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Teelo
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
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| The Sultan of Seoul wrote: |
Yeah, why haven't there been any successful Asian singers in the US or UK..?
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Stellar. Bic Runga. The Naked and Famous.
Wait. Damn. |
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Dave Chance
Joined: 30 May 2011
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:36 am Post subject: |
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| The Sultan of Seoul wrote: |
Yeah, why haven't there been any successful Asian singers in the US or UK..?
All I can remember is Jimmy Iwa from the Pumpkins and a band called Cornershop that were a one hit wonder. |
That is a good point to ponder.
Must be that Asian musicians/singers aren't talented or original enough?
Anyone's who's checked out the underground/indie scene in Tokyo knows this line of thinking is somewhat inaccurate (anyone familiar with Indian musicians/singers of substance also can attest to this)... |
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Teelo
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:47 am Post subject: |
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| Does someone count as an "asian singer" if they're western born/raised with a perfect NZ/UK/USA accent and whom I didn't even know was asian until I saw their music video? |
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Dave Chance
Joined: 30 May 2011
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:01 am Post subject: |
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| Teelo wrote: |
| Does someone count as an "asian singer" if they're western born/raised with a perfect NZ/UK/USA accent and whom I didn't even know was asian until I saw their music video? |
Only if she isn't an 'exotic', 'hot' Asian chick who gets a pass for her fetish value |
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rchristo10
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:43 pm Post subject: |
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transmogrifier
Joined: 02 Jan 2012
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:23 pm Post subject: |
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Unlike every other pop star on the planet, right?
This unbridled hate of another person for choosing to work in Korea over the USA is amusing. You all should get together and burn down her house. That'll teach her.
For the record, I couldn't care less if she succeeds or fails, because her type of music makes my ears bleed. But let her inflict her misery where she wants. |
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transmogrifier
Joined: 02 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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| fosterman wrote: |
her family and her sound like a bunch of users!
if you are "Koreans" then leave USA and go back to Korea then! jeeeez |
This is my favorite nonsensical comment, especially on a board dedicated to people who choose to live in another country to make some money before heading back to their home country. |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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What's with all the hate toward her? What do you expect her to say to a Korean reporter? That she so badly wants to make it big in America, but she has settled for Korea? Come on guys, you've got to be more diplomatic than that...
Anyways, unlike most Korean-born Koreans, she knows it's virtually impossible for a solo Asian singer to succeed in America. Have there been any? She was smart turning it down. She probably has more than enough money now, and probably will make much more if she stays put. No need to start a likely unsuccessful venture. |
That's just a self-fulfilling prophecy. If a person has the attitude, "Well I can't succeed here anyway so I'll just turn down any offer I get by an American producer" then of course they won't succeed there. Why would a producer offer someone a deal if he didn't think the person could succeed? |
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transmogrifier
Joined: 02 Jan 2012
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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| flakfizer wrote: |
Why would a producer offer someone a deal if he didn't think the person could succeed? |
Why would a movie producer greenlight John Carter, which flopped horribly? It's all a gamble. Obviously this girl either didn't think she would succeed or wasn't interested in working in the USA, or the deal was a crap one, or, or , or. Whatever. Could be a million reasons, none of which deserve a slew of replies that would shame Korean netizen morons in their blinkered world view (and I don't include your OP in that) |
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fosterman
Joined: 16 Nov 2011
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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| transmogrifier wrote: |
| fosterman wrote: |
her family and her sound like a bunch of users!
if you are "Koreans" then leave USA and go back to Korea then! jeeeez |
This is my favorite nonsensical comment, especially on a board dedicated to people who choose to live in another country to make some money before heading back to their home country. |
were you born in korea? were you raised in Korea? were you educated in Korea? were you given a Korean passport? are you a korean?
big difference buddy.
Love it or leave it.
we are Expats here, we are not Koreans and we never will be.
she is an American, and she will take everything she can get as an American and her family too, but they choose to call themselves Koreans
how can she be a korean? when she was born and raised in the states,
she is brainwashed. and frankly she is not even a real Korean.
she is an American with Korean heritage. and she should be proud of both. |
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fosterman
Joined: 16 Nov 2011
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Teelo wrote: |
| The Sultan of Seoul wrote: |
Yeah, why haven't there been any successful Asian singers in the US or UK..?
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Stellar. Bic Runga. The Naked and Famous.
Wait. Damn. |
ahahahaha, dude, Stellar, and bic are half Maori and half chinese.
but they are Kiwis bro. through and through. they don't go around saying they are chinese,
the only real Famous Asian musicians, and I mean straight from the orient
not asians born and raised in our countries.
are..
coco lee and Yo Yo ma and actually yo Yo ma is not even a singer.
so yeah, i'm going with Co Co lee.
just one! |
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warmachinenkorea
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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John Park and Chris Golightly both were eliminated from American Idol and came to Korea and were successful. She probably sees a bigger opportunity in Korea than the U.S. Look at how many people are on YouTube that are awesome singers or musicians and no one gives them a shot.
Music producers give people chances, and if it doesn't work they just toss them to the curb. She will have a better chance of singing Korean songs with English mixed in in Korea, and being having a hit, than in the States.
I grew up in West TN and there are ZERO Asians. Yea there might 5 in a town of 10,000. In most of the Midwest or The South in America. Most people relate music with White of Black people. Most of America isn't ready to see an Asian in the main stream and that's why there hasn't been an Asian in the main stream. |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
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| I'm not sure why so many people think she wouldn't have a shot in the States. A producer thought seemed to think she had a shot, and as far as Asian-Americans making it, did everyone forget Far East Movement? She was born and raised in the States. I'm pretty sure she can sing in English. Mainstream America probably isn't going to go out and buy a CD of songs sung in Korean, but why wouldn't they buy music that they just plain like regardless of the ethnicity of the singer? |
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The Sultan of Seoul
Joined: 17 Apr 2012
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Teelo wrote: |
| Does someone count as an "asian singer" if they're western born/raised with a perfect NZ/UK/USA accent and whom I didn't even know was asian until I saw their music video? |
I was classing both those from Asian countries or those with Asian ehtnicity born in western countries.
Just remewmbered another one - Apache Indian. Here come de hotsteppah, murerah, the original gangsta, murdera!
But yeah, they don't seem that well represented, unlike whites and blacks. Why?
I really am curious, I doubt as a group they are dramatically less tallented. Perhaps less likely to pursue that kind of career?
Even on tv and in Movies in the west, whites and blacks are far more prevalent. Lucy leiu and Michelle Wei are doing okay, but I cannot think of any others, oh SanjaY from Eastenders, but that was a while back. Rita from Corrie, Chang on Community, ummm....
What IS up with that? maybe less people from Asian ethicities going that route in the first place? |
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pegasus64128
Joined: 20 Aug 2011
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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I changed my mind. I honestly know nothing about this so I'll be quiet. 
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