Jessica will headline for a huge Music Festival in China today. Does this make her the 1st kpop soloist to headline for a music festival?

What is she performing, cover songs?

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Since when has she been active in china? I remember a rumor that she was joining a chinese Survival show.

In China, yes

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Blacklisted from show maybe but she still can release Korean songs, she already did it so she can still promote in korea to some extent, she just doesn't want it anymore that's all

She's maybe korean by nationality

But she's still a chinese celebrity

Just like when a chinese is promoting in korea, they are consider as korean idols

Not chinese idols

ANd if they go to promote only in china like luhan or tao or lay or even victoria they are then see as chinese celebrities

It's the same for jessica that's it, she's 100% promoting in china so she's a chinese celebrity

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No one is going to buy your music if you've been blacklisted from the country's music industry. You're asking some company to knowingly invest in a money pit, which is counter-productive for a business. She'd still be active in Korea and probably still be in Girls Generation if it were up to her.

One thing I don't understand is why she didn't try harder to debut in America. It's probably too late now.

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Since when has she been active in china? I remember a rumor that she was joining a chinese Survival show.

Since that rumor. It ended up being true and that show kick started it. Shes been doing Chinese shows since and her brand has opened multiple stores over there.

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She’s a brilliant businesswoman. When all is said and done she will have made millions more from deciding to market herself and brand in China.

True.

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That'd be scandalous.

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well she's not a kpop soloist '-'

it's been years since she promoted here, she's a chinese celebrity now since she only promote in china

I think she is a kpop soloist given that all her solo albums and most of her singles are in Korean and were released in Korea.

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Blacklisted from show maybe but she still can release Korean songs, she already did it so she can still promote in korea to some extent, she just doesn't want it anymore that's all

She's maybe korean by nationality

But she's still a chinese celebrity

Just like when a chinese is promoting in korea, they are consider as korean idols

Not chinese idols

ANd if they go to promote only in china like luhan or tao or lay or even victoria they are then see as chinese celebrities

It's the same for jessica that's it, she's 100% promoting in china so she's a chinese celebrity

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It's not 100% when she still works in Korea. She has Korean gigs and I'm sure that her upcoming album will be in Korean probably with Chinese/English versions.

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No one is going to buy your music if you've been blacklisted from the country's music industry. You're asking some company to knowingly invest in a money pit, which is counter-productive for a business. She'd still be active in Korea and probably still be in Girls Generation if it were up to her.

One thing I don't understand is why she didn't try harder to debut in America. It's probably too late now.

I don't think it's too late for anything. If she promotes hard under a huge label, she can make it.

I wonder why she didn't debut in America too. She signed to an American label and was a regular at many huge fashion events, I thought she would go ahead and push her music career as well but she didn't.

However, going to China was a smart move because she already had a big fanbase, all she needed was to be active there and she is already on top, bigger than she ever was in Korea at her peak so I guess the American thing was just to buy time for the Korea-China relations to get better.

Jessica and Krystal should've made a duo.

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Blacklisted from show maybe but she still can release Korean songs, she already did it so she can still promote in korea to some extent, she just doesn't want it anymore that's all

She's maybe korean by nationality

But she's still a chinese celebrity

Just like when a chinese is promoting in korea, they are consider as korean idols

Not chinese idols

ANd if they go to promote only in china like luhan or tao or lay or even victoria they are then see as chinese celebrities

It's the same for jessica that's it, she's 100% promoting in china so she's a chinese celebrity

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By nationality, Jessica and Krystal are American though their parents are ethnic Koreans. They grew up in the Bay Area around a lot of Chinese-Americans and also during SNSD's time SM required its trainees to learn Chinese and taught to see China as a natural market after the US and Korea.