Like the title says. Chinese and Japanese pop has been around longer than K-Pop so why isn’t it as well known as Korean pop?
Let’s explore why.
J-Pop and C-Pop varies in it’s genre (pop-rock, R&B, ballad, trance, electronica, traditional etc.) Instead, Korean fans can appeal to Korean pop easily because its style is Americanized: R&B (2NE1, 2PM), Hip-Hop/Rap (Crown J, Epik High), Electronica/Dance (Big Bang, Son Dambi, T-ara)
In J-Pop’s case, not everyone is into it. J-Rock is more popular (in my opinion: since most of the world listen to heavy metal, rock or indie).
In C-Pop’s case, it’s not very popular. People don’t expect China to have a big music scene and think mainland China being communist, it’s main focus is on politics, army, money and building the country as a whole.
Compared to this, K-Pop gets too obsessive, J-Pop and C-Pop have its limits of responsibility and hyperness. J-Pop and C-Pop seem less refined – the only way you know your artists is if by TV shows and behind-the-scenes.
Because you can understand EVERYTHING about the K-Pop world: ‘slave contracts, entertainment companies, pay on music shows‘ etc. anything that has to do with artists thanks to netizens. Japanese netizens are scared of Korean netizens e.g. Jay’s Myspace incident – suicide petition
Just a word to all K-Pop Fanatics:
- It’s the season where school/college/university is starting so limit down or lay off K-Pop and try and replace with studying hard. A week off for 24/7 K-Pop fans, maybe a month and concentrate on your studies
You may be right about the fact that’s easier to like Kpop (because the tonality is the same as it is in “Western music”) but still I can’t stand Japanese high pitched Jpop songs (see Berryz Kobou lol). It may also be partly true that Kpop is Americanized (YG artists above all) but I don’t think that’s entirely true. They do not literally copy American pop music and don’t product “American” music (because if that was true, nobody would listen to K music; would you find the “original” Clazziquai? [actually they are influenced by Jamiroquai = british])
As for Jpop,I only like Perfume and some indie rock bands (+ little of VK). It’s almost the same for Cpop (but have to admit I don’t know a lot about it) only liked 2 songs of Jay Chou and S.H.E songs are funny.
Please recommend me some Jpop and Cpop great songs =). (I’d gladly try listening to them)
P.S: YG’s and The Movement’s artists are my guilty pleasures…. otherwise I’d never listened to rap music.
Oh my that’s true. I never figured out why I like K-Pop more until me and my sister started talking about it when she read this post. I don’t like American music much, but K-Pop have their own way of americanizing it. Plus many Korean artists have hopes of debuting in the U.S.
I try to get into Chinese music, but the way they speak is annoying at times but I have about 10 Chinese music on my iPod. JPOP, CPOP, and KPOP are both unique… but JPOP and CPOP do not get noticed much.
I agree, KPOP is much more westernised and easier on the ear compared to CPOP or JPOP. I find that JPOP can get really annoyig real quick. Also, you can’t really get into C&JPOP when there’s virtually nothing about them anywhere. It becomes a real struggle to find them on the net, unlike KPOP… the Hallyu Wave went viral real quick!
I do hope that the CPOP and JPOP artists can make it on an international platform in the future, but at the moment, the Koreans have the spot light and I dont think that they’re going to let it go any time soon
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