3rd and 4th gen stans, have you listened to 2nd gen groups?

Yes but tbh i haven't listened to beast even though I heard they were huge back then. The only song i know by them is don't cry after they debuted again as highlight

Yes. Especially the ones recommended on akp. You can get such gems. For example I was crazy about 4minute’s and 2ne1’s music when I first started and now I’m more into sistar’s (well it’s actually Hyolyn’s) music. It’s all thanks to the recommendations here. But I have to admit I like to check out GGs way more than BGs. Except Bigbang or Block B, I will always check out their recommended songs (because I like their sound).

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I don't know why newer kpop stans are afraid to listen to older songs.

You don't see young 15 - 16 year old being allergic to P!nk/Britney/Beyonce/Avril/Maroon 5/Coldplay/One Republic older songs, but in KPOP it's like as if they are being forced to listen to older music

I don't think it's a matter of being afraid or anything like that. In most cases, I think newer fans don't have time to visit older groups' discographies and they might even see it as useless considering these groups don't exist anymore.

Personally I'd like to have this extensive knowledge of everything that came before. And compared to others, I haven't done such a bad job. But it's just a lot of time investment. Plus, I don't think it's right to compare k-pop (and pop in general) to instrument based music genres as pop tends to age quite faster. You can definitely tell when something is 10 years old or more. I listened to basically everything 2NE1 lately and even though I like Fire very much, this instrumental is so dated. Cheesy as hell. (Well, even some later stuff Teddy did for Blackpink sounds dated af). The styles that tend to age better are those that didn't try to sound too modern, like the stuff Sweetune did for 9Muses for example. Back then they were viewed as old fashioned but this particular style ages better imo.

yes I did try 2nd gen groups but the music style didn't match my taste. Even if I ever liked a song, it was usually their latest ones.

yes but not many

well i'm fan of 2nd and 3th gen

Been into kpop since 2nd gen

yes I have, Shinwha(ok this is 1st gen), Shinee, 2ne1, Bigbang, SNSD etc

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I don't know why newer kpop stans are afraid to listen to older songs.

You don't see young 15 - 16 year old being allergic to P!nk/Britney/Beyonce/Avril/Maroon 5/Coldplay/One Republic older songs, but in KPOP it's like as if they are being forced to listen to older music

And it's not even that old like 2000s old it's like 2010s old

It is not our fault that production style sounds too outdated even for that period. Most of these musicians you mentioned used production that gave it a timeless feeling. I can still bop to MJ classics but i can't even finish a song from the older gens because i get turned off from it. Just a few I can tolerate compared to the majority

Only few Bigbang and SNSD songs

Yes, I have been watching Sistar's performances lately, I really like their title tracks. I have probably watched all "I like that" stages because I love that song. In fact I have mainly listened to 2nd Gen Girlgroups (T-ara, Kara, Snsd, Girl's day....) and for now only the title-tracks. For boygroups, I have listened to a few songs by Big Bang and that is pretty much all.