 Why is this particular video the fastest growing k-pop video in history even though a lot of critics say Songs not that good. You know, they're called baby monster, but due to the views they are like going crazy monster We got to talk about it because this is making news in the West Andrew We are talking about baby monsters debut single batter up shattering YouTube records for fastest growing k-pop video and it's really controversial because anytime something makes the news Andrew in the West where people don't like k-pop as much even though there are some fans Then there's like two discussions going on. There's the internal k-pop world fandom But then there's the comments from the Western world, which sometimes you had to get a little racial Yeah, we're gonna get into it guys So please hit that like button check out other episodes of the hot-pot boys one thing that might just be as hot as this music video Smala sauce Definitely when you eat it, it's definitely hotter than this music video But maybe won't get as many views David baby monster if you look up batter up between the actual music video The dance performance the dance practice and then a live performance. There's like 200 million views within three weeks Yes, which is crazy fast super explosive. So baby monster Andrew. They're very young I don't believe anybody in the group is over the age of 20 They are considered the leaders of the fourth gen of k-pop So but they're but it's controversial Andrew because people who are fans of the third gen or maybe the second gen Andrew They don't like it. That's an internal fandom thing However, Andrew because k-pop is starting to get so popular outside of Asia into new markets Particularly India as a super hot k-pop market for the fourth gen as well as of course It's always penetrating more into the Western world the UK world the American Canadian market. There's a there's comments Spanning the range. Right, right. So I guess David. What is why do you think it's this? Why do you why do you think it's getting so many views like because there is some criticism saying this song sounds kind of typical Like it's a good song, but it's not great, right Some people say it sounds like 2013 blackpink or like a throwaway even though to be honest The rap part of batters up is by far the best part like the rap part is pretty solid I think here's the thing k-pop is a global phenomenon and you're starting you you saw it with Gangnam style and you saw it with some other things where it's like Western people don't get it Because it's not like the old days with Justin Bieber Sorry where that was such a clear like EDM pop thing from a Western Anglo artist And it's like now all the records are being set by global artists and like basically I'm saying like American artists They don't dictate the YouTube records anymore. Yeah, but YouTube records don't dictate everything in the world either But it does say something it means the global attention is on this music video also I think to address the sonic aspect of it I think that different markets around the world are at a different level of pop sophistication consumption theoretically a 2015 or 2012 sounding song could be more appealing to like an emerging market than like June Cook's Seven days, which makes which may be like too sophisticated for some for different markets around the world right well I mean like I think if you look at Even like pop markets in smaller countries that are not on the global stage Sometimes their rap music or pop music may sound Seven eight years too late. It may sound dated right dated, but that's just because that's where their market is at You know right you're saying that that's just the consumption pattern. Oh, that's like sort of their Sophistication timeline. Yeah, and I would say this like about this is not my favorite k-pop song like this batters up Like there's a lot of other k-pop songs. I like more. I like new jeans for you I like a lot of new jeans songs for example But I will say this even though it kind of sounds stereotypical in that way I just feel like this is kind of like also epitomizes k-pop in a in a true essence where it's like That's what you kind of come to k-pop for my you're saying this interesting mash-up of pop rap EDM house music. It's like hardcore k-pop is what I call it. It's kind of like that is up Like you know and it's like you know a lot of like Empowering lyrics and very like kind of I guess aggressive lyrics for k-pop, but I guess what I'm saying is that You know a lot of people would would question why sexy red songs are so popular because she seems kind of stereotypical like hood rat music But I don't know a lot of people like that type of music. Yeah, like it hits you somewhere I agree with you that the music sophistication timeline sometimes it feels like it doubles back around because you know at first Yeah, you got Lupe fiasco and Kendrick and Nas and Jay-Z and you think it's so lyrical And then it's almost like the next wave of rap is just like super not lyrical Yeah, it's not always this timeline of like things always getting more infinitely complex because And at the end of the day music markets are dominated by youth and by emerging markets and ultimately like let's say if you're a kid Who'd never listen to any k-pop or that much? Western pop you're gonna hear this song and it's gonna be crazy like this is a brand new song like the rap I mean she is rapping the way they're rapping and it is modern, right? And I was thinking for young girls in like let's just say third-world countries where there may be some sort of old-world Patriarchy lyrics like you better listen. I'm on a mission no matter what you say. I'm gonna have my own opinion Yeah, that's empowering In the first time they're really gonna feel something like that given the life that they've been born into remember me Sting like a bee like that's a hyper good way to learn English for somebody who doesn't You know know a lot of puns and I could see a lot of girls who are like learning English or Korean for the first That being like Sting like a bee and like they're gonna remember that line It's catchy like it's kind of goofy to me But I'm not the main demographic right because it's so you know and like we said in hip-hop It always people said oh how come after New York rap it was so lyrical and then it went back to like nursery rhymes like You know anyway, let's get into the comment section after this is from Yahoo news And of course it broke some YouTube records So some people are commenting saying incredible who in America listens to this garbage I'm a lot of people were saying you know it kind of feels weird to watch girls who look this young Act edgy and sexual or kind of do that boom like put it at all that stuff because the youngest girl in baby monster is 14 Oh, she's 14. Yeah, but then a lot of people are saying dude in Asia It's just way different because you can't apply like Western dynamics about like oh is this right or wrong because it's just a Completely different culture. Well, their society is different But yeah, I would say like like I said, this is not my favorite k-pop song and you know, I like the soft I'm super shy type stuff from k-pop. I think it sells to me the image better because you know growing up on rap music It's like I don't really want to see k-pop people like use a lot of do the handguns and stuff like that It doesn't make sense to me because there's no guns in Korea Like it's I don't know I still like people to sell me the image I do think the truth is Asians because of the way we wear what like the skin or the fat on a face It appears more neoteness to Western people I mean literally one of the girls you just said is like 14 or 15 years old. That's pretty young Yeah, and not only that I notice in Asia if you have like the man face or the woman face You go into k-dramas, but if you always have that like forever teenage face you go into pop music That's kind of how they silo out the looks Somebody said baby metal over baby monster. So this is actually a j-rock pop group So a lot of people had discussions Andrew about why did j-pop never go global like k-pop? And obviously this has been really well documented. They have more of a domestic consumption game plan They don't really have like a global consumption style plan for pop music in Japan. It's very domestic Dominated somebody said this is such a typical yg song and yg Andrew is one of the major K-pop companies and people are just saying, you know, it's very formulaic, but at the end of the day man Do people like formulaic things like a lot of people are saying Lil Baby or Drake's music in 2023 Just sounds like they're old stuff, too, dude I think and this is also applies to food tastes is that people Do like to try new things that is natural But try new things doesn't mean I want to become a new thing forever and only eat that weird new thing forever Right. So as much as music progresses or does like weird things I think the masses and I'm saying like the average person which most people are average Most people are the average consumer. They're gonna want like the simple stuff Yeah, I mean most people we grew up with their favorite artists are like Chris Brown and like Tiger Dude, people still just want to eat dumplings man. Put it in a dumpling like, you know You got all these new crazy different dumpling stop. No just a regular dumpling What do you think about not only just the American fans are sort of criticizing this new song But even fans of the second gen or third gen k-pop groups such as black pink are kind of loading up the ammunition against them Yeah, I mean, I just feel like every generation of younger artists Andrew They're meant for their own crowd and of course people who have moved on or maybe were fans of a more sophisticated era They had more like lyrical writing They're always gonna look at the younger people and judge them But they they're looking for the music to meet them where they're at at this point in life Like let's say for example a lot of baby monster fans are like ten years old in India No, literally like they could be like 12 year old girls. Yeah. Yeah. Anyway, let's just get to these major questions Andrew Why do people like k-pop? There are so many posts about it on the internet people are saying the catchy hooks But you know what I ultimately think it is I think it's because it's rooted in a world Where it really doesn't get more edgier than pop life Like in America the reason why pop groups don't sell anymore is because life is so harsh And you've already seen these pop stars have all this wild stuff happen to them outside of the pop world So I just don't think it's like the early 80s where it's this Michael J Fox like Tom Cruise like Top Gun You know what I'm talking about like breakfast club. You could really sell it back then Nowadays, I just feel like the Western world has gotten so crazy, you know quote-unquote like degenerate You can't even believe that the pop stars are that cheesy anymore. Yeah, whereas in Asia it really is that clean You know, I'm not saying there's not some stuff going on behind the scenes of course the suicides and things like that But like literally it's a very clean sort of like sanitized society. Yeah, I would say like Maybe for K-pop even more than a lot of American music Maybe except for EDM. It kind of has that same effect like it's escapism to a different world that you might not live in but Things like American music or rap music for example is so rooted in like supposedly rooted in reality, right? Right like extreme reality extreme reality like they're trying to bring the reality to you versus like For other forms of art or other types of music It's almost like escapism like take me to this place where they're dancing in this big room and just Everybody's in sync with each other and just like the girls are like these cute little girls But got a lot of attitude right we're sort of like a lo-fi Visualizer where the girls got the coffee and the headphones and the cat and the train is rolling by in the window Like that's such a popular, you know spirited away Visualizer for lo-fi music. I just think it kind of reminds me of power puff girls Which is funny because new jeans does a lot of stuff with power puff where it's like, you know Powerpuff they're like I'm gonna destroy you but you never really feel it because it's all taking place within the power puff world So that's why when the girls in baby monster are like brat you better shoot you you know my moves Yeah, it's like you just know that they like nobody's even seen a gun before So that's why I can sell and I just think that that's just where it's at and that's why People really like analyzing that world. They like participating in different fandoms It almost feels like you're following like La Liga or something like that almost like a sports league Anyway guys, let us know what you think in the comment section below. What do you guys think about kpop? Why is it so popular? Why was baby monster as a fourth generation debut group able to amass like such a crazy following so quickly and why Were other fandoms from the second and third generation judging him and what do older Western people really think about kpop? Why is their music so infectious? How did it get this many views even for kpop? I am still impressed and you know what it's crazy the aesthetics really remind me of like 2000s bad boy With a ditty like you know people love nostalgia and actually for a new audience They don't even know it's nostalgia and they never will Anyway, guys, let us know what you think in the comment section below until next time we to hop hop boys. We out. Peace