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浜崎あゆみ ♥ 倖田來未 ♥ 安室奈美恵 ♥ BoA ♥ 宇多田ヒカル ♥ Utada ♥ 鈴木あみ ♥ Meg ♥ 2NE1 ♥ 4minute ♥ After School ♥ Wonder Girls ♥ Brown Eyed Girls ♥ 이효리 ♥ 소녀시대 ♥ Kara ♥ HALCALI ♥ 加藤ミリヤ ♥ 椎名林檎 ♥ Capsule ♥ Perfume ♥ Leah Dizon ♥ 後藤真希 ♥ 分島花音 ♥ MoNa a.k.a. Sad Girl ♥ Chonga Girls ♥ Jewelry ♥ 서인영 ♥ 채연 ♥ 이정현 ♥ 엄정화 ♥ alan ♥ immi ♥ 中島美嘉 ♥ 西野カナ ♥ 青山テルマ ♥ Aira Mitsuki ♥ Jasmine ♥ f(x) ♥ 倉木麻衣 ♥ 伊藤由奈 ♥ MiChi ♥ May J. ♥ Beni ♥ OLIVIA ♥ 土屋アンナ ♥ HAM ♥ 黒木メイサ ♥ 손담비 ♥ 태군 ♥ m-flo ♥ YU-A ♥ 詩音 ♥ PUFFY ♥ 4TOMORROW ♥ Salyu ♥ T.M.Revolution ♥ abingdon boys school ♥ 玉置成実 ♥ Gackt ♥ ＳＣＡＮＤＡＬ ♥ 清水翔太 ♥ 宏実 ♥ COMA-CHI ♥ 島谷ひとみ ♥ Crystal Kay ♥ AYUSE KOZUE ♥ Superfly ♥ 福原美穂 ♥ 福井舞 ♥ 絢香 ♥ mihimaru GT ♥ AI ♥ 北出菜奈 ♥ はるな愛 ♥ MUNEHIRO ♥ モーニング娘。 ♥ 大塚愛 ♥ 壱岐尾彩花 ♥ Chara ♥ Baby Dollz ♥ Mizca ♥ SeeYa ♥ 2PM ♥ SHINee ♥ SS501 ♥ 티아라 ♥ 바다 ♥ 황보 ♥ 아이비 ♥ 백지영

do these shoops look a bit GHETTO to you? because that's kinda the point.

Take the 50 top artists in your musical profile, and create a cloud of the similar artists that are not in your top 50. The result is a collection of highly recommended artists for your personal profile. You can generate your own cloud (in BBCode) at http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/recommend.php

My recommendations are

2AM 2NE1 2PM 4minute A'ST1 After School AnyBand Brown Eyed Girls Epik High F.I.R. F.T Island Fahrenheit Fly to the Sky Kangta & Vanness Kara SE7EN SMTOWN Super Junior Super Junior H Super Junior M Super Junior T Tae Yang Taegoon Wonder Girls 光良 南拳媽媽 吳克群 周杰倫 張韶涵 林依晨 林俊傑 林宥嘉 棒棒堂 楊丞琳 王力宏 范瑋琪 蔡依林 蔡旻佑 蕭亞軒 赤西仁 배틀 소녀시대 손담비 신화 아주 이효리 천상지희 The Grace 태군 태양 ����

First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.

1. 동방신기
- 東方神起
- SHINee
- SMTOWN
- AnyBand
- Super Junior M
- 시아준수
- F.T Island

2. 植松伸夫
- 松枝賀子 & 江口貴勅
- 崎元仁
- Naoshi Mizuta
- 谷岡久美
- 光田康典
- 浜渦正志
- The Black Mages
- Shirou Hamaguchi

3. Fall Out Boy
- Panic at the Disco
- Cobra Starship
- The Academy Is...
- The Cab
- Midtown
- All Time Low
- My Chemical Romance
- Hey Monday

4. Super Junior
- Super Junior H
- Super Junior T
- Super Junior K.R.Y.
- 2PM

5. 倖田來未
- 安室奈美恵
- 浜崎あゆみ
- 鈴木あみ
- sifow
- BoA
- misono
- Leah Dizon
- 伊藤由奈

6. タッキー＆翼
- 今井翼
- 滝沢秀明
- NEWS
- KinKi Kids
- 関ジャニ∞
- V6
- KAT-TUN
- 山下智久

7. Linkin Park
- Fort Minor
- Jay-Z and Linkin Park
- Chester Bennington
- Xero
- Papa Roach
- Limp Bizkit
- Mike Shinoda
- Adema

8. Rain
- SE7EN
- Tae Yang
- Wheesung
- 이효리

9. N*E*R*D
- Pharrell
- The Neptunes
- Kanye West
- Fam-Lay
- Lupe Fiasco
- Kelis
- Clipse
- Common

10. Chae Yeon
- Son Dam Bi
- Baby V.O.X
- 이정현
- 배슬기
- Bada
- Jewelry
- Jo Sung Mo

11. Wonder Girls
- Kara
- After School

12. 雅-miyavi-
- Dué le quartz
- LM.C
- the GazettE
- SuG
- アンティック-珈琲店-
- alice nine.
- Kra
- Gackt

13. Elvis Presley
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Chuck Berry
- Ricky Nelson
- Eddie Cochran
- Gene Vincent
- Roy Orbison
- The Everly Brothers
- Buddy Holly

14. BIG BANG
- G-Dragon

15. Kent
- Håkan Hellström
- Broder Daniel
- Lasse Lindh
- Markus Krunegård
- Kristian Anttila
- Lars Winnerbäck
- Timo Räisänen
- Laakso

16. L'Arc~en~Ciel
- HYDE
- VAMPS
- P'UNK~EN~CIEL
- TETSU69
- LUNA SEA
- acid android
- Janne Da Arc

17. Brown Eyed Girls
- 4minute
- 2NE1
- f(x)

18. Robbie Williams
- Take That
- Robbie Williams & Kylie Minogue
- George Michael
- Mark Owen
- Will Young
- Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman
- Ronan Keating
- Mika

19. 소녀시대
- 티파니
- 태연

20. Britney Spears
- The Pussycat Dolls
- Lady GaGa
- Lindsay Lohan
- Paris Hilton
- Ashley Tisdale
- Christina Aguilera
- Jessica Simpson
- Hilary Duff

= 146

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浜崎あゆみ ♥ 倖田來未 ♥ 安室奈美恵 ♥ BoA ♥ Kota Kami ♥ 宇多田ヒカル ♥ Utada ♥ 鈴木あみ ♥ Meg ♥ 2NE1 ♥ 4minute ♥ After School ♥ Wonder Girls ♥ Brown Eyed Girls ♥ 이효리 ♥ 소녀시대 ♥ Kara ♥ HALCALI ♥ 加藤ミリヤ ♥ 椎名林檎 ♥ Capsule ♥ Perfume ♥ Leah Dizon ♥ 後藤真希 ♥ 分島花音 ♥ MoNa a.k.a. Sad Girl ♥ ACsan ♥ Chonga Girls ♥ Jewelry ♥ 서인영 ♥ 채연 ♥ 이정현 ♥ 엄정화 ♥ alan ♥ immi ♥ 中島美嘉 ♥ 西野カナ ♥ 青山テルマ ♥ Aira Mitsuki ♥ Jasmine ♥ f(x) ♥ 倉木麻衣 ♥ 伊藤由奈 ♥ misono ♥ MiChi ♥ May J. ♥ Beni ♥ OLIVIA ♥ 土屋アンナ ♥ HAM ♥ 黒木メイサ ♥ DOUBLE & 安室奈美恵 ♥ 倖田來未×misono ♥ 손담비 ♥ 태군 ♥ Sugababes ♥ m-flo ♥ Nick Dreamer ♥ 蔡依林 ♥ 蕭亞軒 ♥ YU-A ♥ 詩音 ♥ PUFFY ♥ 4TOMORROW ♥ Salyu ♥ T.M.Revolution ♥ abingdon boys school ♥ 玉置成実 ♥ Gackt ♥ ＳＣＡＮＤＡＬ ♥ 清水翔太 ♥ 宏実 ♥ COMA-CHI ♥ 島谷ひとみ ♥ Crystal Kay ♥ AYUSE KOZUE ♥ Superfly ♥ 福原美穂 ♥ 福井舞 ♥ 絢香 ♥ mihimaru GT ♥ AI ♥ 北出菜奈 ♥ はるな愛 ♥ MUNEHIRO ♥ モーニング娘。 ♥ 大塚愛 ♥ 壱岐尾彩花

First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.

01. Saori@destiny
- 80_pan
- アイラミツキ
(2)

02. Aira Mitsuki
- COLTEMONIKHA
(1)

03. Perfume
- Kaela Kimura
(1)

04. Florence + The Machine
- Marina & the Diamonds
- Bat for Lashes
- VV Brown
- Little Boots
- La Roux
- Jack Peñate
- Laura Marling
- The Maccabees
(8)

05. MiChi
- GIRL NEXT DOOR
- 黒木メイサ
- 西野カナ
- 福原美穂
- Miliyah Kato
- 福井舞
- 谷村奈南
(7)

06. Imogen Heap
- Frou Frou
- Kate Havnevik
- A Fine Frenzy
- Jem
- Regina Spektor
- The Bird and the Bee
- Tori Amos
(7)

07. Eternity ∞
- Jade Valerie
- Sweetbox
- Jasmine
- Phrased Differently
- Marié Digby
- Tata Young
(6)

08. BoA
- Koda Kumi
- AnyBand
- Namie Amuro
- Lee Hyolee
- Wonder Girls
- 소녀시대
- ayumi hamasaki
- SMTOWN
(8)

09. Utada
(0)

10. Meg
(0)

11. ravex
- SWEET BLACK feat. MAKI GOTO
(1)

12. Brown Eyed Girls
- 4minute
- 2NE1
- Kara
- Jewelry
- After School
- 2PM
- G-Dragon
- f(x)
(8)

13. Capsule
- copter4016882
- NAGISA COSMETIC
(2)

14. immi
(0)

15. Suzuki Ami
- sifow
(1)

16. Sweet Vacation
- 元気ロケッツ
(1)

17. Superfly
- 絢香
- いきものがかり
- キマグレン
- Kobukuro
- HY
(5)

18. AYUSE KOZUE
- 日之内エミ
- SATOMI'
- MAY'S
- Yamada Yu
- Foxxi misQ
(5)

19. Mika Nakashima
- Ito Yuna
- ai otsuka
- Kou Shibasaki
- alan
(4)

20. Crystal Kay
- AI
- Double
- Aoyama Thelma
- m-flo
- BENNIE K
(5)


TOTAL SCORE: 72

...Ouch.

So, Korea is a little bit different in terms of the music scene and pop industry than, say, the UK and America. And not in a good way.

The Korean pop industry seems to be a hyperactive version of the western scenes, but with half the amount of songs rotating at any one time, and a pitiful amount of variety.

In the UK, you'd perhaps have 40 or 50 songs at any one time that play on radios, some being out for a couple of months. In Korea, the number is 10, and songs are considered old after being out for one month.

My kids describe 2NE1's song 'Fire' as "so old". It was big when I arrived here. In July. Now it's uncool to like it.

Unless an act has a current song out, nobody cares about them. Wonder Girls are a good example. No current song out at the moment. And everyone seems to hate them. But the minute they release another song, everyone will love them again.

This fickleness bothers me, as does the robotic manner in which my kids (not mine biologically, I'm a teacher) adore these stars. G-Dragon for example. He can't sing. His dance routines are laughable. He wears women's clothing, and looks like a male version of Lady GaGa. Not a good thing.

Even worse, is that a lot of the songs are carbon copies of the original. When I played Rihanna's 'Umbrella' for my kids, they thought it was a cover. Why? A girl group here released the same song, but in Korean. This happens on a regular basis. G-Dragon's Heartbreaker is identical to Flo Rida's 'Right Round', minus Ke$ha. So not only are the artists produced in a manufactured manner that is a LOT more literal than how we use the phrase in the west, they peddle their songs as original, which they're anything but. At least in the west, the original song is at least acknowledged as a general rule.

And then we have the stars themselves. They're dull beyond belief. They have no personalities and only say what they're told to say. Yes, that happens in the UK, but not to this extent. One slip and that's the career over. Look at the lead singer of 2PM. One slip up from 6 years ago has come out, written when he was much younger and recently moved from America, and he's out of the band.

Korea is a cut-throat society, and the music industry here is a perfect example to reflect this hardness.

User DaJungKi sums it up perfectly when he writes:

Underneath all that glamour and makeup, the KPop industry is a messy scene. Huge entertainment conglomerates pour millions of dollars into carefully manufactured pop groups that sometimes spend years preparing for their debuts, often including cosmetic surgery (which is growing rapidly in popularity in Korea). Artists rarely write their own songs, which sound like they're cut-and-pasted from American electro-house music with an added R&B/hip-hop flair. 2NE1, Girls' Generation, Brown Eyed Girls, T-ara, 4Minute, Wonder Girls, KARA, After School--they all seem to blend together, don't they? Even within the groups themselves, can you tell one girl apart from another? Don't get me wrong; I'm not trying to bash people who listen to KPop--hell, I do it myself sometimes. But I don't try and pretend it's good music, because it's not.

2NE1 4minute Girls' Generation BIG BANG Super Junior Kara BoA Wonder Girls Brown Eyed Girls 2PM 2AM G-DragonSHINee

interesting :DD

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