Friday, 28 May 2021

[theqoo] AKB48'S GRADUATE MAEDA ATSUKO: I WAS JEALOUS OF K-POP GIRL GROUPS WHO GOT A LONG TRAINING PERIOD


AKB's primary member Maeda Atsuko talked about k-pop groups in a recent broadcast.

She said that back then, when they had to film an MV for AKB, they barely had 1-2 hours of dance practices in the morning of the shooting.

They didn't have time to memorize the dance either.

Maeda Atsuko met SNSD often on Japanese shows back then.

She saw that SNSD were very good at dancing and asked them how much time did they practice.

SNSD said that they practiced for 2 weeks.

She then expressed her envy and thought that it was awesome.

original post: here

1. But I thought that A-chan was good enough... she was also the type who danced prettily

2. The reason: A-chan said that when she was in AKB 48, they didn't know the dance until a few hours prior to filming the MV. Somethings, they didn't even know the lyrics of the songs until the day of the filming. She said that her idol promotions were so sloppy so her solo promotions >>>> group promotions. They never invested anything into her dancing or singing when she was promoting as an idol so that's why she said that she was jealous

3. I fangirled on J-pop idols for a while and learned that if they wanted vocal trainings, they had to pay on their own

4. You can see it with how much Sakura improved

5. They only learned their lyrics and dance on the day of the shooting so how do you expect them to practice?

6. I can understand her so well. AKB's commercial mechanism is focused on maximizing the otakus' spendings but even so, she must have the ambition to put out of good performance as a singer too. She always appeared on TV or on stage and her job is to perform in front of an audience so...

7. The Japanese agencies said that even if you spend money to teach basic skills and improve their idols' skills, if they shake hands well and do fan service, they will gain fans and sell albums just fine. So that's why they don't invest in them. Even with the bare minimum, they are selling so well. When Soshi promoted in Japan for a little while, Japanese men said that they were scary because of how perfect they wereㅋㅋㅋ

8. So frustrating... The J-dols don't even have a teacher to teach them proper dancing. They just get a video thrown at them and they are expected to memorize everything. If they want to learn properly, they have to spend their own money and pay their own personal trainers. That's how they look for vocal or dance teachers. But then, doing so will get them on the bad side of their company. They will be seen as not wanting to be cohesive with the group and wanting to stand out on their own. Trash system

9. So even learn their lyrics on the day of the shooting...

10. Seeing Izone, the Japanese members received training and all improved. This seems like an issue with Japanese companies


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