[Rant][MV][XLR8] The Deal with Pilipino-Pop

I was just informed that a new boyband was in the works. No big surprise, however, it isn't Korean! It's Filipino! You may proceed to laugh ::pauses for laughter:: Ok enough!  Korean netizens are in an uproar because it's going to be named 3AM (Three Acoustic Men) which is ::gasp:: appallingly similar to the names of One Day which are 2AM and 2PM.

3Am kid on the right is mildly attractive, isn't he? ㄲㄲㄲ

I also got a kick out of another Pinoy-pop 8-membered group called XLR8. Their song "You're so Hot" is a lot like "Sorry Sorry." I say legal action can and should be made against the agency for this aberration! I gatchyo back SuJu ;]

More after the jump.


Actually, their whole style is pretty much ripped off but I half-expected that. Everything from the choreography, clothing, and concept mimicks K-pop.  It's not entirely wrong -- pop is pop.  It only makes sense for record companies to try to cash in on the fact that many Filipino kids love K-pop. However, P-pop should have some defining features of its own, distinctions that can easily be made. Oh, my countrymen ::shakes head::

At least some of the boys appear to be very good-looking *ㅅ* MJ, whose twin MM is also part of the group, has caught my eye as he is kinda Korean-looking.  And Aki too who is half Japanese! What a cutie~

No doubt the boys are hardworkers and are very talented, but until their manager gives them their own style, XLR8 will be competing in the K-pop market.  And as we all know, that market is absolutely saturated with boy and girl groups that, inarguably, are better at K-pop than Filipino groups. So, Viva Records, please give XLR8 a chance to make their mark as a unique P-pop group!  And CC the message to Wonder Girls spinoff the Pop Girls.