Draft Article #3

Viva has anticipated her début for some time now. "My patience was beginning to wear thin." Viva tells BEAT in an exclusive interview. "I wanted to enter the music industry for a while now. But I'd never been given right opportunity. That, was until I met my current agency, a talent scout came up to me after a gig and asked us to join. My performance moved him to tears." grinned Viva.

Despite only being released recently, Viva's newest hit début single: “I only want you!”, has created a huge stir. The emotional music lyrics stabs at your heart and anyone who listens seems to relate in some way!The beautiful video also proves that Viva is not just a multi-talented singer-songwriter, she can act too. The video follows the story of a girl's lost love who died in a car crash as she try to cope with heart-ache and "those little insignificant things that remind me of you."( as their hit single goes). I guarantee you'll be crying by the end of the video!

Yet the charismatic girl is increadibly bashful! “ I get embarrassed whenever anyone compliments me or praises me. I'm just doing what I love!”

The Spice Girls have been a major influence on me. Especially their song “Viva forever” Whenever I was going through a rough patch I'd switch it on. hem. Still do! I think they're performance at the Olympics was sensational!" said Viva. “ "Viva Forever” helped me through many hard times in my life. The lyrics are simply inspirational to me. You see, Viva means LIVE in Spanish and the name has such a deep meaning to it, there was no doubt in my mind!" After asking her, if then, she'd ever want to collaborate with the epic girl band she answered as any die-hard-Spice-Girls-fan would. "Of course! I'd jump at the chance." Well, in that case we might as well keep our eyes open for a Spice Girls and Viva Collab.

Ever since her début her popularity has risen tremendously. Shes set to appear on lots of Television programmes and music channels this week, and possibly even presenting her own chart on hit music channel, MTV! We're looking forward to her explosive future with our wide open eyes in anticipation.

I have changed my article slightly to suit the needs of my target audience. For example I have cut down the amount of text within the article, this will make the text more appealing for the audience and interesting.

Draft Article #2

The boys have anticipated their début for some time now. "And our patience was beginning to wear thin." jokes Joel . "We've wanted to enter the music scene for a while now. But we've never found the right opportunity." Says second member, Nate. "That, was until we met our current agency, a talent scout came up to us after a gig and asked us to join. Our performance moved him he said." grinned Nate. The gig the boys performed in was at a local bar in London they helped the owner out last-minute after the hired band failed to turn up. "It was a stressful evening, the owner wanted us to perform at last-minute and we were so unprepared. Yet, we took any opportunity we could find to get on that stage!" Despite the guys modesty, they'd been attracting a lot attention just from the occasional gig they'd done, the clubs and bars had ques of people when they were on stage. Even their talent agency commented on the amount of people who filled the small bar!
After meeting in Uni the boys found a mutual interest in music, Joel was a multi talented guitarist, pianist and bass player. Nate loved to sing and play the drums, both boys have turned heads because of their boiling good look. Though it's not just their looks that are attracting all the attention. The guys newest hit single has created a stir. Viva have been incredibly popular since they're début hit single: "I only want you." They're emotional music video is a huge hit on YouTube, attracting even more viewers and screaming fans to the pair of heart-throbs. The video follows the story of the guys' lost loves who died in a car crash as they try to cope with heart-ache and "those little in significant things that remind me of you."( as their hit single goes). I guarantee you'll be crying by the end of the video! Yet, The charismatic pair don't just attract girls to their music. Many boys and men are enjoying the music that they have created, finding the lyrics inspirational and heart clenching. Anyone would love it.
Viva decided they're name simply. They have both been loyal fans of the one and only Spice Girls ever since they were children. "My parents had they're hits on all the time! Though it's not like I was complaining, I loved them. Still do! I think they're performance at the Olympics was sensational!" said Nate. " We thought since this was another common interest we shared we should have a name that connects us to that. When it occurred to us, our favourite song: "Viva Forever"! Viva means LIVE in Spanish and the name has such a deep meaning to it, there was no doubt in our minds!" After asking them if then, they'd ever want to collate with the epic girl band they answered as any die-hard-Spice-Girls-fan would. "Of course!" Exclaimed the cuties in unison. " We'd jump at the chance." Well, in that case we might as well keep our eyes open for a Spice Girls and Viva Collab.
Ever since they're début they're popularity has risen. They've appeared on lots of Television programmes and music channels, even recently presenting their own chart on a hit music channel! We're looking forward to they're explosive future with wide open eyes in anticipation.

Draft Article

Whats K-POP?

With recent breakthrough of south korean pop singer and entertainer PSY, were all left wondering what is kpop?!

K Pop is basically korean pop music - the k standing for korea - but with the international hit single "Gangnam Style's" video containing some radomly, crazy and wonderfully weird things and a goofy dance routine most of us in the UK are left wondering how is K-Pop any different from our pop culture. This sudden interest in Korean culture is not a new thing either, the dramatic increase in many counties over the seas becoming more and more intrested in korean pop culture since the 1990's is called the korean wave. Funky name, I know.

K-pop is made up of lots of different genres of music, many of which you should recognize: Dance, Hip Hop, Rock and R&B. But also a few you might not: Electronic and Electropop. The artists are usually very young (In their teens and early twenties.) and are considered to be attractive. Which would explain the huge number of fan girls that line the streets in hope of catching a glimpse of their idol. Though the fame is not all it seems. The crazy fanbases of the artists are usually huge and can seen in the thousands on their fancafes - a online site where fans get togheter and support the artists they like. They're made by fans for fans. However, the fame may seem good and all but when you have to deal with pyshcotic fans that put GPS tracking devices onto the vichals you drive in to track your every move like one JYJ member told reporters things can get a little out of hand. These girls are seriously becoming stalkers, though this sort of behavour is not all that different I'm sure than heart throbs 1D and Justin.

The music videos are often bright and colourful, with interesting dance routines that cause a huge number of cobver groups andvideos all around the world. In the cyber web known as Youtube. Unfortunatly many critics have critized the music companies that take on the acts, claming that they only care for looks and not music. I'm sure the fan base will , violently, disagree.

However, dispite all this about the korean wave the world is still left baffeled by PSY recent sucsess and his video has now offically became the most viewed video on Youtube. That is one huge step for teh silent korean wave.

Proposal

I intend to create a Pop music magazine's Cover, Double Page Spread Article and Contents Page. The target audience I intend to hit will be Pop music fans within the age range 15-25. Its going to be a monthly magazine, at a reasonable price of £2.99. I intend to create a interesting article about a debuting artist who has become very popular in the charts recently. I believe that, if the story behind it was true, the audience would be very interested in the story, since it tells them more about the practically unknown artist. Also, since they are rather high in the charts the group would interest readers even more since the magazine is aimed at pop music fans.



Reason for new proposal:

-After reviewing my draft article it occurred that, despite the article being very interesting and written in the right Formal and Informal balance, I, unfortunately, have no Korean models to use for my photography.  

Initial Ideas for the Magazine

Initial Thoughts.

-From the research I've done by analysing two different pop music magazines covers I know that many Pop magazines have names/titles that have some connection to music.

-It should be easy to remember. 

-One word?

Thoughts:

Strung.

- Relevant to music but too serious for target audience.

The Muse.

-Well known band. Don't feature in charts though. Connection to Greek Goddesses.

Aloud

- Connection to Girls Aloud, female pop band. Connection to volume.

Beat

-Reference to music, short word, easy to remember.

Logo Design Ideas:

 

Logo with strap-line.

Mood Board

Analysis of Two Articles

 Music Magazines Article anayasis

Vibe

Vibe is a Pop, R&B focused magazine, aimed at audience age range of 16-20. You can tell this from the amount of text that's written by the journalist, since a older audience are more likely to want to read paragraph after paragraph. Also the length of the writing could also suggest that the target audience are people very interested in the genre of music the magazine focusses and are more likely to buy the Magazine for the stories inside. The colour scheme has more or less neutral colours, yet when there are grouped together they give off a more feminine look.

I believe that the images are also edited very well, the small ones creating a interesting layout to the double page as they are edited across the top of the page, though they are black and white it looks good because the main image on the page is in full colour. This means that the black and white images are less likely to cause the audience too be distracted, also it draws attention the main image. The image is also used to break up the text to give the impression that there isn't alot of reading to do.The text itself seems to be informal, but not so informal to the point of being colloquial language.

Top of the pops is a pop music Magazine aimed at teenage girls. This is apparent threw most of the magazine and articles. You can see this epecially on the double page spread for a number of reasons. The main feature of itcthat attracts teenage girls to it is the images of one direction, a popular boy band whom have recently had there big break after performing on the x-factor.
Each image comes with a few small paragraphs about the boy the text is next to, the length of the txt alos implying that its made for teenage girls since theres not too much to make it seem like theres too much to read, yet enough for fans to be intrested. The colouring, simular to Vibe, is blue, grey and white. The colours look gender neutral, though with the images of the boys it gives a more feminine feel. The text I believe s also alot more colloqiual then Vibe, this is because the article is written a a interview, also because the readers will be more intrested in what teh boys say, rather then facts about them.

Top Of The Pops