Will globalization take away Kpop's identity?

Every time things evolve and grow, something is lost and something is gained. There's no right answer here.

I also wish people just felt comfortable making the music they want whether or not it upholds the values of "where they're from" or whatever. It's a lot of baggage to carry for anyone.

2nd gen songs are even more westernized than current kpop songs. I don’t get the concern.

2nd gen songs still exist, just go listen to them lol let the genre evolve

nothing is being taken away and everything so cyclical anyway

I would worry when American companies start buying Kpop companies.

For now, it's fine

Quote from plasticrose

groups like bts and twice have made stupid decisions like promoting english songs. Kpop has not been the same ever since.

Tell us, who else has done this, plasticrose? More specifically, who released an entirely English song that most people would probably mistake for Avril Lavigne if they didn't know better?

Given their small discography, it's rather hilarious that a certain MYSTERY GROUP has more English songs on just ONE ALBUM than Twice have made their whole careers!

LMAO, kpop has always sounded like western music only like a decade behind. Some were even literally copy and pastes of western songs. Just like 4th gen currently. In fact the “ westernization “ of kpop has improved it because they are now only a year or so behind. Kpop is an industry not a genre. The only way Kpop can become truly westernized is if the industry changed and the whole trainee/idol system changed. That won’t happen. They are in fact trying to export it to other countries so if anything western pop is becoming too kpoppy and that would be an actual negative change.

Over-simplifiying things here:

Re: the title:

Yeah, if it hasn't already.

Okay can someone tell me first what is the kpop identity? coz if its the sounds even way back 1 gen kpop groups already adapted the western sounds/raps. The only difference now is the worldwide reach.

On the contrary.

I think KPop should be more globalized and eventually abandon K-O-R-E-A, showing a huge middle finger to all these oldsters following trot and some K-O-R-E-A-N listeners still stuck with listening to people who contributed nothing to KPop.