Do you listen to "asian music" or only "kpop?"

I, for one, love music. So I listen to all types of music in different languages such as Spanish, French, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Thai, whether it be pop, R&B/hip-hop, or traditional.
All the time, when I stumble on some Asian music video that is not Korean, people are

always saying, "oh that's Kpop", "oh they're copying Korea, they're not original." First of all, Korea did not invent pop. America did. So saying things like that is equivalent for Americans saying Kpop is a copy of American pop. But being butthurt like the delusional and ignorant type of people they are, it's not true for them because Kpop is somehow "different" than any other pop culture.

Compare pop idols like Justin Bieber + Lady Gaga to Kpop guy/girl groups and notice that there's actually no difference. You got your tweens and fangirls. Both are fucking nuts. Yet people keep going on about how Kpop is unique. It's not. It's just a variation of American pop just like any other countries' pop culture. I've also heard people say "american music suck thats why i listen to kpop". Oh my God, that is the dumbest and most ridiculous shit ever. First they ridicule their own nationalities music(which I doubt they even know some good English songs to begin with), then you idolize the idols that idolizes our idols... ironic isn't it?

Why idolize an idol who idolizes an idol you hate?

Basically what I'm trying to say is have an open mind about music. Don't be so close-minded and trash other music preferences. If you really love music, try listening to other languages and genres also. You'll never know what you would be missing out on. I sometimes hear people explain that they only listen to one type of genre, for example Kpop, and it's just sad to know because there's so many varieties of music. So why limit yourself to one?

One reason why people don't branch out is because it's hard to find the music that's why i would like to share some of my interests in hopes of other people expanding their own taste in music.

Kpop&Krap&Krnb&Krock

Many people already know Kpop but Kpop didn't get me into Korean music, Korean rap and Korean RnB did. Don't get me wrong some Kpop are nice but what really seals the deal are underground Korean music. I have no understanding of the Korean language whatsoever but that doesn't stop me from listening to good tracks. One thing im disappointed in is the lack of traditional korean musical intrusments incorporated into the songs but thats just my asian fanatic taste.

Artists to look for: Crucial Star, Nell, Urban Zakapa, 4men, Bumkey, Fana, Maslo, Rimi, Dumbfoundead.

Jpop&Jrap&Jrnb&Jrock
A lot of people also know about Japanese music but still not quite enough. It's harder to find good music here than Korea because they don't really try to expand internationally outside of Japan which is a shame. Japan is famous for its Jrock and Jpop but for me I dig the Jrnb/hiphop stuff. They always have some kind of "Japanese sound" like Japanese instruments for example. A good thing because it's what differentiates them from other asian countries music. A bad thing about Japanese music is that they don't really expand like what korea is doing.
Artists to look for: M-flo, Zeebra, Emi Hinouchi, Hiromi, Jine, Jinno, Shota Shimizu, Ayaka, Utada Hikaru, Chelly, Ikue Asazaki.

Cpop&Crnb&C-rap
If you like traditional asian ballad music then Cpop is what you're looking for. They do have other genres also but their traditional chinese sounding music are one of the best. Cpop is one of the pop cultures where I never cringe listening to it because it just doesn't sound cheesy to me. If you just want to chill and relax then Chinese music is what you should listen to. A bad thing about Chinese artists is it's even fucking harder to find the right kind of artists for your taste because there's so many, I don't know much about C-rap though, only Chinese rapper I know is Jin and he speaks English.
Artists to look for: Jay Chou, Wang Lee Hom, JJ Lin, Jolin Tsai, Evan Yo, Khalil Fong, Jin.

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Vpop&Vrnb,Vrap
I'm Vietnamese myself and I was really surprised when I recently heard some of their music. Their music industry is improving pretty fast. Vietnam is 2nd in fastest growing economy in the world at a steadfast pace next to China who's 1st. That would mean better productions of entertainment and better music. Their Vpop and Vrnb are pretty good and I wasn't expecting that when I first heard some songs. People like me who like asian music skipped Vietnamese music because basically 10 years ago, viet music was utter shit so we searched elsewhere to places like Korea and Japan. Now that Vietnam is actually "modernizing" their music I can find myself listening to it more in the future. A bad thing about Vpop & Vrnb is that the hip-hop subculture has only started so there's not much, the only good artists that I like would be Vietnamese-American or with American influence also Vrap, Vietnamese is a high toned language so when you have a high pitched voice rapping it sounds pretty gay imo.
Artists to look for: Emily, JustaTee, Kim, Rapsoul, Karik, B.Sily, Suboi, Miu Le