K-pop

The first generation of K-pop groups started with the S.M. group H.O.T in 1996. Some of the remarkable first generation groups were H.O.T., Shinhwa, G.O.D., and S.E.S. The target audience for the first generation K-pop groups were teens. Their images, clothing styles, music, and personalities all catered and appealed to the teens. For example, groups like H.O.T and Sechs Kies embraced rebellious identities and criticized the South Korean education system. At the same time, they released dance music

an identity kit? Indeed, there had been many instances an identity kit was necessary, the most prevalent time being the moment I became a fan of K-pop music. When finding myself thrown into this new and unfamiliar world I had many questions. The first and most pressing was how is one to find more of this unique music? As I began to delve deeper into K-pop music it became apparent

K-Pop: The Raise of Art Performances Music has become a daily consumption of modern society; Either the high or the bottom class, everybody loves music. Among all music genre, pop music dominates the playlists of music lovers. The Instruments that are widely used in pop music is familiar, so that the melody, rhythm, and the beat producedcan be easily accepted by the public. Coupled with simple yet “eye-catching” lyric, also easily to memorize, give another value to the pop music genre. However, there

K-pop 's Shady Business Secret The Korean pop or K-pop industry over the last decade has experienced a major increase in popularity that has made it a billion dollar competition for foreign music industries. They are especially known for their extravagant music videos and visual aesthetics, which have attracted worldwide followings. K-pop companies are also infamous for being brutally strict on training and restrictions for their trainees and idols. They fixate on the business growth over the musical

K-pop is a musical genre originating in South Korea that is characterized by a wide variety of audiovisual elements. Although it comprises all genres of “popular music” within South Korea, the term is more often used in a narrower sense to describe a modern form of South Korean pop music covering a wide range of styles including dance-pop, pop ballad, electronic, rock, metal, hip-pop music and R&B. K-pop gaining popularity in East Asia in the late 1990s, and spreading to whole Asia and World, via

I'm pretty sure every k-popper has a story of how they got into k-pop. Some of them probably are incredibly dull and more boring than watching grass grow, but they still are technically stories. This is mine. (I hope it's not dull. Meh.) Oddly enough, as much as I hate it now, "Gangnam Style" by Psy was in fact my first exposure to K-pop. I was...12 I think? I remember my older friends doing this weird looking horse dance I was curious so I watched the music video. And down the rabbit hole I went

was starting in 1990s. Korean drama and Korean music (K - Pop) were the first wave that spread in Southeast Asia. Then Korean wave became a new trend of the world because it was used by social media and internet to expand in global. In the 21st century, Korean wave is increasing growth, such as Korean drama, Korean music (K - pop), including tourism, food, culture and Korean language. Korean wave makes people can listen Korean music (K - pop) widely, addict to Korean drama and then it is inspiration

Following the stock market crash, South Korea decided to export its music and television to make revenue from other countries. “Korea is throwing all of its weight and billions of dollars into making itself the number one exporter of pop culture in the world” (Leong). The stock market crash in 1997 left the country economically crippled, forcing the government to request a 57 billion dollar loan from the International Monetary Fund ( IMF). The president of that time, Kim Dae-Jung, began

Hallyu and Cultural Commodities: South Korea’s growth of pop-cultural exports In the years following the collapse of Asia’s economy in 1998, South Korea turned to alternative exports to assist in both the restructuring of the nation’s financial strength and its reputation in international markets. As a result, pop-cultural exports such as films, television dramas, pop music and celebrities associated with these forms of media discourses have found growing popularity in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan; as

already begun to change the standard of beauty in South Korea. Many K-pop stars have gotten cosmetic surgery and even are spokespeople for such companies (Stone). With celebrities advertising perfect faces, many people are inspired to get surgery as well. This has made South Korea into the plastic surgery capital of the world, with at least one-fifth of the women population who have had some form of cosmetic surgery (Stone; Marx). Thus, K-pop has set the image of beauty in the hearts of their