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Why didn't this Asian superstar become big in the West?

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2 minutes ago, Freaky Prince said:

Lets be real, an Asian act will never become popular in the US, let alone worldwide.

BTS and Blackpink come close, but it feels like their success is fanbase driven, rather than GP driven.

If Namie Amuro isn't asian, She will be popular?

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Same way Utada didn’t, who started out in the U.S. 

 

The closest asian act thats getting bigger and bigger is Joji, but that’s because he started off as a Youtuber.

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35 minutes ago, . Mercedes said:

If Namie Amuro isn't asian, She will be popular?

Depends what you define the West. There are rarely global acts that isn’t American or British, no matter if they are in a western country or not.

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It's because Asian artists are literally just copying Western trends instead of incorporating elements of their own culture into their music. Most European acts that became popular in the States or WW had something new to offer.

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1 hour ago, Madonna said:

It's because Asian artists are literally just copying Western trends instead of incorporating elements of their own culture into their music. Most European acts that became popular in the States or WW had something new to offer.

You know that doesn't apply to all. Some western artists have copied Asian artists.

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2 hours ago, Madonna said:

It's because Asian artists are literally just copying Western trends instead of incorporating elements of their own culture into their music. Most European acts that became popular in the States or WW had something new to offer.

While there is a lot of western influence to asian acts, that’s a blanket statement that shows you know very little about asian pop music beyond Kpop.... Asian acts aren’t generally popular worldwide because they speak and sing in languages that most people outside of their country don’t understand. It’s amazing that BTS and Blackpink even have as large of an impact as they have right now considering most of the outside-Korea audiences that follow them don’t even speak Korean. 

Conversely, most global western acts speak English. That’s their universal appeal because English is such a widely spoken language.... that is a main factor of western acts being so global IMO, not that they “bring something new” to the table. If you haven’t explored Chinese pop or Jpop in depth, then you have no room to talk about artists who do not bring something new or unique to the table.

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4 hours ago, Kyoteki said:

Same way Utada didn’t, who started out in the U.S. 

 

The closest asian act thats getting bigger and bigger is Joji, but that’s because he started off as a Youtuber.

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3 hours ago, Madonna said:

It's because Asian artists are literally just copying Western trends instead of incorporating elements of their own culture into their music. Most European acts that became popular in the States or WW had something new to offer.

This is a huge generalization that is literally... not true. Just because you don't know any Asian acts that "incorporate elements of their own culture into their music" does not mean that there are none. Exposure and/or research actually goes a long way with avoiding these sort of super clockable statements + allows for more nuanced discussions.

 

As for copying "Western trends" - a huge bulk of songs from major K-Pop acts (which happen to be the Asian acts I listen to the most and am therefore most knowledgeable about) are literally produced by Western producers (particularly Swedish and US American ones). I guess they must have missed the memo that only Western acts are allowed to work with Western producers bebe1

 

OT: As someone else has already said, I think it comes down to the language barriers. Acts singing in languages other than English seldomly manage to break into anglophone markets + I think many of them also don't feel the necessity to try and go "global" in the first place since they're already pulling huge numbers in their domestic markets. The Eastern hemisphere does, after all, include the 2nd biggest music market in the world, Japan. I think a similar argument can also be made as for why some Latin American acts struggle to thrive in the US market or don't even bother with trying to break into it.

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