K-pop: Taking the World by Storm
What is K-pop?
Kpop is Korean popular music. It is mainstream music that originated from South Korea.The term Kpop includes many different musical genres under its umbrella. Along with Korean pop, it can also include rock, hip hop, and electronic music. Kpop is considered a fairly new form of music. The type of K-Pop music that you’re listening to today was formed around the 1990s. The roots for K-Pop began from the 1950s, however, and have since then already been influenced a lot by different types of Western music and pop groups. American pop culture has especially had – and still does have – an effect on K-Pop.
Current events in the k-pop industry
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- The 40 best K-pop songs of 2020
- K-pop singer BoA "questioned for allegedly importing drugs"