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Epik High ventures into Japan?
33 CommentsGhostWriter in News | 04 Aug 2008 - 12:00 AM
Epik High will be going to Japan near the end of August to perform with E.T. Tei. They will be performing at the Yokohama BLITZ! on the 23rd and 24th of August.
In the mean while, Epik High is scheduled to be in Thailand from August 9th - 12th. They will have a press concert and fan meet at the Siam Discovery Center on August 10th. Epik High will also be on various TV shows to promote themselves in Thailand. (Super Junior will also fly with Epik High to Thailand, but will go there seperate ways once in Thailand to film a commercial).
It seems Epik High is slowly expanding and concentrating on other asian markets. Is this the start of another Korean group trying to venture into the Japan market? It's too early to tell, but Epik High makes great music and they can be successful anywhere.
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04 Aug 2008 - 12:05 AM1. WTF (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)
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that’s a hella cute picture of EPIK HIGH.
wow a nice article from allkpop.
04 Aug 2008 - 12:14 AM2. kpop_rubba
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tablo is dang annoying
04 Aug 2008 - 12:30 AM3. >.> (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)
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He might be occasionally annoying, but at least he has talent.
04 Aug 2008 - 12:32 AM4. saemo
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please don’t tell me that’s black fingernail polish tablo is wearing….
fuckin wackass emo
04 Aug 2008 - 12:38 AM5. gogomaddie
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well if it is black nail polish its only
on one finger….
i still love him
04 Aug 2008 - 12:42 AM6. UNKNOWN
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so much for tablo’s words : “ i will limit my appearances on variety shows as it affects my image and bothers my family “ something similar to that
04 Aug 2008 - 01:13 AM7. steviewonder06
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I’m sure they’ll do well in Japan and other countries. especially Japan haha.
04 Aug 2008 - 01:13 AM8. ohgeeze.
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Agreeeed.
God, I still can’t get over the fact that Super Junior’s so freaking popular in Thailand. Whatever.
Congrats to Epik High.
04 Aug 2008 - 01:44 AM9. trinad
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wooooo! i reeeally hope everyone can see epik high’s true talent in japan.. and everywhere else for that matter. tablo’s the biggest dork there is.. but you can’t deny the boys got talent!
04 Aug 2008 - 02:25 AM10. kohkohchanel
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i totally agree. Epik high (more like just tablo) is so originial with their music.
04 Aug 2008 - 03:14 AM11. nikeg (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)
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i think epik high would be great in the US. tablo speaks english well and thats already a great start. their hybrid artistic like rapping will be very fresh in the US with just thousands of black rappers.
04 Aug 2008 - 03:21 AM12. crystal199187
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wish them all de best!!!
04 Aug 2008 - 03:27 AM13. amyy
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omg tablo whats with your finger!?! aha
04 Aug 2008 - 04:14 AM14. Megumi (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)
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Epik High has potential to actually go out of the country, rather than BB :/ EH is awesome and too epic 8D
04 Aug 2008 - 04:38 AM15. sugar_rush
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lol at the pic. looks as if they’re trying the ‘omona’ pose.
04 Aug 2008 - 05:35 AM16. junsufan
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They actually have potential, just sayin. Haha.
04 Aug 2008 - 06:03 AM17. Bluecat
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I hope they will do well in Japan, Thailand and everywhere else, Epik High are worth the love! I cant stop listening to ‘Pieces, Part 1’ and it is rare that I actually like ALL of the songs on an album (:
But Im not sure if they will become as popular as SJ [or TVXQ&BB;for that matter] in Thailand as they’re not the ‘cutesy boy band’ type and most of the people people who listens to Kpop in Thailand are usually teenagers and appearances are key. Please dont bite my head off for saying that they’re not good looking or anything like that, that’s totally not what im saying xD Theyre good looking but are just a little different to what Thai people are used to, they dont wear matching costumes and dance and make cute faces [well, from what i can see anyways] Ught, I hope you guys will get what im trying to say -___- This is the reason I shouldnt go on the internet first thing in the morning
04 Aug 2008 - 06:07 AM18. Bluecat
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^Typo.‘people people’
=..-“
04 Aug 2008 - 06:59 AM19. NiPK
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I’m not sure about Thailand, because there’re already mixed rap/hip-hop/pop artist who write his own music and also produce for the others. His songs are catchy and very popular. I just think that people usually like the kind of foreign artists that they don’t have.
I think the K-music lovers in genral will like Epic High for sure. I don’t know. Even the groups of people who like DBSK, BB, SuJu in Thailand are overlapping a lot.
04 Aug 2008 - 08:18 AM20. chariz24 (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)
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i hope that they will succeed in Thailand and Japan…i hope that they can also expand here…
04 Aug 2008 - 09:05 AM21. nerner
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i hope they can expand in China/Hong Kong
overdo the untalented/sucky hk rappers
04 Aug 2008 - 09:09 AM22. KuKKIEZ
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T________T I’m not gonna see them AGAIN!
I just got back from Thailand! WTF?!! This is cruel OK!
I won’t get see SJ either. godddddddddd. life.
I think my ears still hurts from all the screaming at Super Junior - M meeting -______-;
04 Aug 2008 - 10:38 AM23. Anneliese
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I wish they’d come to the US. I absolutely love their music.
It will be interesting to see how they do in Japan though. Epik High fighting!
04 Aug 2008 - 10:39 AM24. LuCiF3rAnG3l
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they’re good…hope they can make it ^__^
lol @ Kukkiez
what did you expect after coming home from a SuJu fan meeting?? It’s ear-spliting watching fancams already heheh should bring eyeplugs next time.
04 Aug 2008 - 11:03 AM25. ~Loco_Roco~
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I think that black thing might be Tablo’s earring or something lol It’s just weird that he would put polish on one finger. XD
Anyway, they can definitely make it in both markets since:
1) Music in Thailand is lacking.
2) Japan is more comfortable with hip-hop.
3) They’re original.
04 Aug 2008 - 12:50 PM26. changminwhore
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cool beanz
04 Aug 2008 - 12:53 PM27. person
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About time…
They’ll be more successful in Japan. Cause a lot are willing to spend their money. And they’re talented.
04 Aug 2008 - 01:21 PM28. HyeAena
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Love Epik High. Hope they kick ass wherever they go! (P.S. Tablo - consider coming to the US.)
And where’d that picture of them come from? I like it a lot. It’s cool to see them acting cute/funny.
04 Aug 2008 - 08:13 PM29. pupluvgurl
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Haha, Mithra Jin looks hilarious.
Hopefully they do well.
The black nail looks terrible…
05 Aug 2008 - 11:49 AM30. sxaxrxaxh
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i thought you were talking about debute.
scared me a bit
05 Aug 2008 - 02:05 PM31. bun_yun
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yeah…..i love epik high!
06 Aug 2008 - 12:15 AM32. smilez
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i like epik high!!! I wish they could debut in AMERICA!!! they are really talented!!!! TO ME, they should really debut in America rather taeyang… Epik High is more talented than BigBang TO ME… just my opinion ...
06 Aug 2008 - 10:45 PM33. Kitsune
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EPIK HIGH is real talented!
their music is fantastic!!
Tablo is great!