john 975 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 In Japan, ‘change in K-pop generations’ Translated by: john @ www.onehallyu.com With the rise and debuts of new Korean artists in Japan, there is a now a new generation of K-pop. Starting from last fall, GOT7, Apink, BTOB, and AOA all released their debut singles in Japan; this year, Block B already started their promotions in Japan as well. In February, HIGH4 will be debuting. Last October, GOT7’s ‘Around the World’ made it to #3 on the Oricon weekly chart. The same month, Apink’s ‘No No No’ made it to #4. Then, AOA hit #8 with ‘Miniskirt’, while BOTB’s ‘Wow’ was at #6. Apink and AOA are now being considered the new SNSD and KARA in Japan. WINNER, who made to #2 on the Oricon daily charts, is also being considered as part of the new leading generation of K-pop stars in Japan. Continuing the momentum, Block B, B1A4, and ZE:A all released songs in Japan and made the top 10 on the 21st. — 1. [+1181,-26] All of K-pop seems to have the same style and same music. I wish K-pop doesn’t become known as some annoying repetitive thing that’s all the same 2. [+972,-44] I wish they paid more attention to Korean promotions than Japanese promotions ㅜㅜ 3. [+824,-97] Still, no one is on TVXQ’s level 4. [+611,-23] Just the daily charts? They have a long way to go then 5. [+447,-28] I hope they all try their best to make our country more known…! Hwaiting! 6. [+66,-1] I was really surprised that Supernova was so famous in Japan when they’re not even that famous in Korea 7. [+65,-4] The reason TVXQ was able to be so successful in Japan is that they didn’t rely on their popularity in Korea or the Hallyu to make it. They started from all the way at the bottom and worked their way up. As an example, you can just think of how Kangnam and Takuya are acting like in our Korean variety shows. There are still people in Japan who are a bit older who don’t know that DB5K are Korean 8. [+76,-15] TVXQ’s popularity in Japan is a wall you can’t climb over. Boa and TVXQ are the only artists that get the same treatment as Japanese artists in Japan. JYJ released an album there and without any promotion, it still made it to 1st or 2nd place. They didn’t just rely on the Hallyu wave. So even though Japan might be trying to suppress K-pop, TVXQ still do well there 9. [+94,-37] Boa and TVXQ are legends 10. [+79,-23] You have to beat TVXQ first — Who do you think will be the next idols to take over Japan? 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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