Learning to Like K-Pop

Let me know your favorite K-pop album/song/MV/related thing in the comments!

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
00:48 f(x) - Pink Tape
03:21 LOONA - X X
04:37 LOONA ODD EYE CIRCLE - Max & Match
05:49 IU - Palette
06:30 Dreamcatcher - Dystopia: The Tree of Language
07:39 SHINee - 1 of 1
08:15 Red Velvet - The Perfect Red Velvet
09:09 EXO - EXODUS
09:32 BTS - Love Yourself: Tear
10:35 BLACKPINK - The Album
11:14 TWICE - Formula of Love
12:00 Yukika - Soul Lady
12:48 Wonder Girls - Reboot
13:53 Psy - Psy From The Psycho World
14:50 Girls' Generation - Oh!
16:04 Am I now a K-Pop fan?

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[MicTheSnare]

Shoutout to everyone who recommended albums for me to check out!! This one was a great time. Feel free to recommend other K-pop albums/songs, OR other genres I should cover in the future!

[thehopeofeden]

As a fan of both Mic and K-pop, this is the crossover I’ve always wanted, but never knew would really happen.

[kottonkandy]

It’s unbelievably refreshing to hear someone outside of the kpop community finally talk about the music and idols in a respectful way, thank you for making this video.

[seanellis]

My favorite thing was Mr. The Snare staring directly at the camera in silence, and me being immediately more confident that he’s about to talk about BTS than I’ve ever been confident in anything I’ve ever done in my life.

[papa_gowon]

Thank you for giving attention to LOONA. The fandom is currently participating in a boycott against LOONA's company Blockberry Creative as a way to support the members as they fight a legal battle against BBC for mistreatment and not being paid. All members wish to leave BBC. We would appreciate it if you do not stream or watch any LOONA content on any official channel or streaming service, or buy any LOONA albums or merch (second hand is OK). We really appreciate your support and hopefully soon we will see better days for our 12 girls.

[toledo_campos]

As a kpop follower for almost 15 years, this is an EXCELLENT intro for people who doesn't know anything about IdolMusic/Kpop. The emphasis on girl groups isn't coincidence, imo. Starting with f(x) was a great thing because it's usually considered the "first experimental kpop group", and you can tell girlgroups are musically more adventurous. Awesome effort, mr Snare!

[aliceramenhead]

I know this will probably never happen but Dreamcatcher, SHINee, Red Velvet and Yukika each deserve their own Deep Discog Dive episodes, their music is truly *_*chef's kiss*_*

[NoClueHonestly]

That's what I love about Mic, he's not snobbish and he doesn't look down on any genre of music. I've seen my fair share of music enthusiasts sneer at idol music for being "inauthentic" and it annoys me. I personally am not big on Kpop usually but music is music, if it's good it's good

[marijag]

When it comes to blending k-pop and rock I HIGHLY recommend DAY6. They're under a k-pop label but they play their own instruments and write their own songs so most people consider them both k-pop and k-rock. They have a lot of up beat rock songs (Shoot me, Sweet Chaos, Rescue Me etc) but most of their discography consists of ballads (I smile, You were Beautiful, Hi Hello) with each member's vocal performance being top tier each time! So I would definitely suggest them if anyone is interested in the k-pop/k-rock genre!!

[ablackwelltp]

I saw Dreamcatcher at Primavera last year out of pure intrigue after seeing that wizard staffs were banned from the festival specifically because of them. They were amazing

[lydelen]

One thing I’ll say albums DO matter in kpop. Any good group that focuses on music has had strong album concepts and aesthetics

[Fgurs]

mic the snare acknowledging odd eye circle restores a peace to the universe i didn't know was missing

[HeiressOfLoganbeeren]

Just so you know we are boycotting LOONA's company right now (not watching anything from the official channels or official streaming, not buying albums/merch, etc). The girls are currently in a legal battle trying to terminate their contracts - all of them have filed, some of them have won a temp injunction already, and their company is trying to *blacklist* the ones who did win from the Korean entertainment industry. And allegedly their initial contracts were made to get them more and more in debt the more they work. There is a lot more but this is the gist.

I'm still very happy with the crossover and I really love the girls and their music, and I hope they can be free to make music and perform under their own terms.

[meljayne]

I feel like Taemin's music videos (Idea, Criminal, Advice, Want) are something that a lot of people would really love very easily, he's a member of Shinee and my personal fave idol, also Eric Nam and NewJeans seem very approachable for first time listeners

[stevie]

Honestly, MAMAMOO's "I SAY MAMAMOO: THE BEST" album is something to listen to. It's a compilation of some of their biggest hits and singles with minor/major additions to the songs (some songs are recorded concert versions while others are recorded versions of live stages from awards shows, really cool tbh.) It also shows how their diverse discography as well. Hope you check them out!

[carpemortem]

The most ambitious crossover I never knew I needed. Two of my favorite music related things coming together and we love to see it

[saturnvalIey]

not a huge k-pop fan, but fancy by twice is one of the greatest pop songs of the decade (also i can't stop me)

[slasher]

reboot is honestly one of the best albums i've ever heard, not just in kpop but music as a whole... wonder girls you absolute legends

[Aarxxn]

Not a K-pop, fan but SHINee were the first band I listened to. I was actually heartbroken when Jonghyun died

[TheErosinda]

RM's Indigo (BTS leader released a solo album in late 2022) is a great listen to, it has 10 different genres for 10 tracks. 8 of 10 of the tracks have collabs (Erykah Badu, Anderson . Paak, Tablo, Kim Saweol, Paul Blanco and Mahalia, Colde, Jo Yujin, and Park Jiyun, eAeon) It goes from RnB, City pop, Hyper pop, folk, traditional pop. I've had it on repeat since it came out. Change pt2 (hyper pop) really took me by surprise and I had to listen to it a few times before it grew on me, now its my favourite.