Asian Junkie Asian pop. Without discretion.
When SNSD performed on the “Late Show With David Letterman” a few days ago, many of you thought the performance was incredibly awkward and you seemed to agree with the casual American viewer more than the K-pop or SNSD fan.
Personally? I disagreed, I thought it was average overall with only one or two cringe worthy spots, which isn’t honestly that bad for a pop act’s American debut.
SNSD’s appearance at a New York club, however, was something totally different.
Did it get better in the second video? I honestly don’t know because I could barely finish the first video. I seriously don’t like to watch people embarrass themselves or be put into embarrassing situations because I feel embarrassed for them and can’t take it.
Needless to say, the vibe was…weird.
Hyoyeon must have gotten so shit-faced before this happened. Girl is chilling.
Mad respect for that.
She was like, “LET’S JUST GET FUCKING WASTED!”
Turns out Regis boner is not the most uncomfortable thing I’d see this week
Geeezz does their manager do any research before planning these things?? SNSD has fans stalking them yet their manager manages to book them in a place without any fanfare..
Way to keep the… um… momentum going
Yeah, don’t see why they wouldn’t let their American fans know.
FUCK THIS SHIT
Are you sure that’s a club?? Looks like an empty house party :/
In Manhattan.
“I seriously don’t like to watch people embarrass themselves or be put into embarrassing situations because I feel embarrassed for them and can’t take it..”
I’m the same way. Plus, I think the fact that it is happening to some cute Asian girls who flew all the way from Korea for this crap makes it even harder for me to watch.
I’m no SNSD superfan or anything, but I would have liked to see them (and Kpop, in general) succeed here. However, the fact that their management company screwed up this promotional tour probably won’t matter in the long run. Even if they did everything right, I still don’t see them being successful here beyond selling tickets to the occasional concert (mainly to Asian Americans).
Maybe I’m a bad Asian American or something, but I don’t really care whether they do good here and I don’t want them to waste my time either.
I like what they do in Asia and I hope it stays that way.
Hate this “we need America to like us” attitude.
Who gives a shit? :o
I think “needing America to like us” is over-simplifying it a bit.
The American music market is basically the “big league” and they (justifiably) view success in this market as the highest level of achievement in their industry.
I think they know what they’re up against and that probably makes the “prize” of succeeding in this market even more appealing. From what I gather, Koreans are generally ambitious risk-takers who thrive on challenges like this. I think that partly explains their incredible success in other international industries.
That said, I would only be rooting for them out of empathy and a general desire to see people achieve their dreams.
Other than that, I don’t really care whether K-pop stays overseas or not. My exposure to it is exclusively through YouTube, so it makes no difference to me.
Yeah, I recognize that, but I’m questioning why it has to be that way.
Like to have this complex where you have to accomplish something here to wave your cock around.
i wonder why this vids hasn’t divulged yet in soompi and allkpop.
LMAO, BoA had to go through the same shit when she released Eat You Up. I have no clue what kind of popularity boost SM thinks these club gigs do.
She did? I never really saw much news on her when she was here.
Yes.
They all do.
Brown Eyed Girls went to a club and promoted. So did Se7en.
BEG went to a club in NYC some years ago performing, what was good is that almost everybody in the club was BEG fans. I wouldve went too if I didnt have work that day….
That looks like a sleezy club. If its a real club at all. So that’s what things turned out to be? What is SM smoking?
Terrible, man.
I thought they suppose to be promoting their music thats why they came right?
Right?
I actually found this cute. I’m not delusional, yes it was awkward as fuck. I never really got into liking SNSD, or many other girl groups, because I thought the cute/innocent concept was way too fake. At least now I know they kinda are innocent. I hope they can adapt so they can enjoy it.
Half these girls are looking lost, uninterested or bored and yet SM expects them to go insane in a club where no one seems to know them. They can’t even talk to anyone but then again the majority can’t even speak the language.
They stuck BoA in tons of clubs in California so I guess SM wants the girls trying to win in NY.