Big Bang Heaven (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVrlwqDpv6M) too.
I gotta go, but maybe I'll come back later. I think Concepts are important because idols-have-to-be-uncontroversial means they can't have really interesting images (as people). That would make the stage performances and music really boring, though, so "performance concepts" play a big role in livening things up.
There's also the fact that idols tend to try out lots of concepts and stick with the ones that work best. So as a fan, you kind of have ownership of the concept, since you're who determines what it is.
EDIT: Which isn't to say that they're totally fictional, either. Stage performances are like acting, obviously the effect is better is the performer can relate to what's going on onstage. And the variety-show image is like acting in a long-running television show, if the role is too far from your real personality it'll start to show eventually.
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I gotta go, but maybe I'll come back later. I think Concepts are important because idols-have-to-be-uncontroversial means they can't have really interesting images (as people). That would make the stage performances and music really boring, though, so "performance concepts" play a big role in livening things up.
There's also the fact that idols tend to try out lots of concepts and stick with the ones that work best. So as a fan, you kind of have ownership of the concept, since you're who determines what it is.
EDIT: Which isn't to say that they're totally fictional, either. Stage performances are like acting, obviously the effect is better is the performer can relate to what's going on onstage. And the variety-show image is like acting in a long-running television show, if the role is too far from your real personality it'll start to show eventually.