tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post2650057738086660504..comments2024-03-26T03:31:06.199-04:00Comments on Ask a Korean!: 50 Most Influential K-pop Artists: 14. Park Jin-yeongT.K. (Ask a Korean!)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07663422474464557214noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-75205988699496324702013-08-23T16:46:51.956-04:002013-08-23T16:46:51.956-04:00I've a question! Looking backwards, at the fir...I've a question! Looking backwards, at the first post in this series (which was written in 2010), I started wondering whether The Korean is still sticking to his initial list or has been keeping his own real-time chart (which magically freezes in place once a post is written)?<br /><br />There shouldn't be much of an uproar in the TK's First Tier but since the creation of the post on Pipi Band three years have passed and the world has moved on and so has the music industry. Still active groups and singers have had the opportunity to expand their influence and especially idol groups such as SNSD have solidified their leadership status (in their genre), while we've had others roaming international music charts (Yes, it's PSY. Although you can't deny his success I would find it difficult to evaluate how his international one-hit wonder translates to influence.) Plus, and I know your love for manufactured idol groups, on an up-to-date list you would be hard-pressed not to mention YG's Big Bang alongside SNSD and DBSK; but at this point I don't expect them to magically appear in the Top 13.<br /><br />So, what's your way of working/sorting?<br /><br />(On a sidenote, I just realised that I've been following this blog for over four and a half years now. Quite unimaginable.)<br /><br />I find JYP to be a very interesting person. I accidentally ended up watching an episode of him featuring on a Korean variety show called "Healing Camp" in which, thanksfully, he wasn't in need of healing but rather shared his working morals, future ambitions and views on past achievments. Very revealing, inspiring and even informative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-59045670157575331662013-05-06T22:09:32.791-04:002013-05-06T22:09:32.791-04:00Got it! Thank you very much! Madonna really gets a...Got it! Thank you very much! Madonna really gets a lot of comparation on every music market (we have 2 or 3 over here in Brazil :P).ViniciusMendeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11472503228437295409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-67513764185204144622013-05-06T16:09:40.663-04:002013-05-06T16:09:40.663-04:00UJH is probably closer to Madonna than KWS, in a s...UJH is probably closer to Madonna than KWS, in a sense that UJH deliberately made that approach on her own. But while UJH was rather popular, she was hardly a paradigm-shifting force like Madonna was, nor was her sexuality all that groundbreaking. UJH was sexy, but not in a way that shocked people.<br /><br />Truth is, K-pop criticism is filled with a lot of lazy comparisons between K-pop artists and American artists, and Madonna is probably the most unthinking and overused comparison out there. Any time a sexy woman comes around, she is compared to Madonna. That is mostly because people do not have a firm idea of exactly what Madonna did to pop culture.T.K. (Ask a Korean!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07663422474464557214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-83511464774159519752013-05-06T15:59:35.446-04:002013-05-06T15:59:35.446-04:00Thanks for checking in :)Thanks for checking in :)T.K. (Ask a Korean!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07663422474464557214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-54905878737366198622013-05-06T15:55:12.181-04:002013-05-06T15:55:12.181-04:00Even if I never comment, I'm always taking a l...Even if I never comment, I'm always taking a look to this blog, and I first ended here because of the "Most Influential Kpop Artists" Series while researching about Kpop on a very hard quest to find artists with personality on the genre (as the international fandom mostly listen and publishes the most manufaturated acts). I found the Park Jin-yeong comparation with Madonna to be pretty interesting (as she really did both things you said, but they are never really put in this way).<br /><br />If there's no problem, I have a question about a Kpop artist that won't be on the list (as she already appeared on the "almost" list), and I don't think the answer is really e-mail worthy: I saw Um Jeong-Hwa being also compared to Madonna a lot, because of her longevity, her multimedia aproach to the industry, her sexual image and her constant reinvention. What's your opinion about it? ViniciusMendeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11472503228437295409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-78206997685020385932013-05-06T15:32:25.953-04:002013-05-06T15:32:25.953-04:00Well, you've convinced me. I liked your argume...Well, you've convinced me. I liked your argument for how KWS was the original K-pop manufactured idol and I agree with your assessment on the KWS-Madonna comparison.refresh_daemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14461891308315532959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-8285041692788118542013-05-05T15:43:55.745-04:002013-05-05T15:43:55.745-04:00You're ALIVE! Whew. Since the last AAK post I&...You're ALIVE! Whew. Since the last AAK post I've been checking every so often to see a new post, got a little worried there. Haha.Truly Yourshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07387689968317882234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-81924551503811958012013-05-05T15:30:38.424-04:002013-05-05T15:30:38.424-04:00A lot of people make the KWS-Madonna comparison, b...A lot of people make the KWS-Madonna comparison, but I respectfully disagree. That comparison overrates KWS by a lot. KWS never really acted with a mind of her own like Madonna did. Both KWS and Madonna appeared around the same time and used sexuality as a theme, but with Madonna it was deliberate; with KWS it was her aunt who choreographed it.T.K. (Ask a Korean!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07663422474464557214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-20183087010323671612013-05-05T15:16:57.907-04:002013-05-05T15:16:57.907-04:00I always thought the previously mentioned Kim Wans...I always thought the previously mentioned Kim Wanseon of as a Madonna-like figure in Korea, but you have an interesting argument for JYP.refresh_daemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14461891308315532959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-64075512469418307472013-05-05T13:04:44.666-04:002013-05-05T13:04:44.666-04:00Yeah, that trial just sucked. I am actually not ev...Yeah, that trial just sucked. I am actually not even very happy with this post, but only because I could write so much more about JYP. He's an interesting fella.T.K. (Ask a Korean!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07663422474464557214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36405856.post-89345792226905914352013-05-05T11:35:34.259-04:002013-05-05T11:35:34.259-04:00That trial case must have been really hard on you....That trial case must have been really hard on you. :D. Park Jin Young, not Kim Geon Mo on the title.<br /><br />Or a Freudian slip? Maybe you like Kim more than you'd like to admit. :Dbumfromkoreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06153488376014405461noreply@blogger.com