THE ALBUM JPN VER. IS COMING SOON

Unfortunately that's still a thing...

This one will probably sell just 5K in Japan...

Some day BP will sell 3M with their album & then Japanese ver. Will sell 1K in Japan lol

I think it'll be wise for YG if they make the translated albums a digital affair only moving forward, release it on streaming platforms + digitally in Japan & Globally

Anyways we probably getting Lisa's solo first then Jpn ver. Then BP cb single (June-Sept)

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Don't tell me this will be the only album they'll release this year as a group.

I heard 2 songs r also being added

No definitely not lol

That's not real lol

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at this point I think that the business model for selling albums should change a bit..

Digitals should have the music and a bit extra like behind the scenes, commentary, etc

and Physicals should prolly be made to be collector's items or smth.

The digital age means that lots of people are going for the youtube releases and subsequent B-side audio on YT or spotify.

Just a thought.

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The main problem is they just translating the korean into Japanese

Very very few collectors will want to buy it, I like millions of blinks have zero interest in owning it when we already have THE ALBUM

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Yeah kpop labels only care about physicals neglecting streaming in the whole streaming era....

That’s why kpop will never go beyond in my opinion.

Nah that was pre 2020

In 2020 the top acts started embracing streaming

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whyyy

If this continues I'll just dislike any Japanese release

Most of us just ignore it lol

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tbh I would buy it but I guess I'm one of few.

I think it would be kinda weird but reserving a B-side to physicals only would temporarily boost physical sales but then piracy is a thing so yea.

its hard to work around that one.

YG are not really innovative

They've been doing this same old strategy with all their acts

With BP it's so much worse cause they don't release a single OG Jpn song on it

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Honestly, I’m just happy to get Blackpink content tbh-

I’ll literally take anything at this point lol

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But on a serious note, I hope we can get Lisa’s solo and a bp OT4 comeback soon! I’m excited for those!

Down bad lol

Yeah Lisa solo & BP single are still definitely happening this summer

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YG is shameless with BP’s Japan releases. It’s just the Japanese version of already existing Songs. Not one single original Japanese Song.

No wonder the sales for the Japanese albums are low... wouldn’t buy that scam either.

Rumor has it teddy hates working on Jpn songs & since he's their creative director that's why they haven't released any Original songs lol

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They should release a japanese original tbh -- It'll really boost sales to better include japan like that

imean they already have english lyrics so why not a japanese-korean hybrid or a japanese-english hybrid -- they don't have to go all the way.

It's probably due to teddy ^

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No wonder I don't see much representation from japan in terms of blinks.

They have very small Jpn fandom

At this point they definitely have more kor fans than Japanese ones