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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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,
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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.
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