Korean music artists that aren't apart of the KPOP industry but release Korean music?

DPR Ian.

SE SO NEON, BIBI, Dean, Crush, SOLE, Rolling Quartz, Day6, Xdinary Heroes, LeeBada, LeeHi, Summer Soul, LØREN. That's all I can think of (Yes I know Day6 and Xdinary Heroes are from JYP, a kpop company, but they are K-bands like OP said okay let me breathe ) Heize, Poetic Narrator (they are really good), Dvwn

I think people got the thread wrong lol.

An entire IU exists. I don't think I'd put her in with Kpop.

There's also K Will. This MV nearly broke me the first time I saw it:

Wait, I just realized all Ian's songs are in English.

katie!!

Jamie Park.

The entire The Rose.

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help u stole three of my answers the AOMG stan in me is happy tho

- Bibi

- Devita

- The Black Skirts

- Hoody

- ELO

There's a lot

Lee Mujin, Epik High, LeeHi, Jannabi, Davichi, Bol4, Melomance, Big Mama, Lim Young Woong, Dean, Crush, ...

Many have covered the artists I'd cover above but I'd also add

- G Soul

- Chancellor

- JUNNY

- Colde

- Lamb

- Woodz

- Sam Kim

- Chai

- Jimmy Brown

- George

- Katie

- Deez

Underground k-rappers

Let's not confuse "K-pop" with "idol". For example, IU is considered K-pop, but generally not an idol.

Leessang

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Let's not confuse "K-pop" with "idol". For example, IU is considered K-pop, but generally not an idol.

That is a good distinction.

IU is K-pop but not an idol. Solves many of the interminable discussions over her,

I had dubbed her as "Schrodinger's idol" or rather "Quantum idol" - who is used as an idol to beat others' favorites, but dismissed as an idol, when highlighting ones' own.

Like "light" being both a particle and a way, she is both an artist and idol.

Who else would qualify for "Idol-artist duality"?

I have seen Bursters being called kpop, but I think they are more like k-rock, k-metal and k-band.

I recently watched the auditon of the survival show "Great Seoul Invasion", and many of those bands in it wouldn't be considered k-pop. (Myori, evenif, Cuz Rain etc...)

ONEWE was also at the audition and I often think of them as a kpop group.

Well... I don't know if one of my faves, CNEMA, could be considered "kpop".

The biggest non-Kpop name which gives a lot of heartburn to Kpop fans nowadays, is Lim Young Woong.

Kpop fans who bristle at being stereotyped as "acned teenage girls", are so threatened by LYW, that they stereotype LYW fans as Ahjummas.

April was Bigbang, June is BTS. But May is LYW - let see how they compare on the charts.

That apart, I enjoy the works of the Antenna Artists.

Lee Jin-ah, Kwon Jin-ah, Sam Kim - all produce very interesting work.

These are a few from my playlists:

Hoody, Gray, Suran, Moon Moon, Eric Nam, Dynamic Duo, Crush, BewhY, Jung In, Gummy, Kim Bum Soo, Kwon Jin Ah, Kwill, Urban Zakapa Paul Kim, Loco, Bol4, Yerin Baek, Sumin, Zion T, Park Hyo Shin, Gaeko, Nell, Park won, Shaun, George, GSoul, Katie, Roy Kim, Bibi, Jay Park, Heize, Colde, Villan, Demian, Dean, Saay, Devita, Johan Kim, Gaho, Yoon Mirae, DPR Live, Lee Hi, Hynn, Sole, PH1, Minseo, Seori, Kim Dong Ryul, Sam Kim