Orly? It specifically showed up in a k-pop radio station online, so I just assumed that was the correct genre.
I admit, I know nothing about the band (I didn't even bother googling them, as you can clearly tell). I just find the song itself very interesting, both in that I really like it, and in that I'm weirdly aware of all the ways in which I also don't like it. I'm usually much more black and white, so this is confusing to me.
But, what I'm most interested in here, aside from the basic fact checking which is always a nice thing to offer, so thank you for that.
Anyway, what I'm most interested in is, how is it "not pop"?
It certainly has all the hallmarks I associate with pop music, but I'm also not a music theorist. My girlfriend is, and she called it pop too, so I assumed that was a done deal. But here is a counter-claim!!
This is clearly asking a lot of you, but if you could explain how it "isn't pop" I would love to hear more! I don't understand genre boundaries outside of literature (where genre boundaries are quite porous and usually an after-the-fact judgement based on surrounding literary trends, of course), so this is a super interesting subject to me.
Alternatively, if you have any kind of other literature/bideos/podcasts/etc about how pop music is defined, I would love to see them, as well!!
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Date: 2019-11-05 09:54 pm (UTC)I admit, I know nothing about the band (I didn't even bother googling them, as you can clearly tell). I just find the song itself very interesting, both in that I really like it, and in that I'm weirdly aware of all the ways in which I also don't like it. I'm usually much more black and white, so this is confusing to me.
But, what I'm most interested in here, aside from the basic fact checking which is always a nice thing to offer, so thank you for that.
Anyway, what I'm most interested in is, how is it "not pop"?
It certainly has all the hallmarks I associate with pop music, but I'm also not a music theorist. My girlfriend is, and she called it pop too, so I assumed that was a done deal. But here is a counter-claim!!
This is clearly asking a lot of you, but if you could explain how it "isn't pop" I would love to hear more! I don't understand genre boundaries outside of literature (where genre boundaries are quite porous and usually an after-the-fact judgement based on surrounding literary trends, of course), so this is a super interesting subject to me.
Alternatively, if you have any kind of other literature/bideos/podcasts/etc about how pop music is defined, I would love to see them, as well!!