![]() ![]() The group started out pretty strong with a collaboration with popular J-pop soloist Namie Amuro, an ingenious move by AVEX Network, the company in charge of After School in Japan. This awareness must turn out to be useful in the long run when the group ultimately promotes in Japan, right? Well, it depends on how you look at it. Also, one of the groups’ earliest singles, “Dream Girl” was actually a remake of Morning Musume’s “Love Machine.” So with all those aspects of the group added, it seemed like someone in Pledis was savvy or aware enough about Japan to replicate its traits and use it in Korea. The graduation system the group has become infamous for harks right back to Japanese girl groups a la AKB48, Onyanko Club, and Morning Musume. Before their Japanese promotions, the group actually already had their fair share of Japanese influences. After School is one of these groups, but whether it’s a good thing or not is arguable.
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