No joke. It seems like the Japanese have turned from Cassiopeians into VIPs now that DBSK is back in the motherland. But what happens when Big Bang goes back home?
Big Bang’s Concert Tour, otherwise known as “Stand Up 2008“, has seen sold out performances as well as positive attention not only from media but from other Japanese singers such as W-inds‘ Tachibana Keita, whose group won “Best Asian Singers” from the Asia Song Festival.
Through this tour, Big Bang saw about 20,000 fans all across Japan (but keep in mind they’re probably counting seats not individuals) beating their attendance rate from their last tour which was half that amount. Overall, Big Bang has received the seal of approval from the Japanese. But now that these boys are returning back home to promote their album “Remember” with their official comeback performance on MBC’s Music Core on November 8, 2008, who will replace them in Japan?
As of now, it seems like the clowns have it down pat by trying to “take over NRBs” (noraebangs or karaoke rooms) with Super Junior T’s Japanese version of “Rokkugo”.
Check out the video.
Some pictures from the concert.
this article is stupid and waste of a post. some fans are shallow but they arent deaf. if the people think a song sounds good then they’ll listen to it. no one listens to only one artists cuz thats just odd. Popseoul go look on your own iPod/mp3/mp4/playlist and tell us if you only listen to one artist/group. I highly doubt you only listen to one artist/group so these articles are stupid
@ lovestylefree:
Aaw, thank you XD
W-inds. *^^*
-gets shot-
You know, some people can still be a Cassiopeia and VIP at the same time ~
No big deal :/
LOL..DBSG is everywhere..u just think they are gone..muhahaha..i love them both DBSG and BB are amazing..both!
Gotta love Big Bang!
GO GO GO ELVES!!lols
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waah..dint know VIP is big bangs fangroups name~~ignorant child!!mwahhaa
Cassiopeia for life.
DBSK<3
Yoochun<3333
Junsu<33333333
Jaejoong<333
Changmin<3
Yunho<3
F.Y.I. Popseoul,
DBSK’s Japanese fans are called Bigeast not Cass. And I doubt they will turn on their Tohoshinki so easily.
Bigeast will definitely not turn on Tohoshinki that easily
since it took them like 3 years to build that up
how the heck are they just going to turn to VIPs which dont even sing in japanese?
i love big bang.but only in korea
i will like them even more if they debut in japan with a JAPANESE single not an english song in japan..
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@ May:
Ah, that is one really good point.
I still don’t understand why YG does not force them to take intensive Japanese for a few months (while being inactive) and then show up on the public scene in Japan with some language capabilities.
I still have yet to find a YouTube video of Big Bang interviewing in Japanese or being on a talk show without speaking in Korean and having subtitles.
For singing the songs in English, well, they can make an excuse for that by saying that they want their songs to be noticed “internationally” and that singing in fluent English is something popular in Japan, but they have no excuse for needing subtitled translations every time they get air time…
That Suju MV is old if you’re going to post it just now. Always trying a to find a way to diss Suju, huh?
Fans who love the bands enough to be call such titles aren’t going to just jump around to the next artist in the country.
Fans can be into more than one band.
To dheartsc: Woot! Heechul and Sungmin at the top! XD
I love DBSK.
I like Big Bang.
Please dont say that Cassiopeians are turning into VIPs.
*** CREDIT as tagged on the photo! That banner is on “a building which is located a station before the famous Shibuya center (Shibuya is one of the biggest shopping center in JAPAN)” ***
Don’t worry, vips will always support bigbang and same goes for Cassiopeians and ELFs for their DBSK n’ Super Junior!
I’m sure BigBang will have a huge banner of themselves in Japan soon, just like Super Junior- T!!!!
I totally agree with lovestylefree. Honestly, PopSeoul’s biased criticism and forced sarcasm is getting on my nerves. Izumi, you should get your comments published in a blog from now on
Big Bang always comes back with a BIG BANG! Sooooo can not wait!!!!!
hahhaah Popseoul is trying to start a fight now between Cassies and VIPs? i LOVE DBSK, but i also don’t mind Big Bang;but let me just say that the target audience for the two groups (when in Japan) is different. everybody already knows that its BigEast is mainly a more mature crowd -> that is why DBSK’s image in Japan is very different than the one they have in Korea. But based on BigBang’s music, i don’t think they will be converting and of those fans anytime soon. BB seems to be focusing on the younger crowd. And as for SuJu-T, who knows! maybe Japanese people who like Enka music will like them because Trot has a similar feel to enka? sorry for the rant XD
ps. i dont normally read the comments too much but wow Izumi! nice post! hahaha
i really don’t understand the problem with being a fan of more than one group or person 0_0
srsly…there is no “turning.”
Popseoul, you do notice many fans are fans of DBSK AND Big Bang. They don’t choose unless they have to, as fans we are entitled to like both
personal point though, Ri ri likes Xiah too XD so RELAX VIP’s and Casseiopedia (oh! however you spell it!) ^^
i dunno…but this malaysian is still cassiopeian!!! abang jaejoong, HWAITING!!!!! hahahahaha!!
“It seems like the Japanese have turned from Cassiopeians into VIPs” are you kiding me?? MIROTIC = #1 oricon wekly chart is nothing for you??
popseoul is always like this
they are more negative than positive stuffs
plus,
they love to insult Super Junior
SJ is not clowns okay.
they just dont go the cool way,
thjey go the cute way.
and its not ELVES
its E.L.F
wth
and CASSIOPEIA IS ONE.
As much as I like SuJu T, I really, really don’t like how the Japanese version sounds. And Big Bang sounds good. Although I don’t think they’re selling as much as they actually can because they’re singing mostly in English.
are you bored popseoul? the article has no point at all xDD
Cant they be all three? I mean, I know theyll all be more Cassiopeians than anything else, but they can still like other bands as well. :pp
lol world domination? AWESOME!
i think the targeted fans of the three froups are quite different but dbsk and suju fans are closer in age group…
they are all proceeding well in japan and i think they will make it big…
but bb need to change its marketing people…
how come they are labelled the exile in korea to sell their number 1 album?
their style dont even come close
@ rosa:
Really? I’ve never heard of Big Bang being labeled as the “EXILE of Korea”, but if that is true, then that is a really misleading label…
ca’ah turn to vip? elf?
puhlese!!
I hope not.
Gosh!
wat an ugly vid![sj't]
Eww!
toho will never be forgotten as long as sekime-san continue doing variety shows. lol
anyways. love this article. so stupid not even funny^^
and actually, bigeast is like the straightest most mature most behaved fanclub in the world. so theyre definately not shallow or crazy
hey! if u guys like bb dbsk or watsoever, plz stick to them if you want to n leave with no comments. u guys are being childish!
n helo! if u dont like any other bands, then dont insult them. does it kills?
n excuse me! it e.l.f. not elves. your gave that name is it??!
Oh miii gosh!
Are you people dreaming?
How the hell can you compare Bigbang to that pathetic Super Junior T?
Big Bang has it all. Great music, good-looking members.
Super junior T? Just look at their moronic faces… retarded videos, choreography and costumes? I don’t think educated Japanese people would give a s_hit about this pathetic group.
How pathetic.
LIKE WTF dude once a bigbang fan always one that y were all V.I.P’S….
as much as i love suju becuz there are some cute members… but to make it big in JAPAN? Uh-oh… no-no. it’s not a wise strategies suju. as for i, i do love suju, seriously, becuz they’re funny. but song-wise, it’s a total flop. believe me, Japanese sense of music is not Suju’s specialties, okay? and dbsk works hard at Japan that they successfully make it big there. and japanese began to accept korean singers. and big bang juz took this opportunity to try their luck. n uh- i believe they did it? i don’t know much about their activities in Japan. but i think i prefer big bang in korea. but, more than that, suju is never gonna beat big bang, moreover turning dbsk’s and big bang’s fan into elf. and i’ve been wondered… why the heck does suju fans (i mean d fanclub. i am a suju fan also, just not that hyper about them, okay?) named the fanclub E.L.F? Its sounds so… childish… they could’ve come out with a better name. take some reference from cassiopeia and v.i.p. it sounds… high class. no offense to elf. but yeah, just an opinion.
ELF = Ever Lasting F.aggots.
I bet a lot of these fans are fans for all three.
20 000 wth? thats not even half of japanese cassies..damn!
AND DUHH! CASSIES ARE ALWAYS LOYAL TO DBSK BOYS!! DAMN THIS BLOG SITE IS SOO BIASED TO NEGATIVNESS!! DAMN!!
Wow, this article is so pointless.
Shinhwa fans are the most loyal and have the most fans in Japan as wwell. They have over 50,000 fans in Japan.
well.i’m an E.L.F..
love suju-t..
popseoul is being childish..
Hello.
No ELVES.
It’s just E.L.F
loser.
okay,,
i just wondering why most of the comments make suju seems so pathetic?!
1st,,i really don’t like that pop seoul call suju with super clown!!(i think u have no right to say that)
2nd,,what is elves??!! It’s ELF!!
what the hell is that?!
it’s just too cruel by saying suju is pathetic,clown,etc.. U don’t know about suju’s member personalities,,so lock ur f***in mouth..
Don’t be so childish guys,,please don’t make any comment which can make another 3rd world war between these fans club?!
if u don’t like one of these group,,just keep it for ur self!!
there is no one perfect in this world,,every group must have the (+) side and (-) side..
**from someone which is ELF and VIP**
hey,,
what if japanese people prefer suju than the other group because they are funny and talented,,
U don’t know about the future,,do u?
So,,just see and watch it..
so childish..
never mind about this news..
Go ELF and VIP!!
as much as i love SuJu, i must say that i really find popseoul’s bashing on SuJu really entertaining. not that i agree on the bulls***s that popseoul call them. it’s just like a breath of fresh air – a change from the usual confessions of love from SuJu followers. and besides, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, so give popseoul a break, okie? ^_-
ahah. i totally agree with unachicaloca.
what?!are you kidding me?!do you know that cassiopeia broke a record as the largest fanbase in the world?