RAIN, One The People Who Shape Our World according to TIME magazine
 

According to the current issue of TIME magazine's main article which entitled The Time 100: The People Who Shape Our World, RAIN is one of them

I'm not a fan of RAIN, i was shocked to see him there in the same categories as with Meryl Streep...

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...187264,00.html

WTF? Since when is Rain considered "big" in Japan. Sure, some people know him, but he is hardly a star there.

..why not Ayu, or boa, or someone?

What in the world? This is ridiculous haha he is far from shaping the world in any manner. BoA would have even been a better candidate. However I think Ayu deserves that title if their going to put an Asian star on there.

Sadly, even TIME gets their facts wrong sometimes. :no Didn't Sad Tango tank spectacularly in Japan?

whaaat? whatever! how is he shaping the world? i don't think the article even mentioned that...i mean, he's releasing and album in the US and whatnot, but i don't see what exactly he is doing to "shape the world."

but at least he's hot. :luv2 hahaha!

silly article that base not in the fact
i never liked rain...

Im happy for Rain. Thats's good news I mean he's Popular all over asia. Actor, Singer, & Model. Now he's about to break out in the U.S.


He deserves to be their.

there was a whole arguement between BoA vs. Rain fans in a korean album. Basically, Rain fans say he deserves it cos he sold out 2 shows at MSG, got invited to MTV VMA's in 2005 and is doing projects in the States with P. Diddy etc. plus they say he bridged the gap between East and SE Asia.

I don't agree with anything they said. BoA should have been there before Rain. Heck even Ayu or Hikki should've been on that before Rain.

:yes

Well, he is popular. But, I never expected him to "shape our world" o_o

o_O ?
WTF mate?

I don't think he's all that popular.....
I mean....his US album will probably tank as spectacularly as Exodus.

I'd say that Hikki, Ayu, or maybe even Kuu are more deserving of this than he is......

And Dane Cook?
Ok, I love him...but I don't think he's been around long enough to have such a massive or widespread affect on the world.
Try George Carlin.

I haven't heard much about Rain since I've been here in Japan, so I really don't see how he's "popular" enough to be in Time magazine.

They might have just plucked out a random "famous" Asian star. :shrug

I like both Rain & Boa. But I think he deserves to be their instead of her. The Guy SOLD OUT EVER CONCERT HE HAD. Thailand, Japan, China, South Korea, and Nyc.

He Acts, Sings, and Models. Rain has been in so many industments I can't even name them all. Sure BoA does her Korean/Japanese music and all but Compared to Rain? I don't think soo.


No he's in the U.S JY Park introduced to to alot of people to make Rain. He is about to be modeling on the U.S label Sean John and with Diddy helping Rain out I know he's going to go far. Everyone knows Diddy goes FAR for Money.


I just don't think it right that people say he doesn't deserve to be here and say such and Such belongs their instead of him just because you personally feel that why? So really tell me if Ayu or Hikki belongs there tell me how they shaped the world? Rain is HOT right now and he's about to release a Chinese single soon.

You can't stop him maybe they choose Rain because he was always on top and seemed to get better and better. He never feel off his game.

They probably wanted to represent an Asian pop figure, and so they chose the one who is trying appeal to the US market. Not really surprising at all because the United States media is so US-centered to the exclusion of the rest of the globe. They wouldn't mention Ayumi Hamasaki, for example, because she doesn't care one bit about making it in America.

It's nice to have someone from the Kpop world there at least. I'm not complaining.

My main complaint with the article is saying how innaccurate it is in saying he is big in Japan because he is not at all. This is coming from TIME magazine, you'd think they would try to be more accurate.

He IS very popular in Asia. So yeah, he is big in Japan too. :) I think he has a chance since he's the sort of artists America likes.. R n B, sexy dancing, good visuals. I wonder how they'll take his asian eyes though.

I don't know much about Rain and what I've heard about him is impressive, but he's just another standard entertainer (he sells well and that's his job, his job isnt to change the world).

How does selling out concerts and being attractive make you shape the world? Bill gates donates money and helps kids with computers, he is far from the popular ideals of "hot." Modeling and being known for your ties with other famous people seems kind of cheap, and one could argue, "It seems like one can only get far by who they know and not by actual talent."

Hamasaki does more than Rain or Utada. She did the duet with Keiko to help raise money for 911. I think Hamasaki's songs tend of have a message as well and lately she's kind of one for womens right and equality, correct?

Utada was praised by a few people when her first CD was due for release in America (but the CD was canned?)? Or was that rumor? I think it's powerful that a 15 year old who is bilingual in one langauge that isn't of European decent would go to release a CD in the states. Plus Utada's sound is different and was for the most part in Japan. No one did it like her, and even know she's doing something different from most people.

I guess what it all comes down to is: none of them actually shape the world.

Yeah, but the numbers don't make sense. His single failed miserably in Japan. They should've went with BoA -- she's also a product of the Korean wave and she's WAY more successful across the board. Her fanbase in Japan is bigger than the one she has in Korea at this point. XD Crystal Kay is more successful than Rain.