K-pop

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K-pop

• By Andy Jensen

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Introduction

• Korean Popular Music
• Teuroteu Trot Music
• From Trot to Seo Taiji
• Modern K-pop
• The Korean Wave
• Key Points

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The Oldest Form of Korean Popular Music

• Teuroteu (Trot) music
• First form of Korean Popular Music
• Began during Japanese Occupation of Korea
  (1910-1945)
• Simple Beat
• Enka Derived?

Super Junior T, a well known modern Trot Music
band in South Korea
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From Trot to Seo Taiji

• Tong Guitar
• Norae Undong, Minjung, and Kim Min-gi
• Heavy metal bands in the late 80s.

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Seo Taiji and the New K-pop

• 1992 Nan Arayo by Seo Taiji and Boys
• Mid 90s Teen Idols
• 2000s Korean Rap
• Ballads and RB

Taepyeongso
Seo Taiji (center) and the Boys, an influential
modern K-pop band.
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Korean Wave and International Popularity

• Korean Wave
• Affect on the Popularity of Korean Culture
• BoA, Se7en, and Rain

International K-pop star, BoA
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Key Points

• Trot, created during Japanese occupation in
  Korea, was the first genre of Korean popular
  music.
• Seo Taiji has been the most influential artist in
  the evolution of modern K-pop.
• K-pop has been an important part of the Korean
  Wave, a term for the recent rise in popularity of
  Korean culture in East and Southeast Asia.

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Youtube

• Hayegoa by Seo Taiji and Boys
• http//youtube.com/watch?v2FlUuGhCV9Y
• Isolated Ones, Left Foot Forward by Drunken
  Tiger
• http//youtube.com/watch?vmnJ6x2l5f1Q
• Passion by Se7en
• http//youtube.com/watch?vSAd9xupLqOY