Beginner's guide to kpop

 

 Kpop is a music genre that’s created in South Korea. It’s basically Korean pop music. There’s nothing special about it, but lately, it has blown up, and more people have started listening to it. This is often because of the high production videos or dance performances the idols do.

What Is Kpop?

Many people think it’s very impressive what the idols do, and of course, it is. Another reason why Kpop has become more popular is probably because of BTS. They are slowly taking over the world. Eventually, they will be legends like Michael Jackson.

BTS has been releasing more music throughout the years, and it keeps getting better. Surely, there are other groups like BLACKPINK and EXO, but BTS has been the biggest by far. They sell-out concerts in less than a minute and keep doing it over and over again.

It’s not something every Kpop group can do, especially more than once. It takes a huge fanbase worldwide to do this. In this article, you’ll read everything you need to know as a beginner.

Whatch the music shows

 

Watching music shows is one of the easiest ways to get to know some songs. You could also watch videos on YouTube, but for most people, the music shows are the ones uploaded on YouTube. So, in the end, you’re still watching the music shows.

Another place to watch music shows is on VLive. It’s a South-Korean streaming app, and they stream almost everything there, from videos to live streaming. It’s basically another app like YouTube but made for South Korea.

If you haven’t been watching many music shows yet, we highly recommend you do. Only do it if you have much time left since it’s important to set priorities, and it shouldn’t be vice versa. There are many groups that perform on music shows like Big Bang, ITZY, Super Junior, and many more.

Almost every Kpop group that you see performs on music shows. There are also many different music shows like MusicBank or Inkigayo. It’s preferable to watch the one you like the most since it doesn’t matter on which channel you watch the music shows.

 Learn the names of the members

Learning the names of the members will definitely help you learn more about Kpop. You can say the names right, and maybe in the future, if you plan to go to Korea, it will help you a lot. It won’t be easy at first, but eventually, it’s all worth it.

If you start stanning a Kpop group, which means that you’re going to support a Kpop group. You should avoid big groups like NCT with 10+ members since remembering all their names is pretty hard. Try to go for a group with around 7 to 8 members, and that will help you get started.

There are too many Kpop groups in the market, and every year there are more and more groups debuting. While the Kpop groups that are retiring aren’t as many as the debut groups. So, in a couple of years, there will probably be tens of new Kpop groups.

However, the Kpop music genre has also been growing, and it continues to grow. If we look at the statistics of the Kpop genre, we can see that there was a huge spike in 2014 and 2021. So, we can say that the Kpop industry will probably grow even more in the future.

Learn The Dances

Learning Kpop dances will help you get into the community. It won’t be easy at first, but the more you dance, the more fun it will get. I did this myself for many years in the past, and it helped me get into the Kpop community.

At first, I thought it would be very weird, but the more people I became friends with, the more fun it became.

If you’ve never danced before then, you should start to watch some YouTube videos. Look up some tutorials and try to do them at home. If that doesn’t work for you, it’s always possible to join a dance school.

However, if you don’t like dancing at all, you don’t have to worry about this. Since there are thousands of fans that don’t like dancing but still like Kpop.

By dancing, you’ll probably get quicker into the Kpop community since many dancers are also into Kpop.

If you don’t know which group to join, try to make as many friends as possible. This can be done online or in real life. It doesn’t really matter since Kpop is such a huge genre that almost everyone knows about it or has at least heard about it.

Quarantine is still going on for a lot of people, and some may be having a harder time finding things to do to keep busy. Fortunately, K-Pop exists! This is a list of dances that even a novice should be able to learn without too much difficulty, and besides, they should just be learned for fun anyway without fear of being judged! These are 25 “easy” dances, though some of them still have some tricky parts, so if you do try to learn them, don’t get discouraged and just enjoy yourself! The mirrored dance practices for each song are included.

1. “Just One Day” by BTS

2. “Q&A” by Cherry Bullet

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3. “Umpah Umpah” by Red Velvet

4. “Bar Bar Bar” by Crayon Pop

5. “Gashina” by Sunmi

6. “Boogie Up” by Cosmic Girls

7. “GoGo” by BTS

8. “B-Day” by iKON

9. “Egotistic” by MAMAMOO

10. “I’m So Pretty” by NATURE

11. “Shine” by PENTAGON

12. “I’m So Hot” by MOMOLAND

 

13. “Signal” by TWICE

14. “Shake It” by SISTAR

15. “Really Really” by WINNER

16. “I’m OK” by iKON

17. “Hot Pink” by EXID

18. “Naughty Boy” by PENTAGON

19. “Dance the Night Away” by TWICE

20. “Gogobebe” by MAMAMOO

21. “Heart Attack” by AOA 

22. “Pinky Star” by GWSN

23. “TT” by TWICE

24. “Bang Bang Bang” by BIGBANG

25. “Humph!” by PENTAGON

Best Kpop Groups For Beginners

There are hundreds of different Kpop groups, and it all comes down to personal preference. Here are the three Kpop groups which are great for Beginners to listen to:

BTS

BTS has been slowly taking over the world and continue its dominance. Throughout the last couple of years, BTS has released some huge hits like FIRE, Dynamite, and Boy With Luv. It’s a great group for beginners to listen to since their fanbase is huge already. You can very easily blend into their community and make many friends.

Twice

Twice is a girl group created by JYP Entertainment, this happened through a survival show, and out of all the trainees, only 9 got chosen. Lately, Twice has been blowing up and has released hit after hit. They are also getting pretty big in Japan. If you haven’t heard about them yet, check them out because you’re really missing out.

BLACKPINK

BLACKPINK is a group created by YG Entertainment and is, as of writing this article, the biggest girl group in the entire Kpop industry. They only debuted around 5 years ago and have grown tremendously. We hope that they will continue to release great music, and we’ll keep streaming it.