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[스포츠서울 이용수기자] Lee Soo-man, the general producer of SM Entertainment, expressed his regrets for SES, the former idol group.
Producer Lee Soo-man appeared on the tvN current affairs program’Monthly Connect’, which aired on the 1st, and talked about BoA’s success in entering Japan.
Producer Lee Soo-man created numerous stars through SM Entertainment. But he also has a memory of failure. Producer Lee Soo-man said, “I would be upset if I talk about this.” “In the future, I expected that the world market would be the largest in Asia, so HOT initially tried to go to China. At that time, Japan was the largest, so I wanted to go and try it,” he explained, explaining why SES entered Japan in 1998.
Producer Lee Soo-man said, “We also found Japanese-speaking members for our goal. However, what was unfortunate was that when I went to Japan, I was like,’You must have liked this kind of music, this is not through such music’. He told me that too. When I asked to make my debut as’I’m Your Girl’, locally,’You don’t do it as a producer. I’ll do it because we gave you the music.’ But that failed.”
Producer Lee Soo-man, who recalled the memories of failure, said, “As I experienced that, I felt deeply that our production and my opinion were more correct. At the same time, I thought I had to produce. “I found another company and launched BoA.”
Producer Lee Soo-man also said, “I’m sorry to SES.” He said, “With that effort, our BoA was able to advance into Japan. The first one or two songs in Japan were bad. I made 2 billion and went, and it cost 4 billion (investment cost). It was also invested in a Japanese company. It seemed like it wasn’t going well, so I convinced me to try it one more time because I said I would stop now.”
Producer Lee Soo-man continued, “I will never meet a good artist like BoA even after 10 years. It was’Listen to My Heart’ that persuaded me to try one more time. It has gained explosive popularity. I really thought that this was a success, but since then it worked better, so I think other producers are doing well now. “I am so glad that I did not end without success at that time.
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