Why Is Kpop More Popular Than Jpop? | Is JPOP Jealous Of KPOP's Success?|The Disaster Of XG's Career

[@brianwayne5259]

I am an american metal guitar player i like all kinds of music...what draws me to kpop is the culture, sure the songs are catchy and the girls are pretty but i like to watch a kpop video and feel like im seeing something that isnt influenced by american or western influence. For these jpop bands to try and look and be more appealing to american record labels is just turning them off to the American public. Please please please just do what you do and dont try to conform or change what you are doing. Thats why its popular is because its unique culturally and thats what makes them different please dont try to appeal to america. That will only drag you down. Weve already had backstreet boys and nsync we are over the whole boy band thing. The music scene in america is dead. Its all just a bunch of disposable fly by night garbage. There are huge metal music festivals in germany sweden norway but why do you think they dont have them in america? The big promoters who could pull off a festival like wacken in america wont sign off on it...they want to force the new taylor swift song down everyones throat or whatever flash in the pan rapper they have this week.

[@knkweb]

Correct. Trained in a related style from a young age, BoA, a South Korean singer, received her training in Japan under a J-Pop agency. The system is structured similarly to a boot camp, emphasizing hard work and discipline. It's important to note that J-Pop pioneered this training system for young artists long before K-Pop adopted the idea. 💡

[@jeppy4021]

I have a certain points on why Jpop isn't as popular as Kpop 1. Musical Culture... Kpop songs are especially designed to appeal to Westerners compared to Jpop bc relatability is still a major factor... Kpop songs follow the same route as modern western pop for their song production while Japan tends to do its own thing which most westerners wouldn't able to relate. Example Video (Chord Progressions): kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6WzqWmNmbOAaZIsi=2GVQVzg2_VBbofmK 2. Sakoku Mindset... Japan might be open and public in the front... but that's only for business and public relations reasons... in heart Japan wants to be a closed nation AKA Japan wants to be a country of the Japanese and for the Japanese... So they really don't care about the outside world apart from business and public relations... hence your point regarding how Koreans try to Spread their culture while Japan gatekeeps its culture from foreigners

[@12012channel]

The Japanese music industry, which jpop takes a huge chunk of that pie, is the second biggest music industry. The Korean music industry is not even close. It is like the 6th or something. Not sure what they would be jealous of. Plus, as an American, I can tell you the popularity of kpop is way overblown in the states. The only one that is really known is BTS. Even a name like Blackpink or Twice will get you a blank stare even from teens.

[@pedroportalatin6751]

XG is better because they are different Korean kpop is always the same concept. I'm tired of haters

[@beatbox6411]

In my point of view, it's not jealousy but strategy that makes Kpop more popular to Jpop. Its more of smart marketing strategy that Korean made to make Kpop popular even to western country. They studied it hard to a point that Korea make a boot camp for Kpop trainees and trained them for at least 2-5 years before they will in public appearances.

[@yannickjohn6930]

Kpop aesthetically became more in tune with Western standards of being cool. Japanese people just got stuck with the shy, cute, and childish kawaii culture in their music. AKB48, Cute, and Babymetal are what us westerners know more about Japan.

[@jayzee2404]

Actually J-pop train artist at a young age as well. Remember K-Pop is a blueprint of J-Pop. So basically, J-Pop train their musicians and artists at a young age too.

[@jayzee2404]

@@yannickjohn6930 Actually LDH musicians like Happiness, E-girls and also remember Namie Amuro are not just cute and shy. They are more like aggressive. Similar to K-pop

[@itsbeyondme5560]

@@jayzee2404 true but the comment is still right.

[@brianwayne5259]

I think with the steady introduction of anime into western culture kpop and jpop are more acceppted...thats one contributing factor. The other is that music in the united states just sucks. No matter what genre of music comes out of the big record labels in america it all sounds like some watered down bubble gum junk. I know all kpop and jpop sounds the same but listen...so does every ac/dc song but we keep listening because its the right same thing. Keep being korean kpop keep being japanese jpop please dont make the mistake of trying to appeal to america.

[@occultdestroyer]

The Idol industry as a whole started in Japan, not South Korea.

[@colonia04]

Nah!! Because being mainstream can ruined everything. Just like what is happening to Kpop. 🤣

[@jisong4695]

Since 1990s until now (2022), millions still continues to watch J-Pop. The recent J-Pop group just established - Japanese boy band BE:FIRST hit No.1 US Billboard’s Hot Trending Songs triumph with release of ‘Scream’, the Lead Single and Music Video from Upcoming Debut Album, ‘BE:1’" * SMAP and * Arashi sold millions of records around the world already, way before we know what K-Pop is, back in 1990s/2000s * Hikaru Utada "First Love" Song - " First Love " is a song by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada. First Love is the debut Japanese studio album by Hikaru Utada, released in 1999. It is notable for the being the #1 best-selling album of all time in Japan, with 8 million copies sold in the country and a total of 11 million sold worldwide. Utada wrote and recorded the album when they were only 15 years old, and was 16 when it was released. There are a lot of Japanese talents: ( not anime stuff ) 1. Namie Amuro - sold 40 millions records around the world in 2012 - Paris Hilton given her a world award record. ~ Performance de Namie Amuro au MTV World Music Awards 2012 in US -~~ (KZbin videos have millions of views ) 2. Jin Akanishi - sold over 20 million records in the year 2013. Travel to Hollywood in 2012. ~~ (KZbin videos have millions of views ) 3. Generation from Exile Tribe - World tour: London, Italy, France, Hollywood AON, New York City, South Korea, Bejing and Shanghai ~~(KZbin videos have millions of views ) 4. Ballistik Boys - World Tour: Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia (KZbin videos have millions of views ) 5. Faky - World Tour: Brazil and United States (KZbin videos have millions of views ) 6. Happiness/E-Girls - (KZbin videos have millions of views ) 7. Recently - XG ( XGALX ) (KZbin videos have millions of views ) - 30+ million views in 2 weeks. 8. Japanese boy band BE:FIRST hit No.1 US Billboard’s Hot Trending Songs triumph with release of ‘Scream’, the Lead Single and Music Video from Upcoming Debut Album, ‘BE:1’" 9. J-ROCK - One Ok Rock - Billion view in Spotify and Millions in KZbin. World Tour including London, Italy France, Germany, (China) Beijing, Shanghai, (Canada)Vancouver, Toronto, Alanta, New York City, California, Texas, etc. One Ok Rock with Ed Sheeran as partners in the song "Renegades"

[@AsianEntertainmentandCulture]

Several people mentioned BE:FIRST too. I’ll give them a listen. Any recommended songs ?

[@box-X-G]

@@AsianEntertainmentandCulture BE:First, Generation from Exile Tribe, Jin Akanishi, Travis Japan, Ballistik boyz

[@jayzee2404]

Actually it it no jealousy. I believe J-Pop is doing quite well too. There a millions of viewers on KZbin right now as opposed to billions of views for J-Rock.

[@AsianEntertainmentandCulture]

my first entry to japanese music is actually Jrock!

[@box-X-G]

Nope, J-Pop been popular around the world for decades already. Not sure what you might of "jealous"

[@LovelyKissess]

They're not jealous. They're lucky they don't have to deal with international STANS the way kpop does. They'll destroy it Plus, Jpop is still #2 on the charts and I think Korea is #6. They good so that don't need the global fame. They're huge already

[@jisong4695]

Hikaru Utada "First Love" Song - " First Love " is a song by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada. First Love is the debut Japanese studio album by Hikaru Utada, released in 1999. It is notable for the being the #1 best-selling album of all time in Japan, with 8 million copies sold in the country and a total of 11 million sold worldwide. Utada wrote and recorded the album when they were only 15 years old, and was 16 when it was released.

[@kaseysagrado3647]

Most kpop songs have this western tune where the lyrics are very shorts. Jpop songs are more focus on cutesy songs.

[@knkweb]

Most J-Pop is not related to anime. Many artists, such as Namie Amuro, Utada Hikaru, Jin Akanishi, BE , Number_i, Psychic Fever, Ballistic Boyz, and Tomohisa Yamashita, have pursued their careers independently of the anime industry.

[@IOOIIIV]

1:38. He had to say this, because if he didn't, he'd lose the backing of the Japanese salaryman, who supports idol groups with their hard earned cash - LOL! He should know, because his previous attempts, FAKY and FEMM never ever managed to tap into the wallets of that lucrative fanbase. 🤣 1:51 He lost to the Koreans, along with Sony/Johnny's/Akimoto/Stardust/UpFront. Amuse did their own thing and were pretty damn successful, not to global Pop audiences, but to global Rock/Metal audiences.

[@yannickjohn6930]

I thought it's because of the copyright restrictions Japanese labels did in order to keep royalties? Which was ass backwards when Kpop idols blew up.

[@IOOIIIV]

@@yannickjohn6930 The Japanese industry entertainment, as a whole has a very strict enforcement policy when it comes to copyright but I was specifically talking about XG's Agency, AVEX - their CEO made that statement. And yes, they DO use it to sell goods and merch back in Japan at insane prices (Babymetal recently sold a mystery box for 150 USD without telling anyone what the merch was .🤣 Even more surprising, people bought it🙃).