K-Pop — our opinion
Okay, we are over the drama. We have decided that since we like some of the music, we are just going to do that, and start making a few random comments about the genre in general.
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Q: As a Christian, should one listen to K-pop?
A: For our opinion, there is not a lot of any modern lyrical music that could be considered Christian safe. Whatever that means? That includes a lot of the so-called contemporary Christian stuff.
We do not think listening to any particular music will turn you into something that you are not (nor do not want to be). We try to live as a Christian, but we generally listen to whatever we want, in many genres, but there are songs that we do not listen to.
There are songs that we use to listen to all the time, now we do not. Use to be a big fan of heavy metal (still like the genre), we will occasionally listen to some of the songs, when heard on the radio, but there are some songs we absolutely will not.
As for K-pop, we like Dreamcatcher, but there are a couple of their videos that we do not watch.
There are a few other K-pop groups that we like (seemingly more benign), but they too have videos that we avoid. We think that the real question (and perhaps answer), about music and life in general, may be, “What is it that you want to do?”
( --- although, we have not been watching K-pop very long and there does seem to be quite a few people that stop watching it for various reasons)
Q: Okay, but what about some of the clothing worn by some singers (especially the girls)?
A: What about it? Okay, yeah, we get the question, but (...)
Some people are critical (of course 🙄) of the clothing worn by some groups (especially the girls), but how does that compare to singers in other places, like the U.S.?
Although one could easily dismiss many of the girl groups as “pretty girls, with too much makeup, wearing short skirts and flashing their panties” — but that sort of ignores the talent many have (doesn't it?)
There does seem to be a fondness for some questionable symbolism, but that seems all over the place and not just on the clothing. ( — and not limited to Korean groups)
Although, we might be a little concerned about the boots being worn by many (of either gender) when they dance (some almost seeming bigger than the wearer 😋). Wondering about how that may adversely effect their bodies (especially legs, hips and back). ( — also applies to singers and dancers elsewhere)
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We will say this; the more we hear about what supposedly goes on behind the scenes, the less we like some of the people running some of the companies. ( --- just to clarify, we do not care much for some of the entertainment companies here in the U.S.)
--- but currently, we still like a lot of the songs
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That was not exactly what we planned to write, but, --- we are currently in the process of collecting our thoughts and rewriting this article.
— in the mean time;
If you are new to K-pop, you may want to check out these girl groups (okay, so we prefer the girl groups ...):
aespa — electronic, dance, pop
BABYMONSTER --- pop, heavy pop
BLACKPINK --- pop
NMIXX --- pop, dance
PURPLE KISS — pop, heavy pop
tripleS — pop, house
TWICE --- pop
If you want something a little harder (mostly rock); check out Dreamcatcher (https://youtube.com/@Dreamcatcherofficial).
------- and for K-rock, maybe Rolling Quartz (https://youtube.com/@rollingquartzofficial), may be your thing?
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read more at Wikipedia: https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-pop
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Some spooky K-pop girl group music videos:
(not necessarily the spookiest, just our opinion of a few that we have found)
[ tread carefully, some of these girls may not be playing ]
aespa - Armageddon
BABYMONSTER - SHEESH
BLACKPINK - Pink Venom
Dreamcatcher - Scream, Shatter
NMIXX - O.O (Performance Video)
PIXY - Bewitched, ...
PURPLE KISS - Ponzona
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