What The Chinese Think Of K-pop In China | ASIAN BOSS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 เม.ย. 2019
- K-pop has been restricted in China since 2016. Will there ever be a day when C-pop overtakes K-pop in global popularity?
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Sorry but I ended up just watching the guy falling in the back at 4:14
The fact the lady saying ‘Wow Really’ in the foreground makes the scene 10x funnier
FACTS
@@YTSuxAxx Don't be ridiculous...
Oh my gosh 😂
This just made my day OML 🤣
Ok and?
EXO's biggest and richest fanbase is in China. Just imagine what would happen if China never banned Kpop. Cheries can still support EXO but it would be really amazing without the current restrictions. Not only for EXO but also other groups.
Exo could reach 5 million albums sales.
Exo woulda been so powerful if sm treated the Chinese members properly
@@JoeHan268 true but it's Bigbang and exo that's popping in china
@@JoeHan268 ex exo members*** ie the chinese members.
@@JoeHan268 lol who asked?
5:27 ''With a VPN...'' Well, that girl is the MvP of the day.
Honestly so many people use VPN in China, it's like using wi-fi lol
I've seen Chinese girls with teeth like that.
Mainland Chinese use VPN to access TH-cam, Reddit, etc. so they are used to it.
poor chinese.. now they don't even consider it as censorship if it works with VPN loool. Come on, It's definitely a ban and censorship if you have to use VPN.
actually，use vpn like eat meal，It‘s very very normal thing！The government usually doesn't gover，unless u break laws（porn、gamble、terroism and heresy）！
That was the time Lay became inactive to EXO. he had no choice but to promote as soloist in China :(
Our OT9 hearts wishing for his comeback 😢😢😢
Honestly, i don't think Lay's in Exo anymore, unfortunately. Yeah, there was Tempo, but come on. I want 0T9 so bad, but It doesn't seem like he's in Exo anymore and all that because of the politics.
@@milicadjordjevic4498 yeah but I am sure he'll never leave exo
@@milicadjordjevic4498 i tell you, i know for sure he also wanted that so badly. it just that many things happen so we should not say that. Lay will always be part of EXO and even though he is not promoting with EXO, for sure he is saying his best wishes for the group(vice versa).
@@milicadjordjevic4498 in lay we trust he will never leave😭😭
My mom: StoP LiStEnInG tO ThAt Chinese MuSiC
Me: the Chinese don’t even understand this maaaa!
Karamatsu!!!
Y E S
Yas!!!!! I literally told my mom this comment and she agrees
Leon Tong Typical 靑卫兵
@@leontong3082 didn't know trashes can type.
As soon as I've read the title, my mind: Yixing
my lost sheep😩
His position is even more tricky since he's a youth ambassador in China, aka he is the face of a government agency.. 😩
It feels like this ban will never end.. it's even more annoying knowing that Chinese don't even care about the ban, it's just the government that is being petty
Uh guys who or what is Yixing? Im sorry to ask..
Hi cat🤣🤣
@@jinlee7123 he is k-pop group EXO's member but he is from China.
I was in china during summer 2016 and i remember that exo was having a world tour and they had 3 stops in china. And i was literally just about to buy tickets when they announced that the china stops were canceled due to the kpop ban. Imagine how deprssed i was
Same like in Japan.. SuperM will held a concert in Tokyo Dome within days but cancelled due Coronavirus outbreak.. We miss them, EXO and SHINee especially, so much but then got cancelled 😭😭
China=COVID-19🦇🦠
earn money dont waste parents money
@@Brodragon2225 I always use my own money? Lol. Bold of you to assume my parents would fund my K-pop addiction 😂
We are still able to listen to k-pop here in China; it's not like it's 100% banned and out of our reach. The korean celebrities just can't come here to promote themselves (in korean) anymore, because there were issues with them coming to China to wrack up some money when they lost their popularity in Korean in the past. Their exposure on media is also limited, but they are still here. Like, WayV was on Happy Camp (really influential and famous variety show here) literally 2-3 weeks ago. It also ties into the promotion of C-pop. Overall, it's banned on the media, economic level, but people still have access to it and talk about it.
ps: The ban isn't much of a ban in my opinion. We don't get jail time or fines (at least not me). It's more of censorship lol. Also, I love how the people in the comments have more of a problem than me, like, sis, stop it.
edit: also, i hope people are not comfortable with the idea that we wholeheartedly accept such censorship like brainless idiots. i mean, if we accept the government limitation on foreign sources, why the hell am i here on youtube? things take time to change, and as years passed by, china is lifting the kpop policy, which is intended to benefit to the nation rather than denouncing cultural diffusion.
ಥ_ಥ ಠ_ಠ really< but i recently saw a korean actor go to china to do a fan meet and promotions
popcorn pop i mean, they still can, such as wayv as i pointed out in my comment. they just can’t AS OFTEN
Interesting, I was quite certain that the ban was the government’s way of retaliating for THAAD.
Because they can’t actually stop Korea from protecting themselves, they retaliated economically
Day Lisborn it could be, there’s a mixture of causes so you can’t really pinpoint one. the point i’m trying to get across is that k-pop isn’t exactly *banned* as people still have access to it and even variety shows use kpop music as bg music. it’s more of a censorship or limitation
i mean wayv is the chinese sub unit of NCT they debuted in China not korea. SM even changed their name from NCT Vision to WayV for china.
I feel like the people are generally ok but the government is the problematic one.
You can say that for almost every country. Most times it's just the government making the problems, citizens just want to live peacefully
@@Dani_1012 Very true.
China didnt ban Kpop.. the title is misleading tho
Dani Du_Soleil Yep
@@Dani_1012 Ughyrs and Tibetans would disagree.
Asian Boss asks "How do you enjoy K-pop if you can't understand Korean?"
Answer is Music is a Universal Language. You don't need to understand the words. It's the melody and rhythm that do the talking.
Ye i used to like gangster rap until i understand the lyrics
Plus u can just search the lyrics translation
If we have to understand every English lyrics then American pop couldn't be so big.
id still say an understandable lang is important if you want true fans。them songs sing into your heart
people act like there isn't translaters online lol
1:05 Girls' Generation, 2AM and 2PM
0:54, 1:14 Bigbang
2nd gen still recognize legend did that.
kudos to BP and BTS and EXO for being mentioned too.
Tvxq too
Big bang 😻😻
They mention exo
Blackpink was also mentioned
🇨🇳=COVID-19🦇🦠
I'm just waiting for the day EXO can perform ot9 in China and Korea and wherever they want to 🤧🤧
Yaaa hope lay can be free from this things.
@@Gracia934 Actually, Lay is free lmao
Same🤧🤧 EXOL FOREVER!!
since the ban has been partially lifted, it allows for chinese celebs to work in korea so i hope to see him work with exo soon
And WJSN ot13
This suddenly cross my mind: “NO HARDSHIP CAN TAKE EXO-L FANDOM DOWN”
🇨🇳=COVID-19🦇🦠
BIGBANG, EXO, SNSD AND BLACKPINK ARE REALLY BIG IN CHINA I SWEAR. THEIR FANBASE THEIR ARE REALLY HUGE.
the ones being investigated LMAO
That actually made me laugh when I first saw what she said
I love bigbang too 😍
HAHAHHAHAHA almost all of them is being headlines you know, Taeyang marriage, Seungri, Gd Military, Top Marijuana, Daesung building.
🇨🇳=COVID-19🦇🦠
?
Exo Bar come to my mind.
And recently Baekhyun Bar buy 190k Baekhyun new solo album. I think Chinese really love kpop
yeep. EXO's biggest fanbase is in china tho 💖
Absolutely, we love throwing money at our idols lol
@@Denise-lg4mx If you think like that that doesnt make sense we are not donating money to them lmao if we are enjoying their music we are buying albums its up to us
@@giveattentiontoallbtsmembe864 it’s sarcastic…I’ve purchased albums before too. I was specifically talking about us cfans as well, many of us just really enjoy spending money it appears,
Recent update -Exo baar bought 500k DFTF and 50k Empathy (besides D.O. fb)
4:14 look at the background ahahah
He obviously can’t handle the news of K pop being banned
@@Nicholas_Chen_ I was about to comment the same.. 😂😂
LMAOO
omg that startled me
.😂😂😂😂
Has soon as I read title cherries (Chinese EXO-L'S) came to my mind cause they're amazing
SAME
Yes🥺❤❤❤❤.
China=COVID-19🦇🦠
My mind just go Yixing, Tao, Kris, Luhan.
Also EXO M ;-;
They really betrayed Kpop fans by choosing money over loyalty
@@JH-bb8in
*Really???*
@@JH-bb8in
*Can you explain??.*
@@larashlomi8582 thats not true they got mistreated by company
@@JH-bb8in Lol,put yourself in their shoes, discrimination,phobia of high place but have to travel a lot,tiredness, can't see family,just RESPECT their decision bcz we don't feel what they felt
When I read the title I can't stop thinking about Cherries and Yixing 😂
China=COVID-19🦇🦠
I know many things get banned in China (Like pooh!) But k-pop? Did I miss something?
Twitch and google maps are banned too you know
小日本are banned
Because of gangster influence but if ur smart enough to use VPN kpop is not banned
@@saikikusuo9923 seriously?
THAAD
As soon as I see the title EXO came first in my mind. They're insanely popular in CHINA.
China=COVID-19🦇🦠
I'm pretty sure Chinese still listen to Kpop (even if secretly). A lot of them still come to Korea to study and buy kpop stuff or meet their idols
@Or 贝贝Be the panda 小熊猫LinPackie 小熊猫 thank you for the update~~
not even secretly. i walked into watsons the other day and they were playing power up by red velvet
not secretly, many music app buy the right, we can easily listen
secretly lol .....
Osuman AAA We don't need to listen to it secretly, it's not illegal.
My mind after reading the thumbnails : YIXINGG😢😢
Bigbang the one that currently investigated😂😂😂 still popular even they are on hiatus
IKR and even after the recent scandal involving seungri ...I think they are definately gonna disbanded soon
don't be so naive. bigbang is still THAT group. while yes seungri has put a big dent on the group's name, the things they've done for the genre and the culture as a whole, even BTS can't touch.
@@fl_7837 bigbang contributed a lot for kpop, but bts already suppress them i am sorry
@@elcbg313 in terms of popularity and opened the gates to the western audience yes, but in terms of influence I don't think so, big bang literally changed the vernacular of kpop. If it wasn't for them we wouldn't have so much edm influence on pretty much every kpop song.
and im not even a VIP, this is coming from an army
@@elcbg313 Bigbang don't even have that many content compare to bts. While bts are very active with comeback yearly and many contents so fans can have something to look forward to. Bigbang don't even have their own variety shows, vlogs or something like bts show like in vlive. All they do is release music without subtitle and yet they still gained many fans. The difference.
LOOK IN THE BACKGROUND TO THE LEFT OF THE GIRL SOME DUDE TRIPPED SO HARD FROM HIS SCOOTER LMAO 4:14
Nathan Huynh HAHAHAHAA
PFFFF LMAO
Nothing funny about it
Scooter? Lol tf that’s a skateboard bro
😂 He was like 'wow really' too
The guy on the green hoodie have the best answer:
It doesn't matter how talented the idols are (whether it is from Korea, Japan, China or wherever) if there is not a good management, then there is little chance for that group to be globally successful.
Also, one of the big points that I think, personally, makes K-pop go global and not C nor J Pop is the market; China is a huge country, Japan as well, so they have all the market they want/need within their borders. Korea however is a rather small country, so they need to aim overseas if they want to have a super profitable group/brand.
Also, the fact that China has their own sns kinda makes it difficult. I'm an old fan, and when K-Pop was mainly based on cyworld, it was also super hard to get info, but now agencies are using the same sns that most of the world do so it's easy to access the information. China still have their own stuff, of course in Chinese, so for people like me who doesn't speak the language, it is SUPER hard to get info.
I'm a Super Junior fan, and I kinda saw the evolution, and believe me, getting information of Hangeng after he left the group, it's 10 times harder
Well, Japan is not a "huge" country but I agree with you
@@Smiuley LMAO Japan may not be "huge" compared to China (who would be huge compared to them) but they are still huge compared to Korea and most of the Asian countries. Also, Japan's music industry is 2nd largest in the world, only America's music industry is bigger than Japan's. So yeah, J-pop artists make enough money in their own market and the competition is so stiff there so most wouldn't want to risk losing home market by expanding overseas. And it's also why Kpop idols want to debut in Japan.
@@KizunaCare Yes sure, I didn't disagree with those facts, also they do have a huge population compared to the space in the country. I only said, it's not huge.
@@Smiuley yeah, I was referring to huge in population xD
I don’t know about China but Japan tries hard to promote their culture overseas with “Cool Japan” project. Culture is something you can’t force to make it popular with money tho.
I was shocked and surprised that kpop was blocked in China as well as TH-cam. Hope there will be no barriers in the future for the kpop or any other music in China.
Facebook, TH-cam, Google, Whatsapp, Twitter... you name it. China does not have internet. What China has is a huge Intranet, a controlled intranet.
LAY YIXING laughing in chinese😂😂😂
🇨🇳=COVID-19🦇🦠
As an EXO-l i know china is biggest market for kpop..they are crazy and rich fans..missing yixing😭😭
Tbh Lay has it the hardest. Him being the Youth Ambassador prohibits him from promoting in Korea or with EXO. For example with Tempo, he took a huge risk that could've been fatal to his career. I feel like this ban is slowly taking him away from us. He always talks about how he's still EXO'S Lay, and how much he loves his bros. Plus his members miss him. I know that his heart is in the right place, but with the way things are right now, it feels like he's not a part of us anymore. And it's really heartbreaking because we feel empty without him. OT8 stans fail to realize that it's not his fault, that he doesn't have a say in this. I just wish that they'd open their eyes and stop hating and dragging him. Yixing has the purest soul ever. And his love for EXO and EXO-LS is real. I love you Lay, I hope that someday you'll be free to come back to us.
*Everyone listens to Kpop and dosen't understand what they are saying*
*RELATABLE*
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
pretty much the majority
🇨🇳=COVID-19🦇🦠
Them EXO-M strikes in my mind💗
85% of Chinese music is all slow sad songs 悲傷音樂 and most people actually prefer this type of music because it’s more poetic / lyrics have more meaning (relative typical dance type kpop)
it's also the kind of music the government allowed in the past so it makes sense for it to be popular
Michelle Pauling as disdainful as the CCP is, I must say this “Kpop ban” thing is a complete rumor (not true). There was a ban on Korean dramas like around 2013 (not sure if Kpop was banned then also) but the restrictions have been lifted off for quite some time now. You can hear Kpop playing in many public places all throughout China. It’s generally still very popular and easy to access
Michelle Pauling no not really, I mean ballads are more popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan too so that’s not the reason.
Lowlar
Yeah as far as I know, Mayday is the most popular band among cpop artists and they're from taiwan. I love their emotional ballads!
@@salomez-finnegan7952 你既然知道禁韩令的真实性，其实并没有所谓的禁韩，现在中国想看，想听，韩国的娱乐，都是可以的！并且我想告诉你，你口中所谓的共产党也不是你从国外媒体所看到的那样！你清楚韩流在中国的真实情况，但你显然并不清楚共产党
As Chinese I've never heard that K-pop is banned in China actually...
Hang Su even today, everybody go crazy after BTS and Blackpink in China
😂
Because it was banned n no one talks about , so no one can hear about it .
@@koreanmarco 😏
It's not really ban
I'm an American. I listen to both Kpop and MandoPop. I prefer ballads in Mandarin and and more energetic music in Korean. For Americans who aren't bilingual, I can say that one of the most common reasons I hear from my friends about why they prefer kpop over MandoPop is because Mandarin is soooo difficult to learn and understand. It also sounds awkward to the American ear when spoken quickly. However, when Sung slowly, it is magically soothing to the American ear. The other big draw with kpop is performance and access to offstage life. Korean labels have figured out how to give fans what feels like a backstage pass into an idol's daily life. That "personal" connection is unique, and something youth Americans highly value. Even Yixing fans have lost that connection to him since he left Korea. He no longer updates his fan cafe or records video from home... and forget about Instagram or TH-cam.
Currently im studying in beijing and i just know that kpop is got banned here. Even in Beijing, Xidan area they are keep playing kpop music in public. There are a lot korean thingy there
Guy absolutely decked it off his skateboard at 4:14 hahaha
China=COVID-19🦇🦠
1:02 no, it’s EXO and I.U
Who know it's her point of view who is more famous
Ohh..
@Gabby Riel I know
Actually no, I'm chinese and Blackpink is extremely popular in China currently...The most popular GG here, also because Lisa is a part of YWY.
EXO used to be really popular but since they're on a hiatus, their popularity has come down.
yes as a Chinese who live in China, EXO and IU are the most popular. anyone knows blackpink but they don’t stan them. EXO and IU fans are like everywhere
Interview the scooter dude at 4:14 you cowards. We want to know his story.
Lol😂😂
K-pop and China.
Cheries come to my mind...!!
China=COVID-19🦇🦠
I don’t know i just wish to see Lay with Exo. That’s it !!
Exo’s fanbases in china is obviously huge along with bigbang
Strictly speaking it's not banned but being restricted.
But Korean pop news are still very important part on entertainment news sectors, like the scandals recently are quite big on the internet.
Kpop songs are available still on every music app and MTV channel.
Kpop stars are still using Chinese social network/app such as Weibo to promote themselves and interact with their fans.
Loved the video! Great to see some insight with China, I barely know anything about the day-to-day life there.
Do you know something about the day to fay life of people in Rwanda?
bruh it's only banned that they can't come for concert and stuff but the rest is not banned, we still have news about kpop everyday
all viewed thru vpn...
@@lyhthegreat ? no, we don't need VPN to view any of those stuff
Then how are you here tho
@@ianchng3220 i live in Australia
@@ianchng3220 You talking about kpop or youtube, because hes talking about kpop .....
I am hoping that china will finally allow kpop idols to promote and give concerts, baekhyun bar and cbbhls have given baekhyun over 600k album sales in total I even feel that if he gives a solo concert in china it could even sold out an stadium, sometimes i feel bad that the cfans give him a lot of support but receive nothing in exchange for the ban 😿
Didn’t the ban get lifted up already ? There were articles about it
@@sheldoncooper204 yeah but they slowly put it back
K drama's are so popular in the Philippines also, they seem to make good quality TV viewing!
I feel like kpop and other things gets banned in China because they know that they have many people in their country and they dont want other countries to make such a huge profit off of their citizens. I really dont know but this is just what I think.
Nah it's more like limiting the influence that other asian nations have in China.
They did not whole ban but limiting it because of the reason you said.
It’s that and also politics. China will even periodically ban their people from even visiting Korea as tourists to hurt the Korean economy if China and Korea have political/economical disagreements, especially since Korea has special relations with the US. When I went to Korea, it was during a time when Chinese tourists were banned from visiting Korea. Which was kinda nice for me because that meant more space to walk and lower prices lol
@KneeGrow ✓ BUT CHINA HAS THEIR POP...CPOP AS ANOTHER KPOP
@@bangtan_a.r.m.y8312 It's all about politics, the bandh on K-pop, de facto sanction on Korean company in China etc,, was a retaliation against S Korean government for the installation of "THAAD" in Korean peninsula way back in 2016. And the bandh has been lifted long ago.
Did you guys even watch the video? Or just read the title and commented?
I think the reason why Kpop became so big is because a lot of American culture was incorporated into it originally. Then they developed so much stylistically (musically and visually) they are able to further work on this foundation that they have built, and develop their own unique style.
China's media has pretty much always been blocked and filtered by the government. In my opinion, unless Chinese people are able to have complete access to unfiltered internet and media, creating music that is globally popular is an uphill battle. It's hard to create something that everyone likes if you've never been exposed to music that's not made where you are from.
Vpn
a few ppl mentioned they have access to Western stuff like TH-cam with a VPN
2:19 that’s yixing in 20 years from now
He: Is kpop popularity has faded in China?
Meanwhile the Chinese fans: Making a elementary school on the name of Taehyung and buying 190k albums of baekhyun.
China=COVID-19🦇🦠
@@user-gongaesa stop it. 하지마세요.
Actually K-pop is back in these days，through QQ Music（a Chinese app）we see that SM has come back in Chinese market.
足够阴暗 ShadyEvan how do you use TH-cam ? My Chinese friend want to use but he didn’t know use. (Are you live in China ,are you Chinese? )
Ceren toprak I'm actually an international student in Canada，at the same time you may suggest your friend to use VPN in China🤪
But is there kpop group do a tour/show there already? i only know that they go to hongkong.
足够阴暗 ShadyEvan oh. He has VPN. But he didn’t use.
They need to lift this ban for LAY to be back actively into EXO 😔
China=COVID-19🦇🦠
Very insightful. There is always a topic that I know barely anything about.
Now I finally understand why Lay can't promote with EXO
The green hoddie guy know what he talking about..
He is right they need to work together to progress together.
Well Koreans are working with a lot of states artists and european but most reason why not chinese is because chinese government can always block them after Koreans came in to China
Interesting to see their perspectives on it. Personally, I tried listening to c-pop but I don't find the language to be as nice sounding when emulating k-pop. To me, when sung, Chinese as a language sounds better with a ballad. I think the respondents are right about c-pop needing to find an identity that works for them.
I feel like the people interviewed are mostly kpop fans... or they made it look that way on purpose... but as Chinese myself, kpop is definitely fading out after kpop banned in China... Actually not kpop is banned in China, just kpop stars banned performing in China
Or 贝贝Be the panda 小熊猫LinPackie 小熊猫 who’s concert? Kpop idol’s?
cumulus humilis did u know back a few years ago Korea used to ban foreign tv shows on their to develop their own entertainment industry. Then there u go, kpop spreading the world now
@cumulus humilis Why it's limited(not banned)? Search for THAAD.
Fang Rachel True,they ban jpop in the 90’s 😂🤣
@@lalam8272 Japan colonized and exploited Korea only a few years ago. They tried to abolish Korean culture by torturing and punishing people for using Korean, forcing to change their names in Japanese, forcing men and even children to go to war for a country that treats them poorly, etc. Plus they tried to brainwash kids and adolescents that Japanese culture and language is superior to other asian countries like Korea by fabricating history and using force. Since all those things had happened only a few years ago back then, and since people were traumatized by it and didn't want to watch things from Japan anyway, the government banned it. If you're going to say that its the past and they should get over it, etc you're kind of wrong since Japanese rightist are still pushing the agenda about bringing back their army, getting the Korean land that they claim thats theirs just because used it as a military base when they were an imperialist country, not accepting Korean Japanese as an equal when the only reason they came here was because their ancestors were forced to be there because of exploitation(basically Japan used them for their own good and abusing human rights and not accepting them just because their ancestors have a different nationality is just supporting racism and xenophobia), etc.
So this is why SM made WayV because kpop is currently banned in china? Good job.
yeah,right??finally i found a comment about nct yoo😎😎
@@nurzahidahizzatibintiramli3791 cause im nctzen thats why i wrote this comment lol
KDJSJJS LMFAO
Too bad they like to act as if WayV isn't part of NCT
the ban got lifted long ago lol, they openly play kpop everywhere now!
Not a fan anyway but I imagine it would be horrible for K pop fans. Tho I do feel the influence is there, quite a lot. Maybe you will get a different response in Shanghai or Guangdong, I imagine the preference of C or K pop really varies from places to places?
@@mili-rg9wj
Interesting pov.
min lin In general, Chinese boys/men don’t take care of how they look. Why don’t they see a need for it? They have such high standards for women. It’s their own fault then if Chinese women prefer Korean guys. Don’t be salty, just put some effort into your appearance.
@@Poemi10304 Theyre more family centric and a lot more traditional and less open. The younger generation really do care about their appearance tho
@@mili-rg9wj What rubbish are you uttering about. Lol
@@Poemi10304 I doubt Chinese boys/men don't take care of how they look, a lot of 'posh' Chinese guys put makeups on and bleach dye their hair, to the point i think maybe they care a little bit too much about how they look lol
The beauty standard in where i'm from in Shanghai is quite high, you need to look clean and well-kept and colourful, and I may be the minority of having moustache, long hair and casual clothing and I got pretty cold response from girls and boys alike
I think Chinese shows have been improving. They do have a ways to go though. I don’t know if it’s just a cultural style, but the editing in some of the shows drives me crazy sometimes because the cuts can be abrupt. They have the advantage of making Chinese versions of stories derived from Mangas and Manhwas. They’ve had some creative plots with their own style as well.
🇨🇳=COVID-19🦇🦠
I’ve made many business trips to China and I love how genuine, open, friendly and hospitable everyone I met there was. This video reminds me of my time there. Hope to visit again! Korean-American here btw
Amazing. I thought the Chinese govt would have made the masses very anti Korea.
This whole piece was very interesting
Man.. I read 'Three Daughters of China' years ago and a few other books about China's history. I'm just so glad to see that, these days, folks in China can actually say some policy is just a piece of paper. How things have changed in the last few decades.
I’m still waiting for yixing to reunite with exo and perform together ....I’m tired of waiting...hope my dreams comes true 😭
When the girl said 2am and 2pm, I was like, "YASSS THEY ARE STILL ALIVE IN OUR HEARTS!"
But I'm now happy that Lay is back😭❤❤❤❤.
*i'm literally crying ugh i miss yixing*
*tHAT CHINA ShEeP*
when i saw the title EXO just popped on my mind. missing ot12 :
China=COVID-19🦇🦠
i am probably the only one who says that but i am so in love with the color correction of your video, i wish i could know how the editor of yours made it.
I honestly dont't like to call all Chinese music C-pop. It is much more different compared to idol groups. In China the most popular singers are NOT groups but are soloists. Which is really different from korea. Despite havibg listened to kpop for 8 years now, I do not agree with most of the people in the video. The most popupar and well-known singers in China had always been Chinese celebrities like JJ Lin, Jay Chou. Most ppl actually doesnt have an interest in kpop, and idol groups singing ability has alwayd been criticized, no matter if it is kpop or chinese groups. Just like is Korea, idols are idols, and singers are singers. Its just China has preferred singers morr than idols.
You took the words straight out of my mouth. That’s why I’ve been listening to more Chinese music now as I’m getting a bit tired of the idol culture in Kpop.
Lowlar it's not like there is only idol music in Korea....
@@Busha69 I know, the problem is even then I still prefer chinese soloists.
@@Busha69 Yes there are not only idol music in Korea, but isn't it a fact that they are way less popular than idol groups nowadays? When we say K-pop, doesn't idols come to mind? How many kpop fans actually goes out stream and buy soloist albums? However, in China, as I said previously, is different, the most popular artists are solo singers, not idol groups. Soloists also have longevity over idols in terms of career. Its also why I don't like to call Japanese music J-pop, its because their music culture is vastly different. They have a lot of bands, and enjoys rock music more. So when you try to refer to Chinese music C-pop, and Japanese J-pop, it doesn't represent them at all, because we don't put priority on idol pop culture like Korea, so when you just say C-pop, we would think you are talking about Chines idols which is not the case. Especially, when korea itself defines idols as only idols, and artists as artists, due to their singing ability and artistry. So why ask about C-pop when we have always preferred solo artists. I also have never understood the generalization of a country's music into just pop, you don't hear US musicians being referred to as A-pop.
@@Lowlar Same, have been listening to more Chinese and Japanese music lately.
Does anyone here knows what group has the biggest fandom in china? Sorry but I dont really understand the part that the girl said that *** is the most popular in china because as I know EXO has still the biggest fandom in China. Sorry I dont really know about Chinese fandoms thats why Im asking. Dont get me wrong Im just trying to find out
Blackpink especially after lisa promoted there
My father works in nanjing and I would say kpop is quite popular among the old teens and early 20s though. When i visit beijing my cousins and friends are always listening to bts,exo,got7 etc. In terms of popularity and to whom they listen the most i think they like bts and exo at the same level then big bang got7 vixxx iu taeyeon twice snsd etc. But they don’t usually talk in public about it and almost most of the teenagers know that others listen to it. My cousin sister said it is more fun to listen knowing it’s banned there and it makes the music more exciting.
Any WayV fans here?
I love EXO
China=COVID-19🦇🦠
@@user-gongaesa do you hate chinese?
@@HazemSalama_0028 yeah
Me: **reads the title**
Also me: EXO!!!
Can you guys make a video about the NRTA (i think) banning feminine looking boys from tv and also forbidding men to wear earrings on tv?
Last week, half my “for you” iTunes recommendations were C-Pop, so I’ve been wondering if there was some sudden release or deal iTunes cut.
Did anyone else notice that fail in the background at 4:15
I'VE SEEN IT TOO HAHAHAA
@KneeGrow ✓ how could you say that there are thousands if there's only 900plus people commented here HAHAHAHA you're exaggerating it
Based on the comment section, I think quite a lot of ppl have noticed lol
Because I see a glimpse of someone fall in background, I can't focus at what they're talking about 😂😂
The ban has definitely had an effect - Many of the respondents mentioned SNSD, 2PM, Big Bang etc. which are the groups of the good old golden age (2007 - 2010)😊 Who agrees?
I would mention the same thing since I don't like those new groups.
Everyday Easy Chinese I think it’s just because they chose grown ups for this interview. On weibo, there are many teens that follow newer groups from 2013-2019
@@viviscenebz I see!
Me
cool video, when reading the subtitles the translation is nicely in English, i worry about the nuance of what they are saying it being lost with any modifications to how their speech flows. i dunno what i'm talking about.
I agree with the girl, Chinese dramas are getting much better. I never thought I would but I'm slowly moving towards Chinese dramas rather than korean dramas. I remember back in the day, the Korean government supported KBS to create a fully subtitled KBS world. This introduced dramas to the world. Korean dramas were popular first, and with that, they brought kpop. If the Chinese government supported more subtitling efforts, it would be much more popular.
However, I think kpop and cpop can co-exist. Cpop favours ballads with very good lyrics. Even their fast paced songs from Mayday have very poetic lyrics. Whereas kpop delivers polished looks and choreography. I see Cpop groups trying to follow the kpop model, and it's very difficult to stand up against the legendary lyricists from the 2000s era and before. So a lot of the older stars like Jay Chou and JJ lin are still really popular.
implying kdramas were ever good. popularity isnt the same thing as quality.
actually in Asia it's Dorama (Japanese Drama) and Taiwanese Drama were popular among Asian's market first. then K-Drama appear in somewhat around 2004/2005. and later K-Drama become dominant.
I meant to say the rise of Hallyu specifically. But I would argue that Hong Kong dramas and movies were popular first. And then Taiwan for a short while and then Korea. Doramas and jpop always had their own loyal segment cut out for them
@@bonnieculla6210 Yeah Japanese dramas were the biggest thing first before k-drama...in my country k-dramas only became popular around 2007/8
5-7 years ago in Russia Korean dramas were 90% of asians by views.
But now many switched to chinese. From 2-3% to at least 20%.
Actually many are worried that China banned costume historical dramas
That little boy seems to understand the best what's going on, in my opinion
Am I the only one who immediately thought of NCT's Chinese unit (WayV) when I saw the title of this video? ;-; cause their situation is kinda eh since they are this a part of NCT as a whole but their communication is kinda complicated
3:53 This interview was shot on April 1st right?
You guys should do one of these on the Hip-Hop culture in southwest China (Chonqqing-Chendu etc.).
I live in Macau, it's tecnically a part of China but it used to be from Portugal so we can use apps like Insta, TH-cam, Vlive,etc. 😂
Yeah i notice a lot of stars go to macau to perform too. Like jaejoong goes and performs there
One country two systems policy
c pop can't overtake k pop in global popularity because like kpop are not disbanding in 1 year or in 2 years but cpop are disbanding in 1 year or in 2 years
China=COVID-19🦇🦠
Wow this video is really interesting I didn't realize this was going on in China and such a thing as a "K-pop Ban" cool to see perspectives from inside!
I agree with everything they said...especially the point they made about the appeal of koop. Kpop is so much more upbeat while cpop is slow. People want to be happier and upbeat music helps encourage good feelings.
"I feel like people will no longer watch Korean movies, and they wont watch Korean dramas anymore". Lol. Aint gonna happen.....
kyshro The translation is a bit off. The woman was saying how her friends has watched K Dramas and movies less compared to a couple years back.
chinese ancient drama is more interesting
totally agree!like most of their cdramas are adaptation mostly of kmovies and dramas they just don't have that vibe and quality when making films and series
@@Yel97 You don’t seem to know that South Korea also remakes a lot of Chinese things!
No wonder there's EXO-M for the Chinese market
EXO-M is dead
That was made in 2012, way before this problem. Plus they still cant be in that market. Thats why F(x) Victoria and Exo Lay went back to China to not cause tension or get hate from their country.
Dinah Graham just because they are chinese and they can easily earn more money in china than in korea , that’s all
That was way before the ban
Dinah's actually right, guys.
That kid spilling some great honest beans✨
People should be able to listen what ever music they like 💗
5:15 How can you use TH-cam? I heard TH-cam is banned in China so if you want to use TH-cam you should use VPN.
it is easy to get a VPN in China.if you want.more than sixty million people can access it freely
I am using vpn freely for 7 years.
Yeah I heard TH-cam was banned in China as well!!
I don’t think there will be a Chinese person who doesn’t use vpn
Didnt you just answer your own question? They use a VPN. Duh
I thought EXO is clear the most popular K-Pop group in CHINA
China=COVID-19🦇🦠
I think the whole situation is getting better in China now as some individual artists are coming recently, such as Nafla (however he is American which is probably the reason) is coming to perform and Simon Dominic came to promote a fashion brand. I have asked the staff in AOMG once about if there is possibility to perform in China and he said they have the problem with the visa thing. However, for big groups like BTS or EXO I think there is still a long wait.
sometimes people says “how do you enjoy kpop if you can't understand korean?” You know, music is like another language you can speak to your fans and that's they way you break the language barrier between i-fans, plus there's translation and all. Even if you can't understand what their saying sometimes the way they sing the song hits your damn heart you know 💀.