Japanese scholar says K-pop’s roots lie in Korea’s 1990s yearning for freedom

The global success of K-pop can be traced back to Korea’s turbulent social atmosphere of the 1990s — a time when young people ...
NPR

New podcast looks at one of the biggest genres in the world: K-Pop

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Vivian Yoon. Her new podcast K-Pop Dreaming is a personal and historical journey through Korean pop music. When Vivian Yoon was growing up in LA's Koreatown during the ...

CJ ENM Celebrates 30 Years by Doubling Down on Its Asian Storytelling Bet

By Pious Jung As CJ ENM enters its fourth decade, we are once again betting big on Asian storytelling. CJ ENM is the ...
LAist

What Does A Century-Old Musical Genre Have To Do With K-Pop?

If you’re caught up in the Korean Wave like the rest of the globe, you know a thing or two about K-pop idols like BTS, BLACKPINK, and NewJeans who are dominating YouTube. Maybe you’re even a true stan ...
Rolling Stone

G.o.d Were K-Pop Pioneers — and They’re Still Going Strong. To Them, It’s ‘Destiny’

Back in June, KCON LA — the world’s largest annual Korean pop culture festival — announced that the first-generation K-pop group g.o.d would be performing at its event in July. When KCON USA’s ...