May 31 ,2007
Park Jin Young, “Rain was acknowledged in America after the New York Times report”“Americans only believe in American press. If the biggest newspaper in Korea claims that the singer Rain is the next generation’s star, they will not believe it, but if it appears in the New York Times, many people look for Rain.”
Producer Park Jin Young attended a special meeting of the ‘Seoul Digital Forum 2007′ (SBS sponsorship) named ‘Special meeting-Hollywood in Seoul’ held at the 31st at 3:00pm at Seoul’s Sheraton Grand Walkerhill Hotel to express his strategy for his debut into America and his opinion and thoughts on the continuation of Hallyu.
Regarding the reason of why Rain held a concert at Madison Count Centre last February as the first Asian singer ever, he said “It was to attract as much public attention from Americans as possible.” Park Jin Young thought that to attract Americans’ interest for Rain, he had to be reported by the ‘New York Times’. About this he stated “I kept on sending information about Rain to the New York Times and in the end, after the Madison Count Centre concert, they showed a response”
Following this, Rain was consecutively reported in the New York Daily and ended up being included in that year’s April issue of the powerful weekly ‘TIME’ magazine as one of the ‘100 Most Influential People in the World’.
After revealing that a course of a series of events was the business strategy to enter the American market he stated “There are Asian superstars, but Americans do not know that at all” and emphasized “To decrease losses, we need to think like an American”.
He also revealed his experiences from his visit to America in 2003 and how he had participated in producing for popular artists such as Will Smith.
Park Jin Young said “There were many times when people said ‘How could an Asian do hip-hop?’ and when I said that ‘I was a succeeded producer in Korea’ the American music producers did not show any reaction.” “When I hid the fact that I was Asian, the Americans showed a response.”
Park Jin Young who has recently revealed his experiences in his American debut emphasized many times that the Hallyu that is currently blowing in Asia must be maintained.
He defined “The Hallyu is a wave” and said “I am in doubt and question whether this wave will be able to continue for 10 years and I am curious of whether the Hallyu will just remain as a wave or if not, what the method is of how it could go to different areas”.
He continued “Koreans must do what other Asians do not to be recognised” and claimed “So, that is why I have chosen the most critical and fussy market, America, and if they receive appraisal from there, I believe that Asians will be able to raise and advance on their skills”.
Source: Nate
translation: S2cookie
Credit: angelordevil @ soompi
Yep, SF concert is canceled .. so did Canada one .. and give more than 80% Atlanta one will get cancel too! It’s cuz ticket sales were not good at all …. Sorry!