#q pop

[ninkkkkk]

Alem's forgetfulness

he hasn't gotten proper sleep in about 3 days straight..

[kafkaesquegf]

“To talk about Alash is to conceptualize a modern, democratic Kazakhstan separate from Nazarbayev: to find an alternative to Nazarbayevean realism. This is probably why the protesters of 2019 drew from Dulatuli’s Oyan, Qazaq! to name their movement. And in putting Alash together with the bust of Kul Tigin and the runes and the eagles and the tazy, Ninety One is claiming modern democratic thought as a homegrown Kazakh, and Kazakhstani, tradition, and claiming space for themselves—performers, performing largely for teenagers, singing and dancing and wearing eyeliner—in said tradition. [...] I have been talking about power this whole time, trying to poke beneath the top fluffy layer of idol-pop music, at heart uncomfortable with the idea that something so conspicuously consuming, so invested in appearances, so eyelinered, so silly, so juvenile could have power. Surely we had to talk around idol pop, to poke at what its performers or fans might be doing when they’re not performing or listening, to decode and classify, because it seemed embarrassing to suggest that the act of performing idol pop could be worthwhile, full stop. Maybe I’ve been wrong all this time. Maybe Ninety One has known better all this time.

Jessica Doyle, "The Ninety One Series, Part 10: Ninety One as Nazarbayevean Realists."

[briannedrouhard]

Illustrating Thumbelina for the "Once Upon a Time" gallery show at Q Pop in Los Angeles, CA.

Show will be viewable in person May 25-June 09 2024.

*I'm gonna make sure the auto-focus is OFF next time I record art. Sorry for that!

Materials used:

Colored pencil, copic marker, Sakura Micron pens, and white gel pen.

[beelsbunny]

cy•pher "ánshi, genıı, bıshi, fairy, kompozıtor ol men - singer, genius, dancer, fairy, composer: yeah, that's me"

[davetada]

My friend Greg (on the right) passed away one week ago. I’m still processing my feelings and talking to mutual friends about what a kind and gentle soul he was. I’ll miss our long chats about city pop, glam rock, twilight zone, and anything japanese culture related. It’s been heart warming to see all the posts from friends talking about what a great person he was. Rest easy Greg.

Downtown LA, CA

[koyoriin]

RUNNER

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Little preview of a fun piece I did for Q Pop gallery’s Kayōkyoku: City Pop Era & Beyond Art Show! You can see/purchase a print of the full piece at their shop location in Little Tokyo, or you can also purchase a print of it on their online store! (There are two sizes!)

[zilaifeng]

my piece for the Kayokyoku show at Q POP, little tokyo. The show is still on, go check it out if you are around ✌️

[qforqazaq]

Please explain to us, why do qpop group often change their members and easily replaced by other person?

Hey. This is a good question.

Long story short: Q-pop industry is still undergoing an early development stage.

Most of the new players in the market like new entertainment companies and groups have no idea what they're doing, merely trying to ride that hype wave. Naturally, that doesn't last for very long, as the groups that are assembled don't have a clear picture, a defined concept or a certain goal in mind. There are practically no good professional producers either.

Moreover, they're often not very good in terms of music production too, having low quality, easily forgettable beats and insubstantial lyrics with no important message behind it. I'm not saying every single popular song is supposed to have an important message to deliver, but singing a generic zillionth song about love or breakup isn't really going to make you stay in the game for long.

Also, I feel most of the debuted groups are not really prepared for the stage neither professionally nor psychologically. The entertainment companies don't have that honed training system like as of yet like in Korea for example, and besides Kazakhs in general are way less disciplined than their East Asian counterparts, so it is easy for groups to break apart when several opinionated guys want to have their way.

And again, since the industry is pretty much non-existent, there isn't much cash flowing around, so most of the artists are surviving on a sheer will power and enthusiasm (and that is what Ninety One went through too, not that they're living that glamorous celebrity life rn either), which might not last longer than the threshold of a relative financial success, which might not end up being that much anyway.