Winston eager_beaver • Wednesday, May 24, 2017

technically it wont be ZERO but it will be small. anyway i think for a debut group, they are more focus on Growing the fanbase then "making loads of money", once your fanbase hits like 50k or 100k, the money will be rolling in with each comeback from all the pre-orders.

kyunyan potato888 • Tuesday, May 23, 2017

"According to TV Report on May 23", wasn't MBK (could still be media play anyways)

potato888 kyunyan • Tuesday, May 23, 2017

But where would TV Report, a Korean media source, get the info. regarding a supposed Japan contract offer if not from MBK? Contract offers are not public information that the media can just get from a public source.

krell KirbyX • Tuesday, May 23, 2017

It (the DEAL) depends on WHAT is being purchased for $2 MILLION USD. The DURATION of it, in particular, is important. And $2 MILLION USD *seems* like a lot of money. But, to DEBUT a K-pop MV and LIVE promote it ; costs like around $750,000 USD minimum (includes a *decent* Song Composer cost ; Concept Fashions ; More). And maybe OTHER JAPAN Agencies *might* offer even MORE MONEY to DIA Group. I would say that DIA Group does FIT with JAPAN 'music preferences' for K-pop Groups though. Which is WHY that they are getting this offer from this JAPAN Agency. So actually, NO IDEA here IF this proposed DEAL is a good one or bad one. Really, NOT enough information to make much conclusion is included in this AKP Article.

Winston KirbyX • Tuesday, May 23, 2017

it doesnt mean the girls are getting 2million USD to debut in Japan. i am sure after all that is deduction, from promotion, marketing and the agency's cut (both MBK and the Japanese side record company), the amount the girls are getting is probably not even 10% of the deal.

Hellduck Winston • Wednesday, May 24, 2017

They are probably not getting even 10%percent as they are a newly debuted group, and trainee's technicly pay to become trainee's as a company and have to pay back the company's investment before actually getting a sizable salary, though those 2 mill would probably pay back a sizable chunk for the girls.

Winston Hellduck • Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Well if the company dives in and makes a mistake, the mistake will end up costing them losses of more than 2million USD also, so i guess they have to think of all kinds of things like if the Japan market is suitable for them, DIA, and if they need to work with people to translate their songs into Japanese versions and eventually even having Japanese only songs and film MV and such, so how is all those going to fit into DIA's schedule, and whether is it better to focus on the local market first to build up fanbase or they may end up losing the Korean fanbase when they debut in Japan, only to fail and return to Korea and find out they are also forgotten in Korea already. then its a bad move.

Hellduck Winston • Wednesday, May 24, 2017

That is also true. Either way is a risk, I mean, they have less big groups to compete with in Japan, whereas there are quite a few wying for the exact same demographic here, and success in Japan would ease some of the burden, as well as giving them access to japanese sponsorship deals and cf's.

Winston Hellduck • Wednesday, May 24, 2017

in the early 2010/2011 a lot of girl groups debut in Japan to try and make it big and follow the likes of KARA and SNSD. I think 4Minute, 2NE1, Rainbow, Secret and others all followed suit and i think there was some political issues like the Dok Do island and also some outcry in Japan about too many Korean shows on Fuji TV and such, that the govt reacted with controls to limit the amount of foreign contents on Japanese TV, maybe for the majority of viewers are aint into K-pop, so it can be risky to dive in without careful consideration, For groups like TWICE, their local fanbase is already so strong that even if TWICE spend 6 months away in Japan, they would still be very popular in Korea, and they have factors like having japanese members which will compliment them in Japan and draw more japanese fans, factors like these makes it a no brainer for them to debut there, for DIA, they are newer than TWICE and have a smaller fanbase, and no member with strong Japanese speaking skills, so it may too early to try and debut in Japan. Maybe after a year more, when the members have improved their language skills and also gained more local fans first. i think thats up to MBK but i feel its might be too early for DIA.

pablo27 taj4329 • Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Free the nipple!!!

krell Crazy_Dog • Tuesday, May 23, 2017

http://www.allkpop.com/article/2014/12/seungyeon-talks-about-how-kara-came-to-debut-in-japan-1418338042 ... <-- KARA Group got a *nice* popularity boost from JAPAN *early* on in their rise up the popularity 'ladder' of K-pop Music.