It's always interesting to see that when idols talk about their music influences, its often stuff thats far outside their genre. It's also usually an authentic thing and not tied into their stage persona, and a reminder that idols are often music lovers first.
Two that come to mind:
NCT Jaehyun - there's a vlog of him out there going through his vinyl records and he's got top tier RnB hipster taste - collecting stuff like Donny Hathaway, The Internet (who have collabed with KRnB Dean), and cool kid messiah Frank Ocean.
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BTS Namjoon - Big fan of how his gazillion IG followers get exposed to cool shit on his Stories. Someone has compiled them here, and its everything from classical composers Erik Satie and Ryuichi Sakamoto (who I consider the godfather of modern Asian music) to jazzbois like Robert Glasper and even The 1975.
Recommend me some idols who have interesting and diverse taste, its 100% a reason for me to stan them
