Gaining Momentum from the Host

Angga

Just another lazy author for JKT48Stuff whom mainly working with translations and sometimes writing articles about JKT48 with an obvious grammar problem. Was living his life as a JKT48 DD until...

19 Responses

  1. Tokyo Pop says:

    >>In Japan, there’s NOT A SINGLE (news about them) (laugh)>>

    As a result, that’s it.

  2. Gie says:

    note : translate using google translate

    what is this article is about *****
    what can we do …
    from the start until the name of the number of members is clearly visible as imitating JKT48.

    I think if their quality is much better at least than the local vocal group, that’s understandable, but if the quality is bad or just plain ordinary it is shameful

    BTW, what is the meaning picture for the title of this article?

    • Angga says:

      What can we do? Nothing, just chill :lol:

      They feed off your negative energy, so why bother? Besides, this is just a normal everyday life in the industry where some faux statement is being thrown away freely to generate more buzz.

      The meaning of the picture? Well… a mosquito feeding off a fan’s blood?

  3. benimaru says:

    bhahhahaha

    a joke that came from a big joke :lol: :lol:

    that’s akm29 for you :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

    well, look at the bright side; you have new thing to joke around now 8)

  4. KageTora says:

    Such parasitism is inevitable once JKT48 reach certain level of achievements . I wrote this somewhere soon after their Heavy Rotation release. This is not the first – previously an suddenly-become-a-celebrity and a wanna-be-a-politician try to get a free ride on their fame. And I bet this will not be the last.

    I don’t need to know their quality. Using such cheap way for an easy gain already told me all I need to know.

  5. Fangirl says:

    “Living as a parasite, gaining momentum as a parasite, and getting enough attention as a parasite by attracting angst has somewhat becoming the basic of basic in local Indonesian marketing.”

    Um, that’s taking things a bit too far, isn’t it? Perhaps this AKM29 group is doing so, but I wouldn’t say that the /whole country/ is utilizing such cheap techniques. We had brilliant innovations and breakthroughs in the world of marketing this last decade, after all; your statement may just paint the wrong idea and it could be interpreted as degrading to various local marketers.

    I also find the word “angst” a bit out of place here (it reminds me of fanfiction genres, actually), since, as I understand it, the word means something along the line of “depression”, “nervousness”, “uneasiness”, etc. I highly doubt anyone is losing sleep over this :lol: Maybe “irritation” could be a better choice of word.

    I’m sorry if I may sound offensive. It’s just that this site is one of the few that provides opinion pages of the 48family (AKB48wrapup being another– the rest focus more on news and discussions, I think), so I have very high hopes for the articles published here. I’m a sucker for well-written essays containing plausible arguments (spiced up with a bit of humor and wit), and I find JKT48stuff to have great potential in posting those. It’s fun reading people’s thoughts, but not so much if there are generalized statements presented as “facts”.

    On a related note: pretty sure AKM’s not here to stay. The members each has his own thing going on, so it’s probably just a “why the hell not” kind of decision, instead of a full commitment. And without commitment, where would /anyone/ be in the entertainment industry?

    On an unrelated note: Veranda is getting more beautiful each day, isn’t she?

    • Angga says:

      Correct, the “parasite” statement might perhaps inducing generalization nuance as you said. Not all local marketers, be it individual or group, rely on such cheap techniques. Although lately, we could see the pattern keep repeating just like Kagetora story above :D . I will update the statement with a less generalization in it :) . Thanks for the correction!

      As for “angst,” I chose that word basically on some of the fans response who kinda worried about that group being the main culprit for faux story involving Japan – Indonesia relationship in cultural exchange while riding on JKT48 fame, because as you just said, seems like the manager generalizing one post with no reply in 2ch as “Japanese Media” and “Japanese JKT48 Fans” :lol:

      And Veranda…well let us just say she stole one of our authors attention-instantly null

    • KageTora says:

      The sad fact is, such cheap practice is so common, a lot more common than the original ones, so that people end up swarmed by more low quality contents than the quality ones. It affects the way we react to things around us : we lament at comedy, laugh at horror, angry at tragedy. We lost our common sense because the common ones has been dictates by those who only want to exploit us. One might argue that it is economic principle that one aim at highest gain possible with lowest cost possible. Yet, such argument should be said by those who exploiting, not by those who are exploited.

      I always said to my colleagues that “Indonesians are not people with low-taste, they are simply have not much choice” While few good producers are trying to give us some better choices, what we can do as consumers are making smart choices. By doing that, we increase the pressure of natural selection for any works to survive in the showbiz. Let those who deserve it get their share. I believe they who sincerely do their parts, won’t mind dealing with it.

      Perhaps, just perhaps, parasitism is a necessary larval stage to start before advancing to more mature form. There are instances of entertainers who were inspired and adapt other works before finally find their genuine style. But, before that mature stages attained, let us keep the pressure high enough to keep these larvae from becoming pests who damage the whole ecosystem.

      On a related note: One of the result of such common practice was that JKT48 have to endure stigma of “plagiarism” during their early stage of development. Only after Akicha and Haruka transfer, such stigma started to be lifted up. Nevertheless, such stages is necessary so that Team J can build a strong foundation for the next generations. A foundation that link them with the tradition that their older sisters has built before them. With that foundation, they can now concentrate on how to make themselves unique by becoming more Indonesia.

    • Silent Reader says:

      Woah, I think this Fangirl person is smart enough. No, she (or he?) amaze me with her opinion. But, in the last line why I’m suddenly thinking: “Are you Veranda itself?”

  6. Soso says:

    Angga, I loves your writings about this, direct into the core of problem, No, it is such a disease I guess, plagiarism, free riding, too lazy to create something new, and the worst>> doesn’t know how to make an elegant product. :)

  7. tomomo says:

    First, I just say this is my first comment in this site so sorry if my comment and my English are bad. Yeah, i also say thanks to Mr. Angga.
    This article might save (although it just a little action) Indonesia music industry because this guy make a very shameful act. I hope Indonesia musician can make new innovation, exceptional for JKT48 because they are officially cooperation with 48 management.

  8. PN03 says:

    I must admit that AKM29 have big guts to paint target on their own back. :lol: :lol: :lol:

  9. harrismochamad says:

    as we know, in indonesia, there’s so many people who become instant artists, some of them could keep their stardom until now on, but some not, they could rise up easily, then they could fall down easily too

    if AKM29 has quality, it doesn’t matter if they copy-paste 48’s concept,
    but yeah it could make indonesia as a piracy country, in many things,

    the more famous they are, the more people know more about JKT48,

    i think AKM29’s existence it’s just an intermezzo

  10. Annie Tjia says:

    To be honest, I wouldn’t have even known about it if Taka-san didn’t post an article about AKM29 on his twitter. When they performed in “Hitam Putih” and one of the member started to sing, I was like “Huh? Inspired by JKT48 is like THAT??” So weird, I can’t even understand this group’s producer intention. It’s like a made up speech to rise up their popularity.

    Then, after Taka-san confirmed that there’s no Japan media talked about them, I became more irritated with it. So my opinion for AKM29 : Just walk away and pretend they don’t exist. -__-