How popular is K-pop internationally?

How would you feel if any popular KPOP made an American debut? ?

  • For example: rumors about 2NE1 and will.I.am possibly releasing a song ever since they made a mini-song months ago. I love 2NE1 and I'd be really happy for them that they've created even a larger fanbase, but the thought of 2NE1 being overhyped sickens me. I mean, there are so many people where I live that are so late on trends, music, etc & once they've discovered a trend made a looong time ago, they act like they're on some superior sh*t with their "swag" and act like they have just discovered the newest thing. And so many people question why I listen to KPOP even though I don't understand what the lyrics are most of the time and it just feels like if 2NE1 (or any major KPOP group) is played on the radio, then all the questioners will suddenly act like they've known about 2NE1 for years and be like, "2NE1 is my group, I love em! SWAG!".

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    Me being Korean and a huge kpop fan, I would be kind of...annoyed. I know I sound like a jerk, but all my friends say I listen to weird Korean music. And, you know, if it suddenly became super popular and everyone listened to it, including them, I would be rather pissed. And you're so right, so many people would act as if they discovered kpop, even though if it wasn't popular in USA, they'd call it weird chinese music or something. I actually feel a litle proud when I see the WonderGirls being written about by Perez Hilton, but if it was hugely popular? This is just my opinion, sorry if I offended anybody, I don't mean to :)

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i dont think they should like 2ne1 or snsd they should stay in korea seoul becuz if they come to america they get ruuined becuz they wil try to americanize and thats not gonna fit

agree with everyone. they wouldn't do so well, and i hate their new sound... it's basically just electro/synth like all the other crap in the States. A lot of their songs don't even have a melody anymore, and I loved their 1st album, but that's about it.

dudnaito

I feel like America won't be able to take them in as well. Plus the more they promote little by little in USA the lose x3 more fans. Wonder girls were on top. They're not even around for shows anymore... They shouldn take chances. Plus I think 2ne1 only has a kpop vibe. If anythin they would be the Asian lady gaga and not be that poplaur. I think 2ne1 is great already where they are. If they went to USA then only the kpop fans in USA would like them.

Meemie Leonardo

i would squeal and buy tickets to their concert and support them!!! i would love dbsk, snsd, or any sm group to debut in the u.s because their songs are WAYYY better than american songs

Amanda

I first heard the Wonder Girls maybe just over a year before 'Nobody' came out, but I hadn't known about k-pop for a suuuper long time or anything. I thought they were really cool; I still do, and I really would love for K-pop to be internationally recognized, because there are a lot of Korean artists that have real talent, unlike the vast majority of famous American artists that seem to lack such, (Ke$ha, Akon, etc..); but at the same time, in America, many musicians, at least the ones in the limelight, have to generally be singing about sex or drugs or money, to be noticed. I love k-pop so much, but it would be such a shame if they had to resort to that kind of thing in order to appeal to American audiences.

ughh

2NE1 is great but i don't think they'd do too well. Like 2PM's Hands Up, now if they made an English Version, that would MAYBE be awesome! But idk, they should stick in Korea still.

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