Lee Seung Chul says professionals shouldn't be worried over Infinity Challenge songs

Article: Lee Seung Chul "'Gangbuk Cool Guy'? It's not a song professionals should be worried about"

Source: Sports Seoul via Nate

"I see phenomenons like this as a one time instance. They're songs that will go away once the popularity dies out. Singers should just focus on creating better content.

Whether or not songs like this will continue to take an effect on the music market is something we need to wait and see. Personally, I feel that the KEPA was a bit rushed in their intervention. None of us knows what's going to happen with the current state of the music market, and I think the song's too amateur to say that it had any kind of influence at all in the music industry at large. Professionals shouldn't be intimidated or worried about it. There have always been songs of such nature in the market.

We're opening a new generation where someone like Psy can create a ripple that runs worldwide so we have to look at the bigger picture. Personally, and I'm sorry to say this, I felt that K-Pop was fundamentally weak before Psy's success. It felt wrong calling it the Hallyu wave because there was only one genre being featured. Producers should not be wasting their time fighting broadcast companies but instead focusing their attention on creating and exporting a more diversity of music like underground, ballad, and rock."

1. [+668, -5] I agree wholeheartedly with the last sentence.

2. [+489, -11] I feel like his response was the most realistic. It's nothing new for singers and talents to be ignored in favor of others. Infinity Challenge songs may be popular in the moment, but they're not songs anyone's going to remember 5, 10 years from now. It's true that professionals shouldn't be worried over it.

3. [+436, -67] A good song is one that is enjoyed by the public

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