[BoA] Become Obsessed with BoA's Hypnotic 16th Thread

Polyrhythm · #1 30th March 2009, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by CoriKaru

It was said that BoA was only heavily promoting to the Asian Community over here. That was a mistake.

Wait...hold on...whats the mistake? that somebody said she was only promoting to the Asian Community or that BoA is only promoting to the Asian Community? Cause I dont really think thats true...I mean...what about...all those people who saw her at Universal City Walk....or on the MTV commericals or @ Forever21? And the Maple Story community is not just Asian. Yeah people may hate on that game but its really good promotion. She made it to Maple Story's front page and she's featured on the add that pops up when u close the game meaning EVERYONE who plays maple story (some number in the millions i dont remember) will see her face and her ad.

haikudasai · #2 30th March 2009, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by xheartstation

Wait...hold on...whats the mistake? that somebody said she was only promoting to the Asian Community or that BoA is only promoting to the Asian Community? Cause I dont really think thats true...I mean...what about...all those people who saw her at Universal City Walk....or on the MTV commericals or @ Forever21? And the Maple Story community is not just Asian. Yeah people may hate on that game but its really good promotion. She made it to Maple Story's front page and she's featured on the add that pops up when u close the game meaning EVERYONE who plays maple story (some number in the millions i dont remember) will see her face and her ad.

I typed more than I wanted to for this so I'm just going to put points:

Yes, she is now catering to the Asian market. She's done some interviews to open herself up but ultimately her Asian fans are swarming and overwhelming. Some of her interviews pull questions from fans. Those questions consist of "are there going to be english version of VALENTI or Key of Heart" (don't remember the songs but I know they'd suck as American releases). There have been questions regarding what her favorite Korean dishes are. Those things don't relate to the casual American music listener and will put them off. I feel that most times BoA has no control how she's being handled because her team doesn't fully understand and her already established fans view her as a K-Pop/J-Pop idol in American rather than an Artist trying to make it as an American styled Artist.

MapleStory is not good promotion. She's being listed on a site of gamers who are probably familiar with her or her career back in Asia. How does that reach the mass amounts of American music listeners? It doesn't.

The only decent promotion I believe she had was Forever21, which itself isn't all that great.

love in music · #3 30th March 2009, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by haikudasai

I typed more than I wanted to for this so I'm just going to put points:

Yes, she is now catering to the Asian market. She's done some interviews to open herself up but ultimately her Asian fans are swarming and overwhelming. Some of her interviews pull questions from fans. Those questions consist of "are there going to be english version of VALENTI or Key of Heart" (don't remember the songs but I know they'd suck as American releases). There have been questions regarding what her favorite Korean dishes are. Those things don't relate to the casual American music listener and will put them off. I feel that most times BoA has no control how she's being handled because her team doesn't fully understand and her already established fans view her as a K-Pop/J-Pop idol in American rather than an Artist trying to make it as an American styled Artist.

MapleStory is not good promotion. She's being listed on a site of gamers who are probably familiar with her or her career back in Asia. How does that reach the mass amounts of American music listeners? It doesn't.

The only decent promotion I believe she had was Forever21, which itself isn't all that great.

i agree. i thought the forever21 promotion was good but it was only up what, like 2-3 days? it seems like most of her promotion is online..
lol whatever. i still think IDIFL has the possibility of being a hit despite a couple of lines that can't be understood. but it probably won't since it's barely getting played on radios eh?

kang daesung · #4 31st March 2009, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by haikudasai

I typed more than I wanted to for this so I'm just going to put points:

Yes, she is now catering to the Asian market. She's done some interviews to open herself up but ultimately her Asian fans are swarming and overwhelming. Some of her interviews pull questions from fans. Those questions consist of "are there going to be english version of VALENTI or Key of Heart" (don't remember the songs but I know they'd suck as American releases). There have been questions regarding what her favorite Korean dishes are. Those things don't relate to the casual American music listener and will put them off. I feel that most times BoA has no control how she's being handled because her team doesn't fully understand and her already established fans view her as a K-Pop/J-Pop idol in American rather than an Artist trying to make it as an American styled Artist.

MapleStory is not good promotion. She's being listed on a site of gamers who are probably familiar with her or her career back in Asia. How does that reach the mass amounts of American music listeners? It doesn't.

The only decent promotion I believe she had was Forever21, which itself isn't all that great.

This whole album seemed to be almost like a treat for her Korean-American fans and nothing more. It doesn't even feel like she's trying to break through to mainstream America, because almost all of her promo and stuff has been targeting people who are already fans (mostly Korean-Americans and other Asian-Americans). It's kind of ridiculous. She needs to take a page from Utada and tackle this differently, trying to appeal more to the everyday person, not people who already know and love you.

Tom Punks · #5 31st March 2009, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by kang daesung

This whole album seemed to be almost like a treat for her Korean-American fans and nothing more. It doesn't even feel like she's trying to break through to mainstream America, because almost all of her promo and stuff has been targeting people who are already fans (mostly Korean-Americans and other Asian-Americans). It's kind of ridiculous. She needs to take a page from Utada and tackle this differently, trying to appeal more to the everyday person, not people who already know and love you.

"She" needs to? She's not really in charge of it. :<