Recently I’ve tried to find some nice c-pop. So far rather unsuccessfully, everything I have found is incredibly boring/bland. It nearly always starts with a light piano intro and does not get any more exciting than that, there is little variation and if I skip through the song it often feels like I didn’t skip a thing.
That’s also why I started to search for a reason for this and found the linked quora question.
But perhaps someone here has found something recommendable within this wasteland, I’d be happy to hear about it.
Found another good answer to the question in this quora thread: https://www.quora.com/How-does-modern-Chinese-pop-music-differ-from-American-music-in-style-instruments-and-chords-theory/answer/Elliott-Chen Could it have sth. to do with China’s melody-driven karaoke culture?
Hmm, you mean things are intentionally kept simple so everyone can sing along? Something to note is that this answers is already 7 years old and may not be as accurate anymore.
But at least according to the author chinese pop wasn’t good 7 years ago either, considering their harsh words: