Has Kpop Sparked an Interest in You? (Kpop Info and Suggestions!)

HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF KPOP WHERE KPOP IDOLS MESS YOU UP MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY!!

It is my mission to convert as much people to the kpop world as possible so ARE YOU READY?!?!?! *Are You Ready by B.I.G. starts playing.* 준비됐나요

This is a link to a playlist of some kpop songs, but there will be specific song recommendation below.

What is Kpop?

Kpop is Korean music!! Kpop is not just pop music. Kpop covers pop, Electro-pop, hip-hop, R&B, and etc. Not. All. Kpop. Is. Bubbly! There are some kpop songs that are explicit or have dirty music videos! You just have to find it! Trust me. Also, there is more kpop then Gangam Style! There are so many types of kpop.

How do people become Kpop idols?

Usually the first thing that happens is the casting and getting scouted. There's two ways this happens. A person either pass all the auditions or get street casted. Street Casting is exactly what it sounds like. When a person who works with the company, sees a person who they believe has what it takes to be an idol, they cast them. Then they train for a while and the company decides whether it's worth continuing the training or not. For the auditioning, the person auditions for a specific skill such as singing or dancing. Once they are accepted in, they start training. Either way they get in, they start training.

During training, they train for things like singing, dancing, modeling, languages, and etc. They practice modeling because even before they start releasing music videos, they release teaser pictures. They practice languages because either A. the person doesn't speak Korean, or B. the group will be a multi-language producing group. Some idols train for years before they actually debut.

What happens during the eras?

Chaos. Complete organized chaos. Before I start, the era is the time frame starting with teaser pictures/videos, to the end of promotions and such. First thing that comes is the teaser pictures and videos to get the fans hyped up about the music videos and such. Then the music video comes out and everything goes crazy. FANGIRLING EVERYWHERE. Usually the first performance is on the day of or a few days of the time the music video comes out. Then within about a week they release a dance version of the music video and probably the next few days they release a dance practice. They might even release multiple versions of the dance practice. *Cough* Seventeen *Cough*. Then they do more performances and such and then their last promotion stage comes. Then that era is over.

Things that are Normal in Korea but not really in America.

1. Picking a bias. It's actually encouraged because when selling merchandise, they sell things like postcards for specific members.

2. So. Many. Names. They have their stage name, their real name, their nickname, and etc. They might even have multiple nicknames.

3. So. Many. Members. Members range from 4 - 15. Maybe even more!!

4. FANSERVICE. SO MUCH MORE FANSERVICE. It might not be weird. I don't know what's "Normal" nowadays.

5. Idols train to become famous. They sometimes train for many years.

6. Feminine guys and masculine girls. (Mostly guys) Well I don't want to say masculine girls or feminine guys but how about neutral sex looking. So feminine that they look like girls but so masculine they look like guys.

7. Makeup on guys. It's not weird. It's 2016. Common guys. Stop being so butt hurt to something that doesn't even affect you.

Baekhyun from exo = Eyeliner king

8. Crazily dyed hair. So many idols dye and bleach their hair, that you can't rely on hair color to identify people.

Sehun (AKA Sebooty) from EXO = Mr. "This was a prank. I didn't want this hair."

9. There. Is. So. Much. Hype. The amount of teasers that is put out for a music video (OR EVEN THE DEBUT) is sometimes so ridiculous!

Song Recommendations!!

JUST GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT TYPE OF MUSIC YOU'RE INTO AND I WILL FIND SOMETHING THAT YOU LIKE. Kpop can cover electro, dance-pop, pop, R&B, and Hip-Hop. Some kpop songs sometimes involve many different types of music as well. Like there is always a rapping part in a song. but anyways, here are song recommendations based on type of music.

(Most of these artists stay within the genre that they are in here, but there are a few exceptions. Mostly the electro and dubstep sounding are random songs that just happen to fit. )

pop music

Red Velvet - Dumb Dumb

EXO - Growl

VIXX - Chained Up

Got7 - Just Right

Astro - Hide and Seek

Seventeen - Mansae

electro / dubstep / ???????

F(X) - Papi (This doesn't have a mv but worth listening to.)

24K - Superfly

History - Queen

r&b / Hip-Hop / rap

Zico - I am You, You are Me

Dean ft. Zico - Pour Up

Jay Park ft. Loco and GRAY - My Last

Yezi - Cider

Crush ft. Zico - Oasis

Jessi - 제시 쎈언니

Band sounding thing ??????

(If you like Jet Black Heart by 5sos, you will like Day6)

Day6 - Letting Go

Day6 - Congratulations

(Literally just Day6 because they are special and have a special place in heaven. Maybe CNBlue??? Here's some CNBlue anyways.)

CNBlue - Puzzle

I don't even know what type this is

4Minute - Hate

AOA - Good Luck

B.I.G. - Are You Ready?

BigBang - Loser

Ikon - Dumb and Dumber

My favorites

EXO - Overdose

Twice - Cheer Up

Zico ft. Zion T. - Eurika

BTS - Save Me

Block B - Toy

Jay Park - You Know

BigBang - Let's Not Fall In Love

Monsta X - Hero

Mamamoo - 1cm Taller Than You

Dean ft. Crush and Jeff Bernat - what2do

BgA - Dong Saya Dae (This is a joke. Not really. I love this even though it's not really kpop. It overdramatically depicts what kpop. )

Ikon - My Type

Seventeen - Pretty U

Terminology!

Terminology is very important!!

Idol- A kpop person.

Ex: I really like this idol!

Bias- The person's favorite idol.

Ex: Omg, Jin is my bias from BTS!

Ultimate Bias: The Person's favorite idol of all time.

Ex: Xiumin is my ultimate bias!

Bias Group: The person's favorite kpop group.

Ex: EXO is my bias group!

Bias List: The mental list of the person's biases in order.

Ex: Jay Park climbed his way up my bias list, faster than I could say his name.

Bias Wrecker: A person or group that maKES YOU QUESTION YOUR LOYALTY TO YOUR BIAS.

Ex: Jimin is such a bias wrecker! I am loyal to Jin!

Maknae: The youngest of the group. Ex: Sanha is the maknae of Astro.

Stan: The supporter (The person supporting the group or person)

Ex: I'm an S.Coups stan!

Sasaeng: A fan who takes it too far. They do socially Unaccepted things like, following them around all day, steal things from them, etc.

Ex: She stole his underwear! What a sasaeng!

Comeback: When kpop idols start releasing teaser pictures, videos, and sooner or later, the music video.

Ex: I'm really excited about Astro's comeback!

Oppa: What girls call older guys.

Ex: Chanyeol oppa is really cute today!

Unnie: What girls call older women.

Ex: Unnie did well on her comeback!

Hyung: What guys call older guys.

Ex: Hyung ate the last cookie!

Noona: What guys call older women.

Ex: Noona keeps picking on me.

Pre-debut: Before the group debuted.

Ex: Pre-Debut Seventeen were all squishy squishies.

Selca: Selfie

Ex: Baekhyun's selcas kill me.

Hwaiting: Fighting!; Word of encouragement. It's like saying, "You got this!!"

Ex: BigBang hwaiting!!

Naega: "You" in Korean. IT IS NOT THE N WORD.

Aegyo: To act cute.

Ex: Every time Woozi does aegyo, I die.

Happy Kpopping and Thanks for Reading!

- The Total Fangirl