K-Pop Deserve their popularity

The trend is uprising. K-pop is now known as a genre of music famous around the world. K-pop or Korean Pop. Ask anyone if they knew any Koreans, i would bet they would say the name of Bigbang or Girls Generation. Back track 20 years ago, the Korean music scene is just a local, small industry. Not even comparable to the Japanese music industry (even now). But now they are starting to steal the spotlight. The graph is extremely steep on the incline doing wonders to Korea, bringing in revenue, tourist, spreading of culture, all leading the economy of the country.

Me, being unbiased (its a lie), believe that they truly deserve their stardom.They work hard for it and they have the talents. The government also plays and important role it his phenomenon.

Working hard is abstract but i can say they put their sweat in it. Compared to artist in the west who are more prominent in their vocal strength, these kpop artists or "idols" are known for being the complete package. They are expected to be able to Dance and Sing, have variety skills and unique talents (they have to find/create talents to show at shows). This results in "Trainee System". Entertainment company will take these hopeful and train them. The trainee don't know if they will ever debut, or if their debut will be a success. Some are known to endure long trainee period such as Jihyo of TWICE who trained under JYP Entertainment for 11 years before debuting. Some dont, Eunji of APink trained for 6 month prior debuting. She felt the hardship of shot trainee period afterwards as she finds lack in certain areas. See, they put their effort in it and their deserve to be where they are right now.

Korea as a country is also backing this humongous leap. Korean TV Station are known to have weekly music shows that allows not only established artist, but also newcomers, indie band and from the underground scene a chance to broadcast their music. Hallyu Wave is a term not coined by the consumers, but coined by the government and there are initiatives (budget, infrastructure) to improve the entertainment scene (Music Drama Webtoon). The Fans also played they part, these fandoms of each group are massive supporters, being at every show posting, videos online, making sure they favourite idol hogs the headline. in turn because the fans were so appreciative, these idols are willing to work even harder and thus accumulate to their success.

I did not point any correlation with other music genre. I am not saying one is better than the other, its just that the high tide the Koreans are riding right now. They deserve it.

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