What do you think about Japonicana?

[yokumiz]

so the US Album is out and available in US/Canada iTunes stores, and also in many digital stores in different countries (check your local digital stores), and I guess a lot of fans have listened to the album already.

Just wanna do a survey about the album (seems like You and Jin is sometimes checked by...)

1. Do you like this album?

2. which song/

Comments

[kimi_no_koe]

I'm not going to talk about my interpretation of the song. Because that's not the issue I have. You're entitled to your opinion/interpretation, even if I think it's wrong. To each their own. My problems is with fans (and yes, fans, not just random commenters on Arama or wherever.) who can't accept that other fans' opinions may differ from their own. It's the fans that are insulting others for not agreeing with their interpretation. (And this isn't a new thing. Jin fans have always been judgmental like this.) This is a ridiculously unwelcoming fandom and it's doing nothing but hurting fans AND JIN.

As far as throwing just one song to an unsuspecting audience, that's inevitable. Jin is going to be judged by his music/lyrics, especially by an American audience who are already judging him for his Asian background/appearance. Even ignoring the possible rape/misogyny which may be interpreted from it, the song is not something that general American audience is going to like (without copious amounts of alcohol...). It's too stupid and not even musically good. Maybe if he was already established here, he could get away with it, but as a newcomer, TWSS was a bad move, especially if he wants to be taken seriously as an artist.

I agree that fans shouldn't be afraid to express their true opinions to Jin (though I don't think it'll get to him on FB), but the problem, again, is that many other fans will call you a hater or worse if you dare even think that Jin is anything but perfect. It's discouraging.

[yokumiz]

why bothered if u r called hater if u think u r not? I was called hater on twitter but I just said fuck off to her altho I respect her and think she's one great fan.

Do what u think is right and dont be afraid to be discouraged. I had been thrown out of Jin fan groups for a few times in history, but I dont see jin fandom more judgemental than others. Every fandom is like this. Fans have gone through a lot it's understandable to be sensitive and it's really up to you to take the bashment or not.

[kimi_no_koe]

I just don't like confrontation (no, really! I don't! :P). I don't like my intelligence or my loyalty as a fan being questioned or put down just b/c I have a different opinion and am not afraid to share it. I don't like being called a bitch. I don't like being unfollowed/unfriended for people who I thought were worthy of my respect. Maybe I'm just too sensitive, I don't know, but people seem to forget that there's an actual person sitting behind that twitter/LJ/FB account. And if I were a new fan, interested in finding out more about Jin, I wouldn't stick around for long seeing how people in this fandom treat each other. Yeah, you can be a fan without being a part of fandom, but fandom (when people aren't being judgmental jerks) can be very rewarding and can even keep you interested in an artist when they're not releasing stuff that you enjoy.

Sure, I can decide to ignore the bashing, but... there shouldn't be bashing in the first place!

I've been in lots of fandoms (Johnny's, Kamen Rider, English music, anime/manga, English TV) and this one is definitely the worst I've experienced, but yeah, your mileage may vary and such.