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Pledis Entertainment has announced that they will be debuting a grand 17-member male idol group by the end of the year!
Tentatively named ‘Seventeen‘, the group is made up of 17 members averaging 17 year old, who have been trained not only for the domestic market, but specifically for the international market as well. Although they’re being touted as the largest K-Pop group to date, A-Peace holds the title with 21 total members.
Pledis has revealed that they will not be going the standard route of debuting the group in Korea before advancing overseas, but rather debut a group that is ready to promote in Korea, China, and Japan right from the get-go.
After their debut as a group, the boys will be split into units to promote separately in Korea, China, and Japan with promotional tactics tailored to each country.
A representative stated, “We’ve been preparing a team that is able to promote in China and Japan for a very long time. Since they’ll be specially promoting in three countries, you can consider them an official Hallyu group. Their debut is currently set for the end of the year, and we’re planning unique music and stage concepts.”
Through Seventeen, Pledis aims to create a new genre they call ‘Asia Pop’, a genre with K-Pop colors at the forefront but switched up to the tastes of the Chinese and Japan markets.
In related news, Pledis is also gearing up for the debut of After School‘s sister group, Hello Venus, next month.
source: akp + star news
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Date: 2012-04-26 03:18 am (UTC)what will happen when the average age becomes 18?
"Through Seventeen, Pledis aims to create a new genre they call ‘Asia Pop’, a genre with K-Pop colors at the forefront but switched up to the tastes of the Chinese and Japan markets." n______n
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Date: 2012-04-26 12:11 pm (UTC)And so on and so on ad infinitum
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Date: 2012-04-26 03:56 am (UTC)WHY
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WHY.
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Date: 2012-04-26 03:22 am (UTC)Good luck to all these kids, though.
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Date: 2012-04-26 03:24 am (UTC)"Through Seventeen, Pledis aims to create a new genre they call ‘Asia Pop’, a genre with K-Pop colors at the forefront but switched up to the tastes of the Chinese and Japan markets."
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Date: 2012-04-26 11:44 am (UTC)Sounds pretty cool tbh.
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Date: 2012-04-26 03:24 am (UTC)and this just means that if they're debuting hello venus and this new boy group while promoting nu'est, then we might as well say bye bye to after school SOBS
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Date: 2012-04-26 03:28 am (UTC)girls, do you have it in you to stan that many members in a single group
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Date: 2012-04-26 03:30 am (UTC)are Pledis trying to clean up their trainee storage??
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Date: 2012-04-26 03:31 am (UTC)I knew this would happen after exo, tbh. More groups trying to debut in multiple countries. It was just a matter of when. It makes sense that they would want to debut in bigger markets, meaning more money. But they are forgetting, the only reason any kpop group does well in Japan, is because they've already had an established fanbase. Fans who will more than happily buy albums in their own language, because they don't mind listening to the group in any language.
I'm starting to dread debuts, because I always feel bad when they fail. Which, sadly, happens more often than not.
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Date: 2012-04-26 06:46 am (UTC)but it's true. kpop has a different sound than the mainstream music in japan and china, and unless pledis is really going to go all out, i don't know how its groups in japan and china are going to last
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Date: 2012-04-26 03:33 am (UTC)They need to stop.
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Date: 2012-04-26 03:36 am (UTC)why
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Date: 2012-04-26 03:44 am (UTC)pledis u remember what happened with a-peace right
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but i mean the jp part is interesting hm
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Date: 2012-04-26 03:46 am (UTC)....okay then
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Date: 2012-04-26 05:39 am (UTC)Nu'est is perfect. They should just promote them properly for now
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