simon Cowell is only copying certain things from K-Pop. We all know that it's the staging, members, talents and personalities that the agencies put together that makes the group interesting to watch. Just a large group isn't really interesting or original.
K-Pop should technically be inaccessible in Japan as well, there are very high tensions between the countries, yet it has been quite successful. I don't see why they couldn't just do Eng. ver releases of their songs like they do Japanese ver. releases?
SNSD had the right idea with The Boys, but the lyrics were terrible and the US/ Europe wasn't ready for K-Pop at that point in time.
The problem is, Simon Cowell is only copying certain things from K-Pop. We all know that it's the staging, members, talents and personalities that the agencies put together that makes the group interesting to watch. Just a large group isn't really interesting or original.
K-Pop should technically be inaccessible in Japan as well, there are very high tensions between the countries, yet it has been quite successful. I don't see why they couldn't just do Eng. ver releases of their songs like they do Japanese ver. releases?
SNSD had the right idea with The Boys, but the lyrics were terrible and the US/ Europe wasn't ready for K-Pop at that point in time.
That's true, too. However a larger group could still help change things, even if they're all primarily vocalists and not much else.
The only problem with english versions is that the pronunciation and accents would have to be perfect for them to have a valid shot. It wouldn't be as simple as just "singing english". It's actually quite sad just how much work would need to go into an english release that isn't even guaranteed any success.
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