Reacting to 1st Gen KPOP! (Shinhwa, Turbo, Fly to the Sky, Seotaiji and Boys)

[@zcst4eva]

Yang Hyun-suk from Seo Taiji and Boys is the guy who started YG Entertainment. So you have him to thank for Big Bang, Winner, IKON, Treasure, 2NE1, BlackPink, etc... YG Entertainment is also where PSY and EPIK HIGH got their starts. Fly to the Sky is a duo, although initially marketed as KPOP Idols, they kind of graduated to a more mature sound and are one of the most popular R&B groups in SK. They've put out 9 studio albums since 1999. Although they haven't released an album since 2014, according to Wikipedia they are still active.

[@lisasenglishconversationcl3582]

What a blast from the past! I came to teach English in Korea in 1999 and was blown away by these first generation K-pop groups at the time! Thanks for the walk down memory lane.

[@davidontheway23]

Best generation of Kpop personally thinking - there is so many more amazing artists and songs from that era

[@Caser-ly5pw]

서태지와 아이들(Seotaiji and Boys) - 하여가(Anyhow Song) M/V kzbin.info/www/bejne/gl6kqYJterWIbsU 서태지와 아이들(Seotaiji and Boys) - 컴백홈(COME BACK HOME) M/V kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2TbqmemZ6-HnLc

[@akanekodiviega]

SHINHWA and TURBO are my favorite groups from 1st gen!!! Their music is so great, maybe on your own time you can check more from them

[@ohnoez3]

Cant wait to see you react to more first gen please: g.o.d., Baby VOX, S.E.S. Fin.Kl, Koyote, Solid, and Roo'ra to name some more of my favorite first gen groups. Hehe

[@kreyaSun]

Had to stop everything I was doing as soon as I read the title 😱 Yaaaaas, I'm living for these 1st and 2nd Gen reactions 😭 Edit: Seotaiji & The Boys are living legends, they made a whole revolution in Korean music industry when they first started. They were the once who started all this kpop industry (even tho back in the days it was not yet kpop). Many 1st gen groups emerged after Seotaiji's success)) Also, that one member in red shirt is the founder of YG entertainment and creator of such groups as Big Bang, 2ne1, BlackPink and etc. Shinhwa were created by SM (Aespa, NCT, EXO, Girls' Generation and many more). Shinhwa left SM after 5 years when their contracts ended, but they were able to keep their name to themselves. They are still going strong even today. Tho they are primarily focused on solo activities, they do release music as group once in a while. I suggest to listen to Venus, This Love and Sniper. As you noticed Fly to the Sky were also created by SM, they were a duet)) and if I'm not mistaken one of the members Brian Joo is Korean American 🤔 There are more 1st gen groups you can checkout: H.O.T (SM), Scheskies, G.O.D (JYP), and S.E.S (SM) and Finkl for girl groups))

[@robwebnoid5763]

Thank you for clarifying to Pagan & everyone else that Seo Taiji is not KPop, because it was not KPop yet as you said. I have also been saying that for years. He only was the influence, impetus, inspiration & design template of what KPop was to become. That means he is not first generation KPop, because he is not KPop at all. It wasn't only him that was influential, but he was the primarily influence. Other influences came from Lee Sooman, J-Pop, Japanese early 20th century colonial rule & also that Korea had already been listening to western music since at least the mid 19th century. This includes Korean Trot music, which is traced backed to the United States. All of that finally culminated into what became KPop, but with Seo Taiji as the catalyst. I think a lot of KPop fans do not realize that KPop, aka idol industry, is not inherently Korean. Even the word "idol" in this context is not really Korean. That really goes back to the days of when Frank Sinatra was an idol. And something else that KPop fans do not realize is that the big irony of KPop is that its sound became more pop, hiphop & R&B rather than rock & metal music, which is what could have happened, but it did not.

[@tdyzzyeung8140]

Agree, Shinhwa's cool. Wild eyes was from 2001, I believe. Gen 1 concepts were quite varied & interesting.

[@Caser-ly5pw]

DEUX Hit Song DEUX - Look back at me kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYrCoXeAf9eheMU 듀스(DEUX)-우리는(We Are) kzbin.info/www/bejne/j37bqJRsiNifY8U 듀스(DEUX) - 굴레를 벗어나 kzbin.info/www/bejne/p52cY2qEocaXbKM

[@isabellereffas3679]

If you haven't you should really check Seo Taiji concert with BTS, it's legendary. Great reactions.

[@noemibernal4882]

And BTS did their own cover of one of their songs, Come Back Home. It would be interesting to listen to both? And, yes, that concert, was amazing!

[@HoneysWifey]

I love all. But I am so happy that you reacted to Shinhwa, i've been a fan since their early years. Tha fans name is Shinhwa changjo 🧡

[@whywhywowwow]

shinhwa reaction please..😢 only one, 악동보고서yo,...

[@brittanimack28]

I loved your reaction. Even though my favorite gen is 2nd gen I do really love 1st gen as well. And to answer your question about Turbo at the time of Black Cat Nero they were a duo, but they later became a trio. I am glad that is the dong of theirs you reacted to cause that is one of my top 1st gen songs.

[@daisy-chan]

Wow, thank you for reacting to Fly To The Sky ! They have so many hits songs, you should check them out. Hwanhee (the one with the baritone) was called the crown prince of Korea RnB and the national treasure singer of Korea. He's an extraordinary and powerful vocalist 🩵

[@haileyt6765]

선곡이 좋네요. 다만 mv보다는 무대영상으로 보는게 곡을 더 느끼기는 좋을 것 같네요. 당시 mv는 팬도 보기 힘듭니다.. ㅋㅋㅋ

[@집사케이K]

Seo taiji; The most influential kpop artist in Korean history by dkdktv

[@megora1052]

This was fascinating and a blast from my childhood, for sure! Not that I was listening to Korean groups back then 'cause KZbin wasn't a thing, 2008/2009 2nd gen artists were my first intro. But you can definitely see the similarities with the US pop, RnB and rap of that era. I think @jbug1500 may be right with the Beastie Boys mention. Or other bands of that ilk. Thanks for the reaction Pagan 😊 Would love to see more from this period. Maybe even a dive into the performance style differences you see between 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th gen could be interesting 🤔?

[@순신티비]

seo tae jin boys one of them YG entertainment owner..Yang hyun seok

[@겸손한자신감]

서태지는 전설입니다.

[@susannac3894]

You are missing out the 1st boy group (Duo) called Clon. They are really the pioneer of a dance group. Their popular songs, Bing Bing Bing, First Love, Kung Dhari Sha Bag Rah

[@blaxxez]

Do more Shinhwa reaction please 😊

[@Caser-ly5pw]

H.O.T. '전사의 후예 (폭력시대) (Age of Violence)' MV kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZjKiZRobaZ3gqc H.O.T (Wolf & Sheep) kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4LMo6icnrydftk HOT - We are the future [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO] kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6HLhJdqeMZjq7s

[@BlueTiger8226]

검정티에 Scoop 라고 쓰여진 티를 입은 맴버가 BLACKPINK 소속사 YG엔터테이먼트사 대표 양현석입니다. 양현석의 별명 양군 을 영어 약자로 YG를 써서 YG엔터테이먼트사 로 이름이 지어진 것 입니다. 메인 보컬은 서태지이고 서태지가 작사 작곡을 하였고 백댄서 출신의 이주노 양현석이 댄스 안무 담당 및 랩과 보컬을 담당 했습니다

[@DaengDaeng0128]

Hey, Great videos! :) Since Y2K style is in trend, Would you wanna watch/react to Lee Hyori? She is No.1 K-Pop's Iconic Diva from 98's to now. S.Korea loves her just like I'd say Beyonce or Britney Spears like stars in the states. Her singes were always hit, ranked #1. You can find her MVs titled '10 Minites' 'Hey Girl' 'Get Ya' 'Shall We Dance' 'TocTocToc' 'AnyMotion' 'AnyClub" "AnyStar Feat Park Bom of 2NE1' 'U-Go-Girl' 'Hey Mr.BiG' 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' 'Bad Girls' 'Amor Mio' 'BLACK' And suggest live performances 'Invincible Lee Hyori' 'Dark Angel' 'Depth' 'Do The Dance' 'MNet20's Choices 'MKMF Awards with Bigbang' If u wanna do Throwback! :)

[@OrionTube3333]

SHINHWAAAAA

[@koreaCountryroad]

Seo taiji boys는 0 gen.. 다른 사람들 데뷔전 95년에 은퇴했습니다

[@DeokHyoPark]

I was watching RIIZE. For some reason they reminded me of younger Shinhwa. Wonbin = Dongwan

[@susannac3894]

I can't wait for you to do the 2nd gen group, 2PM who under JYP and the 1st Beast Idol group.

[@arang_arang]

1990-2010 is called the 'Renaissance Era' of the Korean music scene. Currently, KPOP is dominated by idol music, but In the past, in 1990, various genres took turns taking first place in the music world at the same time, and it was an era when all the people enjoyed and loved various genres. The characteristics of the first-generation k-pop groups were also the era of 'mixed groups' that included both men and women. For k-pop in the past, it is recommended to watch live stage videos rather than MVs. MVs from the early 2000s are not of very good quality. For the best of the mixed group, we recommend 'Lula' and 'KOYOTE'. We recommend watching the live stage video. The world of K-POP is very wide and deep.

[@kaziam4318]

Turbo really made timeless music, my favourite group

[@Pos1t1veThinking]

Fly to the Sky 'Day by Day' was their debut song back in 1999, so not quite nauties, but close :) BTW SM uploaded a remastered version of the MV to this song (not the version you reacted to, but one that shows the singers more clearly)

[@Lizbit0325]

Great Reaction 🥰 I started listening to Kpop back in 2009, and though I dabbled a bit in earlier stuff, I have not gone this far back before. Its amazing how different it is thorough the years, I love this trip down memory lane. It was so much fun experiencing this with you😍😊

[@Lizbit0325]

Also if you want to do another like this 2nd Gen Kpop are so much fun, was what I got pulled in with; so groups like Infinite, MBLAQ, SISTAR, Miss A, B1A4, F(X), 2PM, SHINee, Super Junior, GG, Kara and Big Band; so many more. Clearly you have done some of these and some are still around.

[@kpopx21xtim]

Such a nostalgic trip. I started listening to kpop in 2007, so i grew up with 2nd gen groups, but i have listened to 1st gen groups, and technically i started with a 1st gen solo artist, BoA. Turbo and Shinhwa are still technically active. Turbo came back with a song called "Again" about several years ago, it was the first comeback as a whole group after 10 years i think. And during the time they were active in the 90's, they were only a 2 member group, the rapper was the one who changed half way through. And their new song "Again" has all 3 of them. The only one who has remained active throughout the years was the vocalist, Kim Jong Kook, who has done work as a soloist, he is an incredible vocalist, does mainly ballads. Shinhwa i think is on hiatus right now, but few years back i think they released the song "This Love" and "Venus", and yes, they still look good to this day, and all of them are like in their late 40s early 50s right now. Fly to the Sky is a 2 person group, mainly ballads, used to listen to their songs a lot, should check out some of their other songs too. Seotaiji and the boys, iconic group, they are pretty much considered the creators of kpop, without them, there wouldnt be groups like Turbo, Shinhwa, H.O.T, G.O.D, SES, SNSD, Shinee, Big Bang, Super Junior, all the way to BTS.

[@jfwc12]

나에겐 서태지와 아이들이 짱이다 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@hussain3806d]

Yaaaa 💜💜

[@sunnylee-fb8wd]

진짜 DEUX가 빠졌내.

[@jkjung6633]

I would say Seotaiji & Boys and Turbo are the 1st gen. Shinhwa is 3rd gen and Fly to the Sky is 4th :D

[@donivarieties7113]

I love first generation! H.O.T. and SES! That's my generation lol

[@JoobieLoobieSoobie]

OK. Time for a Korean pronunciation tip! Whenever you see the letters "eo" together, you need to think of that combo as a single letter that sort of rhymes with the O in 'pot'. It's a blend of 'uh' and 'oh'. To make the sound of ‘eo’ you open your mouth to say uh but say oh instead without changing the shape of your mouth. Easy! We do not have this letter in the Roman alphabet, so to represent it we use the 'eo' combo. It is pronounced this way every time - just like it is in Kim Seok-jin or Jung Ho-seok. Korean family names are one syllable (mostly). So the name Seo is one syllable. The full name is not pronounced "SEE-oh TA-jee" but "suh-teh-jee". The emphasis is on the first syllable like in the word 'recipe'. I hope this helps! Seo always throws people off but now you will sound like a native! 🤗

[@TristanMiguelle]

Fly to the sky my all time favorite👍

[@TheKyfe]

Get some 2nd and 3rd Gen reactions in there, too. 4-Minute is one of my personal favs.

[@IIIDOOBOOIII]

잼있고 귀여운 리액션 잘 보고 갑니다 ~😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@jbug1500]

13:51 Were you thinking of Beastie Boys maybe?

[@crispychicken9298]

My guess was Pet Shop Boys, but I think you're right.

[@Jolina0821]

It so weird seeing YG 😂

[@robertmarsh8334]

Shingwa lasted longer than many other gen1 groups and had some bangers

[@hawkflame9584]

Yep, In fact their subunit Shinhwa WDJ had a comeback last December

[@kpopstan13103]

I hope you will react to "love me again" by v!!! It come out in a little while😊

[@kpopstan13103]

I'm not ready