the kpop edition

[acchikocchi]

1. So give me the lowdown on SM Entertainment as a corporation. How do they recruit/train/market/etc., especially in comparison to JE? Info on shady business practices and lawsuits and things of that sort also welcome. XD ...How does the Korean music industry and market compare to the Japanese in general, actually? There is no such thing as tldr in comments here.

2. Favorite Korean artists/songs/albums/music videos? I am woefully ignorant. Pop, not pop, what have you - hit me. (Assume I know basically no one except Park Ji-yoon, since that's... true. Oh, and BoA.)

Comments

[gingifere.livejournal.com]

Everyone else has pretty much recced all the decent groups, but I really like;
Epik High (favourites atm are Madonna, Love Love Love, Fan, Fly, Map the Soul and One)
2ne1 (Favourites are Fire (watch out for G-Dragon's cameo :D), Pretty Boy and Lollipop (with Big Bang)
DBSK (or TVXQ or whatever else they are called) and I only know like...Mirotic and Shine)
BIG BANG!!! (ksjd just...dl everything ok. I cannot actually choose my favourite song by them :/)
2pm despite the fact that one of their members has been chased out of the country... and Super Junior

ksjd I just. Be careful of the crazies...like askdjd suicide is not abnormal in Korea. Like even the actors/idols are not safe from being harassed by fans/told to commit suicide/committing suicide...Also BoA is pretty fantastic, particularly her American album :)

I WILL SEE IF I REMEMBER ANYONE ELSE. Like...there are lots of other artists but it depends if you want to stick with the poppy/random bits of rap, or whether you want to check out Korean rap music. If the second one I would also recommend Dynamic Duo, because they have this one song Good Love that makes me melt.

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thank you thank you! I am looking to be well-rounded so I am not attached to pop in particular - thanks especially for the new name there. :D