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5 Fantastical Facts about K-pop
What is K-pop?
K-Pop (or Korean pop or Korean popular music), is a form of modern music that blends electronic, pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B genres. K-pop has existed for decades, but in the last few years the genre has spread globally amassing armies of fans. With BLACKPINK, BTS, Exo, Twice, and countless others, there is plenty of K-pop trivia to spare, so buckle up for 15 facts about K-pop.
Facts about K-pop:
- The first K-pop album was released in 1925. The album is called “Yo Pungjin Sewol” (or “This Tumultuous Time”) and is by artists Park Chae-seon and Lee Ryu-saek. However, K-pop’s modern-day iteration began in 1992 with the emergence of Seo Taiji and Boys. Seo has since earned the nickname “President of Culture.”
- Over 100 groups debut in South Korea annually. However, less than 5% of these bands are successful.
- BTS was the first K-pop act to perform as a musical guest Saturday Night Live. In April of 2019, the group performed songs from its newly released album “Map of the Soul: Persona.”
- The name “BTS,” stands for the words, “Bangtan Sonyeonda” in Korean. This translates to mean “Bulletproof Boy Scouts.”
- The Kim Sisters were the first Korean group to release an album in the United States. They produced the album in 1959 in Las Vegas, where they later held many concerts. Their cover of “Charlie Brown” reached No. 7 on the Billboard singles chart.
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