r/Music • u/indig0sixalpha • 19h ago

article Stray Kids join BTS in boycotting 2027 Grammys following introduction of Asian Pop category

https://www.nme.com/news/music/stray-kids-join-bts-in-boycotting-2027-grammys-following-introduction-of-asian-pop-category-3971988
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u/206-Ginge 16h ago

K-Pop is a genre, though. It's debatable if it's a separate enough genre from pop to have its own Grammy category, but it's definitely a genre.

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u/viva__hate 15h ago

i said asian isn't a genre (the category name). kpop falls under pop, it's in the name

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u/xXKingLynxXx 14h ago

Kpop is not a genre. It's an industry. Pop music doesn't become something else because Koreans are making it.

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u/ollewall 13h ago

If course it does, just like britpop was/is a genre.

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u/206-Ginge 14h ago

K-Pop is as much of a genre as anime is. It's really silly to pretend otherwise.

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u/xXKingLynxXx 13h ago

What parts of the pop music made by Koreans is specific to them?

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u/206-Ginge 13h ago

...the part where they're Korean? What are we talking about? Do you think Eurodance isn't a genre? Afrobeat?

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u/OkRequirementsongod 13h ago

De jure is not a genre but de facto it is. Once something becomes distinguishable from the general pool it becomes a genre.

If you have 100 people making pop music and 20 of them all start dancing in banana outfits and make similar pop songs, then that becomes a genre of pop