Song Kingdom America and "(Soshi) Girls' Generation" (January 2011)
"All nine are Beyonce in Girls' Generation" 120,000 US fan club members
A theater in Los Angeles, USA on the afternoon of the 8th. Sarah, a 28-year-old Caucasian woman in a pink T-shirt with the words "Soshified," sang her girlhood hit "Gee" together in Korean. She is a member of the American Girls' Generation fan community "Soshified," which has 120,000 members. She attended her first Sosified regular rally that day. It was a seat where more than 500 fans from all over the United States participated in a unity tournament. "Soshified" is a combination of the abbreviation "Soshi" from Girls' Generation and the English word "Satisfied".
She-she sang the lyrics exactly.
She said, "I love K-POP and she started learning Korean. She now remembers her lyrics by transcribing Korean pronunciation into English."
-Why is K-POP good?
"American pop is hard to enjoy together for all generations, but K-POP is music that anyone can easily enjoy regardless of age."
The "home of pop" America is addicted to K-POP. The unity tournament of "Soshified", a girls' generation fan club in North America held on the 8th, is one of them. On this day, fans made a long line from 6 hours before the event started at 3:00 pm. This is the first time that a Korean singer's US fan club has prepared a separate event.
Until now, the United States has been a stage that Korean singers cannot look down on. American pop was just a "textbook" imitated by Korean singers. However, the challenge began in the late 2000s. Rain (Pi), BoA, SE7EN (Seven) and others stood on the stage in the United States, and Wonder Girls set a record of being the first Korean singer to reach No. 76 on the Billboard single chart.
About 15,000 American fans gathered at the "SM Town Concert" held in Los Angeles last September. This concert, in which all SM Entertainment singers such as Girls' Generation, Super Junior, and SHINee participated, sold out all seats one month before the performance.
On this day, the event place of "Soshified" looked like a racial exhibition hall. Blacks, whites, orientals occupied the seats evenly. The SMUSA side said, "More than half of the attendees were non-Oriental, such as Hispanics and Caucasians." At the event venue, a video of Girls' Generation, which was made separately in Korea, was shown. The theater was filled with cheers as the girls' generation members danced and sang. My uncle's fans also caught my eye. With a majestic voice, he shouted, "Seo Nyo Shi Da (Korean reading of Girls' Generation)". Grimy, 49, who has a long beard, introduced herself as "a longtime uncle fan of Girls' Generation."
――Why did she come into contact with a Korean girl group?
"Through internet sites such as YouTube. I like most Korean girl groups such as KARA and Secret as well as Girls' Generation."
--Why are Korean girl groups so attractive?
"In the US group, it is common for only one member to be noticed. In the Korean girl group, all the members are attractive. In Girls' Generation, all nine members are Beyonce."
The event of the day ended with a paper plane that wrote the story I wanted to do when I was a girl. There was also a section called "Speak your wishes" to convey your wishes to Girls' Generation on Twitter. Global networks such as YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook have become established as the main means of spreading K-POP beyond Asia to the United States and Europe. This is why Girls' Generation, who had not made an official debut in the United States, now has a large fan club.
The Wall Street Journal also posted a special article on the 13th, stating that "Girls' Generation made its debut in Japan and succeeded because of the public relations effect through YouTube." "When using YouTube, not only is there no additional public relations cost, but it is possible to see the reaction of the market in advance before the debut, and Korean entertainment agencies are actively using YouTube."
◆ K-POP Invasion = A term that means that Korean popular music (K-POP) tends to be successful in the world music market such as the United States and Japan. It is derived from "British Invasion", which was born in 1964 when the British band The Beatles succeeded in expanding into the United States.
(From JoongAng Ilbo K-POP Entertainment News)
When did people who speak only their mother tongue (one language) secretly call it "American" with the meaning of (disregard)? Or is it still alive as a jargon that anyone can accept?
It seems that this Hiyu was born with a style that English-speaking countries (especially the United States) do not take foreign languages seriously or even remember as a predecessor, but read the above news etc. It seems that a multilingual and multicultural society is being firmly formed in the United States, regardless of whether it is good or bad.
American people accepted Girls' Generation (Korean) songs and even formed a fan club. I think the times have changed.
When President Obama appeared, I had a feeling that it was somehow. Many black people should have been inspired by their ethnic identity when they saw him sunny.
The United States is a multi-ethnic country composed of races with various languages, but the official language is specified in English.
I won't mention it anymore, but I think the United States is about to end the era of covering national affairs only in English. It was
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On this day, the event place of "Soshified" looked like a racial exhibition hall. Blacks, whites, orientals occupied the seats evenly. The SMUSA side said, "More than half of the attendees were non-Oriental, such as Hispanics and Caucasians." At the event venue, a video of Girls' Generation, which was made separately in Korea, was shown. The theater was filled with cheers as the girls' generation members danced and sang. My uncle's fans also caught my eye. With a majestic voice, he shouted, "Seo Nyo Shi Da (Korean reading of Girls' Generation)". Grimy, 49, who has a long beard, introduced herself as "a longtime uncle fan of Girls' Generation."
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I wrote before that I was reminded of the joy of listening to songs from Girls' Generation and KARA for the first time in years. It seems that there were people all over the world who were similarly inspired, not just me. I was convinced.
Girls' Generation has not made an official debut in the United States yet. And yet, it's no surprise that their fan community has as many as 120,000 members.
Judging from the content of the article, there is even a taste that is increasing steadily.
Grimy (49), who has a long beard, introduced herself as "a longtime uncle fan of Girls' Generation."
As introduced in the article, one of the characteristics is that their songs are well received not only by young children but also by older people.
Besides myself, there is an elderly colleague at work who says, "I remembered that song right away." Even if I remember it, I wouldn't sing it.
Some aunts talk about "good dance", "beautiful legs", and "I want to listen again for some reason". Some people find it unpleasant just to talk about it, but they usually don't react to songs they don't care about. In fact, it can be seen that these people are also encouraged by their "songs".
Their songs are copied by young people from various countries with songs and dances.
Girls' Generation members also expressed their joy in a TV program obediently.
"I was really surprised that it was copied so well even though I had a hard time remembering it."
"I'm happy to think that our songs are so loved."
"People in the southern countries have been very passionate about accepting our songs. Some people were dancing to us when they were singing on stage."
The moderator asked further.
"You were the number one singer in the US who was successful. What do you think is the reason?"
They shook their heads.
"Part 1" said the moderator. "There are members who can speak English"
They made a slight expression like that. The camera projected Tiffany's appearance. However, there is no change in facial expression like this.
Normally, you would think of Tiffany or Jessica from the United States. However, from my point of view, they all seem to be able to handle everyday conversations.
From the feel of songs such as Western music, Sony and Seohyun seem to be fluent in English. I heard Sooyoung's song, but it seems to be unexpected. In that case, the Chinese groups of Taeyeon, Yuri, and Hyoon cannot be defeated. Yuna is the only one left, but I wonder if everyone can speak English but I don't have to.
"Part 2" said the moderator. "Being beautiful"
The reaction was slow to this as well. It's not a natural expression, nor is it a different expression. If I dare to say it, I feel confused. When you come to Japan, it may resemble the confusion that you have been paying more attention to your beautiful legs than you expected.
The cameras make the features stand out, but I suddenly thought that all of them might be beautiful.
"Girls' Generation" will not be long before it will make its official debut in the United States. At that time, it may not be a ridiculous story that the female version of The Beatles will come back and dominate the whole of the singing kingdom of America.
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