Display MoreBecause the solo scene in Korea is not interesting.
Kpop soloists are fine, but I find singers like them in any market, they don't have a particular style that set them apart like idols do
The best part of it is the minor R&B scene from Heize, Crush, Dean, Epik High, etc, but they are minority. Most soloists only releases ballads and OSTs
I myself don't hate ballads but Koreans go overboard with them to a point it's unbearable to listen, when you go to Melon top 30 80% of the songs are emotional power ballads, which after a few listens start to look too generic for my taste
agreed with you I enjoy the japan music industry creativity side (rock, hiphop, anime ed op, idols, metal, creative 2.5d music project etc)
im not always on kmusic side only and was previous from jfandom
until I saw EXO in XOXO era seem interesting