Music is one of things that EVERYBODY in this world loves, I'm sure. Certain types make us happier than others, and others are more pleasurable to hear, but our reasons for liking songs are much different. People enjoy beats, the lyrics, the way the person's voice sounds, and many other aspects of certain songs.
I happen to be a very avid Korean pop fan (I listen to rock/alternative. and some american pop as well, but Korean pop is one of my favorites, along with rock/alternative/indie). I enjoy it so much, that I probably listen to it for at least an hour every day. When I mention to anyone that I am a fan, a very common response is, "How can you like it if you can't even understand it?" Well, that's a great question. I enjoy music based on how everything fits together. If the words, instrumentation, and the person's voice all sound good to me, I'll enjoy the song. Very seldom do I find a song where the lyrics are just so terrible that I can't even handle it. If I really get curious about my koreans' lyrics, I just look them up. It's really not that hard.
This just really bugs me because it's like, why do I have to understand the lyrics just to like the song? I'll admit, I thoroughly enjoy songs with deep, lyrical meanings (Say Anything, one of my favorite bands, has lots of those), but I also enjoy songs in which the lyrics aren't all that great (depending on my circumstances). Like, my koreans. They sing about love and falling in it and all that good stuff. The lyrics can be pretty childish, and it doesn't take a whole lot of brain power to understand what their point is, but I enjoy the songs anyway. You have to be talking about some pretty terrible stuff for me to actually dislike a song for the lyrics.
Like everything else in life, we should like music for our own reasons, and not because of what anyone else says. I know, for sure, that I'm getting sick of people asking me about why I like Korean pop, even though I don't understand it. I choose not to follow the norm. I like it for my reasons, and not yours.
