One of my best friends and I are always swapping music, and I just so happened to get into Kpop for about a year now, so I’ve been building a youtube playlist of MV’s to show her when we get together. We’ve done one session so far. Details below, but before that, more about me and her.
She is EXTREMELY interested in music as an art form. She collects vinyls, has music tattoos, and is always happy to check out a concert whether she knows the artist or not. Her favorites right now are Chappell Roan, and older favorites are Lorde, Janelle Monae, St. Vincent, and Stevie Nicks.
She has had no kpop interaction whatsoever prior to this starting. The closest is having heard Gangnam style and that’s it. She tends to prefer more intimate, singer-songwriter type songs and ballads, with a bit of dance pop here and there and loves anything lesbian-coded.
So with that, here’s the playlist with some notes. We’ve been sticking with 3-4 videos per artist for their first introduction. (Usually the 4th is only if there’s a solo song from a member, or she just wants to watch one extra.)
(G)I-DLE
Watched – =Most of their MVS because this is my favorite group so I’ve been showing her them before I learned about other GG’s.
Will Watch – going to more story based MVs that aren’t as big of hits like I DO, and Revenge.
Her bias – Soyeon very consistently. I think she was her favorite in every video, even before she knew how to tell the members apart easily.
TWICE
Watched – I Can’t Stop Me, The Feels, and ABCD (Nayeon solo)
Will Watch – What is Love, One Spark, Strategy.
Notes – Bias is Chaeyoung. The Feels got immediately stuck in her head. I thought Twice wouldn’t be in her taste preference but it went better than expected. ABCD and I Can’t Stop Me awakened an appreciation for shorts in my friend. lol.
AESPA
Watched – Drama, Supernova, Whiplash, Up (Karina Solo)
Will Watch – Armageddon, Hot Mess, Spark (Winter Solo)
Notes – Bias is Karina or Winter. Spoiler, Aespa became her favorite of our first session so far. She likes the bossy vibes she gets from their general presentation and likes the concept forward videos.
KISS OF LIFE
Watched – Shh, Midas Touch, Get Loud, Sticky
Will Watch – Bad News, Te Quiero, Igloo.
Notes – Bias is Natty. She loves the vocals. I thought she’d dig the R&B vibes the most but this actually was her lowest ranked GG from our first session. (No hate though, she still really liked them, but i asked her to rank them at the end.)
RED VELVET
Watched – Psycho, Peek-a-boo, Cosmic, Like a Flower (Irene Solo)
Will Watch – Chill Kill, Wish you Hell (Wendy Solo) Cosmic (It’s Live version)
Notes – Bias is undecided. Could use some more MV suggestions here! She ranked them as her second favorite, and loved the general demeanor of all the members in the MVS.
TAEYEON
Watched – Four Seasons, Letter to Myself
Will Watch – INVU, To X
Notes – Letter to Myself was her favorite song of all of them in that it reflected her normal musical preference the most. I haven’t done Girls Generation proper because I have only seen Taeyeon’s solo stuff.
BLACKPINK
Watched – APT (Rose)
Will Watch – still figuring it out but definitely each member solo for sure.
Notes – We fast tracked Blackpink because APT was going viral at the time. Wanted to watch it while it was fresh. But I still don’t know what to show her of blackpink. She LOVED the MV for apt though. So she’s already curious what the other member solos sound like.
~~~~~~~~~This is as far as we got so everything past this point is for future sessions
XG
Will Watch – Woke Up, Something Ain’t Right, Howling.
IVE
Will Watch – Love Dive, Heya, Accendio
MAMAMOO
Will Watch – Hip, Egotistic, Gogobebe
LE SSERAFIM
Will Watch – Antifragile, Easy, Smart
NEWJEANS
Will Watch – Super Shy, OMG, Attention
DREAMCATCHER
Will Watch – Boca, Scream, Justice (debating on doing the its live version)
QWER
Will Watch – My Name is Malguem
BABYMONSTER
Will Watch – Sheesh
BADVILLAIN
Will Watch – Badvillain
IZNA
Will Watch – Izna.
I’m still learning about GG’s myself so please drop any recommendations of entire groups, solos, particularly good MVS, or even alternative to MVs like music show performances or other video productions like It’s Live.
If people want to know, I can report back with the results of session 2.
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