It's K-Rap, not Krap

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    Post by chrondog Thu Jul 12, 2018 5:39 pm

    I drove back to the Bay Area for a job interview this week and was at my friends house talking tunes last night. He introduced me to this whole world of Korean pop/rap where they are basically aping American Soundcloud rappers and pop trends over the past few years. This isn't your grandma's K-pop! This is slick as hell teenage pop bullshit with a hilarious array of cultural influences.

    Here are a few videos that inspired me last night:







    The aesthetic sense in these videos is fucking bonkers and the production values/art direction is incredible.

    I'm building out a Spotify playlist of my new finds in this genre as I go along: https://open.spotify.com/user/1214670370/playlist/3sYR72G1lUzTMxPg1ZMjdI?si=KshX2GjwTluZr5v_bDyFPA

    This is also not the same aesthetic, but seems to be algorithmically linked to this scene:



    Post about Korean/East-Asian pop / youth music in this thread, or something.

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