Why international and korean fans have a different taste in music

Koreans surprisingly don't like idols

It remembers me how so many Brazillians dislike funk and don't see funk singers as artists

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Koreans surprisingly don't like idols

It remembers me how so many Brazillians dislike funk and don't see funk singers as artists

They got over it after 2 generations. The question is when will the international fans will do the same.

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They got over it after 2 generations. The question is when will the international fans will do the same.

Don't think we will anytime soon. Kpop will never be mainstream outside east Asia, it will always be niche and being niche people who get tired can be replaced easily

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Nope. Kpop is way more experimental than mainstream pop music. You can find mixture of lots of different genres from kpop music. Genre switches are amazing. The beat & melody changes are very unexpected, the sound is very unorthodox. The best examples are here:

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But Koreans love simple catchy songs.

Some K-Pop songs are experimental but most of them are just generic pop songs. Also experimenting does not always work, some songs sound like shit (I know music is subjective, but really...)

Different taste, I guess.

I mean even in the list that are supposed to show the taste of ifans, there are so many songs I don't like at all. And I am an ifan.

Similarly there might be Koreans who don't like the songs that are popular there.

The thing is, in Korea, it's just pop music. When you look at Melon, you're seeing the preferences of passive consumers.

When polling international fans, you're seeing the preferences of active enthusiasts.

The former probably don't even know what a Mago even is to express an opinion it.

Maybe Korean actually understands the lyrics and emotions vs just the sound and vibing of international listeners..

Hmmm, this isn't scientific

Dunno why bunch international audience all in the same category. If you separate each region, I think we would see differences in taste among them as well.

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This is top 50 best kpop songs of 2020 based on redditors votes I believe. Among those 50 only a few really charts in korea. Most of these songs rank high in another place like billboard and dazed too. From this we can tell that there are huge difference in taste from international and korean audiences. What may be the reasons?

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Your comparing international opinion pieces with official Korean music charts.

That's like comparing Pann opinions against Billboard charts.

MAKE IT MAKE SENSE!!!