I’m saying it sucks. There is very little about it that is artistic. It’s mostly just corporate product (PSY is an obvious exception). The “bands” are overworked dancers who live in corporate-owned dormitories. They get mixed and matched endlessly until their controlling conglomerate decides that a combination is marketable. Then they “debut”, which just means they put out a track and appear on soju and chicken advertisements.
I don’t understand why it’s caught on with a certain segment of US people.
I understand the draw of the spectacle, but if everything is spectacle then nothing is, right?
This is probably why I can’t like K-Pop. I really think a lot of them are great singers and dancers but it’s such a creepy, hyper-capitalist, lookism-riddled medium. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone talk about the intricacy or the artistry in the messaging of their songs or music (do any of them even play instruments? not that that’s a requirement). They only ever mention general things like they sing well, they dance well, they speak so many languages, etc.
yeah just look at the early kpop from the 90s and 2000s they stole the whole aesthetic
not saying it sucks tho
I’m saying it sucks. There is very little about it that is artistic. It’s mostly just corporate product (PSY is an obvious exception). The “bands” are overworked dancers who live in corporate-owned dormitories. They get mixed and matched endlessly until their controlling conglomerate decides that a combination is marketable. Then they “debut”, which just means they put out a track and appear on soju and chicken advertisements.
I don’t understand why it’s caught on with a certain segment of US people.
I understand the draw of the spectacle, but if everything is spectacle then nothing is, right?
This is probably why I can’t like K-Pop. I really think a lot of them are great singers and dancers but it’s such a creepy, hyper-capitalist, lookism-riddled medium. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone talk about the intricacy or the artistry in the messaging of their songs or music (do any of them even play instruments? not that that’s a requirement). They only ever mention general things like they sing well, they dance well, they speak so many languages, etc.