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Actually..i agree that J-pop has MUCH MORE variety than K-pop, from someone who has listened to more k-pop over the past year...
and yes, I found myself listening to less and less J-pop..but i still rave over Ayu, Kuu, Namie, Utada (and if Shimatani Hitomi were to come back) over any K-pop act handsdown.
i think..its really about the marketing. K-pop markets itself as an INDUSTRY..which is actually rather small because you'll definitely know most of the idols in the pack. So they just add on...to put it in a J-pop term, I feel that the K-pop artistes are an AKB48 themselves...that's what's happening
i think idols are what is diminishing the J-pop market..their music, their style...
and it doesnt favour if they are trying to market themselves to the world via that...because I guess the world doesnt exactly enjoy such pop..
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