the best Mandopop of the month from FloruitShow's heart-wrenching ballads to soft boy indie R&B to boy groups blurring the lines between Mandopop and K-pop
i think its a disingenuous(?? misleading?? uninformed, im not quite sure what it is but its one of these words) to say that wayv's music sounds more like kpop than anything released by current idol groups when both the videos you linked are not only close to three years old, but those groups do not seem to have released anything in over a year, if their youtube channels and admittedly perfunctory google search are reliable. not to mention, the first song is produced by one of sm entertainment's main songwriters, and both of those songs sounds like basically anything and everything most boy groups in kpop are releasing right now, even moreso than wayv's.
i think its a disingenuous(?? misleading?? uninformed, im not quite sure what it is but its one of these words) to say that wayv's music sounds more like kpop than anything released by current idol groups when both the videos you linked are not only close to three years old, but those groups do not seem to have released anything in over a year, if their youtube channels and admittedly perfunctory google search are reliable. not to mention, the first song is produced by one of sm entertainment's main songwriters, and both of those songs sounds like basically anything and everything most boy groups in kpop are releasing right now, even moreso than wayv's.
Really enjoyed this issue, especially the discussion on Mandopop as a genre and labels like "Asian pop" and "C-pop"! Looking forward to more.