K-Pop

 

SNSD (Girl's Generation)

In this particular post, we shall explore the K-Pop Wave! K-Pop is the glamourised name for Korean Popular Culture in the music industry. This music culture tunes in the South Korea vibes into the genres of electronic, rock, hip-hop, R&B, pop and more, which apparently the youths are into nowadays.

Brown Eyed Girls

Internet is a major contributor to the success of K-Pop. Pages such as Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, and others allow their music and profiles to have a greater reach and closer to the global market than previously. I can say that the K-Pop wave is one that will keep on getting bigger and bigger in times to come. There is a possibility that this culture could threaten youth's local culture by taking its place through its wide reach especially around Asia although I feel it hasn't occurred to that extent yet.

MTV's programme Asian Takeaway: JK (Japan, Korea) extended it's screening timings from half an hour to a full hour, showcasing the upcoming and popular songs streaming in the JK music industry. This shows that MTV is acknolwedging the rise of such music culture and welcomes them into their programming that the fans would definitely appreciate.

Now there's even news of K-Pop vibes collaborating with Western flavours. According to J!-Ent & Soompi, Korean group JYJ did a collaboration with Kanye West & M. Yusuf and planning to collaborate with Timbaland on their next album. This shows that the K-Pop agencies are outsourcing and being opportunist in terms of record label partnerships and talent collaborations in trying to value-add their music in the presence of globalization.



The K-Pop Pod : Take on the instrumental side of the K-Pop music and you can really see that the beats and rhythms themselves have an competitive edge that make it ever so popular as it matches the youths' cup of tea in music,apart from awesome choreography and hot looks. 

In case you are wondering what songs The K-Pop Pod is playing, here are the artists and their famous songs!



2PM

2PM- Fly to Seoul

SNSD- Hoot

SHINee- Lucifer

Kara- Mister

Super Junior- Sorry Sorry

Brown Eyed Girls- Sign

4Minute- I My Me Mine

Super Junior- Bonamana

JYJ- Ayyy Girl Feturing Kanye West & M.Yusuf

The K-Pop Wave certainly did reach to the shores of Singapore. Some die-hard Singapore youths take a step further by having nametags of their favourite artist on their bags, having lanyards to their handphones, printing out pictures to stick them on their files and also to the extent of creating fansites. Amazed? Check out SHINee's fansite in Singapore.

The last K-Pop concert in Singapore was held on the 14th of Novemeber 2008 as part of the Korea festival 2008 celebrations. This year, an even grander concert was promised by Proof Label to top that in 2008. 2010's epic concert was held just last month on the 23rd of October. Big names from the K-Pop world will make their appearances such as SNSD (Girls' Generation), Big Bang, F.T Island, just to name a few. Groove on and read more at AsianBite References: K-Pop Singapore 2010 & K-Pop Live

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