SM commonly gets flack for outsourcing their songs, but at the end of the day...

[Jikrytae]

On 7/9/2020 at 8:58 PM, Shinki said:

There's a difference though. Korean composition/production often sound different even if they're produced by international producers, it can be confirmed by many producers out there. They know what to do, what sounds to approach and what kinda tight finishes they have to achieve to get that kpop flavor right. As someone who transitionated from interntional/english pop to kpop and kept trying to get into english pop in the last years, that's something many artists out of kpop can't achieve... Not like they want to. It's just how Jpop also has it's own sound but also often have international producers.

"Kpop flavor"   lol

Everyone in kpop outsources their songs. Kpop isn't just western pop music made by Koreans, it's literally western pop with Korean lyrics slapped on. Were there still people who didn't know this???