I think it is very annoying that the Philippines is trying to copy K-Pop by making P-Pop. It is so unoriginal. How can you call it Pinoy Pop when it is obviously just K-Pop, but being done by Pinoys?
P-Pop copies everything about K-Pop. The way these musicians dress, the dancey pop style of their songs, etc. Besides the fact that the singers are actually Pinoy, and they sing songs that are in English or Tagalog and not Korean, there is no big difference between the two kinds of pop genres.
It is very frustrating because I know that Pinoys can be very talented musicians. There are so many people in this country who can sing really well. I really believe that Filipinos can be very soulful and full of life when they sing. But it seems that they are more concerned nowadays with copying what is popular in other countries.
For example, even though I think that Charice Pempengco is so talented, I think that it would be better if she was singing more original songs. She first started singing a lot of the usual songs you sing on talent pageants and videoke bars such as the ones by Celine Dion and Whitney Houston. She became famous because she sounded so much like them. When she was finally given “Pyramid,” which was her first original single, she also did very well. This means that she doesn’t have to copy other singers’ styles in order to be good. But now she is on Glee again, and she is becoming more famous again because she is singing other people’s songs.
I wonder if we will ever have a really original Pinoy musician who will make it really big around the world? Lea Salong is big, but she is only known for Broadway. She is not a huge recording artist like Celine Dion or Whitney Houston.
It is a good thing that Charice is still very young. Hopefully she will grow up into her own person and she will be able to perform as an artist that is true to herself. Maybe then, she can become the first truly global Pinoy singing sensation.
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