Ayu fans from Singapore. Do you encounter this?

[Didz-19]

not only happen in Singapore...my country, Brunei, also got infected with the K-Wave...although here in Brunei, they only know Jpop songs from jdorama and anime, they still don't know who's AYUMI HAMASAKI. ...Hahaha...only certain people knew her...

In Brunei, people knows UTADA HIKARU....but only her "FIRST LOVE" era...that's it...oh! yeah...and Kiroro too...but only their "Mi'rae" song...and they don't even know that the group is duo...they thought Kiroro is a solo artist!!!!

Since K-WAVE hit Brunei, people knows SNSD, BIGBANG, 2NE1 and others....but what they didn't know that these Korean artists also release their songs into Japanese~~GOSH!!! It's very hard for me to explain to them about this!!

Some of my friends often says "Ayumi Sucks" and other stuffs mean...but I don't care because I know Ayumi Hamasaki ...She released alot of great music. she's my idol

[rusuke]

Originally Posted by Didz-19

not only happen in Singapore...my country, Brunei, also got infected with the K-Wave...although here in Brunei, they only know Jpop songs from jdorama and anime, they still don't know who's AYUMI HAMASAKI. ...Hahaha...only certain people knew her...

In Brunei, people knows UTADA HIKARU....but only her "FIRST LOVE" era...that's it...oh! yeah...and Kiroro too...but only their "Mi'rae" song...and they don't even know that the group is duo...they thought Kiroro is a solo artist!!!!

Since K-WAVE hit Brunei, people knows SNSD, BIGBANG, 2NE1 and others....but what they didn't know that these Korean artists also release their songs into Japanese~~GOSH!!! It's very hard for me to explain to them about this!!

Some of my friends often says "Ayumi Sucks" and other stuffs mean...but I don't care because I know Ayumi Hamasaki ...She released alot of great music. she's my idol

We are the same!

I'm not in Singaporean but this happens in the Philippines too. Everything about K-pop is everywhere here. Super Junior, Girls Generation, F(x), Wonder Girls, 2NE1 (Sandara Park made her career here before she became a member of 2NE1 so that's a plus), etc. are few artists to conquer the mainstream scene in the Philippine Airwaves and even in television. There's no denying that. I used to be in love with K-pop but that was before, before it became mainstream. But when Hallyu wave hit my country, as most of the people were talking about K-pop stars and gone crazy about them, I lost half of my interest in it. I still listen to K-pop but not with the same passion just like before. After all, J-pop is my first love and will always be my number one. But the K-pop dominance here in the Philippines makes J-pop outdated and underrated.

Anyway, I don't get the idea that J-pop is taken away by K-pop. Honestly speaking, most of Korean artists are talented, not just with the nose-with-clothspin voice like Ayu, but they really can sing. Their dance are also appealing. Their looks are trendy. They have their own identity - image-wise. But I think J-pop is more creative in different aspects especially the music-wise part. Well, it's my opinion but that's how I see it.

I just hate it when fan pages about K-pop (Philippine fan-based) despise J-pop. Very disrespecting! Fans are fans!
Sorry for the long post. ^_^

[Midori-chan]

Originally Posted by rusuke

Anyway, I don't get the idea that J-pop is taken away by K-pop. Honestly speaking, most of Korean artists are talented, not just with the nose-with-clothspin voice like Ayu, but they really can sing. Their dance are also appealing. Their looks are trendy. They have their own identity - image-wise. But I think J-pop is more creative in different aspects especially the music-wise part. Well, it's my opinion but that's how I see it.

I think that KPop is more about looks and fashion than actual music, really. Their music/lyrics sound all the same to me most of the time.
It's just "feel good"-music - nothing deep or meaningful! And also when I read comments of KPop-fans, the first thing most of them would comment on are the outfits/make-up/hairstyle of their favourites and not their singing!

I personally don't have any problems with KPop, I'm just not interested in it, because it seems "fake" to me (the music and the idols!).

I also don't understand why KPop is so popular in Japan right now, because most Japanese songs are only remakes of Korean songs. They just translate Korean songs into Japanese, throw in a new PV and that's it!
At least groups like Tohoshinki, Kara and Girls' Generation had and have the decency to produce "Japanese only"-songs. That's the reason why they will stay the only relevant KPop-groups in Japan - in my eyes (even when I'm only listening to Tohoshinki).