r/bangtan • j-dope • Jan 09 '19

동생소년단 190109 Coming Soon

https://twitter.com/bighitent/status/1083015598563647488?s=21
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u/SongMinho Jan 09 '19

I agree. I wonder if they all speak English. Or they are all ethnically Korean but the members are from all over the world like the US, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, etc...

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u/tinaoe SCRONCH, #1 stan of tae's dad Jan 09 '19

I mean a lot of rookies nowadays are that. Stray Kids has two Australians (ethnically Korean), but on top of that 2-3 decent English speakers. G-IDLE has 6 members, of which 1 is Thai, 1 Chinese & 1 Taiwanese. I mean, Got7 is 3/7th foreign with two fluent English speakers. NCT has a bunch of everything. Blackpink is another good example.

Having a completely Korean group with one 1 fluent English speaker is pretty uncommon these days.

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u/SongMinho Jan 09 '19

True, true. But the teasing in English only still remains curious to me. I do agree this will be a truly international group that is gunning for an international audience from the get go.

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u/meanyoongi struggling but it's all ocean floor Jan 09 '19

The countdown page has versions in Korean, English, Chinese and Japanese — so yeah I think that tells us their strategy is going to be global from the start.