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Crater that Apink breaks through and pops out

2023-02-18 19:39:30

Crater that Apink breaks through and pops out
Apinkが突き破って飛び出す火口

★Breaking news! ! Apink's long-awaited 1st LIVE TOUR will be held in Japan!!!

Promising newcomers of K-POP Boys are coming to Japan one after another, building a foothold in the world. However, although the girls had momentum up until KARA, Girls' Generation, and 2NE1, after T-ara, the fire seems to have gone out.
"I felt very sorry for this situation."
Compared to Boys, who get the unwavering support of female fans, Girls see it as difficult to get unwavering support from many male fans. Because men are more capricious than women, they speculate that the opportunity to change their minds to other idols will come sooner, and the period of being enthusiastic about the idol in question will be shorter.
That's not the only reason for his fickleness. In the case of a man with many hobbies, it seems possible that one day he will suddenly switch to a completely different hobby and his idol fever will suddenly cool down.

"Sometimes there are multiple layers of taste in one piece of music." There are probably more than a few male fans who enjoy the coexistence of classical, jazz, and idol music.
I suspect that there are many men who are addicted to K-POP. Since I've been exposed to a lot of music, I didn't have much resistance to touching K-POP. After that, after careful examination, it is only natural that there will be those who accept it and those who do not. No matter how much I listen to unacceptable music, it hurts so much that I should just leave. Overdoing it is not good for your body.
Of course, there are various types of K-POP, such as Kim Soo-hee's (Hanoh Baekhyun) traditional music that is eye-opening, and Girls' Generation's (Gee), which is light but refreshing idol music.

"I've always liked idol music, and that's why I came here." I've listened to classical music, jazz, and rock, but I've been listening to idol music the longest. I'm not a collector, so I listen to them intensively, love them, and put them away in a drawer in my head.
A very ordinary music fan like myself met K-POP. I think it was only natural that I, who had listened to the music of Dreamcomm, Hikaru Utada, Ayumi Hamasaki, and Morning Musume, would fall in love with female idols such as KARA "Mr." and Girls' Generation "Gee."
I'm too old to go to a music CD shop in town, but fortunately there is an internet world where I can enjoy this music from home. It's a good time. Thanks to that, I was able to spend a lot of time listening to K-pop idol music.

While enjoying Apink's music at home, you'll feel more comfortable if you can listen to their music when you go out for a walk once in a while. Unfortunately, we haven't gotten that far yet.
　Occasionally, when K-POP music is playing from the smartphones of children walking in the street, I can't help but turn around.
"There are almost no people dancing K-POP in the park or on the street." Somewhere in a studio or indoors, kids who like K-POP gather and practice cover dances.
Aside from politics and entertainment (music), the strained relationship between Japan and South Korea casts a subtle dark shadow.

Even if it's around the house, there are few opportunities to come into contact with K-POP unless you ask for it. K-Pop idols are no longer appearing on terrestrial TV, and K-Pop music is playing less on the radio. Oricon's top ten, and if it's in the top, it's no wonder that it's usually played, but it's not heard at all.
However, the popularity of K-POP did not appear to be waning. I felt it from information on the Internet (for example, the number of people visiting my blog), BS broadcasts, and cable TV broadcasts.
However, for some reason, KARA and Girls' Generation have a fixed fan base like boy groups and receive a certain amount of support, but other girl groups cannot penetrate. Only boy groups continue to carry out their activities in a calm and steady manner.
For this reason, until a few months ago, K-POP's situation seemed similar to the situation before KARA and Girls' Generation appeared. Both TVXQ and BIGBANG at that time were like that. Although they did not appear in front of the general public on terrestrial television, they continued their strong activities supported by enthusiastic fans in unassuming places (Jung Yong Hwa and Lee Hong Ki's groups are also indies). was active in).

I felt the signs of change when I saw Apink's release activities in Japan. Seeing their performance and the fans cheering them on made my heart soar. There are many videos of this kind of stage on YouTube. I also saw Apink's release event on video instead of participating in the field. Although it was the same video, Apink's release event and other videos felt different. It's not clear if it was their performance, the enthusiasm of the fans who participated, or something else. However, it is true that I was proud of myself (I still watch this video from time to time).

KARA's popularity is about to show signs of a resurgence with the second new song "Summergic".
It makes me feel like a big sunny day has appeared.
They are different from Girls' Generation and 2NE1, who have SM and YG as their backbone. Unlike the previous two, KARA started from scratch and nurtured the KARA brand with only their own strength (Even though they did this, Nicole and Jiyeon's withdrawal is regrettable).
KARA, an almost unknown girl group that popped out of the K-POP crater where TVXQ, BIGBANG, and Super Junior once appeared. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they expanded the crater and created a space for Girls' Generation and 2NE1 to pop out.

Apink, who announced that they will start their Japan tour in September, seems to have played the role of KARA at that time. It's not the crater that KARA and Girls' Generation jumped out of, but a new crater that breaks the status quo.

For example, something like this. Right now, magma is finally accumulating under the second small crater next to the big crater, and it's on the verge of erupting.
So far, this crater has only erupted small chunks with the help of a large crater that has accumulated magma and erupted. What's more, they have always been just enlivening the surroundings like sparklers.
"But this time it doesn't look like that." Magma is clearly accumulating directly below. You can feel it. If the magma gets a chance to erupt, it will fly straight out from here while creating long belts and frills with the momentum of breaking through the heavens.
A feeling of such intense energy is spreading below.
"Who will jump out of this crater first?" "Everybody wants to be the first..."

The big three (SM, YG, JYP) that support the current K-POP world are all run by former musicians.
Sharing music activities in a small domestic market, they added Asian melodies to pops from Europe and the United States, creating group dance music that resembled musical skits. I set it as the main for facing the world.
"This was reasonably successful." I knew TVXQ and Super Junior were making some young people crazy.
However, in the end, it was nothing more than the momentum that came out of a small crater. Even if you can captivate some young people, you cannot catch the eye of the masses. K-pop at this point was just a subculture.
However, a group of girls jumped out of the crater. Their dancing and singing voices were vivid to my eyes. When Morning Musume came out, I felt fresh in the singing voice mixed with dance. They felt something like the completed form.
With KARA, Girls' Generation, and later girl groups one after another, the K-POP crater has doubled in size.
"However." The girl group coming out of this crater has gone downhill.
why? This is because the space has been occupied by boy groups one after another.

When this happens, you may need an approach that gives you a fresh image. In order to do that, it might be better to put a girl group at the forefront like the first KARA, which has less of a dirty image (instead of big agencies such as YG, SM, and JYP).
In that case, I feel that Apink is the perfect group (BEAST is also affiliated with the company. Isn't it possible to hold a family concert)?
It is very interesting to see how powerful the crater from which Apink is coming out is.
Perhaps AOA, "Red Velvet", GFRIEND and others will appear in Japan one after another and create momentum. I hope that.