Yea honestly translating katakana is way harder then hiragana and kanji. I’m like running through a thousand English words trying to understand stand what word they are trying to say.
That's only if you read it. Hearing it combined with the correct pitch accent makes it usually really easy to understand. There are some exceptions like abbreviations, but in general it's not too hard, unless they're really trying to speak English with katakana-eigo
The english also doesnt make sense. I love Sawano, and the ReCreators soundtrack is some of his best work, but looking up the lyrics has worsened the experience for me.
But I also can say, learning Japanese did not allow me to understand Jpop any better. Hell, I can't understand lyrics in English usually, much less Japanese. Sure, I'll pick out a word here and there but that's about it, regardless of language.
Lol K-pop isn't just BTS or Blackpink; there's actually legitimately good Korean music that isn't filled with English words if you look hard enough beyond surface level.
Especially 2000s and old Korean music is pretty dope.
But those authentic Kpop is only for domestic market. This is why I like 2000s authentic Kpop. But 2020s Kpop marketed to the US market? They are like 90% English. Look at Rose’s APT. It’s technically 100% English with a Korean pronunciation of the word apartment.
The songs beat out actual Kpop as well.
As Your idol is currently number one in the US and Golden is Currently number 2
Beating out both BTS and Blackpink for the highest rated Boy and girl groups.
Whoever was the first person to expose us to this gif really did a good job. I only watched this movie because I was curious about the source, but damn did I like the songs/movie after watching it.
Japan’s music industry is big enough that they don’t really give a crap what outsiders think. Korea’s smaller domestic market forced them to go outside to the rest of Asia. Breaking into the U.S. market has been failing for years until roughly 10 years ago
Kpop is being marketed to global audiences, so I understand. But the Kpop songs that became successful around the world all had it in English 95% of the lyrics, which I think it’s too much.
Jpop uses English words here and there, but English doesn’t make up for 95% of the lyrics. They account for much less than 10%.
This is why I like 2000s Kpop, where artists actually had talent and uses Korean most of the time - instead of 2020s Kpop where they just imitate American electro disco genre pop music.
Nah dude you are so biased. Kpop might put sentences in there but jpop just randomly puts 2 english words in there per sentence; but pronounced so scuffed that you think its something in japanese.
Unlike Kpop, Jpop is made for it's own people. And there's some thought put into the lyrics and composition. The 2 kpop songs that I like are actually their folk songs lol.
I don’t hate kpop but when i catch English words in the songs they lowkey make no sense.
Like id rather there not even be there, id rather be listening to someone singing about how much they are into scat in a language I don’t understand than to listen to that.
You are thinking of kpop from 2000s. There are modern artists that have entire songs in English.
It was fucking hilarious hearing old kpop though where they throw in like a phrase that makes absolutely no sense lmao. Same with Jpop and some of the OG anime openings
I know that it's not pop but it's still Japanese so I'm going to say it.
I remember listening to the album resurrection by Galneryus and every single song was in English, so exceptions exist. Very good exceptions, that album is amazing.
We just forget XG exists? Same type of shit Black Pink is doing. Plenty of Kpop artists only doing like 10% English in their songs and same with Japanese.
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