K-Pop is heads and shoulders above everything else in Asia

[desura]

Or maybe I'm just missing all the good Chinese and Japanese acts.

But K-pop from like Kara, Girls Generation, T-ara is pretty impressive to my American ears. Like, it's as good as Justin Timberlake or Nicki Minaj.

Meanwhile, just about every pop act from Taiwan or China I run across is some corny ballad.

I guess...can anyone recommend some acts from Japan, China, Taiwan that are somewhat comparable to these K-pop acts?

 

[dighn]

chinese pop is uninspired and terribad. it is known.

can't say i'm a fan of j-pop or k-pop either though, or justin timberlake for that matter.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

The only good k-pop is the stuff on the topic of getting trapped in credit card debt trying to pursue a lifestyle beyond your earnings.

 

[desura]

chinese pop is uninspired and terribad. it is known.

can't say i'm a fan of j-pop or k-pop either though, or justin timberlake for that matter.

I just watched this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGHPB70v_fA

It's good.

Like, justin timberlake isn't like something that speaks to my soul, but I can at least respect the craftsmanship that goes into it, you know, it's good for what it is? Same for like Kesha, lady gaga, Nicki Minaj.

This K-pop is good. Like, it's as good as the top America acts, and in many ways better.

 

[dighn]

well, at least it's no worse than some of the vocal trance i listen to.

 

[Udgnim]

some K-pop is pretty western

example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkDEWopV8w4

 

[phucheneh]

Shit, I guess I got drunk and stumbled into 4chan again.

 

[desura]

some K-pop is pretty western

example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkDEWopV8w4

speaking of that...

I'm tired of Western pop being entirely about crass shit like that. Like, I don't give a fuck about your stupid feminist free speech politics. This is mall music.

 

[The_Dude8]

Gangnam Style.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Gangnam Style.

Right Now is also pretty damn good, IMO.

 

[The_Dude8]

Right Now is also pretty damn good, IMO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmHdefsaL6I

yes it's, but nothing will be the 1 billion view of GS.

 

[Fenixgoon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmHdefsaL6I

yes it's, but nothing will be the 1 billion view of GS.

almost 1.5B a this point !

 

[BrokenVisage]

kekekeke

 

[chalmers]

Not sure how this shit is popular, lol.

 

[UglyCasanova]

Terrible. Bland. Soulless.

 

[Dari]

Not sure how this shit is popular, lol.

Yeah, I must be getting old...

 

[chimaxi83]

Some of them are nice to look at, but the music is fucking terrible. Meh.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

I don't know how you could possibly think that. All of that music is all generated by massive media corporations.

Its universally fucking terrible music

 

[desura]

...and so what's your definition of great music?

 

[chalmers]

...and so what's your definition of great music?

Not this garbage.

 

[drebo]

Modern pop music is unmitigated shit.

We need to go back to when "pop" meant David Bowie and Elton John and Def Leppard.

 

[TecHNooB]

this is my fav t-ara song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFFgRRLInD4

i'm more of a ballad person. i also think kpop from around 2006-2009 is much better than the stuff being released now.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

relevant to this thread I think: gangnam style review

 

[Soundmanred]

They should all get together to form the worlds largest supergroup and call it "Pedophiles Playground".

 

[dbk]

this is my fav t-ara song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFFgRRLInD4

i'm more of a ballad person. i also think kpop from around 2006-2009 is much better than the stuff being released now.

you mean 1996-1999 :awe: