J-POP VS K-POP! What Japanese people really think about K-pop in Japan 

I love both! But obviously, in terms of idols, Korea would be more popular. And in terms of rock bands or instrumental music, Japan would be more popular. And both countries have great soloists. All music are good.

To people who are saying k-pop doesn’t have any variation, you didn’t explore it enough. And why do people in the comments compare Korean idol to Japanese rock bands, solo artists, etc. they are clearly talking about idol groups here. As a Korean, if u dig further into kpop, there are amazing ballads, indie songs, acoustic songs, etc. Some Korean movies and dramas have amazing soundtrack and ost too

8:57 she said "half half" which is really amazing. many of young girls in Japan influenced by Kpop

For those here who STILL think that Jpop is ONLY 'Kawaii' Here are some Jpop groups to check out that AREN'T: Girls groups: Faky, BananaLemon. Boy groups (actually, this list could be endless=) Generations, J Soul Brothers, The Rampage, Exile, Doberman Infinity, and Flowback. Please try these and keep your minds open to new things! I'm sure you'll get to like these groups! =)

K-Pop and J-Pop actually much different on Idol Concept, But Band and Solist, I can relate it quite sometimes. Whatever it is, i love both.

80s~90s = JPOP 00s~10s = KPOP

Interesting that such a young guy would still have Utada Hikaru as his favorite Japanese artist; she debuted 20 years ago. But, he's right. Her music is on a different level than most of what you'd call J-Pop or K-Pop, musically and lyrically. She's been writing her own stuff since she was a teenager (10 of the 12 songs on her debut album released when she was 15 were all written by her, if I remember correctly). If you haven't looked her up before, I strongly recommend it.

I started casually listening to jpop about 4 years ago. I much prefer it to western pop music. Recently, I was introduced to Kpop when I heard Twice-Candy Pop (a Japanese lyrics song). I then looked up their other songs and fell in love with the whole story of them. I don't listen to much kpop, but I Stan Twice! Because I found them through their Japanese lyric songs, I feel more like a j-Once than a Jelly.

I can't speak English, so I get help from a translator. In my opinion, the biggest difference between Kpop and Jpop is the universality of emotions. For Koreans, Kpop is very intuitive, closely connected with experience, and based on emotions shared by everyone. Jpop is more abstract and personal, telling more of a more complex and detailed psychology. From the view I see Kpop, there is no problem explaining that Kpop is rapidly gaining popularity. However, the emotions that are universal and shared by everyone must be shallow. It can be said that 'I like this song' often, but it's hard to hear words like 'It's a song that puts my soul intact' , 'It's the best song in my life' , 'I'll never forget it'. It may be a good song for everyone, but it cannot be the best song of my life. I thought so until a few years ago. Watching Kpop's big success makes me feel weird. Not a few people sincerely say that Kpop is the best song in life. Kpop almost seems to go beyond Jpop. Even if it is distortion by the nationalist media, the success of Kpop is still surprising for me. It's not that important, but which part did I get wrong?

I love both K-pop and J-pop ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

8:54 GIRL, THE TASTEEE.

Japanese fans are some of the loyal. They stick to their idols and not to jump from time to time. Thats why kpop likes Japan in terms of music because they sell there and even releases japanese version (with the exception of BTS-which got the best of both worlds)

I love both but lately i've been into Utaite. It introduced me to a whole new culture in Japanese music industry. I have known vocaloid for years but i just realized that utaite's existence beside it is also very interesting. They usually do a cover of vocaloid song but lately many utaites are producing their own song with such a great quality! I have never seen something like utaite in the music industry of any country.

K=Dance and visuals J=Lyrical and melody.

both genres have my heart. but Keyakizaka46 for the win

When the word "J-pop" was created about 30 years ago, it meant new type of popular music which is different from the traditional popular music at that time. So it did not include idol music. Today the word "J-pop" is used more widely and it usually means all the popular music in Japan. But if someone is asked in Japan, "What is the typical J-pop group/artist ?", most people will not answer the name of idols, but they will say, like Kenshi Yonezu, Gen Hoshino, Aimyon and Radwimps etc. AKB48 or King & Prince will not come first for "typical J-pop" in Japan ,although many Japanese think that AKB is very "Japanese", unique to Japanese culture. Idol is very popular in Japan, but still some people do not include idol music in J-pop. It is interesting that J-pop for foreign people might be mainly idol music in Japan. K-pop for Japanese people is mainly idol music like BTS, TWICE, EXO and BIGBANG etc.. I am not sure if this is the same in Korea.

It’s amazing how open minded the Japanese people are. If someone did a interview like this in Korea, it wouldn’t have gotten such a positive response.

That girl who said Astro's 'Baby' is an intellectual

I recently saw J-rock band Band-Maid in San Francisco, they did a "Meet & Greet" where you can do a quick hello to each member, concert was epic! love me some Yurina Hirate of Keyakizaka46 too!

Tbh i like the fact that jpop idols dont allow fans take pictures so that wont invade their privacy i think kpop idols needs that is one of the factor makes them more exposed to people.

In my opinion K-Pop is more focused in professionalism nearly to perfection and reaching many countries while J-Pop focuses mostly in Japanese fans and they try to catch more fans and make them happy rather than knowing how to sing or dance. Nevertheless, I like both genres and I really hope they transmit positive vibes and faith to their fans worldwide :D

자국민 대부분이 자기나라의 음악을 들어야 하는게 정상인데 K-POP J-POP 반반이니깐 얼마나 J-POP이 퇴보하는지를 알수있는 인터뷰였다

Well, both Jpop and Kpop have their thing. Kpop have a lot of colors, catchy sounds, and lyrics. It's not meaningless of course, some bands truly put emotion when they write their songs and that is really meaningful. Kpop is not trying to turn into american pop. It's just other style, and they experiment as much as in Jpop. And over all, *Kpop is not a music genre*, is a combination of all genres, along with the type of make up and production, where you can find different dances and a whole package of hip-hop, rap, pop, etc. All in different groups. Yes, it's korean music, but not exactly "pop". *Hate seeing people fighting for music. ITS JUST MUSIC, all genres have their own strengths and weaknesses, it's all meaningfull in their own ways, and if something is not meaningfull for you, maybe it is for others.... But why can't people see it?* Sorry for the horrible english btw, I'm peruvian.

동영상에 나오는 인간들 자체가 너무 웃기네. ㅋㅋㅋ한국은 아이돌 음악만 있는 줄 아네? 지들은 여러가지 음악이 있고. ㅋㅋㅋ좀 세계가 어떻게 돌아가는지 제대로 좀 배워라 우리나라에도 니들이 말하는 그런 가사를 쓰는 가수들이 많아요

일본인 여러분 KPOP은 춤잘추고 실력있는 아이돌 노래뿐만아니라 감성적인 노래도 많습니다 ^^.

Hey, a little suggestion for you: - search for Aimer’s « hoshikusu venus » -listen to the song -Try not to cry -Cry a lot On a more serious note , that’s thanks to (or because of) this singer that I’m into japanese culture. Amazing voice, deep and meaningful lyrics (unlike most of the western and kpop music) and pretty nice instrumentals. I recommand her 100%

jpop! kenshi yonezu gen hoshino spitz alexandros yuki koyanagi aaa daichi miura w-ins misia ketsumeishi shiina ringo

If I had been asked that question 8 or 9 years ago I would have answered "what is Kpop or Jpop?". Now I know what it stands for but I only know and like Kpop and Korean music. I have heard a few Japanese songs on dramas that I have liked, but it is hard to find English titles of songs I hear on Japanese dramas. Heck even getting speedy subtitles to Japanese dramas is an impossibility. Korean music and dramas are just so accessible and easy. It may be because they definitely are aiming for International markets and I don't know if that is the goal for the Japanese entertainment industry.

I love Kpop Especially Bigbang!!!!👑💎💛 AND I live in Japan

If you're talking about idols, choose K-POP.

Keyakizaka is 46 groups! And yeah they're so cool, the rebellious group!

And here I'm I learning both languages because I can't decide what music I love the most

80s Japanese Pop was the best kind of pop in music history but now the top spot goes to the Republic of Korea.

I Choose Korean "Pop" Music and Japanese "Rock" Music. I Choose Korean Voices and Kpop Choreo (IU, Bol4, Crush etc.) over over anybody else' voice in the World

I don't know what is kpop that is not familiar on me.. Jpop is familiar on me when I was 10 years old Krary pamyu pamyu

I am japanese but through kpop i learned about korean culture. The amazing thing i learn is that there are a lot of great songs in various genres..i love ballad the most. I reallyreallyreallyreally want everyone to listen kpop!!!♥♥

“K-POP IS DANCE” “J-POP IS KAWAII” I- Ok 😳👌

Personally when Kpop inspired acts like JO1, INI, and NiziU debuted I think things started to look more global. Personally my favorite Japanese groups are XG (not Kpop) and &Team who’ll debut in in December (they’ll be both kpop and jpop just like the 1st groups I mentioned plus they have a Japanese German, Korean, and Taiwanese member)

I love k-pop❤

honestly, when it comes to technical skills, kpop. Most Japanese idols do not train hardcore like kpop bands do. But both are good, i just hope they can train more

Korea = 👍pop Japan= 👍rock

I Like this girl 8:38 any EXO-Ls here ?

Cathy, at 0:08 you actually interviewed a dancer by the name Kenken. He actually appeared on a really famous Chinese dance show called Street Dance of China S4.

People are saying that kpop songs are meaningless well I am sorry that you never actually looked into good kpop music their ballads will send you to another dimension I swear . "They all can sing AND dance" you have no idea what your talking about lets not lie especially the new groups they barely have a main vocalist that can carry a song

I actually listen to Jpop / Jrock a lot: Scandal, Lisa, Bandmaid, Bridear, Aldious, Shachi, Silent Siren, Drop Doll, Garnidelia, Egoist, Nano, Aimer, Sayuri...

I like kpop because of BTS and I like J-pop becoz of Anime...

There are good things about both, but I actually don’t like regular pop in any language much XD I’m more of a rock fan. I listen to music in both Japanese and Korean (although way more in Japanese), and I’m really into Visual Kei bands as well. I actually just found Kizu a couple days ago, so I was happy when that girl mentioned them! But I like regular rock (non-Visual Kei) as well. Recently I’ve been into this group called Kinoko Teikoku. And I like rock music in Korean as well. ^^ I hope you have fun at the Utada Hikaru concert! She has a lovely voice, and a lot of nice love songs. ♥️

Radwimps and Aimyon💚💙💛💜

The reason why J-Idols don't allow fans to take their pictures is because of the company/agency that they work under. The agency (Johnny's esp.) is completely against it because the fans might photocopy them and post it somewhere and everything gets weird. Or else, J-Idols are just like K-Idols.

I'm agreed with their opinion about both the genre.. i like both of the genre i like KPop last year but i have been into J-Pop this year.. i like bigbang so much and i into LDH artist nowadays but i still big fans of 48's fam

My favorite K-Pop artists are TWICE and SuperM while my favorite J-Pop artist is either any Vocaloid song in general or BabyMetal, I've recently been really into NiziU the new J-Pop group debuted by a Korean entertainment company ;D Of course I also like the Japanese songs of TWICE ^^

J-pop and K-pop are both industries with a lot of different kinds of music, both good or bad, so I have no idea why people are getting so butthurt lol. The only thing I’ll say is in Korea hiphop is relatively bigger, whilst in Japan rock is. Also anyone who thinks the shitty repetitive Idol music of certain K-pop groups sounds American has no idea what American pop is like lol. On the other hand I will say shitty Japanese Idol music is very uniquely shitty, although they are even less competent singers.

OOFFF that couple (?) that mentioned utada hikaru and shota shimizu are intellectuals! i'm happy lol

8:50 INTELLECTUAL!

In general I think you can find groups that are really unique with both but when looking at them as a whole there tends to be more variety in Jpop. With Kpop there tends to be a trend in music, video, or dance style and many groups will go with the concept (ex. Tropical House was very popular two summers ago) whereas Jpop artists seem to be very unique from eachother. I'm not an expert on either but I think they both have some really great artists regardless, it just depends what you're looking for in an "idol"!

Why do you compare Jpop with kpop? Kpop is almost Hippop & dance music.Japanese music has various genres.I think that they compared kpop with only Japanese idol pop music.

I've been doing research for a story I'm writing and this video was helpful insight! Thank you!

People who say there are only idol groups in Kpop, have to shame on how short their thinking is. As in any country, there are various genres in Kpop. Recently, vocalists such as Kim Bum-soo and Sohyang are recognized worldwide through RU-vid. Idol is simply a world famous part of Kpop. I want to ask people who worshiping Jpop and saying there are only idol groups in Kpop. So Jpop aren't exist, because there is no famous part of japop in the worldwide? Why can't they have this simple back idea?

The guy with the black cap and hoodie was so hot though omgg

they mentioned Johnny's lol. You haven't seen Yara Tomoyuki or the junior groups XD

as a korean I think K-pop was influenced by J-pop back in the day, but now it feels like there's some J-pop music influenced by K-pop especially idol music. and with platforms like RU-vid, TikTok, and Instagram, cultural barriers have diminished. In the future, there might not even be a need to distinguish between J-pop and K-pop.

7:29 자막이 제대로 안되어있어서 오해하실수 있는데 'jpop가사가 더 감동적이다' 가아니라'jpop가사가 더 와닫는다' 에요. 일본인이라 일본어 가사가 더 와닫는대요 8:35 차가운(x)->멋있는(o)

I've heard k pop through my Indonesian gf. It sounds a lot like American pop to me. Her 6 yo niece dances to blackpink lol. Happy Advent everyone!

I see real life Edna Mode on this video.

keyakizaka46 getting mention, いい! video already xD

It has to be Jpop / Jrock for me! Their music style is unique, lyrics are meaningful and songs can be about anything! Some of my favorite artists are; Sheena Ringo, Radwimps, Cö Shu Nie, Yonezu Kenshi, Aimyon, Daoko, Aimer, Eve! :>

I Love Both of Them, also Cpop for My Chinese Ethnicity 😀😁😂

kpop for me 😂 . i only listen to kiroro and ikimono gakari 😁 . they are the best !

I would like to see a video on the difference on kpop idol life to JPOP idol life to see if they are different which such as which has the most strict rules and strict training and how different is for the payment of each idol groups

JRock all the way 😎 Japan has some great bands with styles that feel unique and exclusive to Japan 🎸 My favorite Japanese singer is Fuki (Tenge Fuyuki), she's got an amazing and powerful voice. For male voice, I would say I enjoy Yo-ka from Diaura (Visual Kei band). Edit : I am not into pop music, though I have listened to some Pamyu Pamyu (cute pop style) and LiSA (famous anisong artist) before.

So I've been into Jpop (since 2005) and KPOP (since 2008). Honestly I don't think you can even compare the two genres cause the music is SO different but.....okay. Now while I'm way more into Kpop than Jpop recently (mainly because I just can't really get into all of the high pitch/anime/idol sounding songs cause they just all sound the same back in 1997-2011 Jpop was way more diverse and better sounding imo) but since *I LIVE IN JAPAN* I will say there are a LOT of talented singers/groups in Japan that are seriously underrated. For example: I even got to meet Cherrsee last year and they are SO cute and SO humble you just can't help but fall in love with those girls. I hope more people recognize their talents. Also Miura Daichi, FAKY, Riri, EXILE/J Soul Brothers, ONEOKROCK, Perfume and Nissy should be a worldwide superstars. Like everyone outside of Japan should stop sleeping on their talent. LOL

Interesting video. I definitely agree that although kpop has meaningful lyrics, jpop is more emotional and does not focus on catchy lyrics. However Japanese idols like AKB48 are not a big trend anymore in Japan these days, mainly due to the rise of twice, which is interesting to see.

I don't know when it comed to both of them, I think they're both catchy. But the more catchy, it just get boring faster. You know I ever get to both of them and when it goes to jpop or kpop idol, I always get bored a month after listen to it. Maybe 2 months is the longest time to get bored. Now I just listen to anime song/Ost and vocaloid. I don't know if it is still considered as jpop when you can see that they get very least noticeable at japanese mainstream media. But that type of song never gets boring to me. I am already liking it for 2 years. My favorite is Lisa. So I think its just preference of each person in music.

6:01 You my friend deserve medal

lets just say both win. they both win our attention and for them most importantly their money. we lose because we are fighting against each other because of corporations lol. i'm just gonna celebrate the artist and composers and producers that actually write these sings - surprise, most songs are written by people all over the world for both kpop and jpop. even some writers wrote the songs for bands you like in japan and korea. the only difference is style (trends) and language. but if we want to be real, japanese music has a very specific sound that you can tell is japanese and sometimes song writers who write japanese music dont follow the standard melodies, and timing a pop song or a song that the masses can consume.

どっちも素敵です！ 어느쪽도 멋있어요!

I listen to k-pop, and to a lesser degree j-pop, specifically because I don't understand what they're saying most of the time. If I really want to know, I'll look up the lyrics. The rest of the time I can just enjoy the vocals as another layer of instrumentation. ;)

Reading through the coments I can’t help thinking that most people compare K-pop with Japanse Idol music, but J-pop is a lot more then just Idol. To me most Korean popular music sounds pretty much the same while in Japanese popular music there is so much variation. Also, Japanese artists and bands aren’t affraid to experiment, to try different genres, different song structures etc. That, combined with often very high skill on the instruments they play is why I love Japanese music.

In general, I think Japanese entertainment has still more recognition than Korean. Kpop and kdrama are heavily watched MOSTLY by girls only unlike what Japan can offer with different varieties of Jpop and Animes which is obviously open for all and captivates everyone - boys, girls and lgbtq+.

*Person: Jpop is kawaii* *Keyakizaka46: Hold my beer*

I have one question...Do you play Kingdom Hearts? If so, I love you more than I ever did before. I saw Utada back in 2009 during her In the Flesh tour. She is amazingly talented. She was born and raised in New York for her early life, so her English is good.

J-Pop has more heart for me. It does not have the technical perfectionism of K-pop, but that makes J-pop so adorable. It's another kind of perfection :) K-Pop is also very funny and I am always happy about new groups and titles. Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland :) .... (Cathy Cat versteht das ^^)

*All Kpop music sounds the same.* Dude, kpop isnt just one genre but there are also k-indies, k-hiphop, k-RnB, and k-rock,etc. You just never listen to songs sang by korean singers/(solo singers,duo)

I have listened to KPop a few times. I have never heard of JPop. But am intrigued. Will try to find some and listen. ☺

Thank god there are Italian Captions,btw some old kpop songs are very cool(the new ones are cute but nothing fantastic)i prefer jpop for a simply reason i find them different than Italian,English and Korean songs.

I'm so into BiSH right now, but I never miss a Jrock concert in my country (Mexico)

EXO(TT)

KEYAKIZAKA46 ♥️♥️♥️

For the next video ask the Japanese what they think of Hirohito

Jpop , I really love 48Group & Sakamichi

I'm more into 'jpop' but not into mainstream songs I love Kalafina, Fiction Junction, Ali Project, Shikata Akiko for life and SOUND HORIZON!! Sound Horizon Kingdom!

I love K-pop TWICE and BTS

I hate it when people say jpop is "cute" and kpop is "cool" there are many cool jpop girl like faky, bananalemon, keziya(sry I still can't spell their name) and e-girls/happiness/flower/sudannayuzuyully they are all great dancers meanwhile there are also cute kpop groups like twice

Kpop kpop kpop kpop kpop kpop kpop

I am a Kpop fan before but after seeing other Kpop group gets popular the music in Kpop become so generic that's why i get tired of it. That's when i start listening to Jpop and my world is change so much in a good way. Now there is still Kpop group that i like. It is Wanna One and Girls Generation. I don't know why but i don't like almost all the popular Kpop groups right now that's why i am so happy i found Jpop because Jpop has so many varieties to it that's why I'll never get tired of it. ✌️

Is J-Rock an option? My favourite Japanese band is Ling Tosite Sigure!

15 second ad in the middle, my god.

J-POP 😍😍😍😍😍😍

I like when you subtitle English. I can't fully understand otherwise.

(J-POP)❤ Hey!Say!JUMP Fans?🙋😍❤❤ Hy, I'am A Tobikko (Fans Of Hey!Say!JUMP) from Indonesia 🇮🇩❤