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Vorgrim

Korea (North)1601 Posts

September 11 2012 16:30 GMT

#75741

Baek Ah Yeon's album is really chill.

Kuja

United States1759 Posts

September 11 2012 16:31 GMT

#75742

On September 12 2012 01:29 Fawkes wrote:
It's only like the 10th time that the mainstream discussion has popped up. No problem.

What's the general consensus then? Remember the KMD is a cycle too.

ShmeeZZy

United States254 Posts

September 11 2012 16:33 GMT

#75743

I don't think the US is taking him seriously at this point. Even his new manager, on the Ryan Seacrest interview, compared it to this song. A one hit wonder and the guy was never heard from again.
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I might be reaching here, but I also would hate to think that Ellen was correlating PSY with the laugh acts that shows like American Idol and X-factor have on the first few episodes. The silly people with no talent who make it big because people think they are funny. At least Simon called PSY brilliant which is high praise coming from him.

At the very least PSY has given kpop more exposure and maybe this foot in the door gives him a chance to showcase all his talent in the future. Fingers crossed.

Moonwrath

United States9568 Posts

September 11 2012 16:41 GMT

#75744

Gangnam Style isn't going to suddenly make everyone listen to Korean language music. It's the Macarena, plain and simple. Just look how everyone wants him to teach the dance and all that, no matter where he goes. They don't care about PSY, they care about the 'horse dance'.

The positive thing is that PSY is promoting his culture. I thought it was really interesting how he and Ryan Seacrest talked about the differences between Western and Korean age on his show. PSY spoke Korean on the VMAs. It's stuff like this that is important too I think. PSY is spreading knowledge and awareness of Korea, which is pretty cool. Is the mainstream public gonna be all 'Kpop and kimchi yeeeeeah!' after this? Of course not, but at least some people are more aware of Korea outside of Samsung and Hyundai. That's a win.

Meanwhile, Korean music fans will continue listening to Korean music, some new people who found out about it through Gangnam Style will join in, and most people will of course not listen to anything but English language music. And that's ok.

Kuja

United States1759 Posts

September 11 2012 16:44 GMT

#75745

Woke up early so might as well make and IU post before I go to class to start the day out right. I really haven't had time to read the KMD lately unfortunately so I don't know if these are re-posts or not but these are the most recent IU pics I got.

Fortunately I didn't miss cratons gif post, and though it may not mean much I have to say that if it was in my power I would give you a blue star.

Err this barely scratches the surface of the pics I've saved over the past two weeks, way more then I thought. Anyway, more to come later if I don't go out drinking again.

Photodump
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IU's S3 Photo Play App
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Summer Story Album Jacket
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Cancam Magazine
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Music Bank Sky Festival
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SBS Inkigayo
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Paju Folk Festival
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Incheon K-pop Concert
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More Galaxy Stuff (I Think)
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Nongshim Black Shin Cup
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Cubu

1171 Posts

September 11 2012 16:56 GMT

#75746

i honestly don't think psy is helping kpop. I mean psy's music =/= kpop as we know it. Kpop is generally just girl groups with sexy choreo and boy groups with cool looking moves. I mean most people in america didn't give 2 shits about snsd and wondergirls (people outside their fanbase) and psy making it big is not gonna change people's minds about them unless they do something like psy or something else that would go viral in youtube.

wei2coolman

United States60033 Posts

September 11 2012 17:06 GMT

#75747

I think we all agree that PSY isn't going to be spreading kpop, but the real question is, do you want kpop to go mainstream outside of Korea? And if so, do you want it in English, but done in kpop style? or just the way kpop is now, just more popular?

Jarzai

United States702 Posts

September 11 2012 17:11 GMT

#75748

I figured since this thread is digressing rather than progressing I'l just ask, who is everyone's favorite member of SNSD???? I like Yuri

Edit. Added extra question marks!

demMudkipz

United States7 Posts

September 11 2012 17:14 GMT

#75749

Eternal love for Taeyeon.

Kuja

United States1759 Posts

September 11 2012 17:15 GMT

#75750

On September 12 2012 02:11 Jarzai wrote:
I figured since this thread is digressing rather than progressing I'l just ask, who is everyone's favorite member of SNSD? I like Yuri

Good god you should be temp banned, you ruined the next 5 pages at least.

That being said Tippany > all, Taeyeon = last

klogg

Sweden800 Posts

September 11 2012 17:16 GMT

#75751

On September 12 2012 02:06 wei2coolman wrote:
And if so, do you want it in English, but done in kpop style?

Yes, more of this please.

Cubu

1171 Posts

September 11 2012 17:20 GMT

#75752

On September 12 2012 02:11 Jarzai wrote:
I figured since this thread is digressing rather than progressing I'l just ask, who is everyone's favorite member of SNSD? I like Yuri

no, you're making it worse.

I don't care and don't think korea will go mainstream outside of korea (i.e in the western areas). I always believed kpop's success was limited to asia and that it's success has more to do with the fact that it is korean.

Gosi

Sweden9072 Posts

September 11 2012 17:20 GMT

#75753

Has anyone in here introduced kpop to some friends irl that voiced their opinion on it? I haven't done this, the only friend I have that listens to kpop already is korean etc so I didn't introduce it to her, but it would be fun to know what the general opinion about kpop would be around western people. My guess would be that the guys would call all the boy bands gay because that is what they do to to every male pop artist here in the west already even if most of them just look and act like your typical western guy anyway. The rest I don't know. ^^~

Kuja

United States1759 Posts

September 11 2012 17:26 GMT

#75754

On September 12 2012 02:20 Gosi wrote:
Has anyone in here introduced kpop to some friends irl that voiced their opinion on it? I haven't done this, the only friend I have that listens to kpop already is korean etc so I didn't introduce it to her, but it would be fun to know what the general opinion about kpop would be around western people. My guess would be that the guys would call all the boy bands gay because that is what they do to to every male pop artist here in the west already even if most of them just look and act like your typical western guy anyway. The rest I don't know. ^^~

I introduced it to my korean/veit friend, who's completely whitewashed by the way, (dad full Korean but adopted into states at birth so no actual Korean cult in him); he listens to vocaloids and shit and he thought it was ok, at the very least he lets me blast it while were LANing together.

Rkie

United States1278 Posts

September 11 2012 17:28 GMT

#75755

Most of them don't care because they can't understand it, thus it is unappealing to them. A few enjoy dem legz and of course the butts but that's about it..

wei2coolman

United States60033 Posts

September 11 2012 17:34 GMT

#75756

The general rule, about music is, whoevers driving always chooses the music. So usually, if I'm driving, kpop is gunna be played in my car, my friends don't seem to mind it. They do know some of the more popular western exposed ones like, gee, bubblepop, gangnam style, etc etc. As far as MV goes, I show a couple of them to my friends that I know are into Asian girls, for dem visuals.

HaXXspetten

Sweden15718 Posts

September 11 2012 17:41 GMT

#75757

On September 12 2012 02:15 Kuja wrote:

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Good god you should be temp banned, you ruined the next 5 pages at least.

That being said Tippany > all, Taeyeon = last

Now there's smth you don't read every day.

Personally I went from Sica => Yuri => Everyone

bcuz forever nine yo

Fawkes

Canada1935 Posts

September 11 2012 17:43 GMT

#75758

On September 12 2012 02:15 Kuja wrote:

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Good god you should be temp banned, you ruined the next 5 pages at least.

That being said Tippany > all, Taeyeon = last

You'll get over your brutal mistake one day

Fighting!

On September 12 2012 02:41 HaXXspetten wrote:

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Now there's smth you don't read every day.

Personally I went from Sica => Yuri => Everyone

bcuz forever nine yo

Were you banned when he got forever scarred?

You guys totally destroying the next few pages of the thread

wei2coolman

United States60033 Posts

September 11 2012 17:45 GMT

#75759

On September 12 2012 02:41 HaXXspetten wrote:

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Now there's smth you don't read every day.

Personally I went from Sica => Yuri => Everyone

bcuz forever nine yo

Dude, I started with Sica as well.
Sica=>Tiffany=>Taeyeon, I still haven't reached the pinnacle of SNSD nirvana like you, and spread dat first rank to everyone. (but I blame this on Hyorc)

Lonyo

United Kingdom3884 Posts

September 11 2012 17:48 GMT

#75760

Sica was right down the bottom for me initially (Gee days), but she's near the top nowadays.
Since the start for me (Gee), Seohyun up, Sica up, Hyoyeon up, Sooyoung still low, Yoona down, Taeyon, Tippany and Yuri the same, Sunny down.

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