What is K-Pop?

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AuthorJejung

Created May 2, 2014 08:44:16

Hey guys~

I have to do this project for school for two years. TWO FREAKIN YEARS.

But I was glad we could choose the topic. Gues what mine is~

Yep. It's about K-Pop...

But the problem is that we have to use books and not only the Internet.

And when we use the internet then it have to be sites that are.. uhm.. don't even know how to say this.. uh. scholarly..(?)
you know.. the language alone says that it wrote someone who really has a plan.

Okay.. so .. I hope you know what I mean... xD
But now to the point: I have/had holidays and I still have more than a year to finish this work.. but since someone.. -cough- motivated me somehow..
I decided to do more than the teachers want from me right now and just finish my project earlier.. so that I have more time for a correction or for improvements in the end.^^

So.. My first Topic I have to work at is the question: "What is K-Pop?"
So a definition, some history maybe and stuff like that..

And I wanted to ask if someone knows any sites or anything else(except for wikipedia) where I can get these information..

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lindir 10 years ago

Well I think that's quite a hard topic, tbh. Like I've done an EPQ on genetic modification, and that was quite interesting. In our introduction to GCSE music we did an essay about a genre of music of our choice to practice the higher marked questions and I did heavy metal and pop punk as an extension. The problem with writing about kpop is that without the language, you wouldn't be able to straight up identify it as kpop because there are so many different ways it's produced, written and performed. For example, you could pick out guitar riffs and drum beats specific to heavy metal and identify it that way, but for a kpop track, you could have something simple with a piano or an acoustic guitar, or you could have something done with a synthesiser and drumkit, or any number of different things.
Musically speaking, it'd be very hard to explain what kpop actually is.

calcifer 10 years ago

I did a similar project last year.

Will give you a basic rundown of what the Hallyu wave is:
http://www.korea.net/Government/Current-Affairs/Korean-Wave

Basic and General overview of what Kpop is:
http://www.korea.net/Government/Current-Affairs/Korean-Wave/view?affairId=209&subId=292&articleId=2927

Other helpful resources ( Downloadable in PDF ):
http://www.korea.net/Resources/Publications/About-Korea/view?articleId=2215
http://www.korea.net/Resources/Publications/About-Korea/view?articleId=2217
http://www.korea.net/Resources/Publications/About-Korea/view?articleId=3223

Lizzy_ 10 years ago

Try searching for scholarly articles on the internet, you'll get a variety of Journals and articles that should discuss that topic. Use key words like, Korean Media, Korean Music, K-Pop, etc.

-minchul 10 years ago

Are you in like CGS? It's sounds like what my school does

TreybXD 10 years ago

who motivated you?