A Beginner’s guide to KPOP
Korean pop songs, also known as KPOP is one of the major genres of music nowadays. There are also a number of students interested in it, or totally into it, in our school! As more and more people all around the world get interested in KPOP and become fans of certain groups, the KPOP market is exploding in popularity. KPOP singers are mostly known and loved for their amazing dances and choreography; they are very co-ordinated dancers. There are an uncountable number of groups, also known as ‘Idols,’ but this is a basic guideline to introduce you into the world of KPOP!
There are 3 major male groups which are the most well-known and popular:
(The order is irrelevant)
EXO
2017 Album of the year(“The War”), Global Fan’s choice award. The title song of 'The War' is 'KO KO BOP':
Recently one of their songs, ‘Power’, was performed in the Dubai fountain.
Dubai fountain show
BTS
2017 Artist of the year
They are the first KPOP idol to perform in the American Music Awards. They have also won the Billboard ‘Top social artist’ award.
They won the best music video award with 'Spring day':
Mic Drop (Steve Aoki remix ver.)
GOT 7
2017 Worldwide performer
They are active in music genres such as trap music, hip hop music, and contemporary R&B.
Two of their most well-known songs:
Hard Carry:
Never Ever:
There are also 3 major female groups:
Red Velvet
2017 Best Female group
As their names, they have two concepts ‘Red’ and ‘Velvet.’ ‘Red’ is the happy, energetic, joyful concept, and ‘Velvet’ is the more mature concept according to their company which is ‘side calmer, sensual and more ballads, and their expressions are more neutral and melancholic.’
Most recent Red concept song- Red Flavour
The most recent Velvet concept is a song named Peek-a-boo (which also contains a slight mixture of the red concept):
Blackpink
2017 Best new artist (Seoul music awards)
A typical group with the concept of ‘Girl-crush’ where the girls show power and the feelings of admiration and adoration which a girl has for another girl (urban dictionary).
Their most recent song with 226,927,41 views on YouTube is 'As if It's Your Last':
Twice
2017 Song of the year(“Signal”)
The 9 members of this group was selected by a survival audition program, held in their company JYP.
Their song “Cheer up” has hit 100 million views on YouTube just in 206 days!
Signal:
Cheer up:
The writer hopes that more people get interested in this genre, KPOP in music as I am a personal fan of it!
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