Haechan (NCT) - TASTE (1st Full Album)

Hello, I’m Sophie. I’m currently writing an academic paper about K-pop and AI. I will examine in the practical part of my paper whether it’s possible to create K-pop with the help of AI as a non-Korean producer or idol and become successful with it. I’ll share my progress on TikTok. I also posted a TikTok with a survey. I’d be really happy if you could help me out! 🩷 Your opinion is very important and will shape the practical part of my paper. Here’s the video: https://www.tiktok.com/@sofii.adam/photo/7547683791003716887?_t=ZN-8zYTdfZKyEI&_r=1 submitted by /u/SoftDirection475 [link] [comments]

With the latest EXO comeback announcement, I can't help but think about how the market feels super saturated and newer groups don't get much chance to shine. Red Velvet is rumored to be making a comeback. BTS have all finished their military service, while during their hiatus, their solo careers are really taking off. Blackpink's members' solo careers are really taking off, while as a group, even though they don't release much music, is currently on a successful tour and had a successful release. TWICE is still conducting activities as a traditional group, with solo and sub-unit activities here and there, and they don't seem to be losing steam any time soon, with a world tourz new career-highs in international charts and their first major US Music Festival performance. Seventeen is also at the top of their game with major festival performances and record-breaking album sales. 4th gen are still very active and successful, and even though some, like NewJeans have disappeared due to controversies and some are not exactly in the spotlight anymore, they are still considered trendy right now, although most haven't been able to reach the same international fame as BTS and Blackpink did back in 2019-2020. How about the 5th gen? They are making music and there are great excitement for them, but I can't help but think that they have so much competition, not just from their peers, but from their seniors as well. So it really came across my mind recently that the gaps between Kpop "generations" have gotten shorter, and at the same time, the older groups are still active and some are still going really strong, because they were able to successfully grasp the market outside South Korea. When 3rd gen debuted, most of the 2nd gen groups have lost steam due to failed contract renewals, controversies, and hiatuses. 1st gen was practically non-existent. Of course, the international market for K-Pop is much bigger right now, but the market is still saturated, and I think many people share the same sentiment as I do. What do you think? What can 5th gen do to stand out and take the spotlight? submitted by /u/GaurdsGuards [link] [comments]

What are the reasons "Golden", a song from the Netflix movie "Kpop Demon Hunters" is now the trend for all singers to attempt? I know this is a catchy song, it's wild and high but I don't know why it has suddenly became a trend for all popular singers to sing it? Don't get me wrong, it is just like how Never Enough came to the world and everybody sang it (Oh myyy Never Enough, I remember when everybody started covering it) BUT this one is an upbeat pop song and one not in English so that's interesting how suddenly they picked this sing to challenge themselves but I know there are harder songs too. submitted by /u/Short_Detail_4568 [link] [comments]

~Name any main dancer idol that fits the category ~Allowed to use other main dancers if there are more than two main dancers in the group ~After 24 hours the voting will be closed and I will post the next category ~Today's category: leader ~ Vocalist: Seulgi ~ Dancer: Momo ~ Rapper: Ruka ~ submitted by /u/Ok-Database9509 [link] [comments]

this is quite hilarious, since original post was gonna be about how cool it would be to have a co-ed kpop group. then, i did some research and found out that KARD literally exists i really want to know what its like to stan a co-ed group. although im relatively new to kpop, ive seen the way fandoms can behave when it comes to girl groups and boy groups. if its so chaotic within the fandom on just one gender, i cant imagine what its like with both. to my knowledge, co-ed groups are a lot less common in recent times, and definitely not as popular. this brings me back to my original question: do u think its still possible for mainstream agencies to debut one ? i know its pretty much impossible, but just for fun, imagine one of the big companies debuted a mainstream, co-ed group. or, heck, merged a boy group and girl group together. that would shake the entire industry lol submitted by /u/Snoo17824 [link] [comments]

I don’t think what I’m saying is the most surprising thing in the world, but after the VMAs it feels like it has been shown once again. Just to be clear, this isn’t how I personally feel about it, but more what I’ve noticed. The awards that were considered “K-pop related” didn’t actually feel very Korean anymore. Rosé’s APT is an English song featuring Bruno Mars, a major Western artist. Born Again won Best K-pop despite not having a single Korean word in it and being a collaboration with two American artists. And KATSEYE, which won Best Push, comes from a K-pop label but is clearly promoted as a global group without Korean as its base. It feels like a sad reality, but the Western market will always prefer English. BTS, no matter how huge they were before, only started getting consistent radio play with Dynamite, their first fully English single. Cupid by Fifty Fifty also only broke into Western radio with its English version. And more and more K-pop tracks are now 50–75% English, with just a few Korean words sprinkled in. But this isn’t only a “Korean language” problem. Take Dutch, for example (gekoloniseerd). In the Netherlands or Belgium, Dutch music gets radio play, but outside of Dutch-speaking countries, how many people know a Dutch song? Probably almost none. That doesn’t mean Dutch music is automatically bad (even if some of it is), it’s just because Dutch is not a globally “popular” language. When I say “popular,” I mean languages like English, Spanish, and French. And even French often falls out of favor compared to English. The reality is simple: English songs have an easier path to global success because listeners don’t need translations, they can sing along without effort, and the language already dominates worldwide media. submitted by /u/Due_Improvement_5699 [link] [comments]

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Mine; Lisa's individual lightstick. It would be good if you have an enemy and want to poke their eye out, though! I also don't like the NCT one. https://preview.redd.it/zm8omt8gzwnf1.png?width=1284&format=png&auto=webp&s=098bfe02fed34fadd764d95b94578941a350cf74 submitted by /u/Ilovehuskies1111 [link] [comments]

i really dislike how overused the term “kpop” is in generalising everything. i also know there‘s been lots of discourse about kpop’s “issue” with being too westernised ie. incorporating english tracks or pushing out english albums. this may come off unpopular, but personally i dont see it as too big of an issue whether or not an artist is singing in english or korean. call it cliche, but i believe music transcends language, and i thought this has already been established when the language barriers were long broken when kpop rose to popularity. if the musics good, its good. point is, if a korean artist (notice how i did not say kpop artist) were to push out an album in full english, why is it that it would still fall under the branch of “kpop”. to my knowledge, kpop is culturally significant to korea, and comes with its own set of genres. just because its a korean artist, it is limited to kpop ? even if theyre pushing out tracks with no korean ? my issue with this is that you dont see this happening anywhere else. if a chinese artist sang in english, would it be considered cpop then ? following this logic, only westerners can make “global” music ? this prompt isnt to ignite discussion over the right or wrongs of whether kpop groups should be “westernised”. rather, id like to hear people’s thoughts on korean music being labelled consistently as just kpop, when in fact these artists have been singing in english, collaborating with western artists and dominating western billboards submitted by /u/Snoo17824 [link] [comments]

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