Why You Should Be Listening To Asian Music

K-pop hit "Gangnam Style" took the world by storm, Having more than 2 billion views on YouTube, here are some reasons to listen to Asian music

1. Eye catching choreography

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K-pop is known for it's choreography. I'm surprised how they never run out of moves.

This is EXO, a 10 member boy band (it used to be 12) produced by S.M. Entertainment. Their single "Call me Baby" landed on the Canadian Billboard top 100 on April 25, 2015

2. The EXPLOSIONS of color

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Kyary Pamyu Pamyu is well known for her colorful "kawaii" (which means cute in Japanese) theme and mixing it with weirdness. The art director is Masuda Sebastian.

3. Glowsticks! (or lets say Light sticks)

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A light stick is a hand-held, portable, battery-powered light source. The power supply is from a battery–operated light emitting diode (LED). As you go to a K-pop concert (and most Asian concerts) , it's very common to see fans bring light stick and create this unique 'ocean-like' scene.

4. Hatsune Miku is the world most famous virtual diva

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The Japanese pop star has appeared on "Late Night with David Letterman", has more endorsements than tiger woods, and even collaborated with artist like Pharrell Williams.

Miku is a vocaloid, having a synthesized voice and preforming as a hologram in front of thousands. Her music can be made by ANYONE.

She even has her own fan page, which currently has more than 2.5 MILLION likes. Lady Gaga was so impressed that she even had Hatsune Miku to perform at the opening of Artpop ball!

5. Yuna is a malaysian singer, songwriter and a buisnesswoman

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Yunalis Mat Zara'ai , who performs decently on stage with a headscarf. Owl city and Yuna had collaborated to create the song "shine your way" for the movie "The Croods".

6. GIMME CHOCOLATE!!

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Babymetal is a Japanese metal band consisting of three female lead singers aged 14 - 16. There is no doubt that the fan base is getting bigger and bigger.

7. World's largest band

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AKB48 expanded to have about 140 members, with 2013 sales of over $128 million and have various sister groups. It holds the Guinness World Records as the "largest pop group".

8. Here's K-pop's tomboy

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Amber Lui from F(x)

9. Traps. Trap Everywhere

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That's a very pretty girl... or is it?...

10. Sometimes it makes your mind go WTF

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In the end it's always something to enjoy

11. SEKAI NO OWARI is an indie band a whole family can enjoy

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They recently collaborated with OWL CITY and Nicky Romero, this band once performed their first concert at club Earth, but sadly only 15 people showed up.

In August 2011, SEKAI NO OWARI performed a solo concert at the Nippon Budokan where The Beatles once performed. The tickets for this show sold out. In November, their album ENTERTAINMENT, was awarded Best Album for the Japan Record Award. The band's originality and creativity known as "TOKYO FANTASY" are highlighted by their massive fantasy-Carnival like stage setup, reality-redefining magical treehouse and exotic town known as "TOKYO FANTASY".

12. Don't forget Bollywood

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The 2nd oldest music industry in the world that was involved in protecting copyrights of music producers and supporting growth of music entertainment industry.

13. ...And winning the Youtube Awards

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14. Many anime openings are made by well known J-rock bands

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Such as 'Ready steady go' by L'arc en ciel for Full Metal Alchemist and Let Me Hear is the opening theme of Parasite: The Maxim, performed by Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas.

15. K-rock should be given a spotlight too

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F.T. Island - Pray

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In the end, everyone has their own taste in music and there is nothing wrong with that. By this post I have no intention of being racist. All we can do is hope for the best... that with Youtube and Globalistion, most countries will become more and more culturally diverse... including removing stereotypes.