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On a breezy May evening in Los Angeles, thousands of K-pop fans mill outside the Peacock Theater. They’re waiting for rookie boy band Riize’s first US fan-concert — a hybrid mix of songs and meet-and-greet events for new groups who don’t yet have ...
At the close of 2024, K-pop is becoming territorial in a different sense. Earlier this month, the BLACKPINK member Rosé and the girl group TWICE, two of the genre's towering figures, released new English-language music on the same day — the former ...
This is an updated version of a story first published on Sept. 15, 2024. The original video can be viewed here. Plenty of teenagers want to become pop stars, but few convince their parents to let them pack their bags and move to another country to try and ...
2024 in K-pop was a whirlwind, to say the least — unexpected collabs, discussions of artist rights, idols swapping labels or creating their own, and solo efforts from the biggest stars all dominated headlines. Through all of the discourse, however, arose ...
My interest in rock music never ventured much past the edge of the pop world. The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, or U2 never resonated with me on a personal level. Growing up I would hear them on the radio. So even though it was not my favorite music, I still ...
Modern pop music emerged in the mid-1950s in the United Kingdom and the United States. In its true form, pop music is a combination of musical types or genres. There are influences from the jazz era of the 1920s and 30s, ragtime of the early 1900s, and the ...
Long-time listeners say the genre has lost its identity, with English lyrics and shorter tracks alienating the local fan base From sold-out stadium tours in the US, Europe and Asia to history-making Grammy nominations,
K-Pop Talk is Paste‘s monthly column featuring interviews, features, reviews and explainers dissecting Korea’s pop music scene from an American perspective. Sometimes, when Americans are asking this question, what they’re really asking about is a ...
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