[mandi_]

^probably...have SM Artists ever used another company other than Avex outside Korea?

edit// ownage... too bad there's nothing new on riin for me to share

[vietblue99]

^Nope I don't think so. The closest thing is that DBSK and CJSH both have a joint contract to Avex Trax and Rhythm Zone in Japan.

I think that since SM is still new in Chinese markets that they'll probably use Avex Trax. It might not be a popular label but I think SM is trying to change this like with the Japanese branch of Avex Trax. They want to make it more popular and they're using Ri In to help them do so.

[cutiepad]

hihi...
i just wanna know if anyone has the instrumental version of Jang's latest song "Y..(why?)"
i would like to have it.. pls pm me to aviod spamming...

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she definitely has the voice.. i look forward to her future songs, she is improving but still needs lots of practice to hold the powerful voice that she has..

[rukawa11]

well.. if she already has a website by Taiwan's avex then I guess it's inevitable that she will be under avex..
but she could be under another company in China.. I'm not sure if there is a Avex China..

random thought:
was thinking about Ri In's X factor..
X factor is really important in the entertainment industry (at least that's what I think)..
I think her X factor is in her voice..(does it sound weird?because when people talk about X factor they are usually talking about the face)
her looks.. well she doesn't have the beauty that a lot of people prefer but I like her looks..
I'm comfortable with it because she has a little of the classical Chinese beauty look..
which I like very much.. because it's cool to look classical.. =)
but yeah, nonetheless I still think her voice is really good..
and I hope everyone gets to hear it (if not it'll be so wasted)

Anyone has the lyrics to the Chinese version of Y(Why)?
I realised I still can't catch a few words here and there..haha..

[oha123]

Well...Avex partly own SM. I think that alone should already say alot >.<

[jack jack attack]

hihi...
i just wanna know if anyone has the instrumental version of Jang's latest song "Y..(why?)"
i would like to have it.. pls pm me to aviod spamming...

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she definitely has the voice.. i look forward to her future songs, she is improving but still needs lots of practice to hold the powerful voice that she has..

PMed

well.. if she already has a website by Taiwan's avex then I guess it's inevitable that she will be under avex..
but she could be under another company in China.. I'm not sure if there is a Avex China..

random thought:
was thinking about Ri In's X factor..
X factor is really important in the entertainment industry (at least that's what I think)..
I think her X factor is in her voice..(does it sound weird?because when people talk about X factor they are usually talking about the face)
her looks.. well she doesn't have the beauty that a lot of people prefer but I like her looks..
I'm comfortable with it because she has a little of the classical Chinese beauty look..
which I like very much.. because it's cool to look classical.. =)
but yeah, nonetheless I still think her voice is really good..
and I hope everyone gets to hear it (if not it'll be so wasted)

Anyone has the lyrics to the Chinese version of Y(Why)?
I realised I still can't catch a few words here and there..haha..

I do!

Jang Ri In - Y (Why...) [Chinese]

wo de shou xin you yi ge yue ding...
zai zen me ku bu fang qi...
zai qi dao li deng ni lai lin
yan li de ni xiang fanstasy

can you feel my love tears
wo pi bei de xiao xin
ru guo ni kan jian xin hui lai zhe li

why baby why ni li wo er qu
when u need me when u hold me
zou zai ni shen bian de wo ni shi fou yi wang ji
liu xia wo helpless and breathless and speechless
you leave me powerless

yi qi zhui xun de ceremony
ni hui bu hui dou yi wang ji
lu de jin you zui hou deng dao ni
quan dou gei ni come into me

can you feel my love tears
na zui chu de xi yu ruo ni ting jian xin hui dao zhe li

why baby why ni li wo er qu
when u need me when u hold me
zou zai ni shen bian de wo ni shi fou yi wang ji
liu xia wo helpless and breathless and speechless

you leave me powerless I must confess
kan ni li qu ni shi fou ji
powerless I'm sapless
na me zi qi tai tong xin
wo de xuan ze tong shi jiu shi ni
wei yi er bu xin zai ni kuai zou qian qu

Tell me why wei he li wo er qu
ni de hui yi yi jing guo qu
mei you ni hui you ru he
qi shi wo yi wang ji
wo zao yi helpless and breathless and speechless
you leave me powerless

oha123: Really? o.O Avex owns part of SM? I never knew that. I guess that explains why they always work together?

[vietblue99]

Well...Avex partly own SM. I think that alone should already say alot >.<

This actually explains a lot. I learned something new today!

[rukawa11]

Jang Ri In - Y (Why...) [Chinese]

wo de shou xin you yi ge yue ding...
zai zen me ku bu fang qi...
zai qi dao li deng ni lai lin
yan li de ni xiang fanstasy

can you feel my love tears
wo pi bei de xiao xin
ru guo ni kan jian xin hui lai zhe li

why baby why ni li wo er qu
when u need me when u hold me
zou zai ni shen bian de wo ni shi fou yi wang ji
liu xia wo helpless and breathless and speechless
you leave me powerless

yi qi zhui xun de ceremony
ni hui bu hui dou yi wang ji
lu de jin you zui hou deng dao ni
quan dou gei ni come into me

can you feel my love tears
na zui chu de xi yu ruo ni ting jian xin hui dao zhe li

why baby why ni li wo er qu
when u need me when u hold me
zou zai ni shen bian de wo ni shi fou yi wang ji
liu xia wo helpless and breathless and speechless

you leave me powerless I must confess
kan ni li qu ni shi fou ji
powerless I'm sapless
na me zi qi tai tong xin
wo de xuan ze tong shi jiu shi ni
wei yi er bu xin zai ni kuai zou qian qu

Tell me why wei he li wo er qu
ni de hui yi yi jing guo qu
mei you ni hui you ru he
qi shi wo yi wang ji
wo zao yi helpless and breathless and speechless
you leave me powerless

oha123: Really? o.O Avex owns part of SM? I never knew that. I guess that explains why they always work together?

Thanks for the lyrics!
but I still have no idea what these two lines mean (the two lines in blue below)

you leave me powerless I must confess
kan ni li qu ni shi fou ji
powerless I'm sapless
na me zi qi tai tong xin
wo de xuan ze tong shi jiu shi ni
wei yi er bu xin zai ni kuai zou qian qu

and I'm really sorry for being fussy or what but I think there are some mistakes in the lyrics..
But thanks for the lyrics!

[winG*]

o_O. Where did you get that Avex owned part of SM? I was aware that they had some sort of deal...but...I've never heard that Avex actually owned part of SM. Just curious, that's all^^;

Ri In's most recent perf was a big improvement. It's great that she's consistently improving with each performance. Her constant head twitching in the perf was really distracting though, lol. I hope she promotes a new song soon~

[eiskaffee]

i've seen her performance on sbs for N times,i just love it and so proud of her.It's a amazing performance!
ONE Question: she'll be on mbc and sbs this weekend,right?

[Bethany]

Thanks for the lyrics!
but I still have no idea what these two lines mean (the two lines in blue below)

you leave me powerless I must confess
kan ni li qu ni shi fou ji
powerless I'm sapless
na me zi qi tai tong xin
wo de xuan ze tong shi jiu shi ni
wei yi er bu xin zai ni kuai zou qian qu

and I'm really sorry for being fussy or what but I think there are some mistakes in the lyrics..
But thanks for the lyrics!

kan ni li qu ni shi fou ji 看你離去 你是否記

Do you still remember me watching you leave

na me zi qi tai tong xin 那麼自棄 太痛心

So abandoned and hurt

The lyric is so sad...

About Avex, I did a little research and I found out that it's a company started in Japan....it's actually a huge company. It is a parent company of these:
Avex Mode
Avex Trance
Avex Tune (DA PUMP, move's label)
Avex Globe (globe's label)
Cutting Edge (Fantastic Plastic Machine, and Olivia Lufkin's label)
RHYTHM REPUBLIC (elly Eriko Imai)
Rhythm Zone (TVXQ, m-flo, EXILE, Kumi Koda's label)
Espionage Records (Heartsdales's label)
Disc Du Soleil
Mad Pray Records (Tsuchiya Anna's label)
Motorod Records (Aikawa Nanase's label)
Love Life Records (hitomi's label)
Sonic Groove (hiro Hiroko Shimabukuro, Uehara Takako, HITOE Arakaki)
Tearbridge Records
True Song Music (Dai Nagao's label)
J-more
Avex Taiwan

However, I didn't see Avex China...
Credit: wikipedia

Some of the artists that are signed under Avex Taiwan are Cyndi Wang, Show Luo, Vivian Hsu, I.N.G., and Guang Liang.

I don't think Avex Trax owns SM, I think it's a co-owned partnership. I could be wrong.

[alicechan]

In the Chinese version of "Y", I heard "Is he the one" in the (second) chours and "wake me up" in the bridge. However, I could be wrong at the same time. ^^;

I was aware that they had some sort of deal...but...I've never heard that Avex actually owned part of SM.

I concur. I don't think Avex Trax owns SM either.

I know that Avex doesn't have 'Avex China' yet, But they have Avex Taiwan. Ri In already has an official site in Avex Taiwan, That should pretty much explain all that she would debut as an Taiwanese singer.

[Explicitj0yee]

you leave me powerless I must confess
kan ni li qu ni shi fou ji
powerless I'm sapless
na me zi qi tai tong xin
wo de xuan ze tong shi jiu shi ni
wei yi er bu xin zai ni kuai zou qian qu

I use to think she didnt have that big a accent, but now looking at the chinese lyrics... it saids TAI TONG XIN when i always thought she sang fang qi O.O

[yongwonhi]

^ Really? I always heard it right. Haha, when she sings high it's already kind of hard to tell what she's singing, but if I look at the lyrics it sounds right. ^^

[~Karamel~]

wait the chinese version of Y came out already?!
if it did can someone pm me the song please?!

[yongwonhi]

^pmed. :] i didn't notice the file was still uploaded on ss, but then i realized i uploaded it for bjjang a long time ago. o_o; ok that was random haha
it's a pretty nice version
i still like her korean version better though...

[jack jack attack]

^Same here. For someone reason, I always like the Korean version more than any other versions for every song. >.< Does anyone know if she has any performances scheduled this week?

[Natsumi_sshi]

@_@ i never was aware that Avex have shares/partly own SM...
no wonder, its self explanatory now!
its obvious that SM would contract riin to Avex! *SLAPS HEAD* LOL~

[JCho7]

well isn't she from a special part of china where the accent is strong? but yeah I like krn vers too.

[vietblue99]

Yep she's from Sichuan, China and the accent there is pretty strong from what I've heard.

Oh I did some research as well. There is apparently an Avex branch in Hong Kong as well as all the ones mentioned above in an earlier post. It's official site is www.avexasia.com.

I don't know if she's performing this week. I'm currently still waiting for both Music Core and SBS Inkigayo list to come out.

Anyways, I was bored and I started looking around. I found this article on Ri In and Sun Min. It's talking about how they are both the next big things in the Asian music scene. They even got a couple quotes from Ri In. It's kind of an old article but I don't think many ppl have seen it yet. Also since there isn't much news on Ri In lately besides the last few end of the week performances I thought I should share it with you guys.

Girls get ready to be the next BoA
By Lee Yong-sung




Zhang Li Yin [SM Entertainment]

SunMin and Zhang Li Yin, two rising teen pop stars of different nationality, have taken meaningful steps to become "the next big things" in the Asian pop music scene.

Eighteen-year-old Korean SunMin (Lee Sun-min) made her sensational debut in Korea through "SBS Ingigayo," on which she and Shin Hye-sung (a member of the famous boy band Shinhwa) performed a duet on her song "Keep Holding U." Ten days later, 16-year-old Chinese R&B sensation Zhang Li Yin fascinated Korean audiences with her charming stage presence and great vocal talent on Saturday, as she sang her debut single "Timeless" on MBC's "Show! Musical Central."

In addition to being teen pop princesses with superior singing abilities, the two singers have much in common. Both of them are R&B singers and, like BoA once was, they were trained to succeed in a foreign market from the very beginning.

Zhang first came to Korea in 2003 as one of many trainees of Seoul-based entertainment giant SM Entertainment. Since then, the native of Szechuan province has gone through intensive and extensive training to become a Chinese version of BoA, whose four previous albums released in Japan topped the Oricon (Japanese Billboard) chart. "Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey were two of my biggest idols and they still are," said the sweet, baby-faced singer in an interview with The Korea Herald in pretty fluent Korean. "I know that I am attracting public attention because I'm Chinese. But I also know that I have to establish myself with nothing but my musical endeavors," continued Zhang, whose parents are both violinists.

SunMin, on the other hand, is the ambitious work of Good Entertainment. The management company, one of the biggest rivals of SM Entertainment, is molding her to achieve what BoA, with the support of SM, has achieved in Japan. From the very moment she was taken on by the company, she began studying Japanese, dreaming to become a star in Japan.

Her company was also very supportive, believing that her style and image would be received well in Japan. It was Kubota Toshinobu, a pioneering Japanese soul and R&B performer who, after hearing her demo by chance, asked her to be his duet partner for the original Japanese version of "Keep Holding U," the theme song of the current Japanese disaster blockbuster "Sinking of Japan."

"I was very nervous at the idea of singing with such a renowned musician, but he is a nice and open-mined person. He made me feel completely relaxed," Lee said in an interview. According to her, her current promotion with Shin in Korea is temporary - just to greet her Korean fans before she embarks on her solo career in Japan soon, with the release of her first single album. "It was great though, getting attention from my own country's folks," she continued.

Up until now, the two singers have turned out to be successful in their target markets. Zhang's "Timeless" music video topped the charts presented by online pop music portal Dosirak, right after it was released at the end of the last month, while SunMin and Kubota's "Keep Holding U" single album sold more than 70,000 copies in Japan in two weeks. It is hard to deny that their initial success owes much to their duet partners. Additionally, they can hardly be perfectly articulate in expressing their feelings when they sing in their second languages, which must be the biggest obstacle to becoming a true star in a foreign market.

Luckily though, they seem to know what they have to do for now to be a true star. "My manager worries that too much practice might hurt my vocal cord, but I know I still have much to improve," Zhang said. "In Japan, I think about coming back to Korea to see my parents a couple of times a day. But I know I have to overcome that kind of feeling. I have a long way to go," Lee said.

credits: Korean herald (danlee@heraldm.com) + Z-degress