From YouTube shorts to the concert hall...J Pop's Growing Interest

Last year's Night Dancer craze...J-pop's first melon top 100

Mixed duo Yoavo's 'Idol', syndrome on SNS

J-Pop Spreads With Short-form Content...Even the unfamiliar feeling disappears

[Anchor]
You've listened to Japanese singers' songs while looking at SNS these days.

As interest in J-pop grows in Korea, Japanese singers are now visiting Korea in person beyond SNS.

Reporter Lee Kyung-guk's report.

[Reporter]
This is Imase's "Night Dancer," which gained explosive popularity last year.

Not only did it create a "challenge craze" on social media, but it also became the first J-pop singer to enter the Melon Top 100 chart.

In addition, singer-songwriter Uri's "Betelgius",

and 'Lemon' by Yonez Kenshi.

It attracted great attention from Korean fans with its lyrical lyrics and melody.

Some songs have received great attention for their unique freshness.

The animated OST Idol, sung by the duo's mixed duo Yoavo, literally created a sensation.

As exposure through short-form content becomes more frequent, the unfamiliar feeling of J-pop is naturally disappearing.

[Lee Seung-joon / Changjeon-dong, Seoul: It was a hobby that I used to listen to quietly by myself and it's hard to recommend to my friends, but as my perception has changed, the number of people I can talk with has increased, so I think I've gotten better.]

[Min Jaeil / Taepyeong-dong, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do: When you listen to shorts or relaxation, you get used to it and sometimes you think, "This song is good to listen to."]. I think it's really fascinating when it comes to lyrics and beats.]

J-pop is rapidly expanding its fan base, centering on the teens and thirties.

Experts say that the personality and charm of J-pop artists are known through SNS,
It explains that the perception that it is exclusive to some enthusiasts
is also becoming blurred.

[Hwang Sun-up / Popular music critic: Japanese music fans who secretly liked and started to recognize that there is a Japanese music, and now it's accepted as a category like Anglo-American pop]

It is a situation in which there is a natural spread of perception on the value of content and historical issues between Korea and Japan.

In line with this trend, the scale of Japanese singers' performances in Korea is also growing noticeably.

Fujii Kaze, a singer-songwriter who appeared like a comet in the Japanese R&B world.

When I visited Korea last year, I held a performance at a 2,000-seat concert hall, but
In December,
will be the first Japanese singer to perform at the Gocheok Sky Dome, which is close to 20,000 seats.

Yoavo also nearly doubled the size of the performance compared to last year, and all seats were sold out within a minute of the start of the reservation.

The J-pop festival "Wonder Ribet," which features a large number of Japanese artists as major cast members, also visits fans.

As many as 20 Japanese singers will perform in the three-day performance from November 8th.

This is YTN Lee Kyung-guk.