Ananas

Kpop.

(she/her)

[Ananas @AnanasKpop]

Hello, kpop kittens 🐾

I'm Ananas

10 years in kpop

Expert on music history, genres, pop song structures, emotional impact

Kpop as an industry, product, genre, art form, culture, fandom, career, performance style, fashion style

I stan/ship/bias all the things

0% drama/fanwar

[the artist fka Dowdydiva @CissyBarr]

@AnanasKpop The silkiest song about existential despair ever.

[Ananas @AnanasKpop]

347. Seulgi – 28 Reasons (2022)

How to make a sexy song:

1. Slow swinging rhythm
2. Establish a range/mystery/buildup using negative space
3. Expressive vocals that shift from sultry to powerful

https://t.co/xvk75he1qb

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361. BlackPink – Lovesick Girls (2020)

Pop, pop rock.

The annoyingly effective YG take on the 2020 synthwave wave in kpop.

https://t.co/bKnDSqTvTt

[Ananas @AnanasKpop]

366. Red Velvet – Rookie (2017)

...And we're live. Produced by The Colleagues. Take 1.

https://t.co/qWeYLDDWGI

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373. EXID – Up and Down (2013)

I'm one of the kpop-elders who were going to town on this song long before anyone noticed this group existed. I was never gonna be surprised when it went viral.

https://t.co/x0ex4MNeKv

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375. Taemin – Impressionable (2020)

A perfect spy song, with god-tier melodic variations creating beautiful mystery and drama.

https://t.co/L0bf90rCNW

[Ananas @AnanasKpop]

376. NewJeans – OMG (2023)

That perfect crisp sound, I could almost cry.

https://t.co/a93IRxcF4R

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378. Verivery – O (2022)

Cannot overstate how addictive this is. A dark, engulfing, soothing, painfully sexy sound.
Genre influence somehow both blues-rock and reggae/trap at the same time.

https://t.co/0B7AcuvU3x

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387. iKON – Killing Me (2019)

Flawless.

https://t.co/fR1Ub503YC

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405. Aespa – Next Level (2021)

Kpop/electropop, progressive pop, some R&B.
Fun genre transitions.
Charismatic futuristic sound, matching and enhancing Aespa's signature aesthetic.

https://t.co/r1VeUi1GfK

[Ananas @AnanasKpop]

413. Red Velvet – Feel My Rhythm (2022)

Rich-sounding pop / electropop incorporating classical music. One of many highlights in an absolutely stellar discography.

https://t.co/5Og7XmZNXL

[Ananas @AnanasKpop]

415. EXO – Tempo (2018)

Confident adventurous electropop with a masterfully composed a cappella bridge. Surprisingly fun.

https://t.co/nGxE0VEHoQ

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425. SNSD – Catch Me If You Can (2015)

Electropop.

This is the exact sound and structure and style of a kpop song.

https://t.co/6x49lSVRaS

[Ananas @AnanasKpop]

Oops, someone accidentally mixed together MADEIN, NMIXX and NewJeans

https://t.co/V5V8tbzq4j

[Ananas @AnanasKpop]

@AjummaAussie For me personally

I'm a fan of that one chord progression

https://t.co/ZneKhD3cAr

[Ananas @AnanasKpop]

Don't know where it came from but I sure know where it went.

2021 October
CRAVITY - Veni Vidi Vici
2022 March
Red Velvet - Rainbow Halo
2022 July
NewJeans - Attention
2024 February
NCT Wish - Wish

All used THE SAME CHORD PROGRESSION.

https://t.co/o89OnjV6OI

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And the Millennial Whoop.

https://t.co/oO3Plg6rRT

[Krysti 🏹loves B-Sides @AjummaAussie]

@AnanasKpop Reminds me of the 4 chords song.

https://t.co/S2iredlfpU

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@SkorpionUK 😂😂

[Ananas @AnanasKpop]

@SkorpionUK Which types of music do you like to dance to?

[Ananas @AnanasKpop]

If I ever got a tattoo it would read: "It's self-explanatory."

If you ever asked me what it meant I'd say: it's self-explanatory.

[Ananas @AnanasKpop]

One of the songs I used to always lipsync to in the mirror

[Ananas @AnanasKpop]

United States of Whatever was the most Gen X song in the history of most Gen X songs

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