Comments on: DBSK and BoA are “Not Yet” ready for America; And Others…

By: Monica

Monica — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:46:00 +0000

I completly agree with your last paragraph. I am a fan of a German Band Called Tokio Hotel. Yes they promoted, but not enough, They could speak basic english, but not enough to get them by. They did get raging fans in America, but they left us to go make another album, and America forgot them because they didn’t leave a big enough impression on us. it’s a shame that if you make a mark here we forget you in two weeks if you dont do a lot to be in the media, and when you leave so does all of the hard work you put into making a mark. So if DBSK was to come here, they’d have to be willing to leave their fans at home for a while, a long while, and do a lot of tours and promotions almost 24/7.
I really think that they can do it. I’ve known about them for a couple of weeks but from what I learned of them I know that they’d have the commitment they’d need to make it in america.

By: landreano

landreano — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:06:37 +0000

I think the opposite . I have many musicians in my family and relatives who work in the biz. When it all comes down to it~it’s all about sound. Americans don’t like manufactuerd voices in the studio. DBSK doesn’t have that problem. They can really sing and their english singing has gotten better. If they have a hit song they’ll make it. Their problem will be their dancing. They sycronize well in a group, but have no individual moves to set them apart from one another. A good american choreagropher could fix that such as shane sparks among others. (Another reason they need a choreograper is so that they can do dance moves that don’t require them to lip synch to fast music. The american public is unforginving when it comes to that~Ashley simpson is a great example) AND if they loose the shirt and tie and come into their own sense of style the”ll be fine. You don’t buy music based on what someone looks like ~ you buy it because you like the way it sounds. Perfomance is in a category on it’s own. Besides their was an asian star that broke barriers ..Her name was coco lee she is chinese and her songs were nominated for oscars a couple of times. Her english album is fantastic:”)

By: sapphire

sapphire — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:09:35 +0000

I think DBSK was made for Asia, if I’m putting it right. They’re perfect over there and there are many people across the world as well, including myself, who admire them a lot.

But the thing people say about their chances in the US being slim are unfortunately true. In general, Asian people are not taken seriously here in the West. However. I believe strongly that if a black man could now be president of America, then nothing is impossible for the Asian community there. It’ll take lots of fighting for more rights and showing everybody else that Asians are a unique race (not to be grouped under “minorities” along with latinos and whoever else), and that they should be taken seriously.
What the black community has been able to do, the Asain community can definitely do. And who knows? In the next ten years we can have chart-topping Asian singers in America and even…an Asian president in America.

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 02:11:00 +0000

I really hope that asain music gets big in the U.S. I love it especially K-Pop. Also I want DBSK to come here and even though your right about the homoeroticness and the animal suits thats what I love abot them lol. I would not want them to change which makes it hard because even though I want to hear them sing english songs and be able to go to their concerts without leaving the country I wouldn’t want them to suffer and people here in the states can be very nasty. Also I’m 21 so I hope there more people my age that would love them the way they are. But yea anyway if they have to cahnge who they are than it’s not worth it.

By: Sadaf~

Sadaf~ — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:48:50 +0000

BoA has changed so much to TRY to assimilate into the american industry and I don’t like her that much now =( ~ ***

By: Sadaf~

Sadaf~ — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:45:51 +0000

Does it really matter if DBSK makes it to the US?
They are already known by people of many other countries though they’ve only been producing in east asian countries. If they have to modify themselves to fit with the American Music Industry than I don’t want them to debut there because I like them as they are. BoA has changed so much to TRY to assimilate into the american industry and she I don’t like her that much now =( ~

Would you want someone to change just to be well known?
Of course they’re in the entertainment industry so it’s kind of their job to get people to like them but they’re also people and I like who they are right now.

By: peach

peach — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:49:19 +0000

Boa, maybe, TVXQ, efinitely not. Which totally suck because they’re amazing and I love them.

Right now the U.S. has zero interest in boy-bands and by the time the boy-band craze comes back they’ll be too old (not OLD, but too old to be called boy-band). It doesn’t matter how wonderfully they dance or how amazing they sound, they’re an Asian boy band and the U.S. has very little respect for either. Hopefully this will change in the near future.

The only way I could ever see TVXQ making it in the U.S. is if they stopped dancing……but that would be so awful. I really want them to just stay together and perform in Asia and when they feel like the hectic schedules and grueling dance moves are too much they can become an acapella band (like The Gospellers). Is that too greedy of a wish? lol

By: illdielaughing

illdielaughing — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:48:16 +0000

@amy: hahahahaaa I kno. It’s kind of sad that they don’t know these things.

@nicedram12: I know what you mean. I think originality is key as well. I’m not trying to pretend it solely a racial thing, it just happens to be what I’m talking about in this particular post.

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:41:41 +0000

My favorite line is this though,

“ever seen anything comparable in the US? No.”

UMMMMMMM somebody failed modern American history.

By: nicedream12

nicedream12 — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:35:29 +0000

btw you shouldn’t throw everything to the race factor plz…