Chapter 1325 "Step"
Kim Yu-fan was overwhelmed by the main songs and style of Kara's new album, and didn't know what to do for a while.
After locking himself in the recording studio for three days, Kim Yu-hwan finally made a decision. It would be better to say that Kim Yu-hwan had no choice but to let Kara continue to follow his own style.
The three major girl groups in the Korean music scene basically have their own styles. Although in general, each girl group has many styles and cannot always follow one style, basically every girl group, even a boy group, will have its own biggest, most prominent, and most well-known style, and has been recognized by everyone and remembered deeply in my heart.
The style of Girls Generation is undoubtedly cute and pure, and the seductive long legs. These have now become the signature style of Girls Generation. It is not that other girl groups do not have cuteness and pureness, nor do they have long legs. However, these points are very obvious in Girls Generation and have basically been recognized by everyone. As long as everyone thinks of cuteness and pureness, and long legs, they basically think of Girls Generation, rather than other girl groups.
The style of WonderGirls is undoubtedly sexy, especially the retro and sexy style. Perhaps WonderGirls itself does not belong to the retro and sexy style, but because of Park Jin-young's production and style positioning, WonderGirls has gradually taken this path and has been recognized by everyone.
The biggest feature of Kara's style is that it is cute and sexy. At the same time, because of the unique voices of Kara's five members, it is sweet and very sweet, which is Kara's style.
At least, when talking about Korean girl groups, when talking about sweetness, you will think of Kara, when talking about pure and cuteness, you will think of Girls' Generation, when talking about retro or sexy, you will think of WonderGirls, when talking about personality, you will think of 2NE1.
Each team group has its own style, or the style is most prominent in some aspects, which cannot be surpassed by other combinations. This gradually leads to this style and gradually becomes the public's definition and first understanding of this team group.
Kara's style is cute and sexy. At the same time, because of the sweet voices of the five members, Kara's style is gradually accepted and recognized by the public for its sweetness.
Kara is also able to develop very well in Japan and is very popular with Japanese fans. In addition to Goo Hara's appearance, more importantly, Kara's sweet style is very popular with Japanese fans and fans.
You should know that in the current Japanese music scene, the market demand for female singers and girl groups is this sweet style.
Therefore, even if Girls' Generation is at its peak in South Korea, even many top boy groups dare not collide with Girls' Generation, worried that they can't beat Girls' Generation, but in Japan, no matter how good the development, the popularity, and the influence are, they dare not say that they are better than Kara, who also develops in Japan.
There is no way. In the Japanese music scene, Kara is almost the same as the Japanese girl group because of her sweet voice. This is Kara's biggest advantage and the congenital disadvantage of Girls' Generation. For example, in the Korean music scene, Girls' Generation can attract more fans with its large number of people and its popularity can surpass Kara. In Japan, Kara's congenital advantages make Girls' Generation unable to surpass Kara.
Although Girls' Generation seems to have developed well in Japan and has a high popularity, in fact, among all Korean girl groups that have developed in the Japanese music scene, Kara is the undisputed boss, creating many records of Korean girl groups' development in the Japanese music scene.
Therefore, after thinking about it, Kim Yu-fan, who had never thought about what style Kara was going to, suddenly had an idea. Since he couldn't think of what style Kara would go to, it would be better to just let Kara continue to maintain her previous style. There is nothing wrong with this.
To be honest, the collision between Girls Generation and WonderGirls this time was really too surprising. Kim Yu-fan believed that it was not just herself and Volkswagen. It was estimated that Girls Generation and WonderGirls, and even S?M and JYP companies behind the two girl groups did not expect to collide.
But it is undeniable that during this head-on collision, WonderGirls became unexpectedly tough and began to turn around, fighting with Girls' Generation in a big way. This caused the influence of Girls' Generation and WonderGirls to continue to grow after the previous collision.
Under this circumstance, Kim Yu-fan felt that it seemed that no one in the entire Korean music scene except himself dared to stand up and say that he could 100% beat Girls Generation and WonderGirls, breaking the influence of Girls Generation and WonderGirls in the joint efforts.
Although Kim Yu-fan has this ability, he has indeed had a lot of work recently, and has arranged it all and the time has been determined. He really has no time to return to the music scene.
Of course, there must be a single time, but Kim Yu-hwan thinks that relying on just one single will probably have a big impact on Girls' Generation and WonderGirls.
In this case, Kara, who is also the three major girl groups, is undoubtedly the best choice. In addition, Kara himself has this meaning, so Kim Yu-fan agreed to Kara's return, which is clearly aimed at Girls' Generation and WonderGirls.
However, considering that the collision between Girls Generation and WonderGirls this time produced a special chemical effect, it is estimated that Kara's return will be difficult to stop the impact of Girls Generation and WonderGirls' collision, or it may have a certain effect, but the effect is not great.
In this case, Kim Yu-hwan naturally prioritized the preservation of Kara, and returned to block Girls' Generation and WonderGirls with little effect. It doesn't matter. It can only be said that there is no way, but at least Kara cannot be a stepping stone for Girls' Generation and WonderGirls.
Under this premise, there is no doubt that Kara will stick to her own style, which is the inevitable result.
At least, Kara sticks to her own style. Even if she has little influence on Girls Generation and WonderGirls, Kara will not become a stepping stone for Girls Generation and WonderGirls.
After all, Kara, who insists on her own style, and as one of the current three major girl groups in South Korea, MC Company has fully supported it, I believe that Kara's influence can also be further improved.
Anyway, Kim Yu-hwan now understands it. It is best for Kara to block Girls Generation and WonderGirls. Even if it can’t be blocked, it doesn’t matter. At most, you can do your best to promote Kara and let everyone know that South Korea has a top girl group like Kara, which is not worse than Girls Generation and WonderGirls.
Even if the rise of Girls Generation and WonderGirls cannot be stopped, Kara cannot be too far behind Girls Generation and WonderGirls, and even completely distanced herself from Girls Generation and WonderGirls.
Kim Yu-fan still thinks that among the Korean girl groups, Kara is still better among the three kingdoms of Girls Generation and WonderGirls, and it is better than the duel between the two heroes.
Therefore, after deciding Kara to continue to unswervingly follow her unique cuteness and sexy style, Kim Yu-fan also had results in Kara's return to the main song of the album.
This time Kara returns to the Korean music scene, Kim Yu-hwan continues to choose the song "Step" that should have belonged to Kara.
The song "Step" originally belongs to Kara, and it can also be regarded as one of Kara's representative works. There is no need to worry about anything in terms of quality. Or in terms of singing and influence, "Step" is not as good as "Honey" and "M.R", but it is only the latter two have a more magical flavor, which is easy for people to like and sing together. The former will not become popular all of a sudden like the last two songs. Everyone is singing, and it takes time to accumulate and then start to explode slowly.
In terms of the quality of the song itself, "Step" is not worse than "Honey" and "M.R", and is even stronger. However, the last two songs are strong wine, which will get better as soon as you drink it, while the former is red wine, which is very gentle, but it will get better if you drink too much, and the strength is even more intense.
Since he decided to hand over "Step" to Kara, Kim Yu-hwan did not delay. He "created" Step " in the shortest time, then carefully modified it, recalled that after confirming that there was no big problem, "Step" became a song like this.
After "Step" came out, Kim Yu-hwan also had to start dividing it, and he had to make out all the parts that Kara and the other two were responsible for. At the same time, he habitually even began to get busy with the MV and dance of "Step".
It took a full half day, and Kim Yu-fan finally prepared to prepare almost everything in "Step", so he asked someone to inform Kara to come to the recording studio to officially accept and learn the song "Step".
There is no way, who makes the Korean music scene the world of the main songs? To put it bluntly, many fans like a certain singer or a certain team group. For songs of singer or team group, they usually only focus on the main songs. As for other songs, in addition to fanatical fans, basically few fans will listen to them.
Or I have heard it, but I have only heard it. I just listened it once and it’s over. Forget it, I will never keep listening to it like the main song and constantly learn to sing it myself.
In terms of the Korean music album, it is usually the main song, and then the second main song is added. To put it bluntly, it is two songs, which also means that fans often only pay attention to the two songs of the new album.
Occasionally, due to some needs, the singer will use the third song of the new album to continue the ranking after the TV station’s ballads and the second song ends, and fans will also notice it. This also means that some singers have three songs in their new album that will be followed by fans, but this situation is rare. Generally speaking, fans will only notice the two songs of the main song and the second song.
In this case, the main song must be carefully produced. This is why Korean singers have a new album, usually the main song, or the second main song, will have an MV and will be vigorously promoted. But except for the two main songs, other singers are just songs, and often there is no MV.
To put it bluntly, it is because Korean fans only focus on the singers' new album and the second main song. As for other songs, they may be concerned, but they are not sad.
In addition, Korean agency is stingy and is willing to maximize profits. To put it bluntly, it is for the benefit that the MV shooting of other songs will be cancelled. After all, shooting MVs also takes time, manpower, material resources and financial resources. Korean agency is not that generous and willing to let singers shoot MVs for every song, how much does it cost!
Although Kim Yu-hwan doesn't care about this, she also has enough funds to make Kara's new album, every song, shoot the MV. But Kim Yu-hwan has never done this because it is not necessary.
Even if you shoot MVs for other songs, it is useless or effective. No matter the quality or the attention of fans, you will not focus on these songs. Shooting MVs is indeed a bit of a loss. It is not that you are afraid of wasting money, but you just feel that it is unnecessary.
What's more, the current trend in the Korean music industry is that the new album only shoots two songs, the first and second songs, the MV, and at most one or two songs with special significance, the MV will be filmed. The remaining songs will basically not shoot MV.
In this case, MC company shoots all the songs in MV, which is too hateful and will be rejected by the entire circle. At that time, fans will say to other singers and agency that all the songs in MC are filming MV, why don’t you shoot? But it will cost a lot of money to shoot them, which will really cause dissatisfaction and rejection in the entire music industry.
Although Kim Yu-fan is not afraid, he also feels that there is no need, right?
"You are all professional singers and have been in the industry for several years. I won't say much if you have more. You also know my personality. Don't say anything now, don't ask, and be familiar with the song "Step".
As Kara and the other five arrived at the recording studio, Kim Yu-fan handed over the "Step" that had been printed long ago to the five: "I have also indicated what part everyone should be responsible for. What you need to do now is to get familiar with the song as quickly as possible, especially the part you are responsible for."
Looking at Kara with a calm face, Kim Yu-fan suddenly laughed: "Girls Generation and WonderGirls won't give you much time. The only thing you need to do now is to seize the time and let your new album be released earlier while ensuring the quality of all aspects. Give you an hour of familiarity and try it out. I will remind you at any time. Then I will teach you the dance of this song and arrange the shooting of the song MV."
"Anyway, time is very urgent. You really want to block Girls' Generation and WonderGilrs. You can only seize the time, Alasso!"
Kara: "Nei, we know, we will definitely work hard!"
Of course, Kara knew that time was tight and understood how difficult it was to block Girls' Generation and WonderGirls. Even if she did it, it would probably not be effective.
There is no way, the confrontation between Girls' Generation and WonderGirls was really too unexpected, and the influence and energy it produced was too great. At this time, let alone Kara, even if the Oriental God at its peak emerged, it would probably not be very effective.
The reason why Kara chose to return to the music scene in this situation is that she is afraid that the Korean music scene will forget herself, especially when Girls' Generation continues to maintain its strength and WonderGirls rises strongly again, this possibility becomes very high.
Therefore, after Kara's internal discussion, the five people have regarded this return album as being as the new album that was listed as the same level as the new album that left DSP, joined MC Studio, and made another comeback under Kim Yu-fan's production, and even affecting Kara's future aspects.
"Okay, I won't bother you anymore. You should start to get familiar with the songs now. After an hour, we will start to try singing." Kim Yu-fan waved his hand and asked Kara to get familiar with the songs first. Then Kim Yu-fan turned on the computer himself and began to search for news about Girls' Generation and WonderGirls.
Girls' Generation is still as strong as ever. After just ending the Sydney Korean wave concert, Girls' Generation has left Korea and gone to Japan to actively prepare for the 62nd Red and White Song Festival in Japan.
In fact, the 62nd Red and White Song Festival is definitely a very special Red and White Song Festival, especially for the Korean music scene. Because in the 62nd Red and White Song Festival, three groups in South Korea participated in this Red and White Song Festival at the same time, namely Oriental God Qi, Kara and Girls' Generation.
Oriental God Qi, Kara and Girls Generation participated in the top Japanese song festival Red and White Song Festival at the same time. This positively highlights the success of Korean music in Japan, and can attend the Red and White Song Festival, and there are three combinations at once. This is enough to prove that Korean music, at least Oriental God Qi, Girls Generation and Kara have been accepted and recognized by Japanese fans.
Chapter completed!