New Blog Introduction

So I've started my second blog. this one will be devoted to k-pop and other asian music. a personal fetish of mine xD. I'll be discussing some of my favorite asian music in this blog

so what is k-pop> well...not easy to describe ..it has dance pop elements, r and b hip hop elements, rap elements (which seems to fit the korean language well) . the music videos have an emphasis on dance choreography, costumes, settings and are usually very well done.. but there is a distinct korean style that just can't be put into words. a style i've grown to love especially with the dance elements in the videos

i've found there is three main types of k-pop songs when dealing with boy groups and girl groups of which k-pop has plenty (groups are as common if not more common than solo artists)
these are
1) the ballad... asian music has a very croony style of ballad...these are usuually more common to solo artists but groups do them as well. the tone of asian ballads tends to be melancholy . not really my style though i have found some good ones
2) the cutesy songs - often the groups will have cutesy songs where the boys act all nice and flowery and the girls act all dollish and flirty and pretty. these usually aren't my style either though i do like the more poppy ones
3) the straight up dance pop and r and b pop songs which are very poppy and well choreographed..these are the ones i love the most.

now the k-pop industry is very manufactured. groups are formed by entertainment companies who promote the group usually with a debut single. singles are then promoted until the next single is ready to be released. studio albums usually are not made until a group has achieved sucess and are actually rare in this industry. rather singles are rleased and extended plays (or mini-albums)

k-pop has a couple of music shows with a weekly countdown and winner as well which aids in a group's popularity shows such as music bank for example. success in these shows as well as on the korean music charts  are included in agroup's statistics when measuring their popularity.

large groups will sometimes be split up - splinter groups so to speak. though the average group size is around 5. and occasionally a member of the group will do a solo project.

groups usually have a leader who heads the group. there is usually a main rapper and a main vocalist and also something called a "makne" . the makne is the youngest member of the group. often pretty . sort of like the group's little sister.

fanbases exist for the most popular groups and often call themselves by specific nicknames. you can watch fanbases quarrel on youtube comments. it's quite funny actually xD

so that's sort of a little introduction . hopefully it will make more sense as you delve along with me into this industry :D