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On March 28 2011 01:24 XaI)CyRiC wrote: Random post, but I just gotta say that I'm pretty impressed with Infinite. All three of their hit songs have been good, had good MVs (the most recent one for Nothing's Over was very creative), and had great accompanying choreography. They have two members who sing pretty well, and they are the best group in my opinion when it comes to synchronized choreography. I'm not sure who does their choreography, but it's all been pretty good and matched the music well.
I always felt that Infinite had strong vocals, but they have far too many members. The trend in kpop to stick as many warm bodies in each group as possible is getting increasingly annoying. Five should be the most.
On March 28 2011 01:24 XaI)CyRiC wrote: Random post, but I just gotta say that I'm pretty impressed with Infinite. All three of their hit songs have been good, had good MVs (the most recent one for Nothing's Over was very creative), and had great accompanying choreography. They have two members who sing pretty well, and they are the best group in my opinion when it comes to synchronized choreography. I'm not sure who does their choreography, but it's all been pretty good and matched the music well.
I always felt that Infinite had strong vocals, but they have far too many members. The trend in kpop to stick as many warm bodies in each group as possible is getting increasingly annoying. Five should be the most.
I so agree with you, because for the most part it takes away from all of their personalities, and does not add much to the composition of the songs itself. This is especially true with Kpop in that a lot of the people sound very interchangeable to an extent. What it does do is give the people who are less standout a place. But it is not to the extent of that one Japanese group with 48 people, so we can't complain yet.
The advantage of having many people in a group however, is that each member can be marketted differently to appeal to a different public, not to mention that many members means(obviously) more chances to market, more members=more members can appear on variety shows, CF's and the like.
Inevitably you will always have members which are (much) more popular then others.
On March 28 2011 01:24 XaI)CyRiC wrote: Random post, but I just gotta say that I'm pretty impressed with Infinite. All three of their hit songs have been good, had good MVs (the most recent one for Nothing's Over was very creative), and had great accompanying choreography. They have two members who sing pretty well, and they are the best group in my opinion when it comes to synchronized choreography. I'm not sure who does their choreography, but it's all been pretty good and matched the music well.
I always felt that Infinite had strong vocals, but they have far too many members. The trend in kpop to stick as many warm bodies in each group as possible is getting increasingly annoying. Five should be the most.
I so agree with you, because for the most part it takes away from all of their personalities, and does not add much to the composition of the songs itself. This is especially true with Kpop in that a lot of the people sound very interchangeable to an extent. What it does do is give the people who are less standout a place. But it is not to the extent of that one Japanese group with 48 people, so we can't complain yet.
Been a few ~20 groups that failed to debut.
It's always 1-2 lead vocals, 1-2 rappers, and maybe someone who dances exceptionally well, speaks english (or Chinese in a few cases), or is just that goddamn hot. The rest are just fluff.
Plenty of groups that could completely eliminate people and see no effect on their quality of song or performance, such as Sunhwa from Secret. I understand "why" they do it; I just don't agree with it.
On March 28 2011 17:11 Kipsate wrote: The advantage of having many people in a group however, is that each member can be marketted differently to appeal to a different public, not to mention that many members means(obviously) more chances to market, more members=more members can appear on variety shows, CF's and the like.
Inevitably you will always have members which are (much) more popular then others.
That statement is absolutely true and that's also the reason why the brand Super Junior is selling so well. Being split into many different sub-groups, having many members do their own radio show... all that is advertising, marketing and selling at the same time.
Allkpop had an article about Kim Bum Soo getting 1st for the first time in a chart since his debut. Apparently he rearranged and sang Lee Soraโs โPleaseโ on MBC's show, and it was supposedly good or something and it went to the top of some charts. No video in the article so I youtubed it. End result is pure awesome.
I don't know what he's singing but it gives me goosebumps >< Incredible voice.
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