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K-pop Culture CSH
K-pop Definition: K-popmis a genere of new music emeraging from the country of South Korea It's influences derive from styles of music all over the world such as, rock, jazz, gospel, hip hop, R&B, reggae, electronic dance, folk, country, and classical on top of its traditional Korean music roots. in the article K-pop on wikipedia page "the most popular genre emerged with the formation of one of the earliest K-pop groups, "Seo Taiji and Boyz" in 1992. Their experimentation with different styles and genres of music and integration of foreign musical elements helped reshape and modernize South Korea's contemporary music scene. The more modern form of the genre emerged with the formation of one of the earliest K-pop groups, Seo Taiji and Boys, in 1992. Their experimentation with different styles and genres of music and integration of foreign musical elements helped reshape and modernize South Korea's contemporary music scene."

Histrory
The culture of k-pop is also known as Halley, which is known as the Korean culture wave, and it is truly making its headway. Since the 90’s, k-pop has slowly found itself to be an art form, and obtain its relevance in the music industry. Before the dabuit of Seo Taiji and Boys Korean music, was far from flourishing into what it is today. Most of the culture was inflicted by American and Japanese folk music due to its roots deriving from these two countries. After the lift of travel in the 1988, artists soon became mobile and giving them the opportunity to experiment with their music and mixing it with other cultures creating K-pop.

in the Vox article ittled How K-pop became a global phenomenon Romano states that "K-pop has become a truly global phenomenon thanks to its distinctive blend of addictive melodies, slick choreography and production values, and an endless parade of attractive South Korean performers who spend years in grueling studio systems learning to sing and dance in synchronized perfection. Hallyu has been building for two decades, but K-pop in particular has become increasingly visible to global audiences in the past five to 10 years. South Korean artists have hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart at least eight times since the Wonder Girls first cracked it in 2009 with their crossover hit “Nobody” — released in four different languages, including English — and the export of K-pop has ballooned South Korea’s music industry to an impressive $5 billion industry"

Seo Taji and Boyz
The group Seo Taiji and Boys was a quite successful music group from South Korea. They are known and credited in Korea of being one of the first artist to experiment and pioneer the new sound of the South Korean music industry. In essence they would be the first idols of South Korea, however they did not undergo the same grueling experience like the new generation of k-pop artists. Even tough these guys faced social critique, pressure from other ethnicities cultures, and censorship from media they still were able to achieve success and soliciting the new sound that we have today. The band also revived a Grand Prize at Seoul Music Award both 1992 and 1993. These awards as well as many other recognition helped solidify their place in the music industry globally as well as Korea.

Summary
Korea has come a long way from what it was before to what it is now in the music industry. Today Korea has made a name for itself. With groups suck as BTS, a band that won a billboard in the year 2019 which solidified the relevance of k-pop culture. In my previous presentation I also mentioned this group to be an influential group, this was proven when BTS utilized its platform, to disrupt the trip rally’s. We also have artists suck as PSY the creator of the popular and infamous song “Gangnam Style”. This song was one of the biggest highlights of 2012, clocking in 3.8 Billion views. This demonstration gave fruits to multiple artists of k-pop today a voice and a entrance to the door. It also showed the world that Korea can participate and challenge other artists with their style of music as well. However even tough these artist might be enjoying the time, the fame and luxury the work has to be put in an early age. Majority of these k-pop artists have been groomed since a young age to become who they are. Their manager or parent, enrolled the artists in a few dance classes and music classes as well. This aids the artists in become the musician they are or wanting to become. In addition to Korea having high standards of beauty and fashion, these artists must practice vigorously to obtain the desired result. However there is no doubt that Korea has a voice called k-pop and it is here to stay.

Citation
K-pop

Seo Taiji and Boys