I feel like casual listeners and fans of Korean music alike have become so hostile towards experimental sounds. This realisation came to when I saw the majority reactions to O.O on its release, and recently with GNARLY and SPAGHETTI. These are songs from mega corporate groups with insane marketing and budget, so to see people so unfiltered in their disdain goes to show how you can’t please everyone regardless of how popular you are.
On the other hand, I’m a shameless defender of just plain awful songs. Actually, I don’t even think most “bad” songs are bad… they’re CAMP!!! People hate fun, people hate new, people hate bold and brash, people hate anything that strays from societal norms, but I LOVE IT. I do have my limits though, I don’t listen to a lot of mainstream music, mainly noisy boy groups, aespa, allnight assignment, and anything produced by teddy. Eh, I just think they’re privileged enough and I just don’t vibe with that kind of genre.
I don’t have a basis for what I consider “bad”, but I’m just going off of what I saw from the general public talking about them. Here’s a non-exhaustive list of CAMP songs, some non-kpop, that I love:
– YOUNG POSSE’s title tracks (hate most of their bsides sorry)
– f5ve – Lettuce
– IZ*ONE’s Japanese releases
– 2NE1 – CRUSH, CAN’T NOBODY
– Red Velvet – Rookie
– LOONA – Yum-Yum
– XG – MASCARA (hated it at first, but it grew on me)
– TWICE – SIGNAM
– EPEX – Anthem of Teen Spirit, FULL METAL JACKET
– Does Honey or Spice by LIGHTSUM count?
– Kim Kardashian – Jam
– miss A – Breathe
– Billlie – RING X RING, RING ma Bell, DANG!
– ITZY – CAKE
– Anything MOMOLAND
– WJSN – Catch Me
– KiiiKiii – BTG
Also, I’m a Kep1ian so anything yall hate i probably have more streams than the population of vatacan city on them.
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