American's FIRST TIME Reaction to K-Pop [DKDKTV's "KPOP HISTORY in 20mins"] - Filling in the gaps...
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- Hey CZcams! Today, we're checking out fellow content creator DKDKTV's video, "KPOP HISTORY in 20mins | From SeoTaiji to BTS". Now that we've listened to a few songs, I wanted to watch another overview video to fill in the gaps in my head and maybe pick up on things with an updated perspective.
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BTS's popularity is insane but they are so down to earth. They have songs of different genres
They really are so chill. It's wild how different their fandom is from the group itself.
I love your reactions but the video literally said something and you talked over it and then asked 'for what', please pause if you want to make a comment. I want you to be able to take in all the information but also listen to you as well! Doesn't matter how long your videos are, make them an hour long for all I care, i'll still watch it! Hope you rewatch the video again by yourself, as I know it was a lot of information in one go! Can't wait for more of your journey! ❤
Hi Lucy! Yes, thank you for the feedback.. very much appreciated. ❤️ I did watch the video again and I realized I did miss some parts- that's my bad!! So pausing is something I definitely will try to work on! Thanks for being patient with me 😆
@@xynxreacts no worries! Hope it didn't come across too harsh. Didn't mean it in that way. 😅 Happy you rewatched it.
BTS write and produce their own songs
Yes they do. But lets also acknowledge the many talented songwriters and producers who they work alongside. BTS don't do it all on their own.
@@crystalsnow1138 Yeah I know that. I appreciate them too. There's no k pop grps who totally write and produce their songs. But there's lot of grps who don't participate in writing or producing their songs. So we called k pop grps like BTS and skz self produce artists🙂
And RM said that he give 5% for each member and 15% to the STAFF and 50% to armies.
@@crystalsnow1138 we appreciate them too they worked together with bts writing and producing together 💜
But the comment is not wrong In anyway
What's up guys! Some of you commented that I was talking over the video at some points, and suggested that I instead pause the video if I have any comments. *SUPER GOOD CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK!!* I'm still fairly new to Reacting, so I'll do my best to work on that part of it moving forward! 🙂Thank you all again for letting me know and sincere apologies if you couldn't hear what was being said in the video! I did watch the entire video again offline to make sure that I didn't miss any information.
Please also give the original creator DKDKTV some love by visiting their channel in the description!
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I’m so glad others didn’t appreciate the constant talking. I, for one, can’t hear two competing conversations.
However, I like the concept of a history of Kpop. I’d be interested in Kpop groups’ records in:
1st group to hit XX sales, iTunes, physical records,
Group with the most songs.
Groups with the largest audiences at concerts, largest fan base
Groups asked to perform at important events or won prestigious awards
Groups with the fastest sales of concert tickets
Groups that have performed in the most countries.
Thanks
My advice is to always just do stuff the way that fits you the most. People will yell at you to change your reaction style no matter what you do, so if talking over the video is how you feel most natural keep doing it. If you don't mind pausing, then feel free to pause or rewind. Some people just watch the whole video and then talk at the end. Whatever works for you is what you should do. Excited to see you jump into K-Pop.
It was a great idea to check out the 1st gen groups first as people often forget that they are the ones who laid the foundation for K-pop. Going generation y generation is a great idea as you will get to see the evolution of kpop over time.
I still suggest the video essay "BTS vs K-pop" though, by "bby gang mag"(if you have time please do check it out and sorry for spamming it as a recommendation).
BTS did a Collab with seo taiji in a concert for seo taiji's 25th anniversary, you should react to the live performance of them performing together it's honestly so cool and a very symbolic moment as well.
That entire is now on youtube and it was awesome. I also realized watching that concert I had first heard Seo Taiji's music back in the 90's and didn't even realize that was my first exposure to kpop.
Yes! I saw a little thumbnail preview of that when I reacted to Seo Taiji and Boys' "I Know" and the end video cards popped up! XD I want to check that out after I get more familiar with BTS to see how it all comes full circle!
Really excited to go on this journey with you! It’s super cool you’re starting from 1st gen and working your way to the present day; I think it’ll be interesting to see how the music, videos, and performances evolve over that time.
Regarding the “flash mobs” around 21:43, those are clips from events called “random play dance.” Since choreography is a huge part of kpop, many fans will learn the dances to songs and almost all companies nowadays will release dance practice videos of at least the title track for each album. At these events songs will be played at random and anyone who knows the dance can go into the middle and perform it. It’s a really fun part of kpop fandom culture and if you’re ever curious you can just search “random play dance” on youtube and you’ll find tons of videos from these events all over the world.
I know there’s tons and tons of content out there so absolutely no pressure to check these out, but if you’re looking for a place to start these are some personal recommendations for 2nd gen songs:
Girls’ Generation - Gee, The Boys, Genie
2NE1 - I Am The Best, Fire
TVXQ - Mirotic
BIGBANG - Fantastic Baby
Super Junior - Sorry Sorry, Bonamana, Mr. Simple
SHINee - Replay, Ring Ding Dong, Lucifer
INFINITE - Be Mine, The Chaser
(Note that several of these groups released music past the 2nd generation era or are even still active today. In that case I’ve stuck to only recommending songs that were released in 2012 or earlier.)
Hi Mochi Mimi! Yes, it's already interesting with the Generation 1.5 stuff, and from the previews I've seen so far it looks like the jump to Gen 2 will still be huge!
That's really cool re: the random play dance! I know I've seen a whole bunch of people copying choreography from songs all over social media, but I didn't know that there were so many organized fan events.
And then of course, thanks for the groups/songs recommendations! :)
I truly wish you good luck in getting through all of Kpop as a reactor rather than just someone listening whenever they can in their free time, I can see how that might be overwhelming. Hopefully you can get through a diverse enough selection that gives you a good idea of what genres/groups you prefer so later you can focus on those after you feel like you fully understand kpop. Don't mind anyone who might flame you for not putting enough attention on their faves, they probably don't see the bigger plan of discovery. I look forward to your journey!
Thank you very much! It's very encouraging to read feedback like this, and I'm excited to continue discovering together!
Day6, The Rose, Onewe, Xdinary Heroes, Ft Island, CN Blue, and Nell are some Rock and Rock-Pop bands that are really good.
Thanks, I don't think I've received a Nell suggestion yet!
I’d suggest pausing the video if you want to talk or comment about anything, because you’re missing a lot of information when you’re talking over the narration.
🍌Great suggestion, I realize that now! I'll definitely work on that moving forward!
bts have topped the ifpi global recording artist chart for two years in the row now, first artist to do so, also their albums have topped the albums chart multiple times, they were the third most listened artist globally on spotify in 2021, bts are currently one of the biggest artist in the world, they have surpassed the k-pop label long ago, have even said so themselves that they do not want to be labeled and honestly do not care much about that, bbygang's videos 'bts vs k-pop' and 'bts more than k-pop' are very good, and here is what rm has said about it in an rolling stone interview one time 'I know that many fans don’t see BTS as part of K-pop. And you, yourselves, have said that “BTS is the genre.” How do you see it?
That’s a very important debate. Because what they call K-pop, that genre is expanding very fast. For example, some so-called K-pop groups have only foreigners, from Europe, India, China, like, everywhere. There are no Korean members, but they do the K-pop thing, they’re switching the parts, and so on. BTS is expanding very fast as well. And K-pop is now so wide. Somebody could say that K-pop is for Koreans who sing a Korean song. That could be K-pop. But what about “Dynamite”? We sing the song in English. But we’re all Koreans, so somebody may say it’s a K-pop song. Or they may say it’s just a pop song, because it’s in English. But we don’t actually really care about whether people see us as inside or outside K-pop. The important fact is that we’re all Koreans, and we’re singing a pop song. So that’s the reason why we said that our genre is just BTS. That debate is very important for the music industry, but it doesn’t mean very much for us members.'
please react to bts :more than kpop by bbygangmag, youre wrong about kpop by bbygangmag and how bts paved the way by bbygangmag
I'd guess the line between 3rd and 4th gen blurs in 2017-2018
SUPER JUNIOR, The first Kpop that made a concert in South America. A lot of first, First band to have foreign member, first band to have sub unit, the kings od hallyu wave. the legends.
I guess there is no 100% rule to dividing the generations, but most people would say that the 3rd gen started in 2012 with EXO and the 4th gen started at the end of 2017 with The Boyz. We are in the 4th gen now.
Every year there are tens if not hundreds of groups debuting, so it is impossible to listen to all kpop groups.
Have fun in your journey.
I recommend you to stop the video when you want to say smth - during a music video and especially during videos like this or any other talking video. you are missing information if you talk over and there might be an answer to some question you have, and in general people want to both listen to the video and to you and if you both talk at the same time it is distracting :) the same applies to music videos.
kpop fans are very dedicated, and even if your video becomes super long because of all the pauses and talking, we will enjoy watching it :)
Thanks Polina! Yeah I came across a list of groups and when they debuted and it felt like I was scrolling forever lol! But even then, I want to try to listen to a wide variety of stuff. It will be hard with the sheer number of content, but it helps to have a goal in mind
As for the pausing, or lack thereof,, yeah that's something I need to work on! I guess I'm learning both about KPop and "how to learn" (and react!) 😅 Thanks for the constructive feedback!!
From my understanding of the topic there were already somewhen at the end of second gen. debuting over 100 Idol groups each year. It is a certain privilege standpoiint that we as viewers don't notice these artists.
They are non-famous and are lucky if they manage to show an abridged version of one of their songs at a music show. Music shows have three rooms for Idols. In the third are groups that have no spot in the program but hope that someone needs a filler. Hopefully their performance gets upöoaded and enough views otherwise....
Most groups do not survive their first 100 days. Maybe 1% of all those debuting groups stay around for a few years. It is that competitive.
Personally I believe that the GP already began to be annoysed with the Idols at thelatest at the end of second gen. Such feelings take time to develop. We know that BTS were already confronted with this BS in their debut year 2013. "they are no real artists" and the like.
bby gang mag helps with understanding some of that (for example "you are wrong about K-pop") as do documentaries like "The Rise of Bangtan".
"It's not surprise to say bts is bigger than whole kpop combined " with no exaggeration so true
Really proud of them literally everyone was playing against them from the beginning but they did what everyone never expected 💜
Plz react to MIC DROP by BTS. That's a great song to get into BTS
Hi there! Yes this song is on my list to check out! :)
@@xynxreacts Thank u friend. U will never regret listening to them. They have more than 300 songs
@@foreverwereyoungarmy5657 I believe he will first listens to the 2nd Gen first maybe some from the 1st also.
@@leabaden5935 I don't know friend. That's his choice but i'll wait for him to react to BTS bcz I only watch reactions to BTS . I listen to other grps songs i just mean i only watch reactions to BTS
@@foreverwereyoungarmy5657 this whole Chanel was created to react to kpop in general so we start were it all began with the 2st to the 2 nd gen till we are now with the 4th.
I'm an early 90s baby and the earliest memories I have of KPOP are songs from 1st gen mix gender group, KOYOTE, and SES. But at the time I didn't know it was KPOP since I'm from the US. However my proper intro to KPOP was BoA (tho I knew her Japanese music first thanks to anime), TVXQ, and SUJU. My early KPOP days were dominated by SM groups up until Girls Generation. I'd say my biggest turning point to KPOP was in 2009, when YG's 2NE1 entered the scene. No group, even to this day, has affected me as much as 2NE1. They were so different. They went against the norm and become trailblazers for the industry. To this day they remain my ultimate music group of any industry. They're the only group I'm willing to associate myself with the fandom, otherwise I stay clear of fandom culture. Fast forward to today, I'm no longer as invested as it's become too exhausting trying to keep up, especially with the oversaturation. Having seen as much KPOP as I have, I'm a lot more selective now. With that said, the artists I love and recommend are 2NE1, Big Bang, iKON, WINNER, Lee Hi, and AKMU (including solo projects). They are/were all YG artists. lol
It's funny how we were exposed to little tidbits of KPop here and there in our lives, but never directly associated it. :p I know I've heard of BoA before but the interest never grabbed me until now. I get what you mean regarding being "too exhausting" lol -- there's an overwhelming amount of stuff out there! But I think once you figure out what you like, it's a lot easier to be selective and focus on those things! Thanks for the comment! :)
I've been a long time kpop fan, here is the list of all major 2nd Generation KPOP groups and their iconic songs!
It is probably good idea to check out groups in chronological order.
Debut Year / Group Name / M/F / Songs / Agency / Soloist&Sub units (if any)
2004 TVXQ (5 member) (M) - (KOR) Hug, Triangle, Rising Sun, O, Wrong Number, Mirotic - (JPN) My Destiny, Begin, Purple Line, Why have I fallen in you love with you, Beautiful you, Stand by U, Bolero /SM
2004 TVXQ (2 member) (M) - Keep your head down, Catch Me, Something, Spellbound, Love Line /SM /MAX Changmin, U-know Yunho
2005 SS501 (M) - Dejavu, Love like this, Love ya, UR Man (SS301) /DSP
2005 Super Junior (M) - U, Don't Don, Sorry Sorry, Mamacita, 2YA2YAO!, House Party /SM /Super Junior-D&E, Kyuhyun, Ryeowook, Yesung
2006 Big Bang (M) - Lies, Haru Haru, Fantastic Baby, Bang Bang Bang, Loser, Monster, Good Boy (GD X Taeyang) /YG /G-Dragon (GD), GD&TOP, Taeyang
2007 KARA (F) - Break It, Mister, Jumping, Step, Mamma Mia, Cupid /DSP
2007 F.T. Island (M) - Love Sick, Severely, Thunder, Unthinkable /FNC
2007 Wonder Girls (F) - Irony, So Hot, Nobody, Why So Lonely /JYP /Sunmi, Sunye
2007 Girls' Generation (F) - Into the new world, Gee, Genie, Hoot, Run Devil Run,The Boys, I Got a boy, Mr.Mr, Catch me if you can, Lionheart, You Think, Holiday, Forever 1 /SM /Taeyeon, Seohyun, Hyo, Tiffany
2008 "2AM" (M) - This Song, A friend's confession, Can't Let You Go Even If I Die, I was wrong /JYP
2008 "2PM" (M) - 10 out of 10, Again & Again, Heartbeat, I'll be back, Hands Up, My House, A.D.T.O.Y., Go Crazy, Make it /JYP /Wooyoung, Jun. K, Junho
2008 U-KISS (M) - Man man hani, Bingeul Bingeul, 0330, Neverland, Dora Dora, Stop Girl, Standing Still, Quit Playing, Stalker /NH Media /Kevin Woo, Soohyun, JUN
2008 SHINee (M) - Replay, Juliette, Ring Ding Dong, Lucifer, Hello, Sherlock, Everybody, View, Married to the Music, 1 of 1, Don't Call Me, Atlantis /SM /Jonghyun, Key, Taemin
2009 4Minute (F) - Hot Issue, Muzik, HuH, I My Me Mine, Crazy, Hate /Cube /Hyuna, Jenyer
2009 Beast (now "Highlight") (M) - Bad Girl, Mystery, Shock, Breath, On Rainy Days, Ficton, Good Luck, 12:30, YeY, Ribbon, Plz Don't be sad, Not the End /Cube (now with Around Us) /Yang Yoseop, Yong Jun Hyung, Lee GiKwang
2009 Rainbow (F) - Gossip Girl, A, Mach, To Me, Tell Me Tell Me, Black Swan, Whoo /DSP
2009 MBLAQ (M) - Oh yeah, Y, Cry, Stay, Mona Lisa, This is War, Smokey Girl, Mirror /J. Tune camp (formerly by Rain)
2009 T-ara (F) - Lie, Bo peep Bo peep, You drive me crazy, What's wrong, Roly Poly, Cry Cry, Sexy love, Number nine, Sugar Free, Tiki taka /MBK /Elsie
2009 Afterschool (F) - Ah, Diva, Because of you, Bang!, First Love, - (Orange Caramel) Catallena, My Copycat /Pledis (now HYBE labels)
2009 F(x) (F) - Lachata, Chu, NU ABO, Pinocchio (Danger), Hot Summer, Electric Shock, Rum Pum Pum, Red Light, 4 Walls, All Mine /SM /Amber, Luna
2009 Secret (F) - Magic, Madonna, Shy boy, Starlight Moonlight, Poison, Yoohoo, I'm in love /TS /Song Jieun, Jun Hyo seong
2009 2NE1 (F) - Fire, I don't care, Clap your hands, Go away, Can't nobody, It hurts, Lonely, I am the best, Ugly, Come back home, Gotta be you, Goodbye /YG /CL, Park Bom, Minzy
2010 JYJ (M) - Empty, Get Out, In Heaven, Backseat /C-JeS /Junsu (XIA), Jaejoong, Yoochun
2010 Girls' Day (F) - Expect, Female president, Something, Darling, Ring my bell, I'll be yours /Dream T /Minah
2010 CNBlue (M) - I'm a loner, Love, Intuition, Love girl, Hey You, Can't stop, Cinderella, You're so fine, Love cut /FNC /Yonghwa
2010 miss A (F) - Bad girl good girl, Breathe, Goodbye baby, I don't need a man, Hush, Only you /JYP /Suzy, Jia
2010 Nine Muses (F) - Ticket, Wild, Dolls, GUN, Drama, Hurt Locker, Love City, Remember /Star empire
2010 ZE:A (M) - Mazeltov, Level up, All day long, Here I am, Aftermath, The Ghost of the wind, Breathe /Star empire
2010 Sistar (F) - Push Push, So Cool, Alone, Loving U, Give it to me, Touch My body, I swear, Shake It, I like that, Lonely /Starship /Hyolyn, Soyou
2010 Teen Top (M) - Clap, Supa luv, No more perfume on you, Crazy, To you, Rocking, Miss right, Runaway, Missing, Love Is, I'm Sorry, Ah-ah, Seoul night /Top Media /Niel
2010 Infinite (M) - Come back again, She's back, BTD (before the dawn), Be Mine, Paradise, The Chaser, Man In love, Destiny, Last Romeo, Back, Bad, The Eye /Woolim /Kim Sungkyu, Nam Woohyun
2011 Brave Girls (F) - Deepened, High Heels, Rollin, Thank You, We Ride, Chi Mat Ba Ram, Pool Party /Brave
2011 Rania (now "Blackswan") (F) - Dr. Feel good, Demonstrate, Tonight, Close to me /DR music
2011 Dal Shabet (F) - Joker, Someone like U, Fri.Sat.Sun, B.B.B(Big Baby Baby) /HappyFace (now Dreamcatcher)
2011 Apink (F) - I don't know, My My, Hush, NoNoNo, Mr Chu, LUV, Remember, Five, I'm So Sick, %% Eung Eung, Dilemma /IST /Eunji
2011 Block B (M) - Freeze, Wanna B, Nalina, Nillili Mambo, Very Good, Jackpot, HER, A Few Years Later, Toy, Yesterday /Stardom (now with KQ) /Zico
2011 Boyfriend (now "BF") (M) - Boyfriend, I yah, Janus, On&On, Obsession, Bounce, Witch /Starship
2011 Stellar (F) - Marionette, Vibrato, Sting, Mask, Archangels of the Sephiroth /The Entertainment Pascal
2011 B1A4 (M) - O.K, Beautiful target, Baby I'm sorry, Lonely, Solo Day, Rollin, Like a movie, Sweet Girl /WM
Wow! Awesomely comprehensive list! Thanks Euisme, this is super helpful! :]
When you get to 3rd/4th gen, I definitely recommend Oh My Girl's (3rd gen), "Secret Garden," "Remember Me," "Nonstop," and "Dun Dun Dance." (A few of their songs)
I recommend WJSN's (3rd gen), also known as Cosmic Girls in English, "Secret," "Save me, Save you," "As you wish," "Unnatural," and, "Last Sequence."
I recommend Rocket Punch's (4th gen), "Bim Bam Bum," "Ring RIng," "Chiquita," and "Flash."
I really recommend watching survival shows, such as Produce 48, the show that created IZ*ONE, a temporary group. They give a lot of insight into idol training, and they're overall just super interesting to watch. Plus they leave you knowing who is in the group, as well as knowing members of other groups coming out because many contestants go on to debut in groups from exposure on the show.
I recommend all of IZ*ONE's songs, even their non title tracks. If you wanted, you could stream the show on Twitch because copyright issues aren't as bad there as youtube, the saved video will mute copyrighted portions, or you could just delete it afterwards to be safe. Up to you, you could also just react to IZ*ONE and watch the show on your own time obviously.
When IZ*ONE disbanded, many members went on to debut in new, and permanent, groups or debut as solo artists.
IVE and Le Sserafim, 2 of the hugest 4th gen groups, have members who used to be in IZ*ONE in them.
Produce 101 is also a great survival show to watch since it produced I.O.I, and then many members went on to become solo artists or debut in the groups Gugudan, Weki Meki, WJSN, and Pristin.
IU (3rd gen, although maybe some people say 2nd?) is the greatest solo artist in Korea. I recommend "Twenty-three," "Through the Night," "Eight," "Lilac," "Blueming," and"Strawberry Moon." Though I'd say the large majority of her music is highly praised, so it's harder to choose recommendations.
I hope I worded this well enough. If you by chance have any questions I'm super willing to answer.
Hi Sirllu, thanks for the detailed comment! I don't think I've seen those first Gen 3/4 groups recommended often.
I have a friend who's REALLY into IVE and Le Sserafim and he's been pushing them on me for a while haha! I'd love to take a look at those survival shows too, but it's hard to find a place to start... Although when I get to reacting to those groups it would be cool to see how they started!
IU's definitely on my list -- listed as 2.5 gen lol.
Oh good! I’m glad you found this video. It’s a really good history of K-Pop.
and remains And the old generation and especially the second generation remains special 👑
You could do Nct (from home, beautiful, boss, kick it, hot sauce), ateez (fireworks, deja vu, wonderland, wave, etc) , bts (fire, boy with luv, mic drop and basically everything-), blackpink (shut down, kill this love, lovesick girls etc) and yes I'll leave the others for later!
so glad to be going on this journey with you!!!
Your nameee💀💀💀
Glad to have you along!
To start with Gen 3 Girl Groups, go with
- Twice
- WJSN
- Red Velvet
- Mamamoo
Going on to 4th
- Itzy
- G-idle
- Le Sserafim
- I've
- Iz*one (Although Disbanded the members are still active as solo or other groups)
- Cherry Bullet
I forgot to add
- Dreamcatcher
- Purple Kiss
- Gfriend and now Viviz
- Kep1er
- Loona
thanks for the video! THIS WILL BE A LONG JOURNEY but it will be very fun and you will find out soooo many amazing musics and dances. I personally recommend EXO, one of the hugest boy group, was the first boy group to sell over 1million copies after 2001, lots of fandom culture was started by exo. They have the best vocalists in kpop, and their members has a lot of solo albums too, great music!
Really liking your reactions so far! Please take your time getting to know the groups and whenever you get to BTS, you'll know why they are B.T.S. and why they deserved a whole separate section in DKDKTV's introduction you just watched.
BTS is self-produced and they put a lot of emphasis and effort into their lyrics. You mentioned how it's important that you understand what's being said, so please check out lyrics translations (with added context) at doolsetbangtan. One thing that really sets BTS apart from their peers is the unparalleled control over their music and sound (some members are award-winning producers and writers), and their deeply meaningful and clever lyrics that touch on themes relatable to every one at any stage of life. Their LIVE performances are also legendary. Way back in 2017, the pioneer of kpop as it's known today, Seo Taiji and The Boys, named BTS as their successors, which was very notable because there were more popular groups like Shinee, EXO, etc from bigger companies that were more popular by some metrics at the time, but Seo Taiji selected BTS because of their authenticity, the high quality of their self-made music, their passion and dedication to their craft, and the fact they've never shied away from addressing difficult topics.
Really looking forward to following your journey. K-pop fandoms can be a bit overwhelming, but please know many of us support you and are happy many people are exploring this wonderful genre.
- From an ARMY.💜
Thank you for your reaction, and trying to get to know the history of k-pop while diving into the industry!
I like your approach of going from 1st generation to the 4th generation chronologically... I'm sure it will definitely help understand the scale and progression of the sound and concepts that occurred as time went on
Here are some of the groups that I hope you can listen to according to the generation:
2nd Generation - MissA, 2PM, Super Junior, BlockB
3rd Generation - TWICE, Seventeen, EXO, Red Velvet
4th Generation - Stray Kids, (G)I-DLE, ITZY, MCND
Hey S Li, thanks for the comment! Yeah, it's been a lot of fun so far and I'm having fun documenting it online at the same time! Thank you for the recommendations for each upcoming Generation as well. :)
605 subs already, congrats!
Have you ever been thinking about making a discord server? you can collect information from short surveys or comments in certain sections. People can vote and show you what band is the most requested.
(I'm patiently waiting for Day6 :D this band made me interested in Korean culture and when you said it was your type of music, i got hyped xD)
Velcanica! Thank you! :)
Honestly, I did not expect my channel to blow up so big & so fast, so I haven't had time to look into Discord servers! Sounds interesting though, and I might poke around to see how other content creators are using it. Thanks much for the suggestion!
(and not-so-secretly, I'm super excited to get to Day6 and similar bands/groups, haha! but I need to be patient as well... *deep breath* ;))
A new group that has a retro 1st generation concept is New Jeans. You could do compet cover of their album, with your 1st Gen.
New Jeans has been mentioned a few times but I think it would be cool to see how their style looks/sounds like! Thanks for the suggestion!
@@xynxreacts They are!! Personally for me, they're like a breath of fresh air between these 4th groups releasing hard-hitting songs and comebacks. They're so creative with their debut, even had little to almost none promotions and teasers about what, how, and when they're releasing their debuts, BUT it became so successful. Alotta kpop artists and groups covering their songs and dance.
I'd love seeing you react to VIXX, they're known as concept kings and basically debuted alongside EXO, but didn't get much popularity outside of Korea. They have an amazing and respectful fanbase and great concepts to check out.
I do have some reccs (it seems you are going in order of generation so I will categorise them by gen and how popular they are). Take your time!!!
3rd gen
1. BTS (most popular ever ofc) - Fire, Spring Day, Fake Love, Blood Sweat & Tears, Mic Drop are my favs by them
2. PSY (I could be wrong on him being 3rd gen, very very well known, prob most popular soloist internationally... known best for Gangnam Style) - That That
3. A.C.E (extremely underrated. my 3rd fav boy group and my fav song by them released a year ago only has 3m views - not a lot compared to most kpop songs) - Higher, Undercover, Down, Changer are my favs by them but Cactus, their debut song, was in the 1st video you reacted to here.
4. Blackpink (most popular girl group internationally and my fav girl group) - Ddu-Du-Ddu-Du, Shut Down, How You Like That, Lovesick Girls are my favs by them
5. Seventeen (very popular) - Fear, Hit, HOT, Rock with you are all extremely good. Fear and rock with you are on my top 30 title tracks ever.
6. EXO (very popular) - Monster, Love Shot, Obsession, Tempo
4th gen
1. Ateez (extremely popular, my all time favorite group) - Answer, Fireworks, Inception, Deja Vu, Turbulence are all on my top 30 title tracks ever but tbh all of their songs are amazing. Answer is my favorite song like literally ever and was featured in the first video you ever reacted to as well. Guerilla is also a song I highly reccomend!
2. Aespa (very popular) - Black Mamba, Savage, Next Level. Black Mamba is my personal fav girl group song!
3. (G)I-dle (quite popular) - Oh My God, Hwaa, Tomboy. Oh My God was on your first 2 vids.
4. Everglow (popular) - First, La Di Da, Dun Dun.
5. Oneus (quite underrated, my 2nd fav boygroup) - Same Scent, Luna, Come Back Home, Twilight, Black Mirror. 1st 3 are in my top 30 title tracks ever.
6. Stray Kids (extremely popular) - Maniac, Miroh, Gods Menu
Take as much time as you need with any of these songs and also you do not have to react to all. I recommend choosing 1 song from a group and if you like it, reacting to another. For the most part each group has a specific sound BUT they do play with different genres from time to time. Also obviously you do not have to do this whatsoever and I will not expect you to, but my recent video "ranking my favorite kpop title tracks" has a little over 30 songs in it (not full, maybe about 30 seconds each? prechorus and chorus) and could be a good way to be exposed to a lot of songs at once. Most of it is 4th gen (I tend to like 4th gen music the most personally) with 3rd gen sprinkled in (Seventeen, BTS, Blackpink, EXO).
its sad that dreamcatcher is only on sideline on this video. they deserve better. a group from small company that manage to chart and win an award without big label. girl group that popularize rock idol concept, and dark concept.
Aww, If it makes you feel any better, I do definitely plan on reacting to Dreamcatcher when I get to Gen 3 groups. And from what I've heard, I'm super excited for it. Stay tuned! :)
I love that you are taking the time to get to know the history of KPop while you're going on this journey because there are so many influential artists from the earlier generations that often get overlooked or forgotten by most reactors. So props to you for starting from the beginning. Most influential from what I've seen from each generation you should check out (which are often mentioned by idols as their influences)
Gen 1: You're already checking out the most influential but also check out Turbo they had a pretty unique sound but their songs are iconic in KPop, especially Black Cat Nero. Also Epik High has influenced MANY of the rappers in KPop.
Gen 2: Big Bang (known in the KPop community as the "Kings of KPop" because of their influence despite their group going through several scandals) , Shinee (known in the KPop community as the "Princes of Kpop" because of their influence), TVXQ (also considered among KPop Royalty but have lost all but 2 members), Super Junior, 2PM, Girls Generation, 2NE1 and (f)X (the last 2 are disbanded but still iconic and influential)
Gen 3- The obvious top 2 most influential are Exo and BTS (the ones who started my journey and still a top group for me but I am now a multistan) for Boy Groups while Twice and Black Pink were top 2 for girl groups but many have looked up to iKon, Block B, Seventeen, GOT7 and BTOB so they are worth checking out also.
Gen 4: This is the current generation but the ones who have stood out the most are Stray Kids, Ateez, TXT (Tomorrow X Together), Itzy and The Boyz
Many of these groups have members who had/have very successful solo careers alongside still being active in their respective groups.
It's worth noting Taemin from Shinee is one of the only artists to debut in 3 different generations and is probably one of the most influential people in KPop (G Dragon being another from Big Bang who has the title "King of KPop") that came from a group. He debuted in Gen 2 with Shinee, Gen 3 as a soloist and Gen 4 with Super M. Taemin is known in the industry as the "Idol's Idol" because MANY MANY MANY idols look up to him (idols after him) or respect him (older idols).
I'm gonna have to fit Turbo in the list somewhere! They haven't been mentioned at all in my comments, but I've seen them listed in a few articles I've read.
Thanks for the recommendations! I'm going to be hovering around a few more Gen1/1.5 before moving on to Gen 2 - but I've been filling out my upcoming calendar and there's sooooo much to explore before even thinking about checking out Gen 3 lol! I'm anxiously excited to get there, but I know it's going to be worth the wait to take a little bit of time to soak in this particular time period.
@@xynxreacts Yes! I completely understand! T a ke your time and enjoy it all. The journey will definitely be alot of fun!
16:55 bts has gathered over 100M views in 24 hours now 😌
😳 thats insane!
Love that you're doing a deep dive into Kpop. You're the only reactor I know who's actually going through all the generations.
I know it won't be quite some time until you get to 3rd and 4th gen groups, but I really wanted to put NCT 127 on your radar when you do get to that point. They're the latest male group to launch out of SM, but arguably has the most experimental sound out of all of the current 4th gen Kpop male groups. There's a recent performance they did on Dinggo which is a medley of their hits:
czcams.com/video/SM5VZzWYO5Y/video.html
If you don't have time to go through the medley, I would recommend the following songs by them: Sixth Sense; Kick it (which is a tribute to late Bruce Lee), Cherry Bomb (my personal favorite), and Make a Wish.
Hi Bethany, thanks for the comment and NCT 127 recommendation! :) I'm still trying to wrap my head around the whole sub-unit thing, but I'll definitely look into it more once I get there! Someone else told me about Dinggo and it looks so fun to watch!, though I might wait until I'm familiar with their songs first so that I can appreciate it even more! XD
In terms of 1.5 gen suggestions, I would highly recommend Clazziquai on your list. They have a very unique sound, which blends ballad, soul and jazz, and is much softer than today's Kpop. Do check it out ("Romeo and Juliet"): czcams.com/video/2VUrnk1mO70/video.html (has eng subs). They used to be very popular, and many of their songs were used as the background of many Korean dramas in the 2000s.
Just read their bio and the way it (and you!) described their sound is intriguing... Thanks for this one!
i cant wait foe day 6 reaction and ateez they are insane
Both on my list! Stay tuned! :)
That vid is kind of older so you weren’t gonna see 4 gen
Thank you for reacting! I honestly don't know tons about idol music (aka kpop) but I do know the basics. I am glad I will learn more with you and share my thoughts and videos I have seen or want to see.
I personally only fully support BTS, but I do like other music here and there from other groups/artists. For example, there are quite a few songs from TVXQ I really enjoy (plus they are earlier kpop). These are the songs and some time I recommend reacting to them:
-The Chance of Love (personal favorite also one of the first songs I have heard from them)
-Sun & Rain
-Something
-Epitaph for the future
Also, if you haven't here are some awesome videos to learn more if you would like:
-you're wrong about k-pop: a video essay
czcams.com/video/bn0gmu_m-os/video.html
-the media is wrong about k-pop
czcams.com/video/vxj9rogBPi0/video.html
-BTS vs. K-POP: a video essay
czcams.com/video/rBsZhHPA7t8/video.html
-Rise of Bangtan (which is an amazing video series that goes through BTS history from pre-debut. I do understand you are starting at the beginning of kpop and will take you a while to get to BTS, which is fine. I just wanted to let you know about the series for the future)
Hi Amber, glad to read your comment! Yes, there are a lot of BTS fans here it seems! :) I'll be taking a look at TVXQ soon also with the 2nd Gen!
You said you were interested in the bands so if you want I suggest you listen/react to Day6's Congratulations, N.Flying's Rooftop, and The Rose's Sorry.
Very excited to react to both of these bands. I have a feeling I'm going to enjoying a lot of their music.
TVXQ (pre-split) was my first proper stan group. I had listened to some turbo and some sechs kies, but not with as much interest as with TVXQ.
TVXQ reactions coming soon!
@@xynxreacts yaaaaasssssssss🤩🥰
I recommend reacting to Monsta X, a super talented and unique sounding group.
I mainly listen to 4th gen (Ateez are my favourite group), but from third gen, please make sure you check out B.A.P. Many fans will say they could have been BTS had their company not been one of the worst out there. They have such a great discography and they often get overlooked and overshadowed because of the legal mess with the company.
Do not forget mix girl boy group : Kard.
I think it would be good if you keep reaction in order of generations with the most famous ones of each, with maybe 2 songs each groups, and then start to react to other groups.
And maybe in order you should react to the groups that this video mentioned, the ones that were explained and the ones that were mentioned slowly, not the ones that were mentioned in fast forward.
Hello, and thanks for your comment! Yes, I'm trying to react to a wide variety of songs and artists, starting with groups from Generation 1! Check out what I've reacted to so far on my channel!
Please react to Red Velvet, you will be shocked:)))
I WANT YOU TO REACT TO TREASURE SO BAD!! IK YOU HAVEN'T STARTED REACTING TO 4TH GEN IDOLS BUT I HOPE THEY'RE THE FIRST ONE U REACT TO. YOU SHOULD REACT TO THEIR B-SIDE SONGS TOO IF U REACT TO THEM!!
Hey jas! Yes, 4th gen might be a ways off for me, but I'm making a list of groups to eventually get to! Thanks for the suggestion!
I cant believe you talked over all of the EXO explanation! EXO still one of the best kpop groups today..known as the vocal kings!
I know!! I realized that after people's comments! 😣 I did watch the video back again though and made sure to pay attention to the whole EXO segment. :) I also plan on reacting to a bunch of EXO stuff in the future! Thanks for the comment Eleonore!
EXOO KINGS
I think you should react to the newest group's 😊👍
Definitely will in time! I'm working my way all the way from Generation 1 but will catch up (hopefully) eventually! 😆
ASTRO
SHINee
EXO
Monsta X
you should start with twice their music is the best imo
BTS is great, but be VERY wary of their fandom. Same with BLACK PINK. One wrong word and you may get death threats.
Many people have cautioned against comparing groups for that reason! I'll have to try my best to stay neutral within the fandoms!
@@xynxreacts it's more than just comparing groups, because it's not just fanwars, especially with ARMY. It's the exact reason I left the fandom and am just a casual BTS fan now. Both fandoms have fan cultures that are a bit...
problematic......For example, James Corden (well-known to be friends with the group) joked about BTS's fandom being teenage girls (that is actually the predominant demographic, 11-19 F) like The Beatles' fandom was, and the ARMY tanked the ratings of his show and threatened his family and said some really nasty, racially insensitive and fat-shaming things to and about him, to the point that BTS's leader scolded them on live television and kind of made James apologize to them to get them to stop, even though he was right and the people causing problem were all teen and pre-teen girls who got offended 🤣. They have chase members of BTS in the streets, leaked details about what car a member was buying, when, and from where, bullied a tattoo shop into temporarily closing and laying off an employee because she is the tattooist and high school friend of one of the members and someone leaked CCTV footage of them simply coexisting, and bullied a model to the point she had to close the comments section if her Instagram for being in the same place at the same time as a member, completely by coincidence. I have less experience with Blinks beyond fanwars because I was never part of the fandom, but they start fights out of nowhere because someone coughed and it sounds like "BTS". Apparently they take their "Pretty Savage" moniker too literally. KPOP fandoms in general like to say that people who behave badly aren't real fans, but all fandoms have good and bad people in them. The bad are just as much fans as the good. This is OBVIOUSLY just a small fraction of both fandoms, but with fandoms so large, a small fraction doesn't mean a small number, and many angry hands make light work of runining someone. Just......be careful.
Can you stop talking over the video? You're driving me nuts. Just pause, please. 🙏