Thursday, January 20, 2011

Kpop that could make it in the U.S.

It seems that 2010 and this year K-pop music is starting to sound more "Americanized" well some of it always has (not a bad thing) but lately with the easier accessibility to it through online stores (yesasia, dvdheaven) websites, youtube etc, it is more noticeable.
I've heard a few songs lately that made me say hey! That could make it over here! (if it were in English) maybe...
The first one Teen Top's Supa Love



Upon the  first listen I was like "Oh man another electronic song", but when the lead vocalist began the song in English I was very surprised.The basic melody of the song was simple and catchy as well as the chorus (which has to be or the song usually fails).
  Why it may succeed in the U.S. : Going just by this song the members' English sounds very good and not heavily accented. Why is this important? For some reason nowadays the fact that a song is not in English is a reason alot of Americans state they do not like international songs. Though songs that were completely not in english have had success in the U.S. for example  Sukiyaki by Kyu Sakamoto which was completely in Japanese and made it to the No.1 spot U.S. billboard charts in 1963 but that is a different topic and story.
Who it may succeed with: This song could be popular among the younger crowd (14-20) as
they tend to like the Electro music with simple melodies and choruses that is out right now.
Where would be a good place to play it? Radio stations that play international songs of course, but radio stations that play a mix of musical genres (channels that play a mix of pop, r&b , soft rock), and channels targeted towards teens. radio stations that play urban and hip hop music is not a good idea.
Radio or Video? After seeing the video and from sharing videos with others it seems that people may write of a group before even listening to the music if they don't like (or understand)  their look. So If they hear the music and like it they may not be as apprehensive about the artist.
Well that's my thoughts on this song (I may do a review of the video later) What do you think about the song?

1 comment:

  1. I wish more people here in the US appreciate asian music :/ I mean Kpop will prob. be played here if they were in english but I guess not everyone likes listening to international music, and thats too bad cuz alot of these artists sound good ^ ^)b

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