Or rather, lets have me talk about it and you read XD Cause that's usually what happens with a blog post XD Anyway... I just watched CLC's Hobgoblin and... well, while its a catchy song, and I don't mind the song and how it sounds, its just... a blatant attempt at the company trying to replace 4Minute. Like Seriously? There is one girl, that sounds exactly like Hyuna. And the concept is overall, very... 4Minute-ish. And before this, they were doing a year and a half of cute concepts. All of a sudden-- BOOM-- sexy/dark concept. Though, I do admit that its not as "sexy" as other have gotten. Its more like... a little girl trying really had to be like an older sister that has "gone to the dark side" but they are still so young that their imitation... does not look like flattery. By the way, I just read the English translation for the song and... they are trash. They don't mean much. All I can pull out of it is "hey, I'm beautiful, love me". Which, is never a good theme for a song. Or for anything, really. And side note, I also watched Seohyun's Dont Say No... and while the song isn't my type, its still ok, melody wise, and the lyrics are a little more... meaningful... but not by much.
Now, maybe I should explain what I do and don't like about pop (and songs and MV's in general) before I keep ripping on kpop. Ya'll know that I'm Christian and quite conservative. I don't like when song lyrics are untruthful, stupid, demeaning, or encouraging bad behavior. For example, I don't like when lyrics encourage out right, or suggest about sex. This is my main problem with most American pop. I don't think that sex should be encouraged because, well, outside of marriage its not right and its not good for people to think that its ok, especially since most Kpop fans are young girls. I don't want them to think that sex is what boys want and that's all that matters. Not true. Granted, Kpop is in Korean, but I also don't like when fans just like a song for the way it sounds but don't know what the lyrics are. I think its irresponsible on the part of the fan. When I like things, or "love" things, its because I like the whole part of it, not just one thing. And stay ignorant about the rest. I want to know the lyrics of these kpop songs because I want to know if what I'm listening to is something I actually agree with or not. I'm the type of person that won't even wear clothing with words or pictures on it unless I agree with it. I stick to patterns and plain colors mostly. But I don't want to wear a shirt that says something even as simple as "<3 SF" on it, because I don't actually love SF. Ya know? I have to agree with it whole hardheartedly. I also don't like when songs have lyrics about getting a boy to notice them. Like, especially in Kpop they like to have lyrics along the lines of "I'm so beautiful, why won't you notice me? Everyone else does." Literally, a lot of songs are like that. Including that Hobgoblin song. Actually I'd say that 90 percent of kpop songs are like that. Or they talk about the guy not being 100 percent into them or saying stuff like "keep your eyes on me and don't look at other girls" which on the surface sounds ok, but its just... annoying. Don't be so jealous that you strangle your bf. And a lot of songs are like that. And with boy groups I notice a lot of songs are about "unrequited love" or the girl doing them wrong some how. Like, girl songs are about wanting to fall in love and about being cute in the relationship and guy songs are about love lost or more increasingly, suggesting sex. And I don't mind songs about love lost or falling in love, as long as they are pretty truthful about the feeling ya know? And kpop songs are very repetitive and really just say a lot of nonsense, so its just... dumbs it down... so its cute and funky when you just listen to it and don't know what they are saying, but then you look up the lyrics and it almost shatters the dream XD
.... Not gonna lie, I just lost my thought, But I'm no where near done XD
How about I talk about things I do like about Kpop. When I got into it, late 2009, early 2010, it was just different and interesting and different than Japanese and def different from American stuff. Granted, back then I was into heavy metal and alternative, grunge/emo rock XD So Kpop was a major difference. But, I liked how most songs back then were pretty innocent. Not many groups were having super sexual music vids and dances and lyrics. But starting around... 2012 I'd say, the sexy stuff really began to blow up, with the boys and the girls. That was also when I started to not be as interested. Like 2013 till now, I haven't been as into it all as I was 2010 through 2012. My favorite groups were pretty much the ones from SM like Super Junior and SNSD. I liked how they always had catchy songs and interesting choreography that didn't rely on boob and butt closeups and choreograhy that was raunchy. And other than "You Think" their choreography throughout the years has been very clean, and really shows that those girls can actually dance without being overtly sexy. I cannot say the same for other groups. And the only reason those other groups are being pushed to do sexy concepts s because the company makes more money with the sexy concepts. Their MV's get more views if they aren't a super well established group, and they usually get more popular. However, the past year has seen a rise in new groups being cute again. And frankly I like the cute ones better. But the ones I like even better are the ones that aren't just bubble gum cute or slutty, its the ones that are just normal and have good voices and good choreography. I think the best group lately of this has been Gfriend. They aren't overly cute and they aren't a sexy group. There are a few more too, but a lot of groups, though they started off cute, have had at least once sexy MV and song. Like APink. They have this one song, that I dont like, that is sexy while the rest of their stuff is pretty cute. A group like Secret went back ad forth quite a few times. SNSD did a good job of not being too much of either too. I know I'm leaving out a ton of groups, but this thing is already getting long. Maybe I'll do another post and go through every single Kpop group and share my opinions and favs songs. As for the boy groups... I like when they aren't suggesting sex and pulling at their crotch -_- I really hate that move. BTS is really big right now... and while their songs are catchy, their lyrics aren't the best and their dance moves are not always clean.
Over the years Kpop has changed. For good and for bad and I can't do anything about that. I have a lot of thoughts about different things about the Korean entertainment industry that I won't go into. But Kpop is a product of the culture and them wanting to be as far reaching and international friendly as possible. Personally, I like the mild stuff. The stuff that just gives an a good song with a catchy beat and doesn't have choreography that emphasizes either boobs, one's butt or crotch. I just don't want to see that. I want to see if you can dance, not if you can twerk. That is not dancing. And omg, don't get me started on outfits... though I'm sure you can guess what I like and don't like. Basically, keep it modest, people, keep it modest.
What are my final thoughts? I will continue to listen to kpop and keep up with it to a point, but I don't think I'll ever be as into it like when I first discovered it. Oh, and I'll probably make another post about idol worship because I hate how the fans of kpop are often more like stalkers and they care waaaaayyyy too much about people they have never met and will probably never meet. I have a bit of a personal... experience with that, but I look at these girls (most of them are girls) and just shake my head at how... dependent their lives seem on kpop. Ya'lls lives should be dependant on Jesus! Not kpop. Geez, but thats another post. Uhhhh.... for now, I guess I'll say that even though I basically ripped on Kpop, its still a lot of fun to get into the music. Just be careful of some of them and know the lyrics and don't learn some of the dances XD But, also, don't blame the actual group, because a lot of the time, the group has not much say into what they get to do and not do. A lot of it is the company doing what they think will make the most money. So yeah... I guess I'll say Toodles now XD God Bless!
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