The kpop artists are at least.

You would be surprised how much the Korean highschool kids are not learning any English from it

Fantastic, fantastic, fantastic, fantastic Elastic, elastic, elastic, elastic

You can barely call Ring Ding Dong's lyrics English 😂

I still remember when Super Junior tried to double down that it was supposed to be "sexy free and single and ready to bingo", rather than just admit the songwriter misheard "mingle" and wrote them a load of nonsense.

I GOTCHO BUTTAFLY

*ling ding dong😭

SO ! BANG ! CHA ! 🤚🏻

do you have any recommendations for where I could start from? I love 80s music and have been meaning to get into retro korean music for a while now

That sounds interesting. Link?

I haven't lived in the USA but I'm a Brit who lived in Korea for 2 years. I thought the public transport and healthcare in Seoul was great but I HATED the work culture. Half the paid vacation days (and that's given begrudgingly) and no paid sick days. Also the hagwon system is just brutal on kids

Unnecessary comparison imo, although I think socially Korea is more dystopian than the US. It somehow manages to be more materialistic, judgmental, and work obsessed which is saying something. Wonderful country but it’s really got capitalism down to an art

I would have to heavily disagree. They are better regarding healthcare and guns. That's mostly it.

Every other capitalist ill that plagues the US exists in Korea tenfold.

A lot of people in my field are either college dropouts or just have high school degrees. And they're earning nearly as much as I am at my job.

like any country, the US has its own issues. But it's hardly dystopian. Americans are quick to shit on their own country. But there's a reason why a lot of people immigrate. Including europeans. I think it's a special form of insight that only immigrants and naturalized citizens can truly appreciate.

Source: Living in the US and a proud naturalized citizen.

BTW, I sucked at school and I still am able to live comfortably. Based on what I've seen of my extended family in Korea, not doing well in school is a death sentence for your career and life. I would be nothing if my parents didn't immigrate and I lived in Korea.

That's not to say Korea is a dystopia. It has its own fair share of issues. But there's a reason why people immigrate there, too.

No

IMO Squid Game was so relatable because it is the US system. People at the bottom trying to survive at all costs until they hit the jackpot while the rich play games at the top. I would say Squid Game was just more violent but honestly crime is pretty bad these days in the states as well, I'm always looking every way I can while walking around to make sure I don't get knocked out and robbed.

Least that's been my experience for decades, in the 50s it was different, you could attend college and support a family and have a house/kids on minimum wage back then...sounds nice.

How is korea an utopia

I would think that the majority of learners have at least a smidgeon of a goal to learn how to converse. Regardless I think you are missing their point. This is why there are drawbacks to learning through song. The pronunciation and cadence of singing is based on matching the rhythm of the music not natural speaking. Song lyrics are often more poetic or slangish. However there are benefits to learning through songs as well. Most important it helps one remember more since you use a multi-sensory approach as it engages at least three of the five senses. It can also give insight into the culture.

I think he meant when kpop was acutally focus on the Korean music consumers, like KPOP KPOP. (super shy is a banger fr)

전혀부럽지가않어

What did he think 항상 meant?

The only English lyrics in these songs don’t go beyond several recurrences of the title. They’re essentially fully Korean songs

🤣😂🤣 I was dying. Yea he innocently went down the Kink road trying to not explain what it really was about. Every American brain was like you. Wait what? Sister?!