Oh. I keep remembering things I wanted to say. K-Rock groups can perform on music shows. Music shows are interesting because you have to pay to perform on one. A.C.E did a bunch of busking to raise money to perform on a music show for their debut. Rolling Quartz has been on music shows a few times. Generally, companies take care of the cost. You can get an idea of budget if they're only doing one of the shows instead of all of them, which is generally the case for these small bands, but I've also seen it with solo releases from idols that are part of an underperforming K-Pop group.
Lunoki
2025-07-03 01:20:33 +0000 UTC
I am so frustrated right now, because I know that intro for To. Nosy Boy, but I can't place the song. I thought it was the band Tonic, but it's not, and it's driving me crazy now.
If you want Korean rock, I've got more coming your way.
K-Pop is viewed in Korea pretty similarly to how it's viewed here. You either love it, or you criticize it heavily as manufactured music that has no soul. There was a show called Breakers (Key hosted it) where all of these song writers compete with each other. I can't remember the reward, but Hui showed up and everyone dismissed him for being a K-Pop idol. He made it to the final round. Oh yeah, I don't know if you ever watched the Hui/Somin (Kard) performance of Swim Good, but that was Breakers.
Dragon Pony's Pop Up had 917k views. Not Out's original MV has 38k views, but there's a live performance that has 141k views.
Finally, you mentioned being tired of songs about love and break ups. I thought you would appreciate that On Air is about the group trying to make their mark in the music industry.