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She's Zyanya
She's Estrella
and this is...
BANANA MILK! Hi!
Today we're going to talk about the evolution that Kpop boybands have had over time
starting from the first groups, which helped consolidate Kpop as it is now.
A long time ago, in 1992
Seo Taiji and the boys arrived to upgrade this genre (Kpop) and change it forever.
Their musical style was unique at the time,
with a mix of techno, dance, hip hop
that, back then, was something really revolutionary
and it also was heavily influenced by american music.
Back then, Korea was going through a media expansion era,
and, that helped a lot (for Kpop) to be recognized by the youth of the time.
Seo Taiji and the boys are considered to be the "Parents" of modern Kpop
They focused a lot on fashion so that they looked handsome and they could draw more attention
but they didn't pay a lot of attention to the actual music, or, better said... their singing.
Their appeareance in the world was very important because they gave the younger generations
a new, different way of expressing themselves freely. Independently of those (ways) for adults.
For that same reason, their music had a youthful, exciting and fun vibe.
After a few years, what we know now as the 1st Generation of Kpop, appeared
which is where goups like H.O.T, Shinwha, Epik High, Rain, G.O.D, Dynamic Duo and a lot of others, were.
This generation can be easily recognized by their more masculine
more...
...strong style
They wore suits, leather jackets...
they wanted to show an image that was
sexy and atractive that...
No, not sexy.
I think it's sexy.
I don't know about you...
*judging eyes*
What?!
and another super important thing is that this generation established the concept of having "roles" in a group,
the visual, the rapper...
(that btw, that was when they started to use rap in Kpop songs)
... the main dancer and the main vocalist.
Also in this generation, they started to focus more on their coreographies and performance
and they also started to pay more attention to the vocals.
Then, we have the 2nd generation which is the one that we first knew about
Well you, not me...
Is the generation where the flower boy concept emerged.
Flower boys are guys that are considered...
pretty.
I mean, that they have features that are very...
pretty?..
In this generation we have groups like BIGBANG, TVXQ, Superjunior, that...
SUJU! SUJU!! SOJU?, SUJU!! SUJU!!
That are/were the Hallyu wave pioneers
It was here were the Entertainment companies started to worry more about the fact that the bands had more vocal talent.
and the coreographies were more complicated.
These are boybands that we find more familiar
because they were the first ones that we started to listen.
Because, who doesn't know Mirotic?
Who?
Then, the 3rd generation arrived which is the one we consider our generation