Since her first release in 2011, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's popularity is continuously on the rise. In March, her single, "Ninja ri Ban Ban" was her highest charting to date at #3 on the Oricon charts. The big question is how does she envision her next step in her career. She gives her answer in vol. 107 of 'Quick Japan', now on sale.
How do you envision the next step in your career?
"Ummm, that's.... I'm just living in the moment and doing whatever I want to do now. I have released a lot of songs, and a lot of people have suddenly gotten to know me in these past 2 years, but I don't want it to pass by like a fad no matter what. I want to continue my career as an artist."
"I just want to bring forward the things that I've always wanted to do, may it be fashion or music."
"It's not that I hate the 'idols', but I really think that I'm not an idol. I think that the people who are calling me an idol don't really know that much about me."
"But I guess the things I do are similar to them, like wearing flashy clothes then smiling when I sing and dance."
"I think that a lot of people think that this 'Kyary Pamyu Pamyu' character is being created by a bunch of adults from behind the curtains, and a 20-year-old girl is just playing the part of something that's completely fabricated."
"Well, I won't deny that I'm not doing everything by myself as the people around me have been giving me support, but I'm still doing things my way within my own ability."
8： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 10:10:11.07 ID:Q85NhWX+O
Well, an amateur would just think that what she's doing isn't different at all.
And it's pretty evident that she's looking down on idols.
22： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 10:12:13.41 ID:0uays1Rg0
>>8
Looks like she has already stereotyped the idols as "fabricated characters"
24： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 10:12:41.86 ID:TLE4LttlP
This is the reality of Japan's music industry, where someone who has zero musical knowledge can call themselves 'artists'.
This is why we aren't breaking ground in Asia.
We have to put a stop to this trend of recycling these unpopular female talents.
37： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 10:15:10.61 ID:A4ln41ay0
Well, she gets to say rash remarks because she's still popular.
This happens all the time.
51： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 10:17:32.99 ID:7uLQamPgO
Putting aside the argument if her looks are up to the standards for her to be called an 'idol', I thik what she's doing is no different from what the idols are doing.
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56： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 10:18:37.00 ID:pa+wwdXaI
If you look at her closely, she looks scary with her slanted eyes and sharp nose.![『きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅの女子高生姿に絶賛、本気変装で“制服ディズニー”楽しむ』の画像B3]()
59： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 10:19:17.81 ID:5rNEHFb40
I think people see her as some sort of novelty singer instead of an idol.
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66： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 10:22:21.51 ID:+cu4oJLA0
She's someone who thinks she's an artist with her eccentricity as her selling point
76： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 10:27:03.54 ID:QTDg7QKp0
Why is she so popular overseas?
78： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 10:28:28.89 ID:0uays1Rg0
>>76
Because she's eccentric and she has no nationality
85： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 10:30:52.47 ID:LEFPj50h0
I listened to her album, and I'm not sure if she can properly sing in tune.
I think they've used a lot of those robot voices and auto tune devices, and she might be forcing herself too much to try and create her own voice. Maybe that's why she strained her throat.
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222： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 11:43:07.63 ID:d71/mfH40
>>85
Everything Yasutaka produces is pretty much the same thing as that.
93： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 10:38:08.73 ID:S8TOyW9e0
She's looking down on idols. She should just say that she just doesn't have the ability to cheer everyone up.
94： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 10:38:28.25 ID:d0Mb8zEL0
I don't think she's earning that much from her music. Her source of income is from TV appearances and commercials, so it's too far- fetched to call her an artist. She's just a 'talent'.
112： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 10:47:26.71 ID:kWduJPSP0
Then she should go indie and produce everything herself
201： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 11:25:22.70 ID:kPYYyZpV0
I think the word 'icon' suits her better than the word 'idol'.
It feels that this is a project of trying to promote her as the current icon of Harajuku-style.
Then the team around her tries to market her in a way that maximizes her individualism and her artistic sense, so I think that she's pretty similar to the other self-produced artists.
205： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 11:29:01.04 ID:x4SKG5kk0
>>201
Yeah, I really feel that way too.
She should just say something like, "I want to become Harajuku's new icon!"
That way, people won't be calling her stuff.
206： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 11:29:21.66 ID:bCrEn3O60
Umm, I think she's not showing gratitude towards the people backing her up.
Whatever anyone says, she's in the limelight thanks to these people.
I bet even she knows that, and I do believe that the strength of the supporting crew is really what counts.
219： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 11:41:34.38 ID:Dc3sFM6hO
Honestly, if she wore regular clothes and sang regular songs she won't even become popular.
She looks like she has Down syndrome.
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274： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 12:13:04.82 ID:vi6X6myj0
But to me she's just a model who's trying to be popular with her costumes.
The adults behind her are just making her sing.
300： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 12:25:40.19 ID:DfmlCF1bO
Her face looks like a doll. She doesn't show any emotion at all, it's so scary.
307： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 12:28:40.14 ID:Q75e26OqO
I wonder when we started calling these people in the music industry 'artists'. I think we kinda lost track in the 90s. Back then we had specific categories like singer, idol, singer-songwriter, bandman, folk singer, rock n' roller, etc. But people started calling them random things when they just started breaking these boundaries.
334： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 12:41:57.29 ID:qZzhTJ2o0
>>307
We can just call all of them musicians
309： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 12:29:46.67 ID:VS6kS3q50
If she wants to be called an artist, she should at least write her own songs.
316： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 12:33:51.35 ID:3pVHbngn0
Well, there aren't any idols who have a disgusting face like this in the first place
![『きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ、新曲「インベーダーインベーダー」をリリース！地球外生命体風のメイクが話題に』の画像M3]()
322： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 12:36:49.70 ID:8nlXcAoO0
Utada = Artist
Amuro = Artist
Hamasaki = Idol
This is my impression.
332： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 12:41:49.14 ID:MB4d81pA0
It's only in Japan where we're this particular about titles.
They don't even use the word 'idol' in the western part of the world.
333： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 12:41:50.00 ID:z+WTaYzb0
I thought she was Yasutaka Nakata's puppet
![プロデューサーも楽曲も好きだがこの子がうざい]()
340： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 12:46:34.58 ID:8kZ8v1x50
I think she's somewhere in between MomoClo and Kaela Kimura
358： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 13:04:13.65 ID:koxHZna70
She's not an idol nor an artist.
She's just some sort of novelty LOL
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375： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 13:22:20.73 ID:wC8Hc4kJO
She's popular but no one will even notice her when she's walking around town
378： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 13:25:40.66 ID:RGImK0MnT
To think that she's just popular because of her producer.
She's just a puppet.
379： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 13:26:58.64 ID:vZQDJWSvP
I understand how she feels, but I think that she is an idol as long as she insists that she's not an idol.
386： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 13:33:04.00 ID:EdbT24110
So she's followed after YUI's footsteps and has gotten the 'artist' bug, huh.
404： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 13:44:49.57 ID:CLtlb5+Q0
And now we even have mudslinging articles aimed at Kyary. This is proof that she's become popular.
430： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 14:29:02.54 ID:6DyIru/e0
Lady Gaga is being eccentric on top of her musicality, but Kyary has none of the latter.
I think she's like a dress-up puppet acting like a novelty idol.
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Well, an amateur would just think that what she's doing isn't different at all.
And it's pretty evident that she's looking down on idols.
22： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 10:12:13.41 ID:0uays1Rg0
>>8
Looks like she has already stereotyped the idols as "fabricated characters"
24： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 10:12:41.86 ID:TLE4LttlP
This is the reality of Japan's music industry, where someone who has zero musical knowledge can call themselves 'artists'.
This is why we aren't breaking ground in Asia.
We have to put a stop to this trend of recycling these unpopular female talents.
37： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 10:15:10.61 ID:A4ln41ay0
Well, she gets to say rash remarks because she's still popular.
This happens all the time.
51： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 10:17:32.99 ID:7uLQamPgO
Putting aside the argument if her looks are up to the standards for her to be called an 'idol', I thik what she's doing is no different from what the idols are doing.
56： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 10:18:37.00 ID:pa+wwdXaI
If you look at her closely, she looks scary with her slanted eyes and sharp nose.
59： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 10:19:17.81 ID:5rNEHFb40
I think people see her as some sort of novelty singer instead of an idol.
66： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 10:22:21.51 ID:+cu4oJLA0
She's someone who thinks she's an artist with her eccentricity as her selling point
76： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 10:27:03.54 ID:QTDg7QKp0
Why is she so popular overseas?
78： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 10:28:28.89 ID:0uays1Rg0
>>76
Because she's eccentric and she has no nationality
85： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 10:30:52.47 ID:LEFPj50h0
I listened to her album, and I'm not sure if she can properly sing in tune.
I think they've used a lot of those robot voices and auto tune devices, and she might be forcing herself too much to try and create her own voice. Maybe that's why she strained her throat.
source
222： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 11:43:07.63 ID:d71/mfH40
>>85
Everything Yasutaka produces is pretty much the same thing as that.
93： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 10:38:08.73 ID:S8TOyW9e0
She's looking down on idols. She should just say that she just doesn't have the ability to cheer everyone up.
94： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 10:38:28.25 ID:d0Mb8zEL0
I don't think she's earning that much from her music. Her source of income is from TV appearances and commercials, so it's too far- fetched to call her an artist. She's just a 'talent'.
112： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 10:47:26.71 ID:kWduJPSP0
Then she should go indie and produce everything herself
201： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 11:25:22.70 ID:kPYYyZpV0
I think the word 'icon' suits her better than the word 'idol'.
It feels that this is a project of trying to promote her as the current icon of Harajuku-style.
Then the team around her tries to market her in a way that maximizes her individualism and her artistic sense, so I think that she's pretty similar to the other self-produced artists.
205： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 11:29:01.04 ID:x4SKG5kk0
>>201
Yeah, I really feel that way too.
She should just say something like, "I want to become Harajuku's new icon!"
That way, people won't be calling her stuff.
206： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 11:29:21.66 ID:bCrEn3O60
Umm, I think she's not showing gratitude towards the people backing her up.
Whatever anyone says, she's in the limelight thanks to these people.
I bet even she knows that, and I do believe that the strength of the supporting crew is really what counts.
219： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 11:41:34.38 ID:Dc3sFM6hO
Honestly, if she wore regular clothes and sang regular songs she won't even become popular.
She looks like she has Down syndrome.
274： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 12:13:04.82 ID:vi6X6myj0
But to me she's just a model who's trying to be popular with her costumes.
The adults behind her are just making her sing.
300： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 12:25:40.19 ID:DfmlCF1bO
Her face looks like a doll. She doesn't show any emotion at all, it's so scary.
307： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 12:28:40.14 ID:Q75e26OqO
I wonder when we started calling these people in the music industry 'artists'. I think we kinda lost track in the 90s. Back then we had specific categories like singer, idol, singer-songwriter, bandman, folk singer, rock n' roller, etc. But people started calling them random things when they just started breaking these boundaries.
334： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 12:41:57.29 ID:qZzhTJ2o0
>>307
We can just call all of them musicians
309： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 12:29:46.67 ID:VS6kS3q50
If she wants to be called an artist, she should at least write her own songs.
316： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 12:33:51.35 ID:3pVHbngn0
Well, there aren't any idols who have a disgusting face like this in the first place
322： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 12:36:49.70 ID:8nlXcAoO0
Utada = Artist
Amuro = Artist
Hamasaki = Idol
This is my impression.
332： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 12:41:49.14 ID:MB4d81pA0
It's only in Japan where we're this particular about titles.
They don't even use the word 'idol' in the western part of the world.
333： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 12:41:50.00 ID:z+WTaYzb0
I thought she was Yasutaka Nakata's puppet
340： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 12:46:34.58 ID:8kZ8v1x50
I think she's somewhere in between MomoClo and Kaela Kimura
358： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 13:04:13.65 ID:koxHZna70
She's not an idol nor an artist.
She's just some sort of novelty LOL
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375： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 13:22:20.73 ID:wC8Hc4kJO
She's popular but no one will even notice her when she's walking around town
378： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 13:25:40.66 ID:RGImK0MnT
To think that she's just popular because of her producer.
She's just a puppet.
379： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 13:26:58.64 ID:vZQDJWSvP
I understand how she feels, but I think that she is an idol as long as she insists that she's not an idol.
386： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 13:33:04.00 ID:EdbT24110
So she's followed after YUI's footsteps and has gotten the 'artist' bug, huh.
404： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 13:44:49.57 ID:CLtlb5+Q0
And now we even have mudslinging articles aimed at Kyary. This is proof that she's become popular.
430： 名無しさん＠恐縮です 2013/05/20(月) 14:29:02.54 ID:6DyIru/e0
Lady Gaga is being eccentric on top of her musicality, but Kyary has none of the latter.
I think she's like a dress-up puppet acting like a novelty idol.
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