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How K is K-pop and does it matter?
How important is the Korean language to K-pop? What BTS’s success tells us about the role of culture in music.
By Christiana Warne
K-pop, a genre of music which now enjoys global popularity and huge fanbases, originated in South Korea in the 1950s with The Kim Sisters. The foundation of the genre was built when their fame was cemented in the US and evolved to what we know today after Seo Taiji and Boys became the first K-pop group to blend the genre with Western styles.
And thus, generations of K-pop were born, beginning with the first in the late 1990s which consisted of groups like H.O.T who utilised the K-pop ‘recipe’ - genre blending music, intricate choreography and near perfect visuals.
The second generation followed with groups like Super Junior and BIGBANG, which a...Read more
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