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So finally news that that full English album actually does exist! If you remember wayyy back when last spring, there was talk to SNSD releasing a full English album in the summer. Talk from the girls themselves, however, summer has passed and no English album has appeared.
The Guardian reports that SNSD has recorded their full English album, which is supposed to be released through Interscope Records sometime next year!
Does it surprise the experts that the girls are going to try and break into the US market? “It doesn’t surprise me at all the Girls’ Generation are doing this,” said Steve McClure, the Tokyo-based executive editor of McClure’s Asia Music News. “The South Korean market is limited, so winning over new fans overseas has always been part of the K-pop strategy. The fact that they are riding on the coat tails of Psy is just pure luck – it has just made it easier than it might have been without him.”
We all know the girls dominate in Japan. With hit after successful hit, I think they will do well in the US market if they have created the right sound that suits the general public’s ear.
“Industry experts say the group’s brand of electropop and brilliantly produced videos will ease them into unfamiliar markets outside Asia” according to The Guardian. “Girls’ Generation totally fit the bill,” said Mio Scobie, overseas editor of US Weekly magazine. “They produce feelgood beats, instantly memorable choruses and, as I’m sure people have already noticed, they’re stunning.”
I’m soooo excited for this! A full English album! Finally! This time it better come out! It would be awesome one day to hear one of their song on the local radio station just like “Gangnam Style,” but the difference being the general public can actually understand the song. I know all you SONEs out there will buy the album. Make sure to help make history with me and buy the album so the girls make that impact on the US market! SNSD hwaiting!
Credits: The Guardian UK
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The Guardian never clearly stated that an album had been completed, only that one is planned. Also, it claimed a third member spoke fluent English–which Sunny Bunny does not. It’s just a newspaper article, and a foreign one at that. Definitely not official news. Just an editorial.
Ah yes, you’re right. Well, that shakes my faith in our beloved Guardian newspaper. 😦
Wooooooooo!
Two questions. 1. Is it going to be available in Canada? 2. When can I buy it?
Maybe a little bit too early for those kind of questions 😀 but im sure that in the beginning of the new year they will give us more information.
YAY!! I am so excited for this! GO GIRLS! RIGHT NOW ITS YOUR GENERATION!
question, i always thought it was the summer 2013 they were talking about! lol
i will certainly buy that album thats for sure.
already looking forward to there concert in stockholm during one of there future world tours. 🙂
thats my dream at least
You really think they coming to Stockholm? how big is the chance I mean 😛 We can only hope…
För jag bor också i Stockholm 😀
because we have already worldsstars visiting stockholm and has concerts here more or less regularly
last week rihana was here.
we have a brand new arena in solna enough for 50000 people and i shouldnt be surprised if sones from all over europe should travel here for an opportunity to see them live.
but in the end it is sm-entertainment that decides what they wants to do.
probably they will have another concert in paris again. “sigh”
europe is so much more than paris, just saying
eventhough i can more understand english, but i still prefer korean album somehow
I don’t see how Psy’s Gangnam Style has anything to do with the *upcoming* english album. Just because Psy came from South Korea, doesn’t automatically people will love the girls’ album or the album will be booming. Moreover, SNSD’s music isn’t even the same with Gangnam Style.
And idk, maybe i don’t have enough faith, but 9 girls in a group is kinda hard to receive by most america/european *i hope i’m wrong*. But, aside from that, I’m anticipating for this rumor’s revelation 😀
Much as I love the girls, I think without at least two-thirds of the group speaking English with relative ease, they can’t make much headway.
Ignoring the language barrier, there’s not nearly enough variety type shows for them to appear on that will give them a decent amount of time for good length interviews that does more than touch base with Tiffany and maybe a little Jessica, let alone showcase all the different personalities of the girls.
That being said, I wish them all the best!
Yeah, I also don’t see how this will work…. Releasing a English album seems like a bad idea to me. I’m afraid this will be another flop….
But then, if it is good, I don’t care about how many copies it will sell (that’s SME problem). I just hope the other girls have improved their English for the songs at least, otherwise it will sound kind weird.
Oooh my fellow SONE I believe they improved a lot.. or should I say, in great terms of vocabulary and pronounciation.. 🙂
Well since I saw some fancams, I concluded that fact already but who knows? The girls are hardworkers after all 🙂
i am mostly worried for sooyoung
i remember a video where sooyoung was trying to speak english with the cabdriver 🙂
peronally i dont care too much if they sing in english korean or japanese i adore them anyway
but it should be great to understand what they say
Either way, the timing is right. The girls aren’t getting younger by the year, and plus Tiffany and Jessica’s english have to come in handy at some point. I mean, c’mon, this is like having ammunition and not using it when the battle is raging.
Personally, I’m surprised the critics have it right this time. It’s absolutely true that their sound *has* to be right. The rest is pure luck bc these girls for sure are navigating in unchartered territory. So there you have it, good timing, a not-as-pronounced language barrier, and luck.
P.S.: I also don’t care who gets credit for this idea, but I SWEAR if the girls could get their own Reality TV show on U.S. networks, they wouldn’t have to work nearly as hard. If the kardashians can do it, I dont see how our girls cant. Plus theyre hilarious
I agree those could be problems, but do we really know just how good the girls’ English is? Asides from Jessica and Fany, I think Sooyoung and Seohyun have alright English, and I believe at least some of the other girls understand more English than they can speak.
And I think there are plenty of shows SNSD could go on, maybe not in the same style as in Korea, but there are some.
Wasn’t it one of the functions of “I AM” to be a kind of documentary into the lives of K-Pop stars? Perhaps more of such documentaries should be made focusing on individual groups more! Showcasing the people behind the performer I think is the biggest key to making new fans. They certainly matter to me more as people than “stars”.
SNSD is *not* riding on the coat-tails of PSY.. I believe PSY became popular for having a silly and funny video that the international K-pop community (that already existed, such as through Eat Your Kimchi) shared to the world and the world responded to.. SNSD was on Letterman and that Kelly show well before PSY was even a twinkle in the eye =)
Of course I wish them the best too, but actualy I feel sad to read this article.
I think the best reward for them would have been that people suit korean and not the reverse.
In pop music and particulary in US, the lyrics are not that important, I’m french and every day I see people singing and listening to mainstream US songs without understand the lyrics.
Of course I wish them the best too, but actualy I feel sad to read this article.
I think the best reward for them would have been that people suit korean and not the reverse.
In pop music and particulary in US, the lyrics are not that important, I’m french and every day I see people singing and listening to mainstream US songs without understand the lyrics.
Hahahahahaha no more strange looks as I walk/ride by ppl blasting snsd songs…. well no more for just the English anyway haha. Soshi hwaiting
As long as they stay as far away as possible from the ‘cutesy’ concepts of their early songs, they could do really well 🙂 They’re going to have a busy year, what with a Korean comeback in the works too.
As an English fan of SNSD, I’m personally really looking forward to this!
I just watch an old Christmas special of SNSD (Christmas Fairytale). When Seohyun and Yuri are singing “Winter Wonderland” you can easily tell that both girls misprounce the word “conspire”. Their singing in English has improved since then as evidenced by last springs “The Boys”. I guess it was always assumed by SM that Tiffany and Jessica would handle the English interviews even some of the girls are working to improve their spoken English, especially Seohyun and Sooyoung. I look forward to all English album from the girls and hope that more K-Pop stars follow their lead.
That would be really nice 😀 I really like their christmas song Diamond. I will play it alot for the christmas, oops but I already listening to it 😛
I remember Christmas Fairytale; that was when I was just beginning to really love the girls. It was the best Christmas ever. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Honestly, “conspire” is just one word, and it’s a weird one in the context of the song if you ask me. All their English performances blew me away that Christmas and one year is hopefully plenty of time to improve your language even more.
(P.S. You must admit, it was a really cute mistake by those two; they mispronounced it twice, in two different ways! ^_^)
Not only in the US, it’s gonna be release worldwide, meaning it will also be available in european country such as Great Britain, France and so on! I’ll be sure to help with the sales in France 🙂
Wish them all the best, I was also so excited upon reading this article plus the other one from a French newspaper le Figaro saying something similar!
For those that understand French http://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/2012/11/14/03006-20121114ARTFIG00659–gangnam-style-de-psy-ne-sera-pas-un-phenomene-unique.php
Hwaiting 😀
YES! they’ll do great,im sure of it!!! they’re all so pretty,and talented!!!
Yes! Now they’ll dominate the U.S. too!
both English and korean language are very good but english album is a nice idea
i’m sooooooooooo excited
The Guardian is a pretty big UK newspaper, so hopefully their facts are right.
However, I have concerns due to the number of hurtful and xenophobic (racist) comments made towards K-Pop on the online Guardian article. I assume they are all from British citizens, since it is a British paper; I don’t know if the Americans are more open to foreign music or not. 😦
I don’t know much about America in general to be honest. -_-
I get the feeling that there are far more SONEs in the US than in the UK, though, so I actually kind of hope the girls focus more on the US than the UK. I would be so upset if the girls tried to make a breakthrough here in the UK and just got slammed and rejected by loads of xenophobes who’ve never even seen them perform before, like all the haters in that article. 😦
agree…
><) however, I do believe that there will be quite a lot of support overall and I hope that this album is successful!
The girls just need some good songs and judging by the previews (on the previous post) of the songs on their new japanese album, I'm sure the girls are going to produce some fantastic english songs as well (I really like the feel of their music right now) :3
I think most of their english sounds alright, especially from Taeyeon and a little bit Sunny, seeing as they don't know that much english! (Taeyeon- Take a Bow, her english is so flawless :O *jaw-drop*)
I hope they make a smexy album cover, great PVs for the songs and I hope they come to the UK to promote!!!
><) however, I do believe that there will be quite a lot of support overall and I hope that this album is successful! The girls just need some good songs and judging by the previews (on the previous post) of the songs on their new japanese album, I'm sure the girls are going to produce some fantastic english songs as well (I really like the feel of their music right now) :3
I think most of their english sounds alright, especially from Taeyeon and a little bit Sunny, seeing as they don't know that much english! (Taeyeon- Take a Bow, her english is so flawless :O *jaw-drop*)
I hope they make a smexy album cover, great PVs for the songs and I hope they come to the UK to promote!!!
>< What a coincidence! I just commented yesterday on snsdkorean about how I wish they were going to do a full english album!!!
I admit there might not be that much support from the UK for this english album, and yeah, some comments I've read about the girls and other k-pop groups on english/american articles haven't always been great (really close-minded in fact
* beginning of above post that got cut off :S
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I hate how KPOP stars try to get famous in America by singing in English and in the “US style”.
It’s pretty much just a group of Koreans singing then.
I wish they’d just sing in Korean, making it true KPOP in America :c
I don’t know if I should be happy or not. I mean I’m happy for them, having an English album, but I kinda don’t want them to become too mainstream.
I just hope the songs they’ll sing will still have meaning and feeling in it.
Many American songs are just pure nonsense now. They talk about being “in da club”, “booty”, “drinking”, and other stuff. It’s annoying and I hate it.
That’s why I turned to K-POP. K-POP songs are catchy and they have meaning. They actually sing about love. Not to mention, many K-Pop artists are very good looking.
Don’t get me wrong though. I like some American songs. I like songs from The Black Eyed Peas, Karmin and Carly Rae Jepsen, etc.
Sometimes I think, “They aren’t ready for this level of awesomeness!”
(I’m referring to Soshi)
I don’t know. . .maybe it’s just me.
I am totally agree with you. I feel happy for the girls, but lately, American music has little or poor lyrical content (I mean singers like Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne…). Those kind of artist are very commercial and they don’t transfer any type of meaning. (PSY became popular for having a funny video and a catchy rhythm)
Of course i will buy that album anyway. The girls are prepared for USA but USA is not prepared for the girls.
Hwaiting!
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I LOVE SNSD (GIRLS GENERATIONS) SO MUCH!! 🙂
I will surely patronize whatever product (album especially) they will sell ^____^
HWAITING SONEs!!
I can’t wait to have one.
horray.. finally i can understand what the songs about
English album, Part of me excited with the news, part of me not so excited.
I do hope they improve their english tho’ n lessen the engrish i still prefer their k-album. Gudluck my soshi
They’re going to look out of place like PSY/Wondergirls/RAIN because Koreans and Americans are entirely different people.
I’m not worried about how their english will be, since they were amazing when they sung, “Diamond” from SMTOWN’s Christmas album, but I’m worried about the song. ‘The Boys’ nearly failed (or maybe it did), so I’m kind of worried about it. I hope they promote a better song than ‘The Boys’. Maybe even a ballad/pop song. 🙂
I am Pakistani and I love snsd alot… Too excited to hear about their upcoming eng album..