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Originally posted by Nonchalant
Agreed, the English in like SNSD's The Boys or T-ara won't cut it, they're better with just Korean. Plus, I think the language is part of the charm.
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K-pop has a huge international audience, and most of us really enjoy the way they sing in korean. Granted it's still a niche genre, but as you said, the korean language gives the music a bit of flair. I'm speaking about the music, and not their personas outside of it (leading into my text below...)
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Originally posted by Zack
No it would be the same as Japan. Korean only singles don't sell in Japan, and the same would be for the UK.
The act promoting in the UK would have to have good English, it's necessary because otherwise the audience can't connect with their personality etc. if they can't understand them.
If f(x) released the Red Light album in English for the UK, I'm pretty sure it would be a success.
CL should turn to the UK if her US debut doesn't do as well as hoped. She's still friendly with Will I think and he's really popular in the UK, so it could be a good back-up plan for her.
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I think a korean song would probably do better in the UK than in Japan. Just guessing, but for some reason it makes sense to me.
You're right there. In interviews it'll really help if one or two members knew english so they didn't need translators. If f(x) released the
Red Light album in the UK the way it is, and did interviews in english, I think it'd do really well*.
*It would do better than most other western k-pop attempts.
I still think SNSD missed an opportunity to properly debut in the west back at the height of their popularity. If they'd done a much more western friendly song than the boys, and maybe promoted with just the 5 singers. You never know.
