So k-pop is super popular now and this is what happens.
This is Kaachi the first uk-based
k-pop group and I think that is where everyone has a problem labeling kaachi a
K-pop group and that got me asking myself. What makes k-pop
K-pop, is it just korean music? Is it just a genre? Is it just korean singing music asians?
What is the difference between being a koreaboo and appreciating kpop now?
I know I said on twitter that I won't be talking about kachi because you probably already saw tons of videos about them
I want to talk about the more broad question. What makes kpop kpop? Can
Non-asians be in k-pop as you saw in one of my past videos about the most popular k-pop idols, not from korea
Non-korean idols are really really popular. But the list was made up of koreans born outside of korea, chinese, japanese,
taiwanese, thai idols, basically all asian ethnicities, but
non-asians, we didn't see any but what happens when a non-asian artist jumps into the korean scene before kaachi we had
Multiple other examples like lana lana is a solo artist that was born in russia
And debuted in korea as a solo artist
She had a debut and one comeback under high cc entertainment and you can see her today
In the chinese television show produce camp 2020 where she's taking on another language in chinese
Kpop fans had problems with her because she is not korean or not
Asian, her korean was lacking and a lot of people said she didn't have the talent for it
But she continued to be on korean shows and broadened her horizon. Probably due to her label. What about exp?
Edition you remember these guys exp edition was created from a college
Project someone that wanted to get a grade in a class
They started here in the states in new york and eventually moved to korea to debut in 2017
as far as we know they're still active the problems k-pop fans had with this group was
They changed their appearance and the way they acted when they spoke. Korean or try to be on some korean shows
They changed their attitude to be a little bit more cutesy, you know agyeo and it didn't really feel right
You know the word cringe comes to mind as far as music and talent they were alright
Nothing really caught anyone's attention except for the way
They look now a non-asian that really changed the landscape and k-pop was alex from bp rania
She was brought in to an already existing k-pop group in 2015
She performed with the group a couple of times and did pretty well in my opinion
She would eventually leave the group in 2017 by her own choice because of her feeling a bit of a toxic environment
Not really going into detail though. Alex stands out from the rest because she did her thing
She didn't really change who she was. She was trying to learn korean and she didn't act any different now. Don't get me wrong
She did get some hate because that's gonna come along with anyone that tries to do something different and I still think to this day
A lot of kpop fans still have respect for her as an artist. What about
Uhsn you remember that multicultural k-pop group that debuted in korea not too long ago
By a big label mnet produced a whole reality show
Trying to form a new girl group from multiple countries from russia, sweden, thailand, egypt, norway, the us
ukraine
Poland, estonia, sweden, again and japan with no real korean idols in the group at all
And believe it or not when they debuted in 2019, they were met with overwhelming praise rather than criticism because it was produced
Well, they were trained properly and it didn't come off as trying to act k-pop or korean
They were following the k-pop sound and a lot of people said that if you didn't actually look at the music video
It sounded like a usual k-pop song that would be released and going back to the show the whole show was produced
Not to have this girl group be the next big thing
But the showcase for people liking korean culture and appreciating it
And learning about it more in depth now since it was just a project
They haven't done anything since the debut
And I think that's probably it for them. And uh, I don't really want to mention it but I
I guess I have to
You know ollie london that guy. Yeah, I don't need to mention why kpop fans had a problem with him
But yeah, and today we have kaachi i'm not going to sugarcoat it and i'm not going to go into that much detail
But they have one korean member and aside from all the rumors and dramas
Which i'm not gonna get into I think the problem stems from like I mentioned in the beginning labeling them as a k-pop group
Although they didn't debut in korea and they don't really have that much
Korean or k-pop influence aside from some korean management
People didn't like their debut song and I can see why it was barely produced and the members didn't come out sounding good
Some of the members actually have some training going to korea and learning in the one million dance studios again
The producers didn't do them justice as far as their vocals and rap
The instrumental is a bit jumbled and it was meant to be catchy
But I didn't really feel that and I see a lot of people saying they could have trained longer and yes
It does feel rushed and it does feel like they're capitalizing on a moment here
But don't send hate or spread rumors about the girls
Who I think is the mastermind behind this is their label
But that also got me thinking would kaachi be as popular as they are now if they did
Dancing and spoke. Korean
well
Probably not but they wouldn't have got as much hate as they did even with those examples and the history of non-asians in k-pop
I don't think I can answer the question of what makes k-pop k-pop. So i'm gonna pass it on to you
What is k-pop to you? What makes korean pop korean pop in the first place?
You know
It's funny how no one really cared about k-pop until it really popped off now everyone wants to capitalize
on kpop's popularity today
Funny news guys, that's it for me
Hope you enjoyed this one. I know that's a little bit different, but I wanted to get my opinion out there
Talk about kaachi being the most talked about thing right now. And yes I missed the boat a little bit, but
I'm talking about it now
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