Why aren’t soloists experimental like groups?

It feels like intention may be a more important factor for some soloists.

Why should they ? When they’re doing well with the concepts they stick for

soloists focus more on lyrical content than music production I think

also kpop groups already do experimental song so what's the point in them to pander to market that is already occupied?

It's not their style I would say.

idk but it's a good thing imo

All EXO members' solos are what they want musically... Each one of them is different... Kai's R&B songs are different than Baekhyun's R&B songs....

It's not about being experimental as much as it is about them making the music they want to be associated with or they like...

thank god they aren't

"Experimental" is another vague term.

And it depends on the time period, the content during the time.

For example, IU's Modern Times, read the reviews from that time, she is lauded for bringing back Jazz, brass band sounds to kpop.

But now, nobody would label it that way.

And it is also is upto the producers, than singers. Aespa wouldn't have much say in what they get to sing.

Chungha was mostly BEP.

Only self-producing soloists or groups, can be credited or discredited for such things.

Perhaps IU has the most creative control of the lot.

But given her immense and constant success, whatever she is doing, is working fantastic. Whetherthat is seen as experimental or not.

Her strength is in the lyricism than musical, still the songs are distinctive from album to album.

Established acts aren't going to sacrifice commercial success for some drastic experiment.

Rookies have more bandwidth since they wouldn't have established a certain "sound-brand-image"

Besides K-pop is the wrong place to look for anything avant-garde, check K-indie or such for that .

Is experimental the new term for crappy?

There's soloists who make interesting choices musically that are still pleasant to the ears.

I feel like kpop fans only acknowledge noisier songs as experimental

Onew's blue is experimental in structure, just bc its not noisy doesnt make it conventional

Reading the title, my first thought was "Actually, many are?"

When you consider experimental as exploring a range of genres, concepts, or topics, then you've got artists like Gain who explored everything from R&B-inspired rhythms in a song about rape within a relationship to exploring jazz melodies in a song about agonizing over crossing the line to the show-tune-inspired song about a life lived well.

I think, if anything, solo work tends to give idols an opportunity to show more sides than their group work, which has to balance out what all the members are good at conveying, rather than being able to really maximize a particular member's strengths.

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All EXO members' solos are what they want musically... Each one of them is different... Kai's R&B songs are different than Baekhyun's R&B songs....

It's not about being experimental as much as it is about them making the music they want to be associated with or they like...

And that's why their solo work is so good, because it's what they want to do.
Jongdae excels in his ballad style songs because that's the genre he's passionate about, same goes for Baekhyun & Kai for their R&B.
I also like Suho's solo work but I feel as though it's underappreciated...

You mean why they aren't releasing "noise"?

Soloists do experiment and try new sounds and genres, it's just that they can't rely on a loyal fandom backing like groups so they need to release public friendly songs