Big Bang's G-Dragon and BlackPink's Rosé bring K-pop back to its golden age

Public trust in Korean music charts has been shattered after the HYBE scandal. However, with G-Dragon (Big Bang) and Rosé (BlackPink) returning to the top, fans have hope.

G-Dragon and Rosé successfully revived Korean music charts - Photo: Naver

The Korean entertainment industry is going through unprecedented "stormy" days in history with many consecutive events happening.

While the public was immersed in negative emotions due to a series of scandals by the "big guy" HYBE, the top names of K-pop suddenly returned to turn the situation around.

In particular, when seeing idols representing many generations (G-Dragon - gen 2, Rosé - gen 3, Aespa - gen 4) dominating the music charts together, the public feels like they are reliving the most glorious days of K-pop.

G-Dragon chases with Rosé and Bruno Mars

Allkpop reviews K-pop music has just undergone a major purge, as HYBE Group is under strict control of the National Assembly, and the charts are reset with names recognized by the audience.

Melon's Top makes the audience extremely satisfied - Photo: Allkpop

The most surprising and spectacular was the comeback of G-Dragon, leader of Big Bang, who showed the true power of the "K-pop king" with the song Power .

Although it is just a pre-release song for a solo album to be released in November, Power has continuously broken many K-pop records in 2024.

In addition to being the most listened song in the first hour of Melon, Power also topped iTunes in 17 countries and regions upon its release.

However, G-Dragon's strong comeback is not enough to surpass Rosé and Bruno Mars' super hit APT. on the charts.

Many people say that BlackPink members have built a wall so strong that even the Big Bang cannot destroy it.

Rosé and Bruno Mars remain undefeated on music charts - Photo: Allkpop

APT. is still holding the top spot on the charts, closely followed by G-Dragon's Power . The next two spots belong to Aespa's Whiplash and Up , and finally BlackPink's Jennie's Mantra .

The audience was extremely excited about this list: "It's been a long time since I looked at the charts and wondered if that song really existed, it's great that everything has been refreshed now."

“I can accept this chart as the current top 10 of K-pop, representing the top artists of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th generations”; “My eyes and ears feel purified”.

“If anyone at HYBE knows anything about music, this chart is proof enough that music quality matters more than anything else but... they'll probably never understand that” - a viewer commented on Allkpop .

Aespa deserves to be a "monster" of gen 4 when continuously achieving many great achievements - Photo: Naver

Awards ceremonies are gradually turning into "farce"

The HYBE Group scandal is just the "tip of the iceberg" as chart fraud has long been a threat to K-pop.

But all were just doubts, only when HYBE was exposed for falsifying data and manipulating rankings did the audience's trust completely collapse.

Virtual achievements have gradually made music awards ceremonies in Korea lose their value. Every year, there are dozens of large and small award ceremonies, not to mention the awards on weekly music shows.

G-Dragon and Taeyang's (Big Bang) performance is considered legendary - Photo: MAMA Awards

Many idols have expressed their dissatisfaction with these meaningless awards ceremonies, typically G-Dragon. The Big Bang leader's diss rap (attack rap) became legendary at the 2014 MAMA awards ceremony.

Right on live TV, G-Dragon used rap lyrics to harshly criticize MAMA:

“It’s been a while, huh, MAMA? Looks like you guys have prepared the big prizes. You’re afraid the kids will fight over them so you have to divide them equally, right? So feel free to divide them among the kids.”

G-Dragon's rap bluntly exposed MAMA because this award ceremony has long been divided up like candy in kindergarten, everyone who goes gets a share.

The 2024 MAMA awards ceremony is coming soon but the public is not very interested - Photo: Naver

Not only MAMA, many music awards ceremonies each year "give birth" to many different awards, leading to award inflation in K-pop.

However, after many scandals of HYBE, the audience expects a new "revolution" to take place in K-pop music. With the explosive return of G-Dragon and Rosé, the audience's hope is completely possible.

The coincidence in G-Dragon and Rosé's music comeback strategy is surprising, as neither of them announced the release of a new MV in advance.

In particular, both newly released songs are not the "main dish" but just a prelude to their real comeback.

G-Dragon will release his full album in November, and Rosé will officially take the music industry by storm on December 6 with the album Rosie .

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/g-dragon-big-bang-va-rose-blackpink-mang-k-pop-ve-thoi-hoang-kim-20241102102753511.htm