Synopsis K-pop has brought Korea into the spotlight, not for technological excellence, but for a cultural reason. Related Music and lyrics: K-Pop is encouraging Indians to learn Korean By Vimmy Sinha Korean pop's phenomenal growth worldwide and with Korean boy band BTS making it to the No.1 position on the Billboard 100 speaks volumes about K-pop 's calibre. Genre experts speak to ET about what it is all about. Back home and elsewhere in the world too, the first brush with Korean pop, or K-pop, probably was with the release of the video, Gangnam Style, by Park Jae Sung, better known as Psy. The 'invisible horse-riding' dance by Psy became an instant hit. No one really understood what the song meant, but the catchy music and the dance just caught on. The video got 100 million views in just 51 days of its release, more than what Justin Bieber got for Baby. Till today, it is among the most watched videos on YouTube. PSY That was way back in 2012. Korean pop has since reached staggering heights of popularity. This year, the seven-member South Korean boy band, BTS, became the first ever K-pop album to make it to the No.1… Read full this story
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