Label scents global success with Japan band Perfume
ロイターにPerfumeの海外進出の記事が。ユニバーサルの加藤さんという方への取材記事。
"I won't get them to sing 100 percent in English and not Westernize them at all unless they ask us to," he told Reuters by telephone from Japan. "I think with Perfume it's all about that futuristic Japanese image."
"We are Japanese, we are Asians, we can't necessarily sing 'R'n'B' or hip-hop," he said. "We should do what we're good at -- what we're good at is pop tunes."
ということで、海外進出のために今までのスタイルを変える(変えさせる)つもりはないとのことです。
あと、目に付いたのが、
But he also conceded there was no guarantee that Perfume would find the magic formula to appeal to audiences in the United States and beyond.
ってところで、ユニバーサル自身もアメリカでうまくいくかはよくわからないみたいです。”ユニバーサル自身も”というのは、私もそう思うからです。