If you don't want to use the term 'kpop', suit yourself, but I personally use it to talk about something specific.
All I am saying is pop is worldly. And english just happens to be the universal language.
When the spice girls started they were euro-pop. Then they became world pop.
Blackpink wants to be the next spice girls.
That's why most of their songs are in english now.
Agreed,heard a lot of kpop before blackpink but then their songs started coming to the spotify playlist and I was like damn what is this group. I could clearly hear four distinct voices and couldn't help but jam to their songs. So I'm always confused when people say the reason for success are the brand deals? I didn't even knew what the girls looked like when I discovered them.
Yeah just like most kpop newbies, I had my spotify on a general kpop channel (k-pop daebak), and the songs that got ingrained into my consciousness were boombayah, whistle, as if its your last, stay, playing with fire, DDD (exid), Mic drop (I honestly thought it was a T-pain song by how westernized it was with the autotune), Some (Bol4), Heroine (Sunmi) and love scenario (ikon). I had no idea that Blackpink was the author of 75% of songs I was hooked to, lol.
I had no idea I'd be obsessed with Lisa nd Rose's look AFTER I spent months listening to them blindly on spotify.
Their music captivated me long before I knew what they looked like.
Yet it does have some specific criteria, made-up terms or not.
Anyway, that's my answer. If you think the cut-off point is language then it's fine. I personally do think there is some specifics to the kpop industry that you don't find in western pop, for example, and that's my personal criteria.
I am not saying American pop is the standard of pop and that K-pop falls underneath that umbrella.
What I am saying is that in each of their respective countries, their music is considered pop (popular).
In the history of pop, they borrow hip hop elements, rock elements, and even classical elements, and make it mainstream.
That's the true definition of pop (popular) music. Doesn't matter if it's kpop, jpop, cpop, or american pop.
It's popular music that borrows from all genres.
But to answer the question to this thread, no Rose's album is not kpop. It's pop. It's.....wait for it.....WORLD pop.
It depends what your criteria for kpop is.
For me, kpop is the kpop industry. That's why I don't consider Kaachi kpop, even if they sing in korean, and that's why I consider OTG or Dynamite kpop, even if they are in english. Any group/song coming from a kpop company is kpop, as far as I'm concerned.
Of course, others might have a different answer.
K-pop is a made up term. It's actually just pop music, sang in a foreign language. Like C-Pop, K-pop, J-pop, and American pop are all just pop music. That's why they all rank in the same charts.
In wordly charts, they all categorize as pop, not hip-hop or rnb.
I hope Lisa rediscovers her Cardi B and Nicki Minaj swag and doesn't try to fit into the mode of a singer. You don't see Rose trying to be hardcore and rapping. She needs to stick to what made her famous. She needs to bring that attitude and swag. That's her authentic vibe. Not saying she can't do anything else, but for your solo, you need to be as authentic as possible so non blinks can feel your vibe.
The language doesn't matter. It's all pop (popular) music.
As a Lisa stan, my 2 favorite songs I listen to everyday are Let it be and gone by Rose. Her voice is made for romance.
What made me noticed blackpink at first was their western style music. When I first got into kpop it was hard to differentiate between all the fan service boy crush girl groups. But then I listened to Blackpink and I was like "Who is this?!?!?" I think Blackpink made it cool to not cater to guys in a boy crush kind of way. Sometimes us guys like a little bit of attitude as well. Of course, I am just saying this as a male blink.
