Hmm... seems Last.fm is finally letting us vote on Artist names. So, everyone should go
here and vote for 동방신기. Likewise, go
here and vote for This is a valid artist!I'd like to see Dong Bang Shin Ki/동방신기 win overall because they are a Korean group who first and foremost had a home in Korea. I like that they have become popular all over Asia, but
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That said, for the second part I put the second option, not because of the THSK part but for the Chinese characters. I usually type them out DBSK, but use 東方神起 for my last.fm, the former because it's easier and the latter because it's more "general Asian". By that I mean that even though the characters are Chinese, Japanese and Korean writing sometimes use Kanji/Hanja, so this way I can tag both their Japanese and their Korean music using the same artist name.
Still, I don't care what last.fm chooses as long as it merges all the different DBSK pages into one because hello? They're all one artist.
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Thanks for the detailed answer. <3
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No problem, it was probably 100 times more detailed than you were looking for but I'm kind of anal about this stuff. XD
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No no. I really liked the long detailed answer. It's interesting to see how other people see it. :)
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I like them singing either language. They have good songs regardless, but lately I'm itching for another Korean album. I just think that because they are Koreans, they should maintain most of a career in Korean. But their Japanese counterpart is equally amazing and I'm so proud of them for having such international success. XD
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