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[Selane]

I miss their high energy "Mach" and "A" days.

A and Mach were from Sweetune so it goes without saying that they were awesome. But DSP was like 'those songs flopped, clearly they were bad' *tries to write own songs and fails*

No, they were good songs and they only went nowhere because DSP doesn't even try to market Rainbow properly, much less know how to.

 

[Edgeward]

It's not terrible, but it's not Rainbow either. Completely bland.

Time to go full on the EXID Dasoni train

 

[Salazar]

 

[giri]

Puretty flopped. The cleaning brand group did too. Kara are their only hope and even their sales have decreased in Japan.

Huh?

Kara just set a whole bunch of firsts in japan.

 

[Edgeward]

NINE MUSES Interview for Billboard with ENG subs

 

[catmincer]

Huh?

Kara just set a whole bunch of firsts in japan.

Latest album sold like 1/3 the previous one did.

 

[(._.)]

new rainbow song doesn't sound any worse than like 60% of the other girl group singles you guys put on pedestals. at least it wasn't any worse than Hello Venus' singles. still love my ladies.

 

[Wendel Clark]

how long before someone says the song is good just because they jerk off to rainbow

 

[(._.)]

^ somebody in here will eventually that is equivalently delusional as guys itt that pretend not to jerk off to a pink

 

[Peru]

Songs like a random rookie debut.

Here's the new Perfume MV. It's the theme to Doraemon and sounds like a Doraemon theme so don't expect a new classic, but it's cute and so is the video http://youtu.be/3fhGDkA-tZs

 

[goldlion054]

That mv and song were both garbage. Rainbow is better than this and we all know it :-(

 

[Ashhong]

Instantly reminded me of Shy Boy and Girls Day. Decent in their own right, but terrible and outdated for Rainbow. What a shame.

 

[catmincer]

So I actually listened to the whole Rainbow album

Golden touch - sounds like 80s pop music (This is a good thing).
Close Your Eyes- is a generic ballad
Tell me tell me - Isn't as bad as everyone says, listen to it a few times, it's fun.
Cosmic Girl - This is definitely the standout track. Sounds like something After School would do. I really like it, it should have been the lead track easily! FAIL DSP.
A Story You Never Knew But I Know - Is another upbeat pop track, reminds me of something but I can't quite put my finger on it.
In Love - Boring, but shows off their voices quite well.

 

[Chesskid1]

japan

 

[giri]

CONCE

OMG CONCE

R&I FINAL EP CONCE

OMG.

 

[giri]

Latest album sold like 1/3 the previous one did.

Wait.

Which one are you talking about? they had 2 albums out recently in .jp

And i think thats a silly statement considering all the sold out solo concerts they've just had there.

 

[Peru]

Eh, it's still true. SNSD and KARA both did solid numbers last year and are still among the better selling artists in Japan in general, but markedly less than the year before. Couldn't replicate peak success with the singles either.

 

[catmincer]

Wait.

Which one are you talking about? they had 2 albums out recently in .jp

And i think thats a silly statement considering all the sold out solo concerts they've just had there.

Still, falling album sales aren't ideal.

According to Wiki

Girls Talk - 500K
Supergirl - 778K
Girls Forever - 119K

That is a massive drop, obviously it's not just Kara, SNSD have the same trend...

Girls' Generation - 872K
Girls and Peace - 188K

The point is DSP would be screwed without Kara, if anything happened to them they have no backup, Rainbow are their best bet but they screw them over.

Edit: For lols

2NE1 - Collection 41K
After School - Playgirlz 28.5K
Rainbow - Over the Rainbow 31K
4Minute - Diamond 12K
Secret - Welcome to Secret Time 11K

 

[giri]

Both finished in top 10 for female artists in terms of over all units solid i believe. Which is pretty insane.

I think i'ts pretty crazy to say their popularity is falling just because of one average selling album.

Particularly when you look at their concert success later in the year.

To say they're on the decline in .jp is a ... stretch.

But yes, DSP is pretty reliant upon them.

In conclusion

Put nicole on IY3 plz.

And base IY3 it in Australia.

 

[Ashhong]

Both finished in top 10 for female artists in terms of over all units solid i believe. Which is pretty insane.

I think i'ts pretty crazy to say their popularity is falling just because of one average selling album.

Particularly when you look at their concert success later in the year.

To say they're on the decline in .jp is a ... stretch.

But yes, DSP is pretty reliant upon them.

In conclusion

Put nicole on IY3 plz.

And base IY3 it in Australia.

Will there even be an IY3? Didn't IY2 bomb pretty hard in the ratings?

 

[Chesskid1]

Will there even be an IY3? Didn't IY2 bomb pretty hard in the ratings?

ya, cancelled due to low ratings.


many people predicting kpop will die in japan because of oversaturation (every group is going now), sales dropping a ton for kara/snsd, and political tension between j/sk. too hard to predict, though.

dsp even gave rainbow an ugly physical album

 

[Salazar]

And base IY3 it in Australia.

Ipswich, lol

 

[Peru]

This does cast light on how terrible allkpop are when they try to do make editorial content

If history really does repeat itself, I can really see “Tell Me, Tell Me” marking a pivotal point in Rainbow’s career in the same way that “Rock U” or “Pretty Girl” did for KARA.

 

[(._.)]

i wanna listen to blink-182 w/ krystal and bomi

 

[neoism]

Eh, it's still true. SNSD and KARA both did solid numbers last year and are still among the better selling artists in Japan in general, but markedly less than the year before. Couldn't replicate peak success with the singles either.

the physical version sold like 300k or so right... wonder what all including digital and just the single are..... they do have all year to sale though... they need to stop only releasing one single..... guess they are counting dancing queen :/ wonder about from girls and piece....

 

[giri]

Ipswich, lol

Why do you hate me Sal? I thought we were cool.

Will there even be an IY3? Didn't IY2 bomb pretty hard in the ratings?

ya, cancelled due to low ratings.

Yeah, it never rated well at all. I believe it rated better once it re-launched but it was never the powerhouse that IY1 was. Not even close. It's the stereo-type for a completely fucked up and poorly managed show. the best example of how to take a great concept, change it entirely, and ruin the brand.

Outside of not being in seoul and having only female idols, the 2 shows weren't similar in the slightest.

 

[Chesskid1]

ailee just arrived @ gaon awards

 

[Hellix]

 

[vanty]

I approve of both those two pictures and the gif.

 

[Ashhong]

Aside from the big boobs I think she looks terrible.

 

[vanty]

Yeah she's not looking her best there.

Anyway

2min0 ‏@missA_min
I think I wanna make Harlem shake video.

Hopefully Suzy and Fei are involved. I'm sure old JYP wouldn't be able to resist jumping in as well.

 

[giri]

Aside from the big boobs I think she looks terrible.

Yeah... and its not just her boobs that got bigger.



Also, min is awesome.

 

[Peru]

Now this light rnb ballad from NuEst I like http://youtu.be/9GdT1R2K6FE

 

[roaSone]

Yeah good song, good feeling, I like it aswell.

 

[llehuty]

Songs like a random rookie debut.

This.

Cute Valentines Day “Breaking Up Syndrome” Photoshoot

And yes, last picture is dedicated to Ronald McDOnald's daughter

 

[spink]

song sucked though but who's in kpop for the music LOL

 

[broadwayrock]

After School's Lizzy wants you to kiss her:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=s8Q137hB1vQ

 

[W_Dreamer]

Yeah, it never rated well at all. I believe it rated better once it re-launched but it was never the powerhouse that IY1 was. Not even close. It's the stereo-type for a completely fucked up and poorly managed show. the best example of how to take a great concept, change it entirely, and ruin the brand.

Outside of not being in seoul and having only female idols, the 2 shows weren't similar in the slightest.

Its like FO2 compared to FO1...its the dynamics of the cast that makes or breaks the show.

Yeah she's not looking her breast there.

Fixed...? lol

j/k

 

[Dice]

Hopefully Suzy and Fei are involved. I'm sure old JYP wouldn't be able to resist jumping in as well.

And Jo Kwon.... and a lot more JYP people. It just seems like their style of thing to do. Since they are a company and very visible JYP would have to pay for the use of the song, though.

 

[ryan-ts]

After School's Lizzy wants you to kiss her

I'm coming!!!

 

[llehuty]

I'm coming!!!

 

[Dice]

Aside from the big boobs I think she looks terrible.

 

[No No Eul]

What the hell, DSP. That song is massively underwhelming to say the least. Like Peru said yesterday, sent to die.

If history really does repeat itself, I can really see “Tell Me, Tell Me” marking a pivotal point in Rainbow’s career in the same way that “Rock U” or “Pretty Girl” did for KARA.

Hopefully T-ara will start pulling themselves together this year.

Spoiler

Dani's still waiting in the wings though...

Talking of T-ara, the producers of the drama 'Five Fingers' who unceremoniously fired Eunjung last year have issued an apology, although they seem to concerned less with apologising and more with getting themselves removed from the actor union's blacklist.

Ring Ma Bell is now stuck in my head.

 

[Dice]

What's with the Hello Venus trash talking all of the sudden? Their songs don't sound like this. It's more like Heart 2 Heart, though I'm pretty sure there was some other shit that's closer, maybe some shitty 2NE1 song or rookie group I tried to ignore. Anyway judging from these pics on tumblr, it looks like Sookie's pulling a Hyuna. Sad times.

 

[Peru]

The two latest Hello Venus singles have been as forgettable as this. But Hello Venus was always an uninspired idea, so this shit hurts 10 x more.

 

[Alta1r]

One of my favorite gifs ever:

Because... you know... it's just so random...

Unnecessarily censored version. Victoria's reaction in the back is even more hilarious this way. Lol.

Bollywood! Is there a video/gif of rijji and/or Nana doing this?

Isn't she supposed to look more like a woman whenever f(x) is gonna do a comeback? I'm hoping this isn't true or I'm gonna be really confused lol.

Yeah, it'll be interesting seeing her try to be a woman, start blurring some lines out there.


lol Sica

 

[Dice]

so this shit hurts 10 x more.

So it's doubly like Heart 2 Heart.

 

[Peru]

That sucked, yeah.

 

[Alta1r]

Rainbow MV is out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy_sgB4EJB8

Not bad. A little too cute for my taste, but not turrible either. I'm relieved Jaekyung's hair was just a gig for part of the MV and not permanent, but I can't watch that video. Too many times enjoying watching sexy Jaekyung and then suddenly being ambushed by shots of the other one.

It's a mess and not even a hot mess.

OC creates more entertainment than DSP.

LOL, ryants, did you flag this as spam?

 

[JKTrix]

Ailee lookin kinda Uee