What
is K-pop? Why am I listening so much of it?
K-pop is an abbreviation of Korean
pop, a musical genre originated in South
Korea which is distinguished by including a variety of audiovisual elements
combining choreography, unique style and music with super up tempo beats.
It won much popularity in Asia in
the 90s, but from the 21st century, this genre went from a simple beat to
become a whole subculture among teenagers and young adults.
Nowadays k-pop is expanding
incredibly and it has being increasingly created creating fan clubs,
competitions, events and festivals. And not only in our country, in all of
Europe, Latin America and the United States has become extremely popular.
Unfortunately because of the
political problems that are currently in force in Asia, everything is done in
Korea is not as well received in Taiwan and Japan since society wants to
consume only what has been created in their own country. That's why the
industry is giving priority to expand the k-pop's 'boom' internationally.
Furthermore, not only the music has
become so popular, the singers have been called, by his fans as 'idols' because
not only engaged in singing and dancing but also act in the well-known
'dramas'. They are very attractive, athletic, and are incredibly easy dance.
They have also implemented a new
fashion counting on radical and awesome costumes combining styles 'rock', 'pop'
and alternative. Oriental fashion together with the most extravagant western
fashion.
The most popular groups today are
'Big Bang' and 'Super Junior' because they are those that bring more fans. But
these are not the only ones, there are many groups of this genre, from the
oldest to the most modern have been responsible for creating not only music,
but also fashion style and a completely different culture.
¿and J-pop?
The j-pop is an abbreviation of
Japanese pop and has become extremely popular not because of the genre itself
but the publicity has been given in anime, well known as Japanese cartoons
which use songs to open and close each program ('openings' and 'endings').
For a long time, anime and manga got
so much popularity that several countries became interested in Japanese culture
more generally, so much so that the language began having more priority and was
created another subculture that everyone know as 'otakus'.
This Japanese word means fan, and
believe it or not, is used to give names to those whose personal tastes focus
on Japanese culture, especially 'anime'.
Today this type of fans are well
known by the society but not accepted by his eccentricities.
Among the most popular artists of
this genre is the famous 'Utada Hikaru' considered as quite a celebrity and
'Kat tun' with 'Arashi' who has been currently rated as one of the biggest
idols in Japan.
¿J-pop or K-pop?
None is better than the other. Both
are excellent musical genres with a completely different background. The war
between these two styles is among the fans as many j-poperas have strayed from
the way to find a better place in k-pop.
So, which do you
choose? I recommend
you to give them both a chance because they are completely different and
awesome cultures.
