Why do you love Asian music?!

[mimika]

I know a lot of AHS members are not Asian but are still interested in asian music! I'm just curious because a lot of Asian singers can't make it big in the Western world even if they try (BoA, Hikki, just to name a few), yet a lot of asian singers have non-aisan fans....why is there such a disconnect?

[Crystal_Ageha]

Well, I'm honestly only into Japanese music, because I think K-Pop either all sounds too similar to each other or is too much like Western music, and C-Pop just isn't my thing.

But I love Japanese music because it's so different. In general, they take elements from literally every music style, and it's all popular. On the top thirty chart, you can have an R&B ballade, an acoustic rock song, Visual-Kei, techno, and regular J-Pop, all at the same time. You won't find that in, say, the U.S. For the most part, other countries follow very specific trends, and it's hard to find music that's out of the current one. J-Pop isn't like that, though. I mean, there is an overload of boybands and cutesy, wannabe R&B stars, but that's just the surface. You can still find many other genres very easily. To find that in the U.S., you almost always have to look into lesser known or indies bands, and they aren't always worth checking out.
Also, what I love even more about J-Pop is how well the Japanese language fits with music in general, but especially with J-Pop. It's so perfect... Like, English is such a choppy and....kinda rough sounding language. It doesn't always have the right flow, and sometimes syllables are awkwardly split up in lyrics. But because Japanese is a syllabic language, it always works out perfectly when you sing in that language. It's very...beautiful, I guess. It gives you more to play around with when writing lyrics, too. And I also like that about the other main Asian languages. Like Korean, it's great for rap and R&B (maybe that's why they do so much of it?), because all the sounds kinda create their own beat, hah. And Chinese is a melodic language, so it can be sung very pretty, too.

[PoetGirl]

I listen to cpop and jpop (or jrnb but its still jpop right?).
Main reason is I need gentle music, not rough and fierce and in your face like
western music mostly is. I need music that is very cute, very sweet and not senseless in its lyrics. Ayumi Hamasaki is only exception of music I listen to. She is kinda in your face,
but she's special.

[Raiu-Ayu]

I actually love Japanese music in particular because it has more of a focus on lyrics. In Western music you need to have one of three things:
1. A really awesome song that will get you famous for five minutes
2. WAAAAY too much sex appeal to the point where watching MTV is like watching the Adult Channel
3. An awesome PR team that gets your song on every TV channel, every radio station and every thing under the sun

I also love it because in Japan artists that aren't maybe selling huge or always getting number #1 still have a strong fan-base, for example AAA; they aren't on the same sales or popularity level as most Johnny's or DBSK but yet their concerts are always packed. In Western music if you don't hit the top 5 then you're nobody and you're just dropped and left to the side.

Another reason is I love how things are released in Japan; its always new material. Artists release singles then albums then get new material. In Western music its like heres an album now here's a song you already know and another one and another one. And now I'll get one new song, add it to my album and re-release for a higher price! Now I disappear for 2 years to do new stuff, delay my new album by months, get in some major controversy and then release my album when I'm all over the news! WTF is up with that??

[Lizzyboo]

never really gave it thought...i just really like the songs, language does not matter to me. in fact, sometimes i lke the fact that i cant understand the words because there are some american songs that i listen to and the words are sooo stupid that i think "man! the beat in this song is so cool but i wish it was in a different language because the words are stupid" lol i have really said that XD. but i dont know, like poetgirl said some asian music is so cute and bubbly it just makes you feel good, very few american songs relax me like asian songs. this might sound stupid, like i said never really thoughtt about it, just like it so i listen to it

[TITANIC]

I am asian but I only like Japanese and western music. I dont like others or maybe a little bit of korean. I heard from some of my western friends that they dont like any other music except western because they dont understand what is the meaning of the song. they dont even wanna try to hear the song.

[aurinko.]

I love Asia so I have to love its music
I'm interested in Asian cultures and especially languages so listening to music is my way of getting to know them better. Plus, I've found that singing along to let's say, ayu helps me with my accent. Although the accents aren't usually that vivid while singing, I consider to be a great way of learning

So it's this plus what AyuIsTheBest and Crrystal Ageha said

[AyUta]

I adore asian music because the lyrics are real. they have a lot of meaning to them, especially ayus, as well as others. Also the fact that the music is much cooler, and there's a lot of variety. The language is beautiful to me also, it just flows perfectly well with the music.

[KarenPang]

there's a lot more variety going on as compared to English music which can be extremely manufactured to a certain extent

also the release pattern with regards to jpop too ! I like it that the artistes will release singles 1st followed by albums , it's consistent unlike English music where an artiste can release a single both before/after an album drops

also sometimes you can wait forever before an album's out >_< . Like for Christina Aguilera's case , it has been like what 4 years since Back To Basics was released & she's going to put out her 4th album Bionic soon even though she has been in the business for like forever

[visionfactory]

I feel that japanese music is clean and true........... about western music and korean music they gave me a fake vibe I don't know how to explain it

I'm not asian and I listen to japanese music only

[Crystal_Ageha]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

there's a lot more variety going on as compared to English music which can be extremely manufactured to a certain extent

also the release pattern with regards to jpop too ! I like it that the artistes will release singles 1st followed by albums , it's consistent unlike English music where an artiste can release a single both before/after an album drops

also sometimes you can wait forever before an album's out >_< . Like for Christina Aguilera's case , it has been like what 4 years since Back To Basics was released & she's going to put out her 4th album Bionic soon even though she has been in the business for like forever

Oh, I really like that, too! To me, it makes no sense whatsoever to release a single after an album. >_<

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by Crystal_Ageha

Oh, I really like that, too! To me, it makes no sense whatsoever to release a single after an album. >_<

haha

yeah I never know such a thing existed in jpop til much later on

I like it this way , at least it's more consistent & not messy/everywhere unlike for English music

sure I know jpop acts do release singles after they release albums but that rarely happens . It does happen only for special reasons & etc

[Andrenekoi]

I don't love asian music... I love some asian artists... and some western artists... good music has no country^^

[Meat Pao]

I honestly have no idea.

[ll moments ll]

my family's Southeast Asian (but i was born & raised in America), but i find myself listening to East Asian music because it's different from Western music. i mean, Japan has the 2nd biggest music industry, yet i feel like that's not known to the West, imo. i mostly listen to J-pop. i listen to K-pop too, but i think they still need to work on the industry more & i hope they can focus a bit more on music...than style (to be fair, the mainstream artists). but that's just me.

i like the variation...idol pop, pop, hip-hop, R&B, rock, etc. in J-pop. the style, cultural aspects, the music is very different from Western music. there are things similar to Western music, but very different aspects too. i don't think its better or superior than Western music, but i just enjoy it. i mean, i listen to a mix of everything. lol.

[mcluva420]

doesnt matter to me. i just love the artists' music and they happen to be asian i love a wide range of music so i dont discriminate

[Corvina]

I love Asia, especially Japan, so it's naturally that I'm interested in the music as well as in other cultural things. So I do know more about japanese music, cause I deal with it more, simple as that. In general the country and the language doesn't matter - like Andrenekoi said, good music is good music. The special thing about japanese music is the diversity and the different mentality, you can see especially in the lyrics. Plus I adore the japanese language. Japanese music is special to me, because I love the japanese country. But I do love some western music as well.

[love in music]

Because I searched years for good music in my own language but couldn't find any. I only started loving music when I listened to some asian artists because some just release very high quality music that actually has deeper meaning and isn't just talking about sex.

[y_nathz]

Hmm well I listen to J-Pop and K-Pop and a lil C-Pop too
I like it coz.. uhh well I'm a proud Asian
No it's not just that
I like J-Pop *uhh well mostly the females XD* because they sounded 'different' than most Western music and Asian female musicians didn't show too much sex appeals
I mean I don't want to waste my money for music with PVs that looked like some cheap porn
As for K-Pop I need to blame this K-Pop storm in my country lol their music maybe sounded kinda alike but it's addicting and I like K-Pop fashion a lot XD
They're kind of eye candy for me
As for C-Pop I'm not a fan but I do listen to some Chinese music and I like Chinese Orchestra, I found it's beautiful

[aloopy]

I don't favor Asian music over Western music actually. I love them both equally. There are just as many artists who make original music and write meaningful lyrics in any country as there are in Japan. I listen to music from alot of different countries, from popular artists to unknown bands. I don't wanna limit myself when it comes to music.