over the weekend i came across the youtube…

over the weekend, i came across the youtube channel “classical musicians react to kpop” which was a very unique experience.. i had no idea that rap songs had chord progression!

Because there *are* kpop songs of questionable quality, this channel seems to focus more on iconic pieces or songs that do have musically interesting attempts or high quality pieces. That’s how I came across Ailee, AKMU and Mamamoo.

In particular I really enjoyed the jazzy touch and full volume singing in U&I of Ailee:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4_rwTytAOs

I also get a vague impression of blackness performed in the song, especially with this visual sequence:

I’m sop glad to have found this channel


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