2010년대 한국 대중가요 시즌송을 중심으로 한 대중음악 아카이브 수집 연구 : 2012~2017년 음원 차트를 중심으로

Abstract

This study aims to record the public’s seasonal empathy by analyzing seasonal songs that showed characteristic aspects in popular songs in the 2010s. Although popular songs with seasonal themes and subjects have existed before, the number of seasonal songs targeting specific seasons increased after the success of Busker Busker’s “Cherry Blossom Ending” released in 2012.The music industry, which has reorganized from the record market to the digital music market, has actively utilized seasonal songs that many people can relate to regardless of generation and have re-entered the music charts according to the cycle of the seasons. Seasonal songs are characterized by the way the seasons are represented and the seasonal sympathies of the public who embrace them, giving them a sense of the times. For the study, a period of five years from March 2012 to February 2017, the period when appeared and characteristic aspects of seasonal songs were seen, was taken as the scope of the study. This paper is based on the monthly ranking of the music charts up to the 100th position, and the seasonal preference patterns were derived by dividing March, April, and May into spring, June, July, and August into summer, September, October, and November into fall, and December, January, and February into winter. The expression of seasonal themes and materials in the lyrics became the criteria for selecting seasonal songs, and the expressive aspects of music were examined through items such as music genre, instrumentation, and types of singers.Seasonal songs in the 2010s actively utilized natural materials and seasonal symbols related to the changes of specific seasons to shape their themes, and made changes in instrumentation and composition for musical expression. We also found that seasonal thematic patterns and musical features influenced the types of singers in seasonal songs. The inevitable repetition of seasonal emotions and music as a time art in seasonal songs is significant in that it broadened the musical base of popular songs and recorded the meaning of the times.