He's been holding kpop down as a soloist before half of yall was even born.
He was so popular he was starring in Hollywood movies before a quarter of yall were even born.
GD and Taemin have to bow to Rain.
I respect the hell out of Rain. In any other Kpop reality he should be King but I also think the genre has advanced so much that the king will be maybe from BTS.
He's absolutely an elite pillar of K-Pop along with Lee Hyori.
Quote from licoricebtchI mean not very many “soloists” in Korea have strong catalogues in general. I prefer is older stuff and the R&B sound in Kpop was pushed by him before artists like Taeyang became popular.
That’s exactly why I see him as a major solo influence. Top of mind, I can only think of 2 guys who are somewhere in his stratosphere, in term of aura and stage performance, and only 1 of those guys have the caliber of songs that could mark the next epoch of influence.
Quote from licoricebtchNot sure why people would say he is not relevant when upcoming kpop artists or even groups from 2nd gen onwards look up to him and still look to his dance/music style for inspiration.
During his time it was him vs Se7en vying for the top male artist of Korea. And we all know who stood the test of time….
That is why influence is more important to me than relevance.
That’s exactly why I see him as a major solo influence. Top of mind, I can only think of 2 guys who are somewhere in his stratosphere, in term of aura and stage performance, and only 1 of those guys have the caliber of songs that could mark the next epoch of influence.
That is why influence is more important to me than relevance.
but he is both relevant and influential even today. He is still active and doing concerts regularly with many fans attending, also doing kdrama stuff. The only reason why people in here think he is irrelevant it’s because kpop fans internationally focus strictly on groups, like the fans here in akp.
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