CNBC Reports: Move Over Bieber - Korean Pop Music Goes Global...The 20-year-old finance student, who doesn’t understand the South Korean language, now listens to K-pop more than any other type of music including Western pop, which used to be her favorite.
Despite the release of English versions of several K-pop songs, Tianadi says she prefers the Korean version even though she doesn’t understand most of the lyrics.
She
is one of millions of K-pop fans around the world who aren’t letting a
language barrier stand in the way of consuming what is becoming a major
global powerhouse in the music scene.
With
their synthesized bubble-gum pop sound, flashy outfits and video art,
K-pop groups such as Girls’ Generation, Big Bang and 2NE1 are
carefully-selected, slickly-produced acts that can feature as many as 17
members.
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Big Bang receive the Best Worldwide
Award during the MTV Music Awards 2011.
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America’s CNBC reports on the K-Pop phenomena Shared by kaowao on July 18, 2012
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