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Originally Posted by ILoveGeniuses
^I think that Japan not having the initiative on the International Market is quite sad actually. During the early 00's JPOP was REALLY catching on and Japan could have really done something with it besides putting the songs as tie ins for animes and video games like Inuyasha and Final Fantasy. There seems to be a few selective Japanese artists that want to really reach out to the Intl fans but its more the individual and not the companies themselves. The top 4 I can name off top of my head at the moment would be Kuu, Hikki, Namie & L'Arc~en~Ciel.
As for Bon Voyage I admit I've only seen the preview of SMYH PV and listened to the preview of WG. Im trying to save most of it for when the full thing leaks.
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I do too. I really hope the japanese companies will open up a bit in the future. Kuu said she chose the songs for japonesque to reach out to the international market and fans, because she feels that jpop can deliver unique types of music found only in japan. Which is true! But it was never marketed so that international people could find it easy or buy it easily, like you can kpop. Such as with itunes you can buy most kpop music no matter what country youre in.
I got really excited when they advertised Namies 'Uncontrolled' on Youtube, cause that did reach out to an international audience. I remember clicking on a video when browsing Youtube one day and the advert came up for her album, it was awesome.