KPK members Crystal Anderson and Kaetrena Davis Kendrick talk with Emily Haydel on the podcast Bleav in K-pop about scholarship and the landscape of K-pop. Take a listen!
Author: KPopKollective
How We Get Down: KPK Documents Your Stuff!
As part of KPK’s decennial year, we are launching K-pop Commons, a repository of K-pop project ephemera – documents and artifacts that were not created for formal publication or commercial display (e.g., books, book chapters, galleries/exhibitions), but that are meaningful to the creators of the items and that reflect the impact of K-pop on those…
This Week in K-pop: TVXQ in Japan, New Releases, Choreo Versions (6/10 – 6/15)
Finding The Most Important K-pop Stuff So You Don’t Have To News The Return of the Kings TVXQ broke attendance records by attracting one million to their “Begin Again” Tour in Japan that began in November 2017. This also sets a new record for most concertgoers in a single tour for a foreign artist in…
Kpop Kollective: Saving Kpop, One Profile at a Time
KPK: Kpop Kollective is the oldest and only aca-fansite for modern Korean popular music (K-pop). Established in 2010, it has developed into a community of practice and a thematic research collection centered on K-pop. Kpop Kollective promotes the public’s understanding of contemporary Korean popular culture, creates resources and provides analysis and context on K-pop from a global perspective.
4MEN: First Love
4MEN is a Korean male vocal group known for its R&B-inflected songs, along with other K-pop groups that debuted in the late 1990s, including Fly to the Sky, g.o.d and Shinhwa. The group began with four members, but its latest releases feature only two members. Despite personnel changes, the group has produced a rich…
Top 10 K-Pop Boy Bands You Need To Know – Billboard
With all due respect to the ladies, K-pop probably wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for the boys. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.billboard.com it’s hard to win with these types of top ten articles. What criteria was used? Sales? Popularity? See on Scoop.it – Hallyu: Korean Popular Music
Americans Finally Get to Stream (Almost) All the K-Pop They Want With Apple … – Billboard
With the launch of Apple Music, K-pop fans finally got their wish to stream all their favorite artists on one platform… well, almost all of them. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.billboard.com This story raises questions about music listening habits of K-pop fans, many of whom come to K-pop through the Internet. See on Scoop.it – Hallyu: Korean…
K-Pop Crossover: Berklee College Of Music Nurtures Another K-Pop Act With … – KpopStarz
Berklee College of Music has seen several K-pop talents pass through its doors, and the latest sensation could be the duo Highbrow. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.kpopstarz.com K-pop continues to promote collaboration with artists outside of Korea. See on Scoop.it – Hallyu: Korean Popular Music
Choices in K-pop raise serious questions – Korea JoongAng Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily Choices in K-pop raise serious questions Korea JoongAng Daily “Koreans don’t really raise or see racial issues in K-pop videos [because they are so used to seeing Hollywood-style videos of the same nature], so [it’s… Sourced through Scoop.it from: koreajoongangdaily.joins.com This story takes up the issue of representation of other ethnicities in…
From BTS To EXO, Weibo Accounts Become Popular Among K-Pop Stars … – KpopStarz
The recent trend of K-pop idols opening up Chinese social media accounts shows the importance of the Chinese market to the success of Hallyu stars. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.kpopstarz.com As K-pop continues to make inroads into China through social media, it will be interesting to see how that works in light of China’s record…
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