Which genres should be more present in K-Pop? (1 Viewer)

[Myco]

With the countless sub genres to K-Pop like rock, hip-hop, ballads and whatnot, what is one genre you think should be more used by Idols/Groups/Entertainments/Producers etc.?

For me, definitely Hardstyle, not the extreme kind that you find on Spotify when searching for it, but sth that A.C.E has done with Cactus & Callin




and D.holic with Color me rad



there might be a few more groups who have done it before which I don't know about, if there are please let me know!

I do hope that EVERGLOW is gonna go with it as well since the beginning melody of their MV teaser reminds me of it

 

[cassouletteu]

classical inspired music. i believe loona is the only kpop group who ever did that.

 

[yeji]

more Rock; less Hip Hop.

 

[dokyeomon]

more rock,whether it's pop-rock or actual rock bands

 

[blueberries]

More rock is always nice, I think more hard rock or even metal would be really nice, but I think only FT.Island has done sth like that? I think it's risky genre though, rock isn't that popular in Korea and hard rock or metal is step further.

Folk would be fun, that's sth AKMU has done, but I would like to hear more.

KNK had recently synthpop comeback I adored so more synthpop also <3

 

[yeji]

More rock is always nice, I think more hard rock or even metal would be really nice, but I think only FT.Island has done sth like that? I think it's risky genre though, rock isn't that popular in Korea and hard rock or metal is step further.

Folk would be fun, that's sth AKMU has done, but I would like to hear more.

KNK had recently synthpop comeback I adored so more synthpop also <3

Folk is defenlty popular in Korea. I just don't know how an idol group would do that.

 

[GloriousHavoc]

Post-punk, surf-rock & italo-disco

 

[dokyeomon]

More rock is always nice, I think more hard rock or even metal would be really nice, but I think only FT.Island has done sth like that? I think it's risky genre though, rock isn't that popular in Korea and hard rock or metal is step further.

I feel like as far as commercial success goes,the korean music industry is very monotone

it's like you're either an idol singing pop or an indie artist singing generic ballads

 

[blueberries]

Folk is defenlty popular in Korea. I just don't know how an idol group would do that.

For some reason it's more deserved to duos.. like AKMU and BOL4 have both some folk songs. I think idol group could attempt sth like they do, they don't have to go all folk after all.

 

[yeji]

For some reason it's more deserved to duos.. like AKMU and BOL4 have both some folk songs. I think idol group could attempt sth like they do, they don't have to go all folk after all.

yeah I know. It seems like duo‘s are the thing in folk. And Solar‘s solo project singles are all folk songs for example too.
I do think some more pop folk version could maybe work

 

[blueberries]

yeah I know. It seems like duo‘s are the thing in folk. And Solar‘s solo project singles are all folk songs for example too.
I do think some more pop folk version could maybe work

Idol groups can be surprisingly versatile so i think they could make it work ^^

 

[yeji]

Idol groups can be surprisingly versatile so i think they could make it work ^^

that's true. Maybe we will witness that someday

 

[Ahsoka]

Rock

classical inspired music. i believe loona is the only kpop group who ever did that.

Vixx and bb4 sampled moonlight sonata and some other classical sing respectively, if you want to check them out.

 

[cassouletteu]

Rock



Vixx and bb4 sampled moonlight sonata and some other classical sing respectively, if you want to check them out.

omg i totally forgot that!! props on them

 

[Evergreen]

More rock for sure with a girl group band. I already love Martello and AOA in the past but they never truly did rock.

 

[Michael]

hard rock and metal

 

[Jimimis]

The “I don’t sing I just stare into the camera and pose for 3 and a half minutes” genre

 

[mirella]

more Rock; less Hip Hop.

I came here to say this
More rock, maybe some more R&B-influenced tracks, and way less hiphop or the EDM rap that a lot of boy groups do.

 

[Jichuus]

I'd like to see less dance tracks and edm and more rock and folk music (R&B too). I know there's definitely a market with how popular AKMU, Cho Yong-pil, and IU are but the kpop genre might be too dance heavy for such a transition. BTOB was able to make it work but their performances started to focus less on complex choreography and maturing into a ballad group.

My favorite AKMU track:


Personally I'm a huge fan of ballads and would actually love to see more.

 

[yeji]

I came here to say this
More rock, maybe some more R&B-influenced tracks, and way less hiphop or the EDM rap that a lot of boy groups do.

of course we would think the same