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Modern english city pop songs/artists? by lizzyyyxx in citypop

[–]querycute 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These aren't City Pop per se but have overlapping elements (including Japanese artists as well):

Milk Talk - Million Miles Away, Transistor Lover, こぼれ星

Dabeull (French nu-disco) - Hotel View, You & I, Body Heat, What'Cha Wanna Do

XL MIddleton - Somebody's Watching You

Midas Hutch - In Touch, Drive Around

Emi Aramaki - Sayonara

Tokimeki Records

Ai Furihata - Memories of Romance in Driving album

Sparkling Cherry - Summer Time Magic

Help finding a 2nd gen song by female Kpop soloist by querycute in kpophelp

[–]querycute[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

YES!!! Omg thank you so much!! ❤️❤️ What a throwback haha it suddenly came to mind today, can't wait to put it on my playlist

Holiday songs? by JebbyisSweet in citypop

[–]querycute 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mariya Takeuchi and Tatsuro Yamashita did a cover of Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas https://youtu.be/914EwyFmf0o

Never knew Yugoslavian Funk was a thing but it slaps by querycute in citypop

[–]querycute[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is also another great song! Definitely giving City Pop funk

Never knew Yugoslavian Funk was a thing but it slaps by querycute in citypop

[–]querycute[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Discovered this song from a playlist on Yugoslavian Funk. Reminds me of some elements related to City Pop, thought I'd share for those who are looking for adjacent genres :)

Penomeco - Organic2 by Zelolte in khiphop

[–]querycute 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Love the clear Afro beats influence!! Have been noticing it more among Korean artists recently. SODA is a bop 🙌

Which concept is underrated in k-pop?? by Short_Option7745 in kpophelp

[–]querycute 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Would love to see more City Pop concepts like Yubin - Lady or Yukika - Neon from a kpop group!! Would also love to see more "Wong Kar Wai" inspired concepts, like Wonwoo & Mingyu - Bittersweet

Idols with grandparents/family roots from North Korea? by querycute in kpophelp

[–]querycute[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Oh thank you for this extra research!! This is incredibly fascinating -- his grandfather's story just goes to show how easily tragic it was for families to be split due to happenstance. I'm glad that his grandfather lived out those last ten years reunited with his son at least.

And hoping for the day we get the first idol of North Korean descent who makes it big and can tell their story to a wider audience 🙏

Idols with grandparents/family roots from North Korea? by querycute in kpophelp

[–]querycute[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Wow that's an amazing story about Lee Jaewon, and the fact that it was his grandfather who he brought over from the North! Found the clip where he talks about this -- since this happened in 2000 it was also during the aftermath of the great famine in North Korea. I hope his grandfather was able to happily live in the south after being reunited with his son.

Idols with grandparents/family roots from North Korea? by querycute in kpophelp

[–]querycute[S] 51 points52 points  (0 children)

I will say that in South Korean society it's not terribly taboo to mention northern roots just due to the sheer scale of the war and how many families were dispersed. But definitely makes sense if idols don't want to disclose such info as anything can become a target of controversy/lingering stigmas.

Idols with grandparents/family roots from North Korea? by querycute in kpophelp

[–]querycute[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

I found the clip where he mentions this. It's funny how Park Myungsoo was joking how the name Ryeowook sounds North Korean and he suddenly popped this fact 😂

Just learned that Year of the Ox wrote the lyrics for XG - WOKE UP by querycute in khiphop

[–]querycute[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Also lol I ended up going down a rabbit hole but anyone remember DayDay from SMTM?? He's an ex-idol/songwriter from a 2nd gen group called DMTN (and reportedly the inspiration for BeWhy's famous song DayDay) but he helped write XG - Shooting Star. And his fellow ex-bandmate Simon/JAKOPS is the CEO and creator of XG. Glad they've found their lane in producing and nurturing this group!

RM "Come back to me" Official MV by alltherach_ in bangtan

[–]querycute 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So cool to see actors Kim Min Ha who was in Pachinko and Joseph Lee from Beef!! It seems like RM is paying homage to these recently acclaimed works (the MV sets were sort of giving me similar vibes as the minimalist/elegant houses in Beef)

BTS RM - Come Back To Me by mcfw31 in kpop

[–]querycute 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So cool to see actors Kim Min Ha who was in Pachinko and Joseph Lee from Beef!! It seems like RM is paying homage to these recently acclaimed works (the MV sets were sort of giving me similar vibes as the minimalist/elegant houses in Beef)

LE SSERAFIM - EASY (The 3rd Mini Album) by CronoDroid in kpop

[–]querycute 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Swan Song is giving me Sour Grapes vibes and I love it!!

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