Kpop Glossary, Vol 1: Engl(-ish?)
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
- Kpop has its own vocabulary and I’m here to help break it down for you, starting with redefining some English words that mean something different in the context of Kpop. This will be part one of an ongoing Kpop glossary series, tentatively planned to contain at least five episodes. There’s a lot of ground to cover so be sure you subscribe if you want to be in the loop when future episodes post! I will also add links to them in this description as they go live over the next few months.
Hi, welcome to @overthinkingkpop. My name is Amy and I make video essays about - you guessed it! - Kpop. My goal is to create informative and accessible content designed to both introduce new fans to Kpop as well as enhance existing stans’ appreciation via thoughtful analysis and recommendations.
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[TIMESTAMPS]
00:00 - intro
00:15 - “title track”
01:00 - “B-side”
01:39 - “backtrack”
02:30 - “comeback”
03:18 - “debut”
03:56 - “fighting”
04:29 - “generations”
05:15 - “girlcrush”
05:48 - “killing part”
06:08 - “live”
06:31 - “on live”
06:41 - “prerelease”
07:30 - “stage shows”
07:49 - “subunit”
08:23 - “variety shows”
09:05 - “visual”
09:31 - “wins”
10:23 - outro
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i love this channel, it makes me realize how much kpop terminology is uniquely kpop related lol
5:00 2nd gen obssesion with LED cube walls must be studied, I swear😂
For real tho! I am absolutely gonna keep documenting instances of it so tag me if you stumble upon any 😂 I put barely any effort into finding those so I guarantee there must be more of them out there.
Maybe I'll do another video sometime about "overused Kpop sets" that can also include the corner storefront used in every other JYP video or the arena that looks like a Lynel den from Zelda that directors love to shoot group dance sequences in.
1:39- if I may add on to why a backtrack is used from a production stand point because it’s a niche interest of mine and something that I think recording artist such as Ariana Grande and Whitney Houston and K-pop idols like Rose of blackpink and Irene of red velvet have touched on before and that is you just simply can’t take a full studio with you on stage. When your recording tracks you can pause at anytime and switch out mic’s for certain members and sections. Using Ariana grande as my example because she has really taken to explaining this during her currently on going Eternal sunshine promotions she said she would bring in as many as 16 microphones in to just record one song, this is to catch all the nuance and sound of particular vocal ranges. Now obviously you would think the solution to try and over correct to get that nuance into the stage mic there using, well yes but that would lead to a very botched take on the song if you spend most of it over correcting in a different range, so back tracks are usually the points in the song where they need a little help the song sound closer to how it would actually sound if they were able to take every microphone used and switch them out at break neck speed while still hitting all the choreography of the concert and remaining viable to actually watch
Such a great point. I also find it really interesting how some main vocalists/rappers may opt for hand mics while other members are using headsets during performances so that they can accommodate different performing styles. I don't think most people fully appreciate how much of a gimp those headset mics are in terms of a performer's ability to manage their sound.
But Ariana Grande using backtrack completely different to how Kpop uses it, Ariana only uses it as if she had someone harmonising with her for some parts whilst not using for the most of the song, Kpop uses it for the entire full song, and basically use their own voice to harmonise with the backtrack which is actually singing the song
@@user-ij5sp4zv5has I stated in my comment we don’t have a lot of artists or staff speaking on why back tracks are used in extreme details, so I already had extremely limited scope to expand and I think Ariana Grande has left enough space in her explanation to apply and also she’s almost reaching veteran status and has worked on TV shows so I’m sure she’s at least accounted for the tiny bit of nuance that would be how other artists and jobs use them as well
While you find it excruciating, I love variety shows 😂😂. I watch them all day. I personally love watching kpop groups on variety shows and their own variety shows as well.( I might even love it more than I love listening to songs😅)
I bet you're one of those people who likes watching The Office, too. /shudder
@@overthinkingkpop I have never watched it. And I am not interested in watching it🤣. Btw, if you don't mind me asking are you from USA?
@@kpop_hangover I am! It's one of those shows that thrives on awkwardness and uncomfortable situations. So many people love it but I just cannot hang. 😂
I literally got into K-pop BECAUSE of Variety shows
Congratulations on 400 subs
Congrats on 400 !! i’m glad i logged in and saw your video, loved the video✨💗i’m still waiting for my 1D comeback lol delulu land, same i liked batter up ;)
Omg yay, I made it! 🥰 Thanks for watching! I recognize that these Kpop 101 videos won't be quite as beneficial to veteran stans such as yourself, but I'm glad that it still managed to be enjoyable anyway. 🥰
@@overthinkingkpop but this defo helped me clear all my bside doubts lol and i am sure i will learn something like that i didn’t know💗and your commentary is so good !!!💗💗
@@Hoshining Thank you! This was a fun one to produce. I am still internally cracking up at 2nd gen's addiction to LED cube walls, which I had never noticed until picking out clips for this video. I barely even had to try. It makes me wonder how many more of them are out there. I'm definitely gonna start a list lol.
doing the gods work this video will be so helpful for people who are newer to kpop omg
I'd never thought I'd see Craxy actually being promoted within a kpop themed video. You've done your research.
Craxy is great! "NUGUDOM" fits so perfectly in this context. Thanks for tuning in!
This is great! I’m looking forward to more of your videos. I really appreciate someone who takes the time to have a mature, nuanced and realistic discussion about the elements of Kpop!
(I also can’t handle variety shows…)
On the subject of music show wins, the first one is actually quite important for the artist and their agency, because it means they can raise their performance fees. It's seen as a sign that they 'made it', in a way (I suppose that you're keeping "encore" for a part 2, the topic is a full can of worms rn lol).
2:55 Pure golden words.
ppl getting mad whenever lim young woong announces a comeback 😭
Rainbow was one of the most underrated and mismanaged groups in Kpop history… zero wins.
What a shame…
Same with Pristin.
@@PumpkinGoat-vn4lz Pristin definitely had a very bright future… they disbanded quite quickly… not many songs to listen and remember them by….
Rainbow was a tough long road… so much talent misused and wasted. But there’s still a lot of good songs to go back listen to.
Omg huge congrats on 400 subbies 🎉🎉🎉
I'm happy a video such as yours exist so that I can make use of these definitions later on :)))))
Another great video! As someone still relatively new to kpop, these terms helped a lot!
That's great! I'm so happy to hear that it's actually a useful resource 🥰
5:18- would it be inappropriate to say Girl Crush concepts have become K-pop equivalent of the “gay club pop music” sub genre of English pop
Haha maybe they're a little related but I think they are their own animal. While there are certainly exceptions, overall they are so much less homoerotic than the name might otherwise imply. Gay club music still has a home of its own in Kpop, too; "Fast Forward," "Panorama," "Go Big or Go Home" etc. all would fit right in at an American gay club.
@@overthinkingkpop I mean gay club music has mostly been defined as pop music that makes people want to shake there bootys to songs that details over coming hardship and self discovery, bragging at some points. I think Britney Spears, Avril Lavegin, Kim Petras, Charlie XCX, Olivia Rodrigo, Dua Lipa, and Kylie Minogue are gay club musics biggest artists, while queer pop music, a different genre that many gay club pop music artists and songs could fit that genre though queer pop is mostly about detailing homoerotic experiences and queer problems once again over a beat that demands people dancing, jumping, splitting, and shaking of the booty
@@CatNagTaylorsVersion Lol true -- music made BY the gays and music made FOR the gays may have some overlap, but the Venn diagram is hardly a circle. We cannot possibly leave Madonna out of this conversation, either.
@@overthinkingkpop I wasn’t going too. I just don’t know an exact K-pop contemporary for her yet. But she’s there for sure, like actually I think she may have originated the genre
@@CatNagTaylorsVersion If she wasn't the original inventor, she was surely a pioneer and an icon who brought it mainstream. Her song "Ray of Light" is a quintessential example of the genre that blew up harder than I can describe.
I see your frustration with variety shows and I raise you the daddy of them all - Going Seventeen :-P
Also gonna include this in my "converting people to K-pop" package of references. So far haven't had much success, but maybe this will boost my odds!
Please do! One of the biggest goals for my channel is to develop the sort of Kpop 101 intro content I wish I'd had access to when I first became a fan, so there will be lots more of this flavor to come. Hope it helps you spread the good word!
Thank you - and best of luck with the channel! 😊 The approach you're taking is exactly the reason I subscribed. For me, the joys of K-pop aren't just the emotional, visceral highs of the music itself, but also the specificities of it as a form of cultural production that's quite different to how pop is done in the West. Having quality 101s and deep dives into these topics is really needed to convey their complexities and charms to new audiences.
(Oh and also if this ever evolves into a Discord server or something, I'm signing right up, don't have much opportunity for quality K-pop discussions 😅)
Attention and hype boy were not pre release??
They were "predebut." If you asked ADOR, "Cookie" is NewJeans's official debut track despite being released after "Attention" and "Hype Boy."
I think the company says it was predebut, but since they never had any teasers like other groups and annoying videos saying, “New Jeans coming soon “, most of us see hype boy and attention as their debut and we’d kinda like to keep it that way.