[article] She Ain't Pink, She's Mink

[nmskalmn]

Excerpt:

On the brink of topping the American Billboard Hot Dance Play Chart today is Mink, who is in the number two slot followed only by Coldplay's "Talk."

Other than the fact that Mink had enjoyed airplay in Japan, where she debuted, little had been known of her. However, the newcomer's song "Glory of Life" is one of the most played songs on the U.S. club scene. It turns out, though, that Mink is a 22-year-old Korean. She is currently signed with Japan's recording powerhouse Avex Trax.

According to a press release issued by Avex and distributed by local SM Entertainment Tuesday, Mink went to Japan in her early teens to study and landed a contract with Avex, one of the world's largest independent record labels in the world, after she sent in a demo tape.

Read the article: She Ain't Pink, She's Mink, a New Pop Sensation

[ohsixthirty]

whoa, she's releasing music in the US? i had no clue. i've still not heard any of her music.

An animal lover, Mink also said she would like to involve herself in the animal rights movement.

hardcore, she sounds awesome.

EDIT: ok, so i looked her up on youtube.com and listened to some of her music...i think i could seriously get into her music, she's really good!!!

[Mirai Noah]

Originally Posted by touchedstar

whoa, she's releasing music in the US? i had no clue.

Me neither!

Anyway, thanks for the article!

[sexysaucestar]

Nice, short article about mink Thanks for the link I really like that picture of her in the article.

[sexysaucestar]

Methinks this article will lead more people to my mink thread....

[chibi_sunny]

Originally Posted by soysaucestar

Methinks this article will lead more people to my mink thread....

I have heard of Mink, but never really bothered to check out her songs. Seeing that she is also in the US, I'm more persuaded to find out about her.

[ohsixthirty]

i just bought her single for beautiful/one suitcase. lol. i'm so easily persuaded.

[Halla]

I think they're referring to the 'Glory of Life' remixes released in the US. They're good remixes

thanks for the article , nmskalmn

[ohsixthirty]

^yeah, i saw that single for sell on perfectbeat.com. i may go buy that soon too.

[sexysaucestar]

^ How much does the single cost?

[ohsixthirty]

Originally Posted by soysaucestar

^ How much does the single cost?

$6.99.

http://perfectbeat.com/product_info....ducts_id=14394'

its more for djs and stuff, so it doesn't even have a real cover or anything, more of just a cd in a jewel case, lol.

[elepop]

Wow, I never knew she had such success in the US!

[bulmasman]

I hadn't heard of Mink before this, but i'm interested to check her out. I find it quite funny though how a lesser known artist can slip under the radar and gain some success in the West, yet a huge artist such as Hikki flops horribly (even though the album was good) heh.

[ImpactBreaker]

Originally Posted by bulmasman

I find it quite funny though how a lesser known artist can slip under the radar and gain some success in the West, yet a huge artist such as Hikki flops horribly (even though the album was good) heh.

I started listening to mink recently and even though she's much lesser known, her vocals and the music she sings can definitely get her in the US market thousand times more easily than Utada Hikaru. Seriously, I played "run to you" sang by mink and asked my brother who was singing it and he didn't think twice before saying it was Whitney Houston. She can really sound like an american singer even though she still has quite some accent.
Also, the Chris Cox remix of Glory of Life is awesome. I wouldn't be impressed if that's actually the remix rocking the dance floors in the US LOL

[sexysaucestar]

^ It's usually easier to "expand" your fanbase overseas if you're not so well known. ^^;

[hallelujah_united]

Since when was avex an indie label? 0_o

[sexysaucestar]

^ beats me...o_o Maybe the people who wrote this article figured it was "indie" because they had never heard of it.

[ame-no-koe]

giza records has some indie stuff, they released aya kamiki's 2 minialbums as indie releases, but shortyly afterwards her major debut single came out "Communication Break" and now her second major single is coming out "Pierrot" i can upload the mini albums, the singles, or the pvs if you'd like.

[Halla]

Avex is an independent label. it's not part of the big four labels that control like ~80 % of worlds music market (Sony , Universal , Warner & EMI).

same way as there are independent movies , it means they're movies which aren't produced by the big movie production companies.

[sexysaucestar]

^ Ah, okay, thanks for clearing that up.