A Quick Guide To Thai Music: From Thai Pop To Mor Lam
Thai Music: From Pop Stars to Tractor Beats Thai music is a glorious, glittery buffet of genres, emotions, and musical decisions that may or may not involve synthesizers from 1992. Whether you're sipping bubble tea in Bangkok or riding a songthaew in Ubon Ratchathani, you're going to hear something catchy, confusing, or heartbreakingly beautiful blasting from a speaker somewhere nearby. Thai Pop (T-Pop): The Glitter & The Groove Thai pop is what happens when K-pop and karaoke have a baby and raise it in Siam Paragon. It’s catchy, clean, often choreographed, and full of lyrics about love, breakups, and mysterious metaphors involving seasons. Groups like 4EVE, BNK48, and Three Man Down dominate playlists, and their music videos feature more lens flares than a J.J. Abrams film. If you want to see high-energy dancing, fashion that breaks physics, and singers who look like they just stepped out of a skincare commercial then you’re in the right genre. Mor Lam: The Fu...