Loving all the generalization and music snobbery towards Kpop here. You're saying all kpop is manufactured while Jpop offers tons of variety, but right now the Oricon chart is invaded by idols, just like Kpop .. Does that mean that the other genres don't exist? Korean music has a lot of variety, it's out there if you dig deeper, just like you have to when you get into Jpop and you're looking for something other than AKB and JE artists
IMO just because a song is manufactured doesn't mean it's automatically bad, you don't have the right to judge someone on their taste of music based on how ~real~ their favorite artist is. I enjoy manufactured pop music knowing exactly what it is, and I'm fine with that.
I agree with you. I think the problem with a lot popular Jpop artists is that they release the same types of songs over and over again. Sometimes I like a certain song by an artist, and then I download their album and all I hear is the same thing
. I've been a fan since 2006, and by 2009 I just couldn't feel hyped for my favorite artist's releases.
I'm not saying that everyone is like that though, and of course not all Kpop artists do something different with every release (ilu 2AM but sometimes I can't tell your songs apart ;~; ), these are just my feelings on the situation .. I agree with everyone who said that you just need a breath of fresh air, maybe you'll get back into Jpop in a few months after trying some new stuff.
oops sorry for the TL;DR
