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On the 2nd (local time), US media variety show released an interview with "Arashi". In this interview, "Arashi" caught the eye by mentioning K-POP, which is gaining worldwide popularity in honor of the late Johnny Kitagawa of Johnny's office.
Jun Matsumoto said about Johnny Kitagawa, Johnny's office president who died at the age of 87 last year. "For the past 60 years, Johnny has formed numerous boy groups and set global standards, not only in the Japanese entertainment industry, but also in Asian pop. He left an immortal achievement for the culture as a whole, as well as for the Asian pop generation emerging abroad. "
He added, "The non-Japanese groups that we can see today also have their roots in the foundations that Johnny made in the 1960s."
Jun Matsumoto also emphasized that he has no bad feelings about K-POP's explosive popularity worldwide. "I don't feel any tribalism about this, as many imagine," he said. "More than that, what Johnny laid the foundation for decades ago is now. I'm proud to finally start crossing the border. "
"Even if it wasn't made by Johnny, the legacy he left behind is still alive and alive," he said. "You can see flowers rooted in other cultures and countries. Let's do it. "
He even mentioned BTS's "Dynamite", "I've listened to 'Dynamite' several times,", which went up to number one on the "Billboard Hot 100" and wrote a new history.
In this way, K-POP fans all over the world have criticized "Arashi" that K-POP has its roots in J-POP made by Johnny's.
"Arashi" debuted in 1999 with "A・RA・SHI", and the group activity will enter a period of inactivity at the end of December 31, 2020.
2020/11/04 20:30 KST
