Did your taste in Non-Kpop music influence your taste in Kpop music?

Quote from sonemariam

I find SM Kpop more than just pop but ok.

What genre do you think SM kpop is if not pop?

even before I became a KPOP fan
my taste of music and other factors still the same

I like catchy music w meaningful lyrics + a good visual is a great bonus addition

I say I find it similar it to english music ,some of our local music , japanese music or even Kdrama OST

Quote from sonemariam

Please read my post again, I said it's more than just pop, not, it's not pop.

My favs, Exo, have a lot of RnB songs.

FX did a lot of EDM among other genres.

Red Velvet have an entire Velvet concept that mostly consists of RnB.

And there is NCT doing a lot more than pop with their experiments.

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So they just make good pop music. Same thing.

Usually no, except for Dreamcatcher.

I used to be into this kind of music as well:

A big no i usually listen to 60s-80s rock music

I wasn't fond of pop or r&b, I hated rap

kpop? lol I used to roll my eyes

Before Exo I mean. Outside of kpop I still dont listen to these genres

But I used to listen to kdrama osts especially ballads and Exo has great ballads

Definitely. I was no stranger to korean music but my god, I used to hate kpop. My favorite genre of music is rock, so no wonder I gravitate towards songs with meaningful lyrics and rather heavy on the instrumentals. I hate sugary pop and rnb songs, probably why I couldn't get into any of the girl groups and 2nd gen groups.

Not really I think, maybe a little bit

Not that I would think of. Before I was into it I was just listening to music on the radio or bought those mixed CDs where you find 20 songs from different artists on it just to have some music to listen to and well if I think of it now, my childhood's taste in music was pretty meh

100% true for me. I tend to love epic pop music and rock so I love Dreamcatcher and aespa. I also love great vocals and harmonizations so I am a fan of Red Velvet, Mamamoo, Purple Kiss, Little Mix, Beyoncé or Adele. I love artists who write their lyrics like Taylor, IU, BTS, G-Idle, Purple Kiss or Mamamoo again.

Probably. I was a teen in the 80's so grew up with that kind of music and the era that even some groups said they got their influence from, and I have been known to have a good taste in music.