C-Pop

 How I first heard about Chinese pop was when I watched a Korean show for the first time called "Oh My Ghost!"   It had no opening lyrics but it was still cool music to listen to which grabbed my attention on IRL Asian culture instead of anime or cartoon. After I watched "Oh My Ghost!", Netflix recommended more Asian shows, from Japanese to Chinese and Korean. That was when I started watching Love 020.  Then "A Love So Beautiful" came along.  When I heard the opening song " I Like You So Much, You'll Know It" I loved it automatically because of how peaceful and calm it is. 

The opening song from “Love 020” sounds like video game music when the song starts which feels like it describes someone who loves to play video games a lot. The ending song to Love 020 was relaxing and reminds me of spring/summer which was related to the opening song.  “I Like You So Much, You’ll Know It” is about a couple on what he/she likes or loves about the person as a lover. 

Obviously with C-pop, songs mostly have Mandarin lyrics about anything that's related to a show or scene. I consider myself to be a casual fan of music because I have two options for music, if I enjoy it, I enjoy it. If I don't like it, I don't enjoy the song. I get to learn other foreign languages, for instance, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean. Learning about the music helps me learn more about the language.

Not a lot of my friends know about C-pop instead it's K-pop because it's more popular than C-pop. I never try to get them to know what songs I listen to because they may not like the music I listen to. C-pop is always active on social media like YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram, I don't follow them but I do love their music videos and pictures about the music. I consider myself to be a fan of the song but I would love to know who sang the song to know who they are and listen to more of their music, and to understand more about the musician. 

My favorite musician has to be Yang Yang because his song "Just One Smile Is Very Alluring" was about peace with the person you love and romance which is so lively. The song's strength was about how happy the person is with just one smile. My favorite part of the song has to be the ending of the song which has a repetition when this part comes up: "Only after meeting you did I realize how important you are to me, no else can feel your sweetest smile, I don't need to look for anyone else, because I already found you, our fate just happens to not let anyone else disturb us, only we know how beautiful our love is, I want to be around you every minute and every second, you are important to me" and the song repeats the same from beginning to end. 

-Josiah Russell