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Crystal Kay is gonna Rule Your World in her 3rd thread
NEW RELEASE CD: - 幸せって。 (Shiawasette.) - サクラ (Sakura) - Waiting For You - Forever Young - Lovin’ You 10 tracks in total DVD: - Crystal Kay LIVE Tour 2016 “Shine” @Club Citta 2016.3.23（approximately 100 min.） - サクラ –Music Video– - Lovin’ You –Music Video– CK IN A NUTSHELL http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sV3wzRE1Lv...+Kay+VIVID.png Name: Crystal Kay Williams Nicknames: Kuri (クリ), CK Born: February 26, 1986; Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan Label: EPIC Records (Sony) [1999-2011], Delicious Deli Records (Universal) [2011-2016], Virgin Music JPN (Universal) [2016-] Genre: R&B, Urban, Pop, #yokohamaratchetpop Why you should care: Crystal Kay is one of the biggest names in Japanese R&B, so she's a must for any fan of the genre. Her later works shift more toward the pop end of the spectrum, and she nails that amazingly as well. Crystal has a great voice and knows how to use it, and she is not a one trick pony: ballads, dance pop, R&B jams, rapping, many collaborations, high notes, low notes, she does it all, and you will probably like it. BIOGRAPHY Spoiler:
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I've been a bit out of loop with the j-pop scene and especially CK for a while now but I just listened to Rule Your World and I'm totally loving it! I'm not really digging Busy Doing Nothing though, it's a nice feel-good song but a bit.. idk, meh.
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Agree 100%. Busy Doing Nothing is more like what I usually go for but it's just so... insubstantial. It's fun and peppy but there's nothing memorable about it. Rule Your World represents a style I tend to dislike but it does so many things right, it's a really good listen, keeps me coming back.
The video for Rule Your World should be available soon! As in about five minutes from now! Excited! EDIT: Here it is! |
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Haha I actually really like Rule Your World's style! The rap part still makes me lol though but at least it's fun and fits the song structure imo Anyways, I just watched the MV. It looks kinda cheap and CK seemed a bit uncomfortable but at least she looks damn gorgeous! She reminds me of Beyoncé toward the end where her hair is tied on a bun haha. And damn, the guy at the beginning is hot!! :luv2 |
Yeah that dude is way too good looking.
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k so far its
RYW : great song but bad video BDN: bad song but great video hopefully on try number three she will get both right and some miracle will happen it will smash! |
i don't understand, why if asian artist want to breakthrough Western market always need to use sexual thing...
We already have so much prove that it's not working. |
I'm super underwhelmed by the three songs she's released.
I never really felt like she should try to break into the western market. In Japan, she was different; special. Her sales were pitiful, but at least she was established lol. But in the western market, she's one of so many girls doing the same type of thing. She'd have to do something to make her stand out... and she doesn't seem to have the production behind her to achieve that. I don't know, I hope she gets back to Japan eventually. I still think she could revamp her sales if the promotion was there. But that's not really her fault... |
I didnt realize she was trying to break into the western bizz...
Hmm... Havent listened to the first song, but this one, rule your world is okay. I find it odd that people pick mediocre sounds and visuals when trying to break out... you need to go all out to impress people... not well... lets see if this works. |
I need some new Japanese singles/album from her!
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I as well.
I noticed DJ Kaori has Forever on her latest remix album. Haven't heard it yet though |
So many asian artists have attempted to breakthrough in the American market and fail. Most of the time their songs are actually pretty awesome. I think people are just afraid of the "weird" Japanese stereotype. Also a lot of people are kinda uncultured. (I've run into so many fucking people who thing "Gangnam Style" is Chinese) I really wish her luck with this. Rule the world is a really sexy song.
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Rule Your World is honestly really, really sexy. But the rap section is so awful and embarrassing that I hope she doesn't think she can breakthrough with that. Especially because she labels her music as YOKOHAMA RATCHET POP. What.
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Ugh you guys I really need new music from her :-(
New Japanese music that is. It was her 15th anniversary on July 1st. I was actually Crystal's fan before Ayu's. ;) |
RYW I like but BDN is boring and unmemorable. Still I feel both aren't as good as the stuff she was doing in Japan. Still, if she's trying to break into the US, shouldn't she be trying to get some promotion outside of just posting the videos on youtube and other online social networks? I haven't heard her on the radio or heard about her being on TV or in any magazines. :(
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As with any Asian artist wanting to crossover, I want Crystal Kay to be successful. But her approach to the market is just so wrong. Busy Doing Nothing is really, really good as a lead single or whatever she's doing. But Rule Your World and Dum Ditty Dumb have the Japanese lyric sections and honestly, that shit won't fly here in the US mainstream. I know she's experimenting and whatever, but I would love for Crystal Kay to become popular. Especially since she has the attitude and swag for the US mainstream. But Crystal rapping the Hibachi menu in the Rule Your World breakdown is so cheesy and awful. She needs a better approach in regards to her music. Because honestly, Rule Your World is SO sexy and I can see this song becoming a hit; but that fucking. awful. rap. I get that she's trying to promote her "YOKOHAMA RATCHET POP" thing but like, just no.
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^I think it's because they don't understand that our marketing strategies and techniques work much different here and also the differences in our culture. There's a lot of overly emotional and even sappy/cheesy popular stuff in Japan, but that just won't work here. People don't want it. There is some old music in the past that used to be like that a couple decades ago, but that's also something that you can't base our current music off of when you want to enter our market.
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TBH, with her not being fully Asian I'm surprised she doesn't know as much about the other side of her heritage that she could pull it off. I honestly figured if anyone in the Asian music industry wouldn't add all the Japanese and cheesy stuff in it'd be her. I hope the way I phrased that didn't come off offensive in any way....
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