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Originally Posted by Polyrhythm
Even my sister and her younger friends who listen to Kpop are finding the fad to be fading quickly. They're always like, "this sounds like so and so song that came out one week ago" or something. So I guess that's what people in Japan are thinking. Too much of the same.
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Exactly the way I've felt since the beginning of 2011 or so. K-Pop was so original and fresh for the past two years, but now it all sounds the same. Nothing about it is inventive, especially when groups that were my absolute favorites (like 2NE1) have new songs that all sound like the same tired, auto-tuned crap. I'm sure Japan will get sick of it soon enough and the sales will start to decline.
I do personally hope KARA stays in Japan though, because their Japanese is great and almost all my favorite songs by them were either recorded first in Japanese or were remade into it. I also think SNSD's Japanese album is the greatest thing they've ever done. Forget their career in Korea if you ask me.
I see no problem with a few groups in Japan, but they're seriously
all going there now. I guess it makes sense though; Koreans download everything and Japan is still far more lucrative and their fans are far more supportive of artists in terms of sales, so it only makes sense that everyone would want that instead.