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Why listen to Korean Pop music?<br />
A K-pop fan tells Heather Carritt when they first started listening to K-pop and why they<br />
enjoy listening to it.<br />
Q: When did you start listening to K-Pop?<br />
A: I started listening to K-Pop in 2007. The first two artists I<br />
listened to were Se7en and Epik high.<br />
Q: What do you like about Big Bang?<br />
A: Big Bang is an awesome band. Their music has gone worldwide<br />
and a lot of people listen to it because it is popular.<br />
5<br />
Q: Why do you listen to K-Pop?<br />
A: It is very unique because the music videos are different<br />
compared to music videos from the USA or the UK. The music<br />
video adds more features as it looks dramatic in love songs, it<br />
uses a crazy and wild theme like Big Bang- Bang Bang Bang.<br />
The rhythm of the music sounds better than the USA or the UK<br />
too because most songs here sound similar even though they are<br />
sung by different artists.<br />
Q: What is your favourite Big Bang song/album?<br />
A: My favourite songs are Let me hear your voice and Still<br />
alive.<br />
Q: What other K-Pop artists do you listen to?<br />
A: BTS, Outsider, Epik high, Exo K, Seventeen, Se7en, 4 minute,<br />
Shinee and Super Junior<br />
J-Rock (Japanese Rock)<br />
Rockmusic.mu shows that Japanese rock<br />
or J-rock bands started up in the 1960s and<br />
were trying to recreate the sounds of band<br />
from America and the UK as well as other<br />
countries. The website also mentions how<br />
Japanese rock music began to throughout<br />
the years. It began to change in the 1970s as<br />
the style became more folk orientated and<br />
most of the artists became singer/songwriters<br />
with their own style. However in the 1980s<br />
Japanese artists began to change their look<br />
as well as their sounds. J-rock bands started<br />
referring to their looks and style as visual Kei,<br />
which refers to a more outlandish fashion and<br />
makeup. Visual Kei is still popular in J-rock<br />
music today as Japanese culture is largely<br />
linked with Japanese music.<br />
The Gazette is a Japanese rock band<br />
known for their bold looks as they are one<br />
of the more popular bands in Japan and have<br />
introduced the concept of visual Kei bands<br />
to other countries. Originally from Kanagawa<br />
in southern Japan the band formed early<br />
in 2002 and are now signed to Sony music<br />
records. The band consists of Ruki (vocals),<br />
Reita (bass), Uruha (lead guitar), Aoi (rhythm<br />
guitar), the bands drummer Yune left in<br />
2003 and was replaced by Kai. According<br />
to jpopasia.com shortly after signing to PS<br />
Company label The Gazette released their<br />
first EP, Cockayne Soup in May 2003. The<br />
band’s debut album, ‘Disorder’ was released<br />
in October 2004 and spent the rest of the year<br />
touring. They released their second full-length<br />
album in February 2006 and played their first<br />
live show out of Asia in Germany in July. In<br />
2008 The Gazette released two singles called<br />
‘Guren’ and ‘Leech’ which both landed #1<br />
My Top 10 Songs by The Gazette<br />
spot on the Oricon Charts as well as releasing<br />
a new DVD the same year.<br />
1. To Dazzling Darkness<br />
In 2012 they held a one-time concert to<br />
commemorate their 10th anniversary together 2. Fadeless<br />
as The Gazette and released a DVD of the<br />
gig.<br />
3. The Invisible Wall<br />
Japanese rock bands usually change their<br />
looks and styles throughout the years. The 4. Filth In The Beauty<br />
Gazette does this regularly with different<br />
hair styles, makeup and clothing that make 5. Guren<br />
them unique as a band. The Gazette also<br />
keeps some of their appearance the same for 6. Reila<br />
example the bassist Reita has a cloth band<br />
covering his nose and has kept up with the 7. Inside Beast<br />
look although it has recently changed to a<br />
black patient mask. Ruki the Vocalist of The 8. Suicide Circus<br />
Gazette changes his style the most and can<br />
change it a couple of times in a year.<br />
9. Vortex<br />
Japanese Rock as well as Korean Pop and<br />
other music from different countires offers 10. Ugly<br />
different sounds<br />
amd styles that<br />
are unique to that<br />
specific country.<br />
A lot of music<br />
shows cultural<br />
differences like<br />
Japan who’s<br />
music industry is<br />
all liked to their<br />
culture. Listening<br />
to different<br />
countries music<br />
can help you learn<br />
the language and<br />
also help you to<br />
better understand<br />
the culture.<br />
Kind Permission from Bob Lee (witheredpoem) Flickr.
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