A Study On The Concept Album Of Chinese And Korean Pop Music

From the start of the 20th century,the form of sound source's circulation has changed from physical CD to digital form.The consumers can not only buy the whole CD,but also choose to buy a single song.This change in consumption patterns has brought tremendous impact not only to Asian Music Market,but also to the whole world music markets.At this time,conceptual albums produced to represent content-centered themes have achieved great success in the stagnant music market.Due to specific historical reasons,the culture of the mainland of China,Hong Kong and Taiwan connect,influence,blend,permeate each other and form a pluralistic Chinese culture.In the 1980 s and 1990 s,films and music in Hong Kong and Taiwan influenced not only the mainland of China,but also Korea.The Taiwanese band Mayday,which has been playing for 20 years,is a typical example.Its music has exerted a great influence on the popular music culture and social popular trend.Since their first album,each album has different themes.Their concept album not only has high commercial value,but also has a great impact on the public,especially on young people.Since Korean dramas were first broadcast on CCTV in 1997,Korean dramas have rapidly spread Korean popular culture in China.In particular,songs based on Korean Regional Culture named "K-pop" are very popular in China.However,with the passage of time,this form of songs in the music market has become saturated,and the phenomenon of homogenization has become more serious.The market competitiveness has gradually declined.At this time,seven men's band named "Bombproof Teenagers(BTS)" launched in 2013,produced and released a special conceptual album based on their stories,which caused unexpected huge repercussions in the pop music industry.Through the analysis of these two groups of representative combinations,this paper analyses the similarities and differences between the conceptual albums of Chinese and Korean pop songs from the aspects of classification,development background,expression forms,pre-planning,and so on,so as to explore the possibility of the development of conceptual albums in China's music market.In this paper,the expression form of concept album is divided into the content expression and the form expression.First of all,the content expression means the theme,lyrics and list of songs.We analyze the theme of the conceptual album and both teams choose the theme that suits the times.The lyrics,like the scripts of movies,are the most important content in the album and are the important means for the lyricists to express their ideas.The repertoire list runs through the whole conceptual album.Through the repertoire list,the audience will understand the deeper meaning the singer wants to express more smoothly.Secondly,we analyze the form of expression,that is,album envelope packaging and MV(music video).The visual image is more direct than the language on expressiveness.The concepts and themes of the album are completed and strengthened through the design of album packaging,cover,album,music and video.However,there are many differences between the two albums,so I will clarify the design method and development potential of the concept album of pop songs through the comparative study of the conceptual album design between China and Korea.The differences between the two groups are discussed from three aspects: color,graphics,text.Finally,the paper analyzes the similarities,differences and development possibilities of concept albums in China from comparative study.