Why is BTS not k pop?
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Why is BTS not k pop?
The whole “BTS beyond kpop” started when the music critics said (as i remember), “BTS’ musics is not considered as kpop. Their songs are not just plainly idol music, but pop music. And the terms kpop is what they call “idol music”. Kpop industry use that term to promote the idol groups.”
What are old kpop fans called?
sasaeng
The term sasaeng comes from the Korean words sa (Korean: 사; Hanja: 私) meaning “private” and saeng (Korean: 생; Hanja: 生) meaning “life”, in reference to the fans’ intrusion into celebrities’ private lives, and the term is mostly used domestically in South Korea as well as other parts of Asia.
Is BTS K-pop or pop?
BTS are a k-pop boy band from South Korea – the name is an acronym for the Korean phrase Bangtan Sonyeondan which translates to “Bulletproof Boy Scouts”. However, they are also known as Bangtan Boys and have adapted their BTS name to also stand for “Beyond The Scene”.
Is K-pop too political?
“K-pop is not particularly political, but it is socially engaged. Fans wait for BTS to take the stage in Central Park, New York, in May last year. Photograph: Drew Angerer/Getty
Who are K-pop’s Asian fans?
Diasporic Asians were the first K-pop fans in the West. They shared their love of the genre with their friends, many of them young women and people of colour. Today, the fanbase is diverse. Many fans are teenagers or in their early 20s, but there are also some who are much older.
Amid Black Lives Matter protests in the United States, K-pop fans are being hailed as a new force in politics and social justice. In recent weeks, they flooded a Dallas police intelligence app trying to collect “illegal activity from the protests” with fancams – video clips of K-pop performers – until it crashed.
Can K-pop make a difference?
For K-pop, a multi-genre industry heavily influenced by black culture and music, the Black Lives Matter movement has highlighted the need for artists and fans to do some soul-searching. But as these protests have shown, their impact on society cannot be underestimated. When harnessed for a cause, K-pop has the potential to make a difference.