Jae, I cannot believe the first song you cite here is an instrumental -- and it's so good! The guitar work would make any serious rocker jealous. Just listened to Footsteps and I'm really impressed with Catch the Young (I guess 젊은 잡아라 doesn't quite have the same ring!).
I'm very, very late to the K-Pop Demon Hunters fever, as I just watched it last week at the behest of...everyone. My family was shocked that I hadn't seen it yet! So I watched it and it was super fun, and Golden and Soda Pop are of course supernova-level earworms, but there's something almost too K-Pop about both of those tunes. I think it's just the ultra-shiny production of those songs, especially Golden, that makes me long for a band like Catch the Young. I was under the impression that the Korean music scene has been overrun by K-Pop to such a degree that bands like this don't exist, so I'm not only delighted, I'm relieved, too.
On the subject of Golden, I was so happy to see Ejae holding up the Golden Globe for best song, and how she slipped "엄마 사랑해요" right in her speech. She was in tears and so was I!
I'm so glad you liked the songs (and them)! I have always been a fan of bands that play their own instruments in the studio and on stage. It's how I grew up, so I suppose there's comfort in that familiarity. Not that there's anything wrong with idol groups. I'm a big fan of them as well, as you know! haha
Korea has a long history of non-idol bands. It's just that K-pop as we know it today is the music form that gets all the attention.
Not long ago, I asked the indie musician Meaningful Stone, "Because you’re Korean, do foreigners automatically assume you are a K-pop idol instead of an indie artist?" And I loved her reply, which was so gracious.
She said, "That’s a fun question. I think that kind of stereotype naturally comes with being a Korean musician. As K-pop has become more globally popular, K-indie has also started gaining attention. We’re even seeing more cases where the idol industry reaches out to collaborate with the indie scene first. Just as there are amazing people everywhere in the world, I think if you look at Korea with genuine interest, you’ll naturally get to know many more musicians." (source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/go-away-with-meaningful-stone/ar-AA1SrAgy)
Jae, I cannot believe the first song you cite here is an instrumental -- and it's so good! The guitar work would make any serious rocker jealous. Just listened to Footsteps and I'm really impressed with Catch the Young (I guess 젊은 잡아라 doesn't quite have the same ring!).
I'm very, very late to the K-Pop Demon Hunters fever, as I just watched it last week at the behest of...everyone. My family was shocked that I hadn't seen it yet! So I watched it and it was super fun, and Golden and Soda Pop are of course supernova-level earworms, but there's something almost too K-Pop about both of those tunes. I think it's just the ultra-shiny production of those songs, especially Golden, that makes me long for a band like Catch the Young. I was under the impression that the Korean music scene has been overrun by K-Pop to such a degree that bands like this don't exist, so I'm not only delighted, I'm relieved, too.
On the subject of Golden, I was so happy to see Ejae holding up the Golden Globe for best song, and how she slipped "엄마 사랑해요" right in her speech. She was in tears and so was I!
I'm so glad you liked the songs (and them)! I have always been a fan of bands that play their own instruments in the studio and on stage. It's how I grew up, so I suppose there's comfort in that familiarity. Not that there's anything wrong with idol groups. I'm a big fan of them as well, as you know! haha
Korea has a long history of non-idol bands. It's just that K-pop as we know it today is the music form that gets all the attention.
Not long ago, I asked the indie musician Meaningful Stone, "Because you’re Korean, do foreigners automatically assume you are a K-pop idol instead of an indie artist?" And I loved her reply, which was so gracious.
She said, "That’s a fun question. I think that kind of stereotype naturally comes with being a Korean musician. As K-pop has become more globally popular, K-indie has also started gaining attention. We’re even seeing more cases where the idol industry reaches out to collaborate with the indie scene first. Just as there are amazing people everywhere in the world, I think if you look at Korea with genuine interest, you’ll naturally get to know many more musicians." (source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/go-away-with-meaningful-stone/ar-AA1SrAgy)