All About K-pop and Its Impact in International Music What is K-pop?
“K-pop” stands for “Korean popular music” or “Korean pop”. The origin of K-pop is South Korea. What makes it very special is that it is a mix of good music and a lot visual elements. The performers that perform K-pop are mostly from South Korea, but there are also performers from China, Japan, USA etc,. The rhythm and the music is Asian, but it also sounds like American and Western Pop. This is what makes this kind of music special and it is liked from different people from all around the world. Korea, which is a country that has almost 50 million people, now is the place that gave birth to K-pop and it creates music hits for more than 2 billion people in Asia and around
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Recently, the past few years it has become more popular all around the world. It has become especially popular in North, South America and Asia, especially in Japan, which is the second biggest music market after the USA. K-pop gained popularity in Japan after January, 2004. This is the time when Korea removed the restrictions on Japanese culture. These restrictions were made because Japan suppresses Korean culture during World War II, time when Korea was a colony of Japan. Since then the relationships between two countries have changed a lot. Now Japanese music world views "K-pop" as a very special and important musical genre and Korea earns a lot from the many K-pop concerts held in Japan every …show more content…
There are some K-pop Idols who have made it to the market of international music and to very big music awards such as Billboard and AMA (American Music Awards). One of these is BTS. BTS made it to the Billboard and recently performed in the AMA’s. Now they are considered international superstars with their ARMY’s all around the world. Works Cited
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Quite a huge number of American pop singers has already visited Singapore to have multiple concerts held here. Different people who enjoy American pop music or particular artist, came together as one to again experience and consume the Americanization through music. However, even though these concert activities contribute to the spread of American popular culture through music, technology plays even a bigger part as people grow attention and interest for the artists through listening to their music or watching their music videos through internet or television which will be discussed further towards the end of this
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In this day and age, pop music dominates the airwaves at every turn. Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Kanye West, and many others are commonplace names among teenagers and younger demographics not only in the United States, but all around the world. The United States has accepted the position of international, cultural role model long ago, dating back to the 1950’s when rock and roll caught fire as a hybrid of blues, country, and jazz and spread to the rest of the world almost infectiously. Since then, every major artist that comes out of the United States has easily become a global icon, regardless of the language or nationality of their adoring fans. However, one could conceive that this glamorized version of music comes less from the soul of the artist and is merely born of fiscal ambitions and visions of grandeur.
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For our project, K-POP, we have decided to compare how the digital realm influenced the boom of cosmetic surgery in Korea compared to American plastic surgery, where digital means are a less common tool utilized to increase, accentuate, and bring publicity to this industry. We want to take a deeper look into how Korean pop culture and its technology may be influencing the process one takes to get plastic surgery, such as the advertising it provides for each individual plastic surgery. This is opposite of America, where plastic surgery is more taboo, therefore absent in these spaces. Through this research we are ultimately focusing, emphasizing, and analyzing how the digital realm of each country has recently influenced the plastic surgery industry,
A mixture of western and eastern music, Korean Pop, or Korean Pop, has boomed as fans drool over the idols, their dance moves, and their combination of Asian culture with Western hip-hop verses, Euro-pop choruses, rap, and even some dubstep. Korean Pop hit the waves in Asia quickly becoming popular in China, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam, and many other countries (John Seabrook, 2012). The Korean Wave has continued to spread throughout the East to countries farther west such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, and others, which are quickly getting drawn into the fan base (Clair Weber, 2014).
The K-pop fandom community enables the displacement of its member’s cultural identity. The process of displacement of the K-pop fan’s culture is not limited to the physical sphere of the K-pop fandom. The actual displacement of cultural identity happens because the members of the K-pop fandom community transcend the physical
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The group presentation about Japanese pop (J-Pop) or Japanese Rock (J-Rock) music are chosen by all members in our group, Japanese culture is known in the world to my pride. As a Japanese, I have done my best and understanding of J-Pop or J-Rock music to present to my members. Different styles of ideas may be appropriate at different stages in my group’s perspective. Ms. Jessica, who was interested in ‘Japanese culture’ that is an easy path to our relationship. And because there was no leader, we often stayed together at the school library to search for data, note it, exchange ideas, and so on, at times without class time.
This SWOT analysis will look at K-pop at four sides to discuss how it become an international hit.
With the music being the highly profitable, capitalist enterprise that it is today, it is no wonder that it is controlled and regulated by a few large conglomerates that exist is today’s world. It is important to make clear that although evidence is being presented of the positive aspects of globalization through music that there is overwhelming evidence that cultural imperialism is more than it seems on the outside. One must keep in mind that cultural imperialism, globalization and the creation of a global village is a business. People are profiting at other people’s loss of cultural identity, they are sold a culture and heritage. With the every growing N’Sync fan clubs and Britney clones, the world is turning into a stage for pop culture and its glamorous unattainable standards.