I still don’t know if this counts as KPop or not. What I do know just from the song and the dance video is that this is the best ever American release by a KPop artist.
Also, in a couple weeks just about every group in the universe is making a comeback. GFriend, MAMAMOO, KARD, SEVENTEEN, Chungah, Triple H, Hyolyn, and Epik High among others. BLACKPINK and BTOB’s promotinos haven’t worn off yet. TWICE and APink just got started. All four are still on top of the charts. It’s gonna be a bloodbath. This is what it takes to fill the summer void left by the absence of SISTAR.
You think the US is homophobic. Coming out in Korea. And as a celebrity. And an idol. Hoping he can pave the way for all the others. This great music definitely can’t hurt.
I didn’t know that coming out wasn’t a thing in K-Pop. For some reason I’d just assumed about 50% of all the male K-Pop singers and dancers were gay, but I guess that is just based on my experience with male singers and dancers in my regular everyday life!
There are so many releases right now, no point in posting them all here. If anyone does care, they can check the iChart. It has YouTube links, and is very comprehensible even if you can’t read Korean.
One thing I can’t pass over is MAMAMOO’s new album. It’s just as good as their previous works, and is totally what you expect from them. The title song is “Egotistic.” Find it yourself if you want to listen. What I want to talk about is the b-side “Sleep in the Car.” For what I think is the third time, they have released a comedy rap track. This time it is about how they fight over who has to wake up first to get their makeup done before work. At least the person who wakes up first can sleep in the car while they wait for the others, right? The lyrics speak for themselves.
Dumb noob question, is there a go to streaming g service like Pandora that speciizes in j and k pop and rock? Yt music used to be it but they borked their search so it is no longer valid.
Now that JYP is on Spotify, they have effectively almost all KPop. Apple Music has just about everything also. Every KPop everything is also on YouTube, you just have to search and you will find it.
Unlike JPop, the KPop companies spread their content far and wide.
There is also VLive which is like a Twitch/YouTube hybrid, but the only people allowed to have a channel are actual KPop stars and companies.
They never will. They can’t let go of their Japanese ways.
As a wise Internet person once said “KPop fans are well fed.” If you are into KPop there is a never-ending fountain of content, most of it subtitled, even into non-English langauages like Thai, Chinese, Arabic, etc. This is the number one reason fandom has gotten so big. They produce more than 24 hours of professional KPop content every day. You can spend your entire waking life doing nothing else, and never getting bored. All for pretty much free.
So I can’t find an official version yet, but it looks like 5XID(!!!) is coming with a Japanese version of Up & Down? I can’t remember when last they had all five members. I’m really happy for them!
Yes, they are making a push into Japan (where the money is). Solji has supposedly recovered from her hyperthyroidism, but they are worried it could come back. It is still up in the air as to how much she will participate in their promotional activities.
Also, the Japanese album has a completely new track on it in addition to Japanese versions of Up & Down, Cream, and maybe another song.
Kpop adjacent. Looks like a member of RED VELVET learned english by living in a native english speaking place and has to adjust her accent to be understood sometimes.