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Girl group 4minute's 3-city tour in Japan is a hit!
The girl group recently released their 2nd single, "I My Me Mine," and from July 31 through August 1, the girls made three stops in just two days, hitting Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya, capturing the hearts of their Japanese fans.
Already through their large-scale promotions in March and May of this year, the girls have caught the attention of influential media throughout Japan, and have seen all of the tickets to their concerts sell out. This time, the girls have selected a 3-part attack plan, trying to charm people from deep inside, using live concerts in the three cities.
The result has been a massive success for the girls. Beginning with LaQua Gardens at Tokyo Dome, and following with Nagoya and Osaka, a huge number of people gathered at the concerts. Having just debuted two months ago, this has been an exceptional result.
One reason for this has been that 4minute, unlike other girl groups, has garnered mostly female fans ages 10 to 20. At the three concerts, a great number of young female fans showed up, making the crowd look more like a male idol group's fan club due to the wild screaming and enthusiasm with which the young women showed.
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Date: 2010-08-02 08:11 pm (UTC)good job ppomin
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Date: 2010-08-02 08:15 pm (UTC)Fierce girl groups like 4minute usually has more female fans because i think they make guys nervous/scared lol
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Date: 2010-08-02 10:50 pm (UTC)so true!
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Date: 2010-08-02 08:32 pm (UTC)so happy for them :D
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Date: 2010-08-02 09:50 pm (UTC)The tour wasn't really one, it was just three small mini-live & handshake events. It wasn't sold out as well, tickets were free for those who bought a copy of the Japanese IMMM single. Plus, the venues were open for other visitors of the respective amusement parks too. (The mini concerts didn't take place in concert halls or clubs or anything.)
The single itself has only been doing moderately well on the Oricon charts (I think Muzik did a little better, if I remember correctly?).
The Japanese media have been largely ignoring them as well, a few TV appearances being the exception. There are no major music/fashion/TV magazines with features of the girls this month, apart from two Japanese-language kpop mags.
So they are far from getting major recognition in Japan.
I think they'll just take small steps there, not in order to get really big but to entertain their small fanbase there, kind of like in the other Asian countries they've been visiting.
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Date: 2010-08-03 03:28 pm (UTC)Half of the audience was teenage girls and the other half 20-25 something women, some even older than that. And there was even 3-4 40+ something men (that ever oh-so creepy!!). There were more adults in Tokyo compared to Osaka and Nagoya.