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A Decade of K-pop: Korean Music's Ascent in the U.S. with Tamar Herman
A Decade of K-pop: Korean Music's Ascent in the U.S. with Tamar Herman
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Length:
71 minutes
Released:
Jul 12, 2019
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Podcast episode
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July 11, 2019 - Ten years since Wonder Girls and BoA became the first Korean artists to appear on Billboard's main U.S. music charts, K-pop is at the forefront of the increasingly globalized U.S. music scene. With BTS undeniably at the top of the music world and Blackpink making K-pop history by performing at Coachella, K-pop is no longer an incidental phenomenon but an integral part of American pop culture of 2019. In this talk, Tamar Herman, K-pop columnist for Billboard, reflects on the rise of K-pop in the U.S. during the last decade and ponders its future. For more information, please visit the link below: https://www.koreasociety.org/arts-culture/item/1304-a-decade-of-k-pop-korean-music-s-ascent-in-the-u-s
Released:
Jul 12, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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