Royal Pirates Reject the Love Call But Still Get Featured on Korean News

[essyllus.livejournal.com]

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Update on Royal Pirates So we have a bad news and a good news for our fans out there. We have talked to the writer of StarKing and they offered a good deal for us to show up on their show. Super Junior will be on StarKing for next two months and they really wanted us to be there with Super Junior. But to be straight forward, Royal Pirates won't be able to show up on StarKing. Many of you might wonder why we would make this decision, so here are the reasons: First of all, we had a major conflict with our school work and classes. Scheduling was difficult with both of us. Secondly, we both agreed on the fact that we did not want to leave an image of a "Cover Band" or a "Super Junior Band" to the world and to Korea. We did not want people to think that we are just another group of people who wanted to show up on TV to gain fame by playing other artists' songs. We are really sorry for the fans who waited for us to come out on StarKing, but we hope that you guys would understand. It was a really hard decision to make. Here is the good news. We actually have been contacted with few entertainment/management companies and we will be meeting them soon and talk about our career as a band.(And hopefully bring more good news to our fans) We also have an upcoming interview with allkpop.com so tune in for us and we hope to see you guys soon either through youtube or any other media. Thanks for the support as always. Rock Hard & Love Easy.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Royal Pirates 로얄P. on Korean News Channel YTN Royal Pirates on Korean News Channel YTN 로얄P.가 YTN에 소개되었습니다.

[Anchor]
A typical housewife "Susan Boyle" from Britain has become an overnight star by singing at the show "Britain's Got Talent." In the U.S., an independent rock band "Royal Pirates" has become a new Youtube sensation.

[Reporter]
Super Junior's "Sorry Sorry" has been re-created with a powerful rock feel.

This video of Korean American rock band, "Royal Pirates", made a big hit- getting over ten thousand views.

Their powerful instrumentals and brilliant videos are making them very popular.

"Royal Pirates" has gained fame when their video of Circus remake was featured in Britney Spear's main Homepage.

This remake of Circus by Britney Spears reached 18 thousand views in just two weeks.

Even though they have never been through proper trainings, every videos that they post recieves splended reactions from the Youtubers.

One of their original song "Like Butterflies" are one of them.

The Royal Pirates have proved their talents by getting love calls from Korean management companies to debut in Korea.

With their amazing talents and passion, the Royal Pirates is taking a big part on spreading the Korean music to everyone in the world.

[edited out Korean translation]

Comments

[trajectory.livejournal.com]

love those boys sm.

[distortedinpink.livejournal.com]

love them!

but allkpop.. =\

[ex-decenniu.livejournal.com]

ugh mte

[essyllus.livejournal.com]

mte?

[sincronia.livejournal.com]

my thoughts exactly~

[essyllus.livejournal.com]

Ahh, okay. I've been trying forever to figure out what it stood for. I feel like an oldie XD

[sincronia.livejournal.com]

Ahaha, it's okay, that was me... five months ago? :P Praise Urban Dictionary, lol!

[essyllus.livejournal.com]

I agree. I wish Allkpop weren't one of the few media sources that artists have to affiliate with in order to get "mainstream" (I forgot Seoulbeats, I've heard that they're slightly better.) I'm not hating on the fact that it's a gossip blog (because, really, that's how the online kpop fandom operates), but it's a gossip blog with such misogynistic and biased writing.

At the same time, its sensationalist writing does attract kpop fans and newbies, which is what the artists ultimately want. But it would be great if they could gain familiarity in a more legit way.

[gogoparty.livejournal.com]

AMEN

[sincronia.livejournal.com]

I'm an AKP reader, and I totally wholeheartedly agree with this. When I was a noob on the site, I was taken aback by how lopsided the writing was. It took some time to adjust to.

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

Their writing style only really appeals to 12-16 year olds

[essyllus.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, a lot of kpop fans are within that age range. :( At least, the age group of fans who tend to use forums :p

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

Yeaaaah true. All the band debuting at like age 12 just gives the rest of us incentive to bail out lol

[trannas.livejournal.com]

Although I would love to see them on Star King with SuJu, I think their reasoning was pretty admirable so kudos to them. I love them dearly~

[xxarnxx.livejournal.com]

IM FRIENDS WITH THEM ON MYSPACE \O/\O/~!

[waiyza.livejournal.com]

I love their version of "Sorry, Sorry," and their other stuff isn't bad either. But mostly I'm excited that they live right around where I do. lol.

Anyway, I think it was a good choice since they want to be taken seriously.

[tismeekat.livejournal.com]

Oh I remember reading this on myspace.
I was a bit sad that they weren't gonna be on starking, but they have their reasons so 'sall good!
I think these guys are so amazing!
Totally rooting for their success!

[ficcy.livejournal.com]

*listening to their music right now*
They are the reason why I fell in love with Circus.

[essyllus.livejournal.com]

Same here. I actually started liking her because of them.

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

ikr every time i hear circus i want it to be the rp version

[rerightings.livejournal.com]

I love Royal Pirates, and if I was in their position, I'd definitely reject the Star King offer too. They definitely wouldn't have as much credibility. Good decision.

[jia-zhang.livejournal.com]

Smart boys. They know the business. It'll be nice to see more rock on the KPop scene. Hope these guys do well...

[rock-n-mel.livejournal.com]

It'll be nice to see more rock on the KPop scene.
OMG yes plz!

[yum-gums.livejournal.com]

it's understandable. they've got their priorities right. good for them!

[sincronia.livejournal.com]

Gotta love these guys, they made a good choice. I'm certain they'll get even more attention over time, even without their appearance on StarKing. There will be more opps!

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

I agree with them. I would want to do the same thing to be taken serious and not just be a novelty. It's hard to turn down such great exposure though.

[dreamerbri.livejournal.com]

good luck to them! korea is in bad need of rock bands so hopefully they'll debut there (and not in 6 years like on jyp). lol

[hoyah.livejournal.com]

aw good luck to the boys :) i understand their reasons and those projects were fun for them, but i'm sure they want to pursue their careers as musicians in their own right. they can't be living in the shadow by sj or dbsk or wg if they want to succeed with that.

i agree with the comments about allkpop. :/

[berrycherry.livejournal.com]

I am really disappointed ;_;
But of course I get their point and respect it, school being more important than star king. They should just wait for summer vacation, go to star king, play sorry sorry AND their original tune, release it as a single and there goes.
It just would be so epic I'd prolly buy all their stuff.

[kanaala.livejournal.com]

yeah, i guess it was the right decision~
but still i'm a bit sad cause i would have loved to see them on Star King =D
i really hope they'll be able to debut someday~ i love their remakes of SORRY, SORRY, Circus, Nobody, MIROTIC and so on <33

[bloods-rose.livejournal.com]

If this is old news I fail because I didn't hear about it :(
I'd have loved to see them with Super junior but to reject this offer is really admirable and shows they are really serious about their music which is also awesome. I hope those interviews go well for them :D
But Ugh. allkpop. I don't get that site. Agree with comments about them...

[shinjukudolls.livejournal.com]

i love them, star king would have be lolz

[haights.livejournal.com]

Love their stuff and hope that they release an album.