Monthly Archives: November 2017

Kpopalypse presents a classy-sexy Gain retrospective

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Kpopalypse bias Gain, the maknae (youngest member, 30 years old at the time of writing) from long-running k-pop idol group Brown Eyed Girls recently decided/was forced to go on a mental health hiatus from the k-pop industry.  Not many people tend to come charging back into the world of k-pop once they realise that it’s not good for their mental state, so the sad truth is that it’s very possible we may not be the lucky recipients of more Gain videos in the future.  The silver lining to this dark cloud is that it’s a good time for a classy-sexy Kpopalypse retrospective look at Gain!

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Things Kpopalypse dislikes in music – R&B

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Regular readers of the Kpopalypse roundup series and also the best/worst lists for each year have noticed a pattern forming.  Kpopalypse generally dislikes k-pop songs with R&B influences.  Why is this the case?

Not liking any particular musical style is of course completely fine and requires no justification.  However for those who would like to hear some reasons anyway for their prurient entertainment purposes, I have collected them below.  I hope you enjoy this completely self-indulgent post where I shit on one of k-pop’s favourite genres.

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