Kangta Wishes to Produce Vocalist Group Outside of SM

[unreal.livejournal.com]

Kangta revealed his plans to establish a label of his own for the first time.

The reveal came at Mnet′s The Voice of Korea press roundtable held in Seoul on May 4, when Kangta said, "I want to found a label and produce a vocalist group outside of SM. I′ve already talked it over with President Lee Soo Man. My convictions deepened while participating in The Voice of Korea as a coach."

"More than 50 percent of my SM juniors are great singers, but they′re looked down upon because they′re idols. I want to produce a vocalist group that can sometimes perform in idol performances. I think their looks can also meet lower standards compared to the current SM standards," he added.

"This label will be another challenge for me and for SM. I was determined to set it up when the timing was right, but now that I′m in The Voice of Korea, I can see that the market is suffering and everyone′s interests have gone on to something else. It′s been five years since I′ve been in a broadcast. I realized that I need to prepare even more perfectly. I don′t think it′ll be very long now [before it happens]."

Shin Seung Hoon, LeeSsang′s Gil and Baek Ji Young, the other coaches of the show, also attended the roundtable this day to talk about The Voice of Korea and their teams.

The May 4 live broadcast of The Voice of Korea had eight contestants battle against each other for a ticket to the finals. Four were eliminated, while four made it to the next round.

Source: mnet global

Comments

[my-car-is-prada.livejournal.com]

Well if they are not good looking, I won't be interested. :O

[gardenintheair.livejournal.com]

s group comeback, now this... good year for kangta.

but it would be nice if YOU released something you know oppa :/

[luvey.livejournal.com]

"More than 50 percent of my SM juniors are great singers, but they′re looked down upon because they′re idols. I want to produce a vocalist group that can sometimes perform in idol performances. I think their looks can also meet lower standards compared to the current SM standards," he added.

it is kinda sad, no matter how true, that he had to say this. hopefully SMe is smart enough to see that idols won't always be where the cash cow is for longevity of their company. ii hope he gets to do this label (and under the umbrella of SMe since they have the money) as a division within the company to where he could focus on nabbing talent outside of what is considered idols - diversifying the talent pool. it's smart. and deep down (although i know it won't happen) i want him to nab Piggy Dolls, cause they are AMAZING.

and he is seriously adorable.

[superjesster.livejournal.com]

Yessss, this sfm

[devilstay.livejournal.com]

Yes. I also for the life of me, don't understand why sment wouldn't want to nurture the talents in their idols. Isn't it more productive for them? I mean...imagine, considering how cheap they are, they could get their own idols to write/produce their own music, and sment won't have to pay extra for that either.

I just don't get it. It makes me horribly sad knowing that basically most sment idols have written something of their own that will never come to light. :/

[devilstay.livejournal.com]

All of this. so fucking much, I can't emphasis enough. In the last 2 albums, all the best songs were by the members tbh.

Andante, Love U More, Y, A Short Journey, All My Heart, these songs are so great idek.

Yeah, it perplexes me completely. It's what's going to screw sment over at the end. I like my catchy pop music as much as the next person, even more in-fact, but yes, YYJ doing all their songs does get old, and tbh although I've nothing against buying music from other people, or remakes...why do it, when you have people under your own company to make it for you? I don't like the idea of Suju breaking up tbh, but I've always thought, that if there is one reason to do it, it's so they can finally have creative input into their music.

I feel as though sment are delusional as to what sell their idols to fans. :/ I mean, sment relies on two things 1)Talent, and 2) Personality. It's the reason why their groups run as long as they do, and why they have so many dedicated fan, because they tend to sell on personality aspects, but they won't be getting any new ones if sment doesn't improve them music wise. It's actually something I get very upset about if I think about it too much. Henry, Zhou Mi, Eunhyuk, Jonghyun etc. deserve so much more.

[cee-90.livejournal.com]

THIS! I freakin looove andante,love u more,y, a short journey,and all my heart even more than any other songs on the album they were promoting...
those songs are even better than other SM songs nowadays
SM should make them more opportunities as their song writers...
together with the One Way's fellas (since I like I Wanna Love You and no matter how embarrassing Oppa Oppa is, I can't help but to dance and scream 'Oppa' to that song,lol)

[raviolikenshin.livejournal.com]

they did that with jmin and she flopped
flopped all over the place

[superjesster.livejournal.com]

YES, THAT WOULD BE FAB, AND UGHH THIS WOULD BE AMAZING IF HE ALSO TOOK SOME OF SM'S FORGOTTEN OUT AND PROMOTE THEM BETTER THAN SME EVER DID

[johnnyquest89.livejournal.com]

People are gonna still view it as a SM group

[strawberry-efeu.livejournal.com]

He should put Song Bing Yang in his group TAT and Jino is SM isn't going to do anything with him

[johnnyquest89.livejournal.com]

Jino didn't make it to Exo?

[strawberry-efeu.livejournal.com]

No. There are rumors he might make a solo debut through SM or maybe be put into a different group.

[cee-90.livejournal.com]

I hope SM will make a duo of Henry and Jino, tbh.
Both boys are too talented to be waste...and they're still considerably young...

[my-car-is-prada.livejournal.com]

I love that Song Bing Yong song. I wonder why he didn't make it into EXO-M. Did he leave SM already?

[strawberry-efeu.livejournal.com]

I think he did. I remember reading in one of the EXO posts a while back that he posted on his blog something about how his dream/all his years of training were gone and I think he went back to China but I don't really remember. I think it was rikayla who wrote about it.

[my-car-is-prada.livejournal.com]

That's so heart breaking. :(

[lovemail321.livejournal.com]

That made me tear up a bit. :(

[frantastic.livejournal.com]

I think I read that Jino was going to debut as a solo artist during the second half of the year.

[strawberry-efeu.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but somehow I doubt it considering how long it's been since SM has debuted a solo artist. But I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

[frantastic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, who knows >_<

I remembered where I read about this lol: le click (http://omonatheydidnt.livejournal.com/8566332.html). I don't keep track on most comebacks but apparently it has been accurate.

[my-car-is-prada.livejournal.com]

I also heard that he was going to be in a new ballad group. D:

[frantastic.livejournal.com]

oh god no. SM does not need more ballad groups e_e

[raviolikenshin.livejournal.com]

yeah but he also showed up to the exo showcase with a posse of masked men

so who knows~

[frantastic.livejournal.com]

whaaaaat

I had no idea about that

[raviolikenshin.livejournal.com]

here is the photographic evidence
http://lntrn2687.tumblr.com/post/20478469352/jino-was-spotted-at-exos-showcase-omfg-you

[frantastic.livejournal.com]

ohhhh ~*feelings*~
I hope SM won't keep him locked down in the basement for much longer

[tsuyoi-hikari.livejournal.com]

As much as I adore Kangta and know what he means but let's face the reality, this type of group will never make it. They probably will come out with 2 minis & 1 album and they gonna disappear forever -- just because they are not good-looking enough for Korea. Teen wouldn't buy their music since they're not good looking as their oppas/unnies and adult wouldn't buy their music either since they view them as idols from SMent. Plus, Korea wouldn't invest on good music either (considering most of #1 songs are mediocre with repetitive lyrics) unless it is from veteran artist like Park Hyo Shin, Brown Eyes, Sung Si Kyung, Baek Ji Young & etc.

Even the international fans wil bla bla on how vocally talented they are but wouldn't spent their money on them. Well, this is the truth that nobody can deny. Just look at the ever talented ~V.O.S~ -- they basically can dance and have mind-blowing vocal abilities with looks but not that many people want to spent money on their stuffs no matter how amazing their music are. :/

[lovemail321.livejournal.com]

2NE1 is not Korea's standard of beauty and they make crap songs the majority of the time, but look how popular they are.

Kangta is a well respected singer with lots of old and young fans- sometimes you have to take chances and I actually have a lot of faith in him and I hope he puts out a group.

[tsuyoi-hikari.livejournal.com]

I beg to differ since lots lots of ppl actually love 2NE1 music (& lyrics) and their loud fashion sense. And they're not actually can be consider vocally talented group since only 2 of the members in the group can sing.

What my previous comment meant is that if Kangta decided to put make a vocally talented idol group, they probably gonna sing the likes of song that V.O.S or Monday Kiz? going to sing and that kind of group wouldn't make it big in Korea. Just look at BtoB, they are consider as an idol group that is vocally talented and can dance but look at their popularity among rookies idol groups that debuted this year -- it is just disappointing despite they are great at lives and actually sing good songs. The only (in my opinion) vocally talented idol group that make it big is DBSK but it actually helps that the members are good looking & all.

I know Kangta is a very respected singer since I'm one of his biggest fans (I actually kept many of his live performances since he really great at lives even until now). But I don't want him to put out a group that he worked so hard only to be disappointed with the end result. But it's nice if he actually try -- I will support it without a doubt. :D

[raviolikenshin.livejournal.com]

it's not impossible.

[caramelorchoco.livejournal.com]

cool. can kry and donghae sign up with you.

god knows sme's not doing anything for their careers

[xkeirafanx.livejournal.com]

Please. That would be great.

[frantastic.livejournal.com]

but donghae is getting a lot of hype with his EunHae unit. He seems to like it

[caramelorchoco.livejournal.com]

donghae can do much more, tbh. somebody just needs to push him.
same goes for kry.

[frantastic.livejournal.com]

that's a different story.

Maybe he's comfortable with the EunHae duo. It could explain why he hasn't had a proper solo for the past Super Shows.

lol hard to say for KRY, they have been vocally sustaining SuJu for quite a while, so it's not like they have been that neglected. Kyu had his musical, Wookie seems busy with his radio program. Idk what's Yesung up to tho.

[caramelorchoco.livejournal.com]

KRY deserves a solo unit album. they've been pushed behind too much. i mean, yeah, its great to hear their voices in the suju albums, but its not like they're getting recognized for singing the lines in most of the songs. its not like they're getting recognized for anything, really.

all people hear are the singles, and KRY has never had an official single out before
i just think that it's about time that they do get one.

i can appreciate their solo activities now, but i think they should receive more attention for their singing as a trio.

yesung takes a lot of selcas and watches a lot of movies :[

[harisukaori.livejournal.com]

I'd also love it if Sungmin signed up with Kangta. The boy can really sing but somehow he always gets overlooked :(

[marinamirabella.livejournal.com]

"More than 50 percent of my SM juniors are great singers, but they′re looked down upon because they′re idols."
Hm, h should thank his beloved agency for that "they're looked down upon", because imho it was them and other similar agencies who made that "idol craze" and "idol factoring" system in the first place... Good luck to him overcoming this shadow behind him now :/