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That season five episode is literally called “The One With the Ball.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_108851']At another point, LeBlanc tells Perry he kept the ball from Joey and Chandler’s foosball table as a souvenir from their time on the show. “You should’ve taken the table,” Perry replies, as if the destruction of that table wasn’t a prominent storyline in Friends’ very last episode, “The One Where They Say Goodbye.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most annoyingly, the entire cast happily concludes that, in 10 seasons—the show ran between 1994 and 2004—\u003cem>Friends\u003c/em> never once revealed what Chandler did for a living. It makes sense that neither Kudrow nor Perry would know this—both admit, mid-reunion, to having never watched the whole show. But absolutely no one else remembers that Chandler worked in “data reconfiguration and statistical factoring.” (If you don’t believe me, check “\u003ca href=\"https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/78832/what-was-chandler-bings-job\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The One With the Cooking Class\u003c/a>” from season eight and “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4gjQ8_Gvu4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The One Where Rachel Goes Back to Work\u003c/a>” from season nine. It’s \u003cem>right there\u003c/em>, people!)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYM1uQ7QrTc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As you can probably tell, I am, against my better judgment, a big fan of \u003cem>Friends\u003c/em>. I know its overwhelming whiteness is hideous, particularly for a show set in New York City. And I dislike immensely that it’s so consistently drenched in what \u003cem>Honest Trailers\u003c/em> once accurately referred to as a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqDSrMK_Gyg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">thin layer of gay panic\u003c/a>.” Don’t even get me started on Joey’s tendency towards casual sexual predation. For some reason though, like a moldy old security blanket from childhood, I just can’t seem to let \u003cem>Friends\u003c/em> go. And there are millions of other humans around the world just like me. As this special episode notes, the show is estimated to have been watched more than “100 billion times across platforms.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_105499']I—and most everybody that still cares enough about this 27-year-old show to tune into a nearly-two-hour special about it—recovered months ago from the fact that this wasn’t a sitcom reunion in the traditional sense. It has been said repeatedly—and it’s reiterated during \u003cem>The Reunion\u003c/em>, lest we get any ideas—that there will never, ever be another episode of \u003cem>Friends\u003c/em>. So what we have to settle for here, instead, is six entertaining people who used to play six hilarious characters, appearing together for the first time in public since 2004 and making each other laugh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The interview with James Cordon is distinctly so-so—except during one genuinely funny portion where David Schwimmer angrily vents about how much he hated working with Marcel the monkey in season one. (“I would like you to be more serious about this,” Perry quips.) So too is a living room trivia quiz (based on the one from Cox’s favorite episode, “The One With the Embryos”) more contrived than it ought to be. There is, however, something genuinely moving about seeing the reunited cast on their old set, verklempt and reminiscing about old times. It’s in these more candid moments that some of the interesting behind-the-scenes tidbits emerge. (The graffiti LeBlanc left on the set after the final episode is a particular treat.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the most insightful revelations unfold, not via the cast, but rather through documentary-style interviews with \u003cem>Friends\u003c/em>’ creators, writers and producers, Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane. These encompass the original inspiration for the show, casting decisions, and on-the-fly plot pivots. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=friends+pivot+gif&rlz=1C5GCEA_enUS937US938&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=kxLUKN6BoGo40M%252Cz62Kzgv2JUFq1M%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kSjosDbXMEC6gEzAiLAY6Z1UzGjIw&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZkqyhtunwAhXGjp4KHWywCZ0Q9QF6BAgUEAE#imgrc=kxLUKN6BoGo40M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>PIVOT!\u003c/em>\u003c/a>) When Bright reveals he only discovered Lisa Kudrow because she’d made an appearance on \u003cem>Mad About You\u003c/em> while his husband was writing for it, you appreciate just how precarious the show’s successful chemistry was. Also testament to that is the fact that the guy Joey tries to pass off as his identical twin in “The One With Unagi” was played by an actor who very nearly got the part of Joey himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padding out all of this are a wealth of delightful appearances from former cast members. These include Reese Witherspoon (who played Rachel’s sister Jill), Tom Selleck (Monica’s boyfriend Richard), Christina Pickles and Elliott Gould (Ross and Monica’s parents), Maggie Wheeler (Janice!), James Michael Tyler (Gunther!), Thomas Lennon (Joey’s identical hand twin!) and Mr. Heckles himself, Larry Hankin. Paul Rudd is a glaring, unexplained absence difficult not to be bummed out about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the cameos don’t stop there. Justin Bieber makes an appearance that will have you \u003cem>really\u003c/em> liking Justin Bieber. Cindy Crawford shows up. So does BTS. And when Cara Delevingne emerges, Jennifer Aniston’s jaw literally drops. On top of that, David Beckham, Mindy Kaling, Kit Harington and Malala Yousafzai pick their favorite episodes. Oh, and the musical guest who shows up to sing “Smelly Cat” with Lisa Kudrow is so special, I don’t even wanna spoil it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So yes, this reunion is an enormous amount of fun. And there is plenty for fans to chew on here. Plus, of course, the warmth between the former castmates all these years later is legitimately a joy to behold. But where the reunion stumbles is in its unwavering commitment to keeping things light. Especially since Perry in particular seems genuinely overwhelmed by memories of that period in his life. He talks the least out of anyone else on set, and his occasionally slumped posture and difficulty enunciating hint at darker things going on beneath the surface. Occasionally, he tries to acknowledge them out loud, but these moments quickly pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_106765']“I felt like I was gonna die if they didn’t laugh,” Perry says of the anxiety he experienced performing in front of a live studio audience every week. “I would sometimes say a line and they wouldn’t laugh and I would sweat and go into convulsions.” Kudrow seems genuinely upset to only be hearing about this a quarter of a century after the fact. But rather than delving into whether or not this was a factor in Perry’s well-publicized struggles with addiction, \u003cem>Friends: The Reunion\u003c/em> rushes on to the next happier, shinier thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It should come as no surprise then, that \u003cem>The Reunion\u003c/em> makes zero attempt to tackle the criticisms \u003cem>Friends\u003c/em> now regularly receives around its lack of diversity and inclusion. Worse, it doesn’t feel like a coincidence that, in a mid-show segment featuring fans from around the globe, 11 out of 13 of them are either folks of color or members of the LGBTQ community. Though these fans’ stories are genuinely moving, the segment feels like a cynical attempt by producers to convince modern viewers that \u003cem>Friends\u003c/em> wasn’t so straight and white after all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, what \u003cem>Friends: The Reunion\u003c/em> does very well is what the sitcom itself excelled at: glossing over anything important or serious, and instead offering viewers something ridiculous to laugh at. And in that regard, it absolutely succeeds. Fans will undoubtedly want to watch this more than once. It’s just a shame the special doesn’t give its critics any reason to tune in.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>I—and most everybody that still cares enough about this 27-year-old show to tune into a nearly-two-hour special about it—recovered months ago from the fact that this wasn’t a sitcom reunion in the traditional sense. It has been said repeatedly—and it’s reiterated during \u003cem>The Reunion\u003c/em>, lest we get any ideas—that there will never, ever be another episode of \u003cem>Friends\u003c/em>. So what we have to settle for here, instead, is six entertaining people who used to play six hilarious characters, appearing together for the first time in public since 2004 and making each other laugh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The interview with James Cordon is distinctly so-so—except during one genuinely funny portion where David Schwimmer angrily vents about how much he hated working with Marcel the monkey in season one. (“I would like you to be more serious about this,” Perry quips.) So too is a living room trivia quiz (based on the one from Cox’s favorite episode, “The One With the Embryos”) more contrived than it ought to be. There is, however, something genuinely moving about seeing the reunited cast on their old set, verklempt and reminiscing about old times. It’s in these more candid moments that some of the interesting behind-the-scenes tidbits emerge. (The graffiti LeBlanc left on the set after the final episode is a particular treat.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the most insightful revelations unfold, not via the cast, but rather through documentary-style interviews with \u003cem>Friends\u003c/em>’ creators, writers and producers, Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane. These encompass the original inspiration for the show, casting decisions, and on-the-fly plot pivots. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=friends+pivot+gif&rlz=1C5GCEA_enUS937US938&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=kxLUKN6BoGo40M%252Cz62Kzgv2JUFq1M%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kSjosDbXMEC6gEzAiLAY6Z1UzGjIw&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZkqyhtunwAhXGjp4KHWywCZ0Q9QF6BAgUEAE#imgrc=kxLUKN6BoGo40M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>PIVOT!\u003c/em>\u003c/a>) When Bright reveals he only discovered Lisa Kudrow because she’d made an appearance on \u003cem>Mad About You\u003c/em> while his husband was writing for it, you appreciate just how precarious the show’s successful chemistry was. Also testament to that is the fact that the guy Joey tries to pass off as his identical twin in “The One With Unagi” was played by an actor who very nearly got the part of Joey himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padding out all of this are a wealth of delightful appearances from former cast members. These include Reese Witherspoon (who played Rachel’s sister Jill), Tom Selleck (Monica’s boyfriend Richard), Christina Pickles and Elliott Gould (Ross and Monica’s parents), Maggie Wheeler (Janice!), James Michael Tyler (Gunther!), Thomas Lennon (Joey’s identical hand twin!) and Mr. Heckles himself, Larry Hankin. Paul Rudd is a glaring, unexplained absence difficult not to be bummed out about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the cameos don’t stop there. Justin Bieber makes an appearance that will have you \u003cem>really\u003c/em> liking Justin Bieber. Cindy Crawford shows up. So does BTS. And when Cara Delevingne emerges, Jennifer Aniston’s jaw literally drops. On top of that, David Beckham, Mindy Kaling, Kit Harington and Malala Yousafzai pick their favorite episodes. Oh, and the musical guest who shows up to sing “Smelly Cat” with Lisa Kudrow is so special, I don’t even wanna spoil it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So yes, this reunion is an enormous amount of fun. And there is plenty for fans to chew on here. Plus, of course, the warmth between the former castmates all these years later is legitimately a joy to behold. But where the reunion stumbles is in its unwavering commitment to keeping things light. Especially since Perry in particular seems genuinely overwhelmed by memories of that period in his life. He talks the least out of anyone else on set, and his occasionally slumped posture and difficulty enunciating hint at darker things going on beneath the surface. Occasionally, he tries to acknowledge them out loud, but these moments quickly pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"title": "The MTV VMAs In 2020: 10 Takeaways",
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"content": "\u003cp>Awards shows often take place amid distractions, from natural disasters to civil unrest to the aftermath of a high-profile death. Sunday night’s MTV Video Music Awards had to coexist with all three, not to mention a worldwide pandemic that made it impossible — and, in New York City, illegal — to assemble a live audience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How did it go? Here are 10 takeaways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1) \u003cstrong>The VMAs actually happened in 2020.\u003c/strong> You’d be forgiven if they’d slipped your mind, but MTV somehow made a performance-driven awards show without live crowds. The energy was weird and spontaneity was hard to come by — more on that in a moment — but they pulled it off, complete with lavishly staged performances by Lady Gaga, BTS, The Weeknd, Doja Cat, DaBaby, Miley Cyrus, Maluma, Black Eyed Peas and others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2) \u003cstrong>It was a big night for Lady Gaga.\u003c/strong> The superstar took home the inaugural Tricon Award — “triple threat/icon”? — which is basically the equivalent of being inducted into the VMAs Hall of Fame. She put on a grand and game performance with a guest appearance from Ariana Grande, she won a bucket of other awards (Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Collaboration, Best Cinematography), she gave a bunch of speeches and she rocked a series of truly magnificent masks. It was her night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/5D4vjndnB0w\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>3) \u003cstrong>It was also a big night for green screens. \u003c/strong>Without crowds, artists seized the opportunity to seriously blur the lines separating “live performances” from “music videos.” What they lost in spontaneity, they gained in production values, from BTS dancing in front of an assortment of wildly different backdrops to Maluma and CNCO each performing at what looked like a neon-lit drive-in theater. Bonus points to rapper DaBaby, who brought in the dance troupe Jabbawockeez to help serve up a bit of visual commentary about police violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/WUQXgU-R_wM\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>4) \u003cstrong>The show appeared to be almost entirely pre-taped.\u003c/strong> At the very beginning of the show, host Keke Palmer appeared in a lo-res video — it looked as if it was shot on a webcam or cell phone — in which she dedicated the night to the memory of actor Chadwick Boseman, who died Friday. Everything else with Palmer looked a lot slicker, which suggests that the intro was tacked on after the rest of her work was completed. Given the green-screen effects in so many of the performances, there wasn’t much here that could really be considered “live.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>5) \u003cstrong>Pre-taped means pre-vetted.\u003c/strong> The VMAs are typically known for bonkers moments — beefs between performers, Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech, that sort of thing. But nothing here could really be engineered to fly off the rails or otherwise surprise, which made for a relatively uneventful evening. The Weeknd gave the night a dose of humanity and gravity by accepting his awards — for Video of the Year and Best R&B — with a plea for “justice for Jacob Blake, justice for Breonna Taylor.” But if you were hoping for Kanye West to burst in via hologram and announce that he’s a wizard now, it didn’t happen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>6) \u003cstrong>The actual awards were easy to predict.\u003c/strong> If you wanted to break a tie between, say, Lady Gaga (who performed) and Billie Eilish (who didn’t), you didn’t have to think very hard. An unforgivably cruel and cynical viewer might be left to wonder whether they’d booked the performers with award winners in mind (or worse). Based on \u003ca href=\"https://www.bustle.com/articles/36113-the-mtv-vmas-are-determined-by-fans-and-mysterious-strangers\">the opaqueness of the VMAs’ process\u003c/a>, we may never know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>7) \u003cstrong>BTS was more than an afterthought.\u003c/strong> For the past few years, the VMAs have made more of a place for BTS than, say, the Grammys. But this was still the K-pop juggernaut’s first time actually \u003cem>performing\u003c/em> on the VMAs — and the group picked up well-earned trophies for Best Pop, Best Group, Best K-Pop and Best Choreography.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/zJCdkOpU90g\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>8) \u003cstrong>About that “Tricon Award”…\u003c/strong> The VMAs’ equivalent of a Lifetime Achievement Award began as something called the “Video Vanguard Award” — and, later, the “Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.” Without fanfare or even explanation, it would appear that the prize has again been renamed, this time as the “Tricon Award,” perhaps as a quiet effort to distance the VMAs from \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/03/05/699995484/michael-jackson-a-quarter-century-of-sexual-abuse-allegations\">controversies surrounding Jackson\u003c/a>. If you hear about these VMAs at all in the coming days, this issue might be the reason why. 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"content": "\u003cp>The last half-decade of Western pop music has been dominated by whisper-singing: a deliberately dry, almost ASMR-like performance style popularized by the likes of major label “indie pop” artists Julia Michaels, Selena Gomez, Lana Del Rey and Billie Eilish. The sound is hushed and pacifying, a response to the chaos of the world, the millennial’s music equivalent to minimalistic interior design—why belt when you could soothe?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>K-pop idol music, meanwhile, took hold in the United States during the exact same era, and it was the opposite: a maximalist dreamland full of color, high concept-performances and videos, a plethora of performers and unrivaled choreography. If Top 40 in America wanted solo singers so soft every breath was caught on mic over a mid-tempo chorus, K-pop appeared to offer a genre-less alternative: constant stimulation, euphoria delivered in \u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/bts-kpop-albums-bands-global-takeover-707139/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eight to 10 melodies\u003c/a> and fantastical harmonies in a single track. (That is, K-pop \u003cem>idol music\u003c/em>— in the West, “K-pop” is frequently used synonymously with Korean idol music, pop with a high-production value and produced in a deliberate studio system, as it is in this piece.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>K-pop is music that is stuffed but never bloated; music that is fun and meant to elicit joy when listened to and seen (K-pop is designed to be enjoyed visually as much, if not more, than it is meant to be heard). And it is music that is now nearing total global ubiquity. Boy band BTS is the most popular group on the planet, bringing in billions to South Korea each year between \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/05/29/615079872/k-pop-hits-no-1-in-the-u-s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">No. 1 albums\u003c/a> (three of which hit that particular benchmark in \u003ca href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bts-is-back-musics-billion-dollar-boy-band-takes-next-step-1244580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">less than a year\u003c/a>,) history-making \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2019/04/14/712797129/watch-bts-further-its-quest-for-world-domination-on-the-snl-stage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">late-night television performances\u003c/a> and music videos that double as \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/01/17/797240927/bts-drops-black-swan-and-a-lavishly-choreographed-art-film\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art films\u003c/a>. K-pop fans themselves have dominated headlines in and outside of the pop culture arena for their \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/07/01/886034124/when-the-stans-assemble-k-pop-protests-and-fan-activism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent political successes\u003c/a>: using their digital native understanding to overwhelm white supremacist hashtags, crashing President Trump’s Tulsa rally \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/06/24/882867577/k-pops-digital-army-musters-to-meet-the-moment-baggage-in-tow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">attendance numbers\u003c/a> and police apps meant to solicit information about Black Lives Matter protesters, pressuring their Idols to take a stance and contributing \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/06/08/bts-fans-black-lives-matter-donations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">millions in donations\u003c/a>. For those Anglophone audiences learning about K-pop for the first time, this particular music discovery probably feels like missing the boat on a voyage you didn’t know was taking off. How could the needle shift so quickly? K-pop is overwhelming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that’s understandable. In the history of popular music, American audiences have been hesitant to embrace music recorded in a different language, save for a few Spanish-language superstars. Artists from other cultures are expected to cross over—to translate their work, to white-wash themselves and their performances to sell to the United States, the world’s largest music market. For many, a dominant pop form that isn’t in English is inconceivable. And yet, here’s K-pop, music largely recorded in Korean, born in the early 1990s and now one of the most popular forms of music on the planet, enjoyed by multiple generations of listeners. The numbers \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/09/29/554496829/a-record-breaking-week-begs-the-question-how-far-can-k-pop-go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">may be intimidating\u003c/a>, but getting into the music shouldn’t be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learning to experience K-pop means first ridding yourself of common misconceptions. The basics: K-pop is not a genre, nor do K-pop fans behave like a monolith. The term means “Korean pop,” but like “Latin pop,” the title is more of a geographic designation for the industry than a sonic one. An “idol system” for auditioning and creating pop talent, not unlike the mechanization of Berry Gordy’s Motown in the 1960s and ’70s, and financial support for the arts by the South Korean government is responsible for K-pop’s dominion, but the music’s current popularity in the United States is a relatively new phenomenon: born online, retweeted, streamed and shared ceaselessly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>K-pop music traverses genre with incredible ease—in one moment, taking cues from the dubstep drops that defined pop in the early 2010s, or Swedish hitmakers, or hip-hop, or R&B balladry, or new jack swing, or soul, or euro-pop, or Caribbean dancehall, or salsa and beyond—border-less eclecticism identifiable by the performers themselves, their seismic aesthetic judgments, and their multi-lingual singing. K-pop performers run the spectrum from girl groups and boy bands to soloists and rappers. The evolution of K-pop is defined by indistinct “generations” of the music, the parameters of which are frequently contested by fans and critics alike. Listening to K-pop is only one aspect of getting into industry, as well: The path to discovery is designed so that fans participate online, which means the most ardent supporters are vocal and engage in coordinated publicity efforts, such as streaming new music videos on an endless loop. That said, it is possible to get into K-pop by simply listening to it, and that’s what the below playlist hopes to accomplish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like any introduction, this should serve as a subjective primer—one curated to best satiate curious Western listeners and give them a skeletal foundation in which to build upon. In truth, the world of K-pop is expansive and exponentially evolving. It is not a matter of if you can find a K-pop artist whose work you’ll fall for, it’s when. Start digging below.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *;\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"450\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" src=\"https://embed.music.apple.com/us/playlist/starter-kit-k-pop/pl.1d8c04dbe47448e5adf73a8d41f91369\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>FIRST GENERATION: The Origins of Idols\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Seo Taiji and Boys, “Nan Arayo (I Know)” (1992)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most critics tend to agree that K-pop’s origin story begins on April 11, 1992, when the trio Seo Taiji and Boys performed its soon-to-become a hit “Nan Arayo (I Know)” on South Korea’s Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation. For many South Korean youths, the track was their first exposure to hip-hop and New Jack Swing (never mind the popularity of both genres in boy band history) and a welcome alternative to traditional styles of music, including “trot,” a form of Korean folk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>H.O.T., “Candy” (1996)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>H.O.T. (aka. High-Five of Teenagers—consider them formative to the trend of naming your group with an initialism for easy comprehension in the global marketplace) is largely credited as the first idol group in K-pop history, meaning that its members were brought together by a company—in this case, Lee Soo-man, founder of SM Entertainment. “Candy” is bubblegum pop at its brightest, cute music no doubt constructed in the model of American boy bands and J-pop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>S.E.S., “I’m Your Girl” (1997)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The girl group S.E.S., also put together by Lee Soo-man, was initially positioned as the female counterpart to H.O.T., though its sound differed drastically as the group’s profile grew. On “I’m Your Girl,” the group bears a striking resemblance to TLC—it’s ’90s R&B-pop, to a tee.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch3>SECOND GENERATION: The Idol Industry Evolves\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rain, “Rainism” (2008)\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003cem>(This song is not currently available on streaming in the United States.)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After training to debut in a boy band that never took off, Rain pursued a career as a soloist, eventually becoming the first K-pop star to break internationally. “Rainism” is his most successful single, with a sound not unsimilar to Usher and Justin Timberlake. It is especially noteworthy that many of the lyrics are in English.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVBW7sI8IhY\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wonder Girls, “Nobody” (2008)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Girl group Wonder Girls’ retro concept proved to be super successful in 2008, the beginning of a time period routinely referred to as “the golden age of K-pop.” The quartet frequently sourced elements from vintage sounds, including Motown—the members embody the Supremes in the video for “Nobody,” the first K-pop song to ever chart on the \u003cem>Billboard \u003c/em>Hot 100.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SHINee, “Ring Ding Dong” (2009)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boy band SHINee’s “Ring Ding Dong” encapsulates the genre-hybridity of golden age K-pop: it’s futuristic R&B, with percussion built on congas, Euro-pop production and heavily auto-tuned vocals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Girls Generation, “Gee” (2009)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consider Girls Generation’s “Gee” the framework in which all future PG-rated K-pop girl groups would follow: It’s sugar-y sweet, bouncy pop music all about love and crushing—and its earworm chorus made it almost instantaneously viral, the most valuable currency of all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SE7EN ft. Lil’ Kim, “Girls” (2009)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not just that K-pop, like all forms of popular music, is founded in Black music—as K-pop’s presence grew in America, \u003cem>BET\u003c/em> was one of its first supporters. Soloist SE7EN’s collaboration with American rapper Lil’ Kim, “Girls,” premiered on \u003cem>106 & Park\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>IU, “Good Day” (2010)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not all of the biggest K-pop artists become the biggest K-pop artists in the U.S., and such is the case for IU—she is one of the most successful K-pop musicians in South Korea and “Good Day” is proof. Her signature single is as striking as the lead musical number in a beloved Disney classic, and just as orchestral.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Super Junior, “Mr. Simple” (2011)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Super Junior’s “Mr. Simple” is soul from Seoul—there’s a scat-like, dark jazz club element to song’s intro before it explodes in vivid, repetitive techno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2NE1, “I Am The Best” (2011)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2NE1’s “I Am The Best” is Euro-pop excellence—an empowerment anthem for the club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Psy, “Gangnam Style” (2012)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The virality of Psy’s “Gangnam Style,” and it’s easily mimicked horse-riding dance move, was the first K-pop song to make a major splash in the United States, but in the greater K-pop story, he’s an outlier. The song is ironic and subversive, a criticism of a wealthy neighborhood in Seoul and a larger commentary on inequality. The others on this list are sincere love odes constructed to attract the widest audience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BoA, “Only One” (2012)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BoA is formative in the K-pop story—she sang in English long before having a few key phrases in the chorus became a norm, and on “Only One,” she tackled R&B breakup balladry with total expertise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BIGBANG, “Fantastic Baby” (2012)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before there was BTS, there was BIGBANG, the break-dancing boy band slated to take over the West. “Fantastic Baby” is the group’s biggest hit, a gargantuan EDM-hip-hop beat so popular it was covered in the hit show \u003cem>Glee.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch3>THIRD GENERATION: The Idol Industry Goes Transnational\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2PM, “My House” (2015)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boy band 2PM’s “My House,” is seductive, romantic R&B that will charm even the most staunch genre purist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GOT7, “Just Right” (2015)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some may find GOT7’s child-like wonder on “Just Right” cheesy, but “twee-rap” might be a better categorization. The chorus, however, screams early One Direction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>EXO, “Monster” (2016)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 12-member EXO offer a darker take on the electro-pop boy band formula on its single “Monster.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jennie, “Solo” (2018)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In K-pop, it isn’t uncommon for girl group and boy band members to pursue solo work outside of their collective duties—it allows them space to explore other creative avenues without breaking the band up, and doubles as a fan service for those listeners who prefer one member to the others (in K-pop, that member is your “bias”). Blackpink’s Jennie, and her solo single “Solo,” is the exemplar of a member “going solo,” as she sings, without diverting too much from the integrity of the group. This one is for fans of big pop anthems and old school hip-hop whistle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>April, “Oh My Mistake” (2018)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Girl group April’s “Oh My Mistake” is ’80s synthpop with shimmering production—it is impossible to hear this and not feel giddy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Blackpink, “Kill This Love” (2019)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The biggest girl group on the planet is Blackpink, a K-pop quartet without a full-length LP under its belt. With singles as ferocious as the air horn-adorned stadium anthem “Kill This Love,” it’s easy to see why: the single marries military cadences with trap, emphasized with gargantuan synthesizers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BTS ft. Halsey, “Boy With Luv” (2019)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Any number of BTS songs would be appropriate to include here—check out “No More Dream,” the group’s first single, to get a sense of their range. That song rallied against a rigid education system that places untenable pressure on young people in South Korea, while “Boy With Luv” is an earworm single featuring one of the greatest American popstars of the 21st century. It’s also one of BTS’s most irresistible singles, a roller rink disco number punctuated with an almost house-like bass drum.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch3>FOURTH GENERATION: K-pop Breaks Down Borders\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ateez, “Say My Name” (2019)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latest generation of K-pop superstars are no longer bound by borders—they can debut or train outside of South Korea and become just as, or even more successful in the West than they are back home. They also continue to expand upon K-pop’s constant musical experimentation. Eight-person boy band Ateez’s hit “Say My Name,” for example, is built around a pan flute, and main rapper Mingi, with his raspy tone so low it recalls Scandinavian post-punk more than any other vocalists on this list, sings the chorus. It is so distinctive, listeners will have no choice but to forgive them for giving their song the same title as a Destiny’s Child classic.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Maria Sherman is a senior staff writer at Jezebel and the author of the book \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.blackdogandleventhal.com/titles/maria-sherman/larger-than-life/9780762468904/__;!!Iwwt!EMvQr3pDltVlCrqBWHGfjWmhm1WDbhRq69rPBodMKtqVKusyFEs-G-5dylBs%24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB to BTS\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/div>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The last half-decade of Western pop music has been dominated by whisper-singing: a deliberately dry, almost ASMR-like performance style popularized by the likes of major label “indie pop” artists Julia Michaels, Selena Gomez, Lana Del Rey and Billie Eilish. The sound is hushed and pacifying, a response to the chaos of the world, the millennial’s music equivalent to minimalistic interior design—why belt when you could soothe?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>K-pop idol music, meanwhile, took hold in the United States during the exact same era, and it was the opposite: a maximalist dreamland full of color, high concept-performances and videos, a plethora of performers and unrivaled choreography. If Top 40 in America wanted solo singers so soft every breath was caught on mic over a mid-tempo chorus, K-pop appeared to offer a genre-less alternative: constant stimulation, euphoria delivered in \u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/bts-kpop-albums-bands-global-takeover-707139/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eight to 10 melodies\u003c/a> and fantastical harmonies in a single track. (That is, K-pop \u003cem>idol music\u003c/em>— in the West, “K-pop” is frequently used synonymously with Korean idol music, pop with a high-production value and produced in a deliberate studio system, as it is in this piece.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>K-pop is music that is stuffed but never bloated; music that is fun and meant to elicit joy when listened to and seen (K-pop is designed to be enjoyed visually as much, if not more, than it is meant to be heard). And it is music that is now nearing total global ubiquity. Boy band BTS is the most popular group on the planet, bringing in billions to South Korea each year between \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/05/29/615079872/k-pop-hits-no-1-in-the-u-s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">No. 1 albums\u003c/a> (three of which hit that particular benchmark in \u003ca href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bts-is-back-musics-billion-dollar-boy-band-takes-next-step-1244580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">less than a year\u003c/a>,) history-making \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2019/04/14/712797129/watch-bts-further-its-quest-for-world-domination-on-the-snl-stage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">late-night television performances\u003c/a> and music videos that double as \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/01/17/797240927/bts-drops-black-swan-and-a-lavishly-choreographed-art-film\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">art films\u003c/a>. K-pop fans themselves have dominated headlines in and outside of the pop culture arena for their \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/07/01/886034124/when-the-stans-assemble-k-pop-protests-and-fan-activism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent political successes\u003c/a>: using their digital native understanding to overwhelm white supremacist hashtags, crashing President Trump’s Tulsa rally \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/06/24/882867577/k-pops-digital-army-musters-to-meet-the-moment-baggage-in-tow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">attendance numbers\u003c/a> and police apps meant to solicit information about Black Lives Matter protesters, pressuring their Idols to take a stance and contributing \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/06/08/bts-fans-black-lives-matter-donations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">millions in donations\u003c/a>. For those Anglophone audiences learning about K-pop for the first time, this particular music discovery probably feels like missing the boat on a voyage you didn’t know was taking off. How could the needle shift so quickly? K-pop is overwhelming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that’s understandable. In the history of popular music, American audiences have been hesitant to embrace music recorded in a different language, save for a few Spanish-language superstars. Artists from other cultures are expected to cross over—to translate their work, to white-wash themselves and their performances to sell to the United States, the world’s largest music market. For many, a dominant pop form that isn’t in English is inconceivable. And yet, here’s K-pop, music largely recorded in Korean, born in the early 1990s and now one of the most popular forms of music on the planet, enjoyed by multiple generations of listeners. The numbers \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/09/29/554496829/a-record-breaking-week-begs-the-question-how-far-can-k-pop-go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">may be intimidating\u003c/a>, but getting into the music shouldn’t be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learning to experience K-pop means first ridding yourself of common misconceptions. The basics: K-pop is not a genre, nor do K-pop fans behave like a monolith. The term means “Korean pop,” but like “Latin pop,” the title is more of a geographic designation for the industry than a sonic one. An “idol system” for auditioning and creating pop talent, not unlike the mechanization of Berry Gordy’s Motown in the 1960s and ’70s, and financial support for the arts by the South Korean government is responsible for K-pop’s dominion, but the music’s current popularity in the United States is a relatively new phenomenon: born online, retweeted, streamed and shared ceaselessly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>K-pop music traverses genre with incredible ease—in one moment, taking cues from the dubstep drops that defined pop in the early 2010s, or Swedish hitmakers, or hip-hop, or R&B balladry, or new jack swing, or soul, or euro-pop, or Caribbean dancehall, or salsa and beyond—border-less eclecticism identifiable by the performers themselves, their seismic aesthetic judgments, and their multi-lingual singing. K-pop performers run the spectrum from girl groups and boy bands to soloists and rappers. The evolution of K-pop is defined by indistinct “generations” of the music, the parameters of which are frequently contested by fans and critics alike. Listening to K-pop is only one aspect of getting into industry, as well: The path to discovery is designed so that fans participate online, which means the most ardent supporters are vocal and engage in coordinated publicity efforts, such as streaming new music videos on an endless loop. That said, it is possible to get into K-pop by simply listening to it, and that’s what the below playlist hopes to accomplish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like any introduction, this should serve as a subjective primer—one curated to best satiate curious Western listeners and give them a skeletal foundation in which to build upon. In truth, the world of K-pop is expansive and exponentially evolving. It is not a matter of if you can find a K-pop artist whose work you’ll fall for, it’s when. Start digging below.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *;\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"450\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" src=\"https://embed.music.apple.com/us/playlist/starter-kit-k-pop/pl.1d8c04dbe47448e5adf73a8d41f91369\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>FIRST GENERATION: The Origins of Idols\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Seo Taiji and Boys, “Nan Arayo (I Know)” (1992)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most critics tend to agree that K-pop’s origin story begins on April 11, 1992, when the trio Seo Taiji and Boys performed its soon-to-become a hit “Nan Arayo (I Know)” on South Korea’s Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation. For many South Korean youths, the track was their first exposure to hip-hop and New Jack Swing (never mind the popularity of both genres in boy band history) and a welcome alternative to traditional styles of music, including “trot,” a form of Korean folk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>H.O.T., “Candy” (1996)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>H.O.T. (aka. High-Five of Teenagers—consider them formative to the trend of naming your group with an initialism for easy comprehension in the global marketplace) is largely credited as the first idol group in K-pop history, meaning that its members were brought together by a company—in this case, Lee Soo-man, founder of SM Entertainment. “Candy” is bubblegum pop at its brightest, cute music no doubt constructed in the model of American boy bands and J-pop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>S.E.S., “I’m Your Girl” (1997)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The girl group S.E.S., also put together by Lee Soo-man, was initially positioned as the female counterpart to H.O.T., though its sound differed drastically as the group’s profile grew. On “I’m Your Girl,” the group bears a striking resemblance to TLC—it’s ’90s R&B-pop, to a tee.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch3>SECOND GENERATION: The Idol Industry Evolves\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rain, “Rainism” (2008)\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003cem>(This song is not currently available on streaming in the United States.)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After training to debut in a boy band that never took off, Rain pursued a career as a soloist, eventually becoming the first K-pop star to break internationally. “Rainism” is his most successful single, with a sound not unsimilar to Usher and Justin Timberlake. It is especially noteworthy that many of the lyrics are in English.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/IVBW7sI8IhY'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/IVBW7sI8IhY'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wonder Girls, “Nobody” (2008)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Girl group Wonder Girls’ retro concept proved to be super successful in 2008, the beginning of a time period routinely referred to as “the golden age of K-pop.” The quartet frequently sourced elements from vintage sounds, including Motown—the members embody the Supremes in the video for “Nobody,” the first K-pop song to ever chart on the \u003cem>Billboard \u003c/em>Hot 100.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SHINee, “Ring Ding Dong” (2009)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boy band SHINee’s “Ring Ding Dong” encapsulates the genre-hybridity of golden age K-pop: it’s futuristic R&B, with percussion built on congas, Euro-pop production and heavily auto-tuned vocals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Girls Generation, “Gee” (2009)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consider Girls Generation’s “Gee” the framework in which all future PG-rated K-pop girl groups would follow: It’s sugar-y sweet, bouncy pop music all about love and crushing—and its earworm chorus made it almost instantaneously viral, the most valuable currency of all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SE7EN ft. Lil’ Kim, “Girls” (2009)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not just that K-pop, like all forms of popular music, is founded in Black music—as K-pop’s presence grew in America, \u003cem>BET\u003c/em> was one of its first supporters. Soloist SE7EN’s collaboration with American rapper Lil’ Kim, “Girls,” premiered on \u003cem>106 & Park\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>IU, “Good Day” (2010)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not all of the biggest K-pop artists become the biggest K-pop artists in the U.S., and such is the case for IU—she is one of the most successful K-pop musicians in South Korea and “Good Day” is proof. Her signature single is as striking as the lead musical number in a beloved Disney classic, and just as orchestral.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Super Junior, “Mr. Simple” (2011)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Super Junior’s “Mr. Simple” is soul from Seoul—there’s a scat-like, dark jazz club element to song’s intro before it explodes in vivid, repetitive techno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2NE1, “I Am The Best” (2011)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2NE1’s “I Am The Best” is Euro-pop excellence—an empowerment anthem for the club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Psy, “Gangnam Style” (2012)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The virality of Psy’s “Gangnam Style,” and it’s easily mimicked horse-riding dance move, was the first K-pop song to make a major splash in the United States, but in the greater K-pop story, he’s an outlier. The song is ironic and subversive, a criticism of a wealthy neighborhood in Seoul and a larger commentary on inequality. The others on this list are sincere love odes constructed to attract the widest audience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BoA, “Only One” (2012)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BoA is formative in the K-pop story—she sang in English long before having a few key phrases in the chorus became a norm, and on “Only One,” she tackled R&B breakup balladry with total expertise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BIGBANG, “Fantastic Baby” (2012)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before there was BTS, there was BIGBANG, the break-dancing boy band slated to take over the West. “Fantastic Baby” is the group’s biggest hit, a gargantuan EDM-hip-hop beat so popular it was covered in the hit show \u003cem>Glee.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch3>THIRD GENERATION: The Idol Industry Goes Transnational\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2PM, “My House” (2015)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boy band 2PM’s “My House,” is seductive, romantic R&B that will charm even the most staunch genre purist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GOT7, “Just Right” (2015)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some may find GOT7’s child-like wonder on “Just Right” cheesy, but “twee-rap” might be a better categorization. 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That song rallied against a rigid education system that places untenable pressure on young people in South Korea, while “Boy With Luv” is an earworm single featuring one of the greatest American popstars of the 21st century. It’s also one of BTS’s most irresistible singles, a roller rink disco number punctuated with an almost house-like bass drum.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch3>FOURTH GENERATION: K-pop Breaks Down Borders\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ateez, “Say My Name” (2019)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latest generation of K-pop superstars are no longer bound by borders—they can debut or train outside of South Korea and become just as, or even more successful in the West than they are back home. They also continue to expand upon K-pop’s constant musical experimentation. Eight-person boy band Ateez’s hit “Say My Name,” for example, is built around a pan flute, and main rapper Mingi, with his raspy tone so low it recalls Scandinavian post-punk more than any other vocalists on this list, sings the chorus. It is so distinctive, listeners will have no choice but to forgive them for giving their song the same title as a Destiny’s Child classic.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Baseball season was supposed to start on March 26. And the three months that have since passed haven’t just felt long because of a lack of games. They’ve been made infinitely more frustrating because of seemingly endless squabbles between MLB owners and players.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, after weeks of disagreement around both compensation and length of season, progress finally came with an agreement to re-do Spring training starting July 1, and begin a 60-game season on July 24. (The postseason will, as usual, feature 10 teams and be wrapped up by the end of October.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One crucial, and as yet undecided factor is what health and safety protocols will look like once the 2020 season begins. Given the fact that 40 MLB players and staff—from teams including the Philadelphia Phillies and the Toronto Blue Jays—just \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/40-mlb-players-and-staff-test-positive-for-coronavirus-in-last-week-per-report/#link=%7B%22role%22:%22standard%22,%22href%22:%22https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/40-mlb-players-and-staff-test-positive-for-coronavirus-in-last-week-per-report/%22,%22target%22:%22_blank%22,%22absolute%22:%22%22,%22linkText%22:%2240%20MLB%20players%20and%20staff%20members%20reportedly%20testing%20positive%22%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tested positive\u003c/a> for COVID-19, this might prove even trickier than all the recent salary negotiations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the long-awaited start date for the season is great news for fans, it’s safe to say that Giants and A’s supporters won’t be getting inside Oracle Park or the Coliseum anytime soon. But take heart. Because for teams overseas, filling the stands has become a sport all of its own—especially in South Korea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The KBO League’s opening game between the SK Wyverns and the Hanwha Eagles set a reasonably sedate standard. The teams battled it out in front of row upon row of banners picturing mask- and baseball hat-wearing “fans.” Heartwarmingly, a message \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozq862L2CEo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">board of real fans\u003c/a> watching at home was also projected on the jumbotron.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13882489\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13882489\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/GettyImages-1222941975-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"The stands at the empty SK Happy Dream Ballpark at the KBO League’s opening game between SK Wyvern and the Hanwha Eagles. May 05, 2020 in Incheon, South Korea.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/GettyImages-1222941975-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/GettyImages-1222941975-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/GettyImages-1222941975-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/GettyImages-1222941975-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/GettyImages-1222941975.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The stands at the empty SK Happy Dream Ballpark at the KBO League’s opening game between SK Wyvern and the Hanwha Eagles. May 05, 2020 in Incheon, South Korea. \u003ccite>(Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Later in the month, the Hanwha Eagles took a much more fun (though probably less sanitary) approach to filling the stands at their Daejeon Hanbat Baseball Stadium—a large gathering of stuffed animals. Famous toys in attendance included SpongeBob SquarePants, Ted (of \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1637725/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Ted \u003c/em>\u003c/a>and\u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2637276/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem> Ted 2\u003c/em>\u003c/a>), Mickey Mouse, Stitch (of \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0275847/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Lilo & Stitch\u003c/em>\u003c/a>) and Winnie the Pooh and Piglet. \u003cem>Pokémon\u003c/em> had a whole crew there, including the likes of Squirtle, Snorlax and several Pikachus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/DanielKimW/status/1265603803622957056\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to putting \u003ca href=\"https://www.sbnation.com/2020/5/11/21254689/cardboard-fans-best-idea-crowdless-sports-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">life-size renditions of BTS\u003c/a> in the stands, another KBO team, the NC Dinos, have allowed fans to send in photos of themselves to be subsequently turned into cardboard cut-outs. Alongside fan faces at one game were also images of players from North Carolina Minor League team, the Durham Bulls. (It’s not totally random—on May 4, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/DurhamBulls/status/1257450961590763524\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Bulls declared\u003c/a> on Twitter that they were NC Dinos fans.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/drewdepriest/status/1263830084840034305\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even Minor League American mascots have been getting in on the act in South Korea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/WoodpeckersNC/status/1266690820456869889\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taiwan offers a view of what it might look like when fans start to gain access to games again—very limited, socially distanced numbers, brightened up with a hefty dose of fun signs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13882495\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13882495\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/GettyImages-1223679901-800x528.jpg\" alt=\"The Fubon Guardians and Uni-Lions play in front of 1000 socially distanced fans at Taipei’s Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium on May 08, 2020. 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"content": "\u003cp>A week before Trump held his controversial campaign rally in Tulsa was when Viviana Dark, a K-pop fan from Wisconsin (who has requested pseudonymity over concerns of online harassment), first heard of plans to “sabotage” the event. Users on TikTok, the exceptionally popular social-video platform, were urging others to reserve tickets to the rally, with no intention of actually going. “You know how a TikTok Challenge happens? It was kind of like that. ‘Everybody go do this!’ And it spread like wildfire,” Dark, 19 years old, tells NPR Music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She signed up for two seats, received a confirmation email from the Trump campaign—”I’m counting on my loyal supporters like you”—and never showed up to the rally, which drew just \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/06/20/881313605/trump-crowd-size-underwhelms-campaign-blames-protesters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a few thousand\u003c/a> supporters to the 19,000-seat auditorium on June 20.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/06/21/tiktok-kpop-trump-tulsa-rally/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not clear\u003c/a> how much TikTok teens and K-pop fans should be credited for the rally’s disappointing turnout; Trump’s campaign originally \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/15/trump-tulsa-rally-coronavirus-calls-for-cancellation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">claimed\u003c/a> it received more than a million requests for tickets. A stage prepared for overflow was \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1274481380836114433\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">never used\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dark, who supports the girl groups TWICE and GWSN, is no stranger to political activism in coordination with her K-pop community. She has a Twitter group chat with fellow idol fans from all over the world, where they exchange info about stars, petitions and hashtag movements. To “clog up” the platform, she tweeted #WhiteLivesMatter and #KeepAmericaGreat hashtags, coupled with irrelevant fancams of her favorite stars, as a way of diluting the usefulness and relevance of the tags.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m Black before I’m a K-pop stan,” she says. “The main point of why we were fighting was for the Black Lives Matter cause, not to get recognized [as K-pop fans].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But getting recognized they are, as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-06-04/k-pop-fans-maestros-of-social-media-bring-their-powers-to-bear-on-blacklivesmatter-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">maestros of social media\u003c/a>,” “\u003ca href=\"https://time.com/5851211/kpop-bts-black-lives-matter-social-media/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an unexpected ally\u003c/a>,” “\u003ca href=\"https://www.adobomagazine.com/digital-news/digital-dont-anger-the-k-pop-fans-k-pop-community-invades-racist-hashtags/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unlikely heroes\u003c/a>.” Earlier this month, fans of BTS matched the boy band’s $1 million Black Lives Matter donation in roughly a day. Others are credited with flooding the iWatch Dallas app \u003ca href=\"https://www.insider.com/kpop-trump-tulsa-rally-hashtags-fancams-donations-activism-online-stan-2020-6#in-late-may-some-k-pop-fans-tried-to-stop-fandom-hashtags-from-trending-out-of-respect-for-blacklivesmatter-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">with fancams\u003c/a> (and sinking its App Store \u003ca href=\"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/iwatch-dallas/id1482321757\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ranking\u003c/a>), after the Dallas police asked people to report “illegal activity” from the George Floyd and Black Lives Matter protests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I never thought I’d see the day where K-pop stans are defeating the police,” \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/blom_dot_com/status/1267252731959554050\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">read\u003c/a> one tweet that received over 4,000 likes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why is this so surprising? If you know the people in the K-pop fandom, this [political activism] seems natural,” says Lee Jeeheng, a cultural studies scholar and author of \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/BTS-ARMY-Culture-Lee-Jeeheng-ebook/dp/B083NJNNPR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>BTS and ARMY Culture\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a book analyzing the fandom of the extremely popular group. “K-pop fandom is a digital tribe. Fans have been trained to mobilize quickly. They already have the infrastructure; when someone says, \u003cem>‘Go here!\u003c/em>‘ everybody can run towards the target.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13882460\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13882460\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/gettyimages-1143982902_wide-902ba8609047c8c705b9b42ce98ec20e0ed89d3e-1-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"K-pop fans in Central Park on May 15, 2019 in New York.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/gettyimages-1143982902_wide-902ba8609047c8c705b9b42ce98ec20e0ed89d3e-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/gettyimages-1143982902_wide-902ba8609047c8c705b9b42ce98ec20e0ed89d3e-1-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/gettyimages-1143982902_wide-902ba8609047c8c705b9b42ce98ec20e0ed89d3e-1-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/gettyimages-1143982902_wide-902ba8609047c8c705b9b42ce98ec20e0ed89d3e-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/gettyimages-1143982902_wide-902ba8609047c8c705b9b42ce98ec20e0ed89d3e-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/gettyimages-1143982902_wide-902ba8609047c8c705b9b42ce98ec20e0ed89d3e-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/gettyimages-1143982902_wide-902ba8609047c8c705b9b42ce98ec20e0ed89d3e-1-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">K-pop fans in Central Park on May 15, 2019 in New York. \u003ccite>(Drew Angerer/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the past, fans have \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/magic_breakfast/status/1222920159851094018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">donated to a London charity\u003c/a> to fund over 35,000 meals, reportedly \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/chilean-government-blames-k-pop-recent-protests-1479151\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">protested against\u003c/a> the Chilean government in 2019, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hyunsuinseoul/status/1268520597853581312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">raised awareness\u003c/a> about the need for safer roads in Bangladesh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This activism, while not practiced by every K-pop fan, has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.koreaexpose.com/fascinating-world-k-pop-fandom-culture/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">long history\u003c/a>. In South Korea, organized music fandoms \u003ca href=\"https://www.reportshop.co.kr/social/102427\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">began appearing\u003c/a> in the 1980s and ’90s. Fan philanthropy, now common in Korea beyond pop music, \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201812081756208010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has its roots\u003c/a> in the early 2000s. Fans of the “first-generation” idol band Shinhwa, which debuted in 1998 and is still active, are credited with starting the “fan rice” trend in 2007, sending thousands of kilograms of rice to charity. Other fandoms \u003ca href=\"https://www.soompi.com/article/837751wpp/fans-donate-to-deaf-children-for-infinites-hoyas-birthday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">have funded\u003c/a> cochlear implants for deaf children and more recently, \u003ca href=\"http://www.wowtv.co.kr/NewsCenter/News/Read?articleId=A202006110079&t=NN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19 efforts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within and across different fandoms, political awareness is shared through loose online networks on Twitter, Instagram, fan cafes, etc.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scholar Lee, a BTS fan, remembers one instance: In 2018, BTS member Jimin wore \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46147777\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a shirt\u003c/a> depicting the U.S atomic bombing of Japan, after which fans became embroiled in contentious debates about Western imperialism and Japan’s atrocities during WWII, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/11/13/563838610/comfort-woman-memorial-statues-a-thorn-in-japans-side-now-sit-on-korean-buses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sexually enslaving women\u003c/a> for its military. Multilingual fans furiously translated on Twitter, including Lee. “Fans from Southeast Asia started talking about their grandmothers who were sexually enslaved,” she recalls. “It was an incredible history lesson. It was a really moving experience. I witnessed diversity and minority representation in action.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Worldwide, K-pop is being consumed in the name of diversity politics,” \u003ca href=\"http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?artid=202006082139025&code=960802#csidx183f27eda83c4abb96adce82d8be04b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">says \u003c/a>Mimyo, the editor-in-chief of \u003ca href=\"http://idology.kr/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Idology\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, an online magazine specializing in K-pop idol music. “Most K-pop fans are already interested in diversity politics; combine this with K-pop fandom’s culture of collective action. That’s why K-pop’s global fandom is participating actively in social movements like Black Lives Matter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To be a non-Korean K-pop fan is innately political, I dunno why anyone is still surprised that K-pop fans are political,” \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/TamarWrites/status/1274531852829765632\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted \u003c/a>Tamar Herman, a K-pop correspondent for \u003cem>Billboard\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Herman and Mimyo’s comments are part of a growing media \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/11/surprised-seeing-k-pop-fans-stand-up-black-lives-matter-you-shouldnt-be/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">narrative\u003c/a> highlighting K-pop fans’ political progressiveness. But the reality is more complicated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For one, there are plenty of fans like Dionne Saville, who don’t really engage in K-pop’s political activities. “K-pop is not at all an inherently political act for me. It’s just excellent music that crosses global boundaries. I enjoy the deeper cultural connection it brings,” Saville, a 47-year-old BTS fan in Yorkshire, U.K., tells NPR Music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there are more sinister issues. Ironically for a music industry seen as heralding diversity politics, with millions of POC fans worldwide, K-pop creators still face constant accusations of \u003ca href=\"https://www.insider.com/kpop-stans-hashtags-fancams-whitelivesmatter-bts-matchamillion-army-donation-2020-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cultural appropriation\u003c/a> and racism, particularly against Black people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, \u003ca href=\"https://popcrush.com/k-pop-scandals-international-blackface-racist/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blackface\u003c/a>, though less common now, has brought plenty of A-list idols under fire. Artists also frequently stylize themselves after Black culture, and many cite Black music as a central influence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Traditionally, K-pop has not been a space that has validated Black feelings about those choices,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.teenvogue.com/story/k-pop-stars-speaking-up-black-lives-matter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">writes\u003c/a> Natasha Mulenga for \u003cem>Teen Vogue\u003c/em>, “despite the impact Blackness has had on an industry that was reported at $5.4 billion … in 2018.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within the fandom, plenty of Black fans have voiced concerns about being \u003ca href=\"https://www.teenvogue.com/story/bts-fandom-needs-to-check-anti-blackness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gaslit\u003c/a> by other fans when bringing up racism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It feels really hard to be a POC in K-pop,” says Dark. “When some fans try to talk about internal racism, or even cultural appropriation, it kind of gets pushed under the bed. People of color are shushed by other K-pop fans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s why, for Dark, some K-pop fans jumping in online to support the BLM movement feels hollow. “Some people’s gestures of ‘being an ally’ feels performative, like it’s just on a surface level.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Being a K-pop fan causes me lots of drama and issues mentally, because of the racism. But I feel it’s almost worth it to have that connection to the world, to music, to all these different ideas. K-pop helps me learn about the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, many \u003ca href=\"https://abcnews.go.com/International/pop-stars-part-black-lives-matter-movement/story?id=71131938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">K-pop artists have spoken out\u003c/a> on Black Lives Matter—a rare sight, since unlike many of their fans, most artists refrain from making political statements in public.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.twitter.com/Haekoko\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Haeryun Kang\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> is a freelance journalist based in Seoul and the creative director of \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/videocusIN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>videocusIN\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, a media incubator.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2020 NPR. 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Others are credited with flooding the iWatch Dallas app \u003ca href=\"https://www.insider.com/kpop-trump-tulsa-rally-hashtags-fancams-donations-activism-online-stan-2020-6#in-late-may-some-k-pop-fans-tried-to-stop-fandom-hashtags-from-trending-out-of-respect-for-blacklivesmatter-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">with fancams\u003c/a> (and sinking its App Store \u003ca href=\"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/iwatch-dallas/id1482321757\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ranking\u003c/a>), after the Dallas police asked people to report “illegal activity” from the George Floyd and Black Lives Matter protests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I never thought I’d see the day where K-pop stans are defeating the police,” \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/blom_dot_com/status/1267252731959554050\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">read\u003c/a> one tweet that received over 4,000 likes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why is this so surprising? If you know the people in the K-pop fandom, this [political activism] seems natural,” says Lee Jeeheng, a cultural studies scholar and author of \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/BTS-ARMY-Culture-Lee-Jeeheng-ebook/dp/B083NJNNPR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>BTS and ARMY Culture\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a book analyzing the fandom of the extremely popular group. “K-pop fandom is a digital tribe. Fans have been trained to mobilize quickly. 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In South Korea, organized music fandoms \u003ca href=\"https://www.reportshop.co.kr/social/102427\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">began appearing\u003c/a> in the 1980s and ’90s. Fan philanthropy, now common in Korea beyond pop music, \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201812081756208010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has its roots\u003c/a> in the early 2000s. Fans of the “first-generation” idol band Shinhwa, which debuted in 1998 and is still active, are credited with starting the “fan rice” trend in 2007, sending thousands of kilograms of rice to charity. Other fandoms \u003ca href=\"https://www.soompi.com/article/837751wpp/fans-donate-to-deaf-children-for-infinites-hoyas-birthday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">have funded\u003c/a> cochlear implants for deaf children and more recently, \u003ca href=\"http://www.wowtv.co.kr/NewsCenter/News/Read?articleId=A202006110079&t=NN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19 efforts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within and across different fandoms, political awareness is shared through loose online networks on Twitter, Instagram, fan cafes, etc.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scholar Lee, a BTS fan, remembers one instance: In 2018, BTS member Jimin wore \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46147777\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a shirt\u003c/a> depicting the U.S atomic bombing of Japan, after which fans became embroiled in contentious debates about Western imperialism and Japan’s atrocities during WWII, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/11/13/563838610/comfort-woman-memorial-statues-a-thorn-in-japans-side-now-sit-on-korean-buses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sexually enslaving women\u003c/a> for its military. Multilingual fans furiously translated on Twitter, including Lee. “Fans from Southeast Asia started talking about their grandmothers who were sexually enslaved,” she recalls. “It was an incredible history lesson. It was a really moving experience. I witnessed diversity and minority representation in action.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Worldwide, K-pop is being consumed in the name of diversity politics,” \u003ca href=\"http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?artid=202006082139025&code=960802#csidx183f27eda83c4abb96adce82d8be04b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">says \u003c/a>Mimyo, the editor-in-chief of \u003ca href=\"http://idology.kr/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Idology\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, an online magazine specializing in K-pop idol music. “Most K-pop fans are already interested in diversity politics; combine this with K-pop fandom’s culture of collective action. That’s why K-pop’s global fandom is participating actively in social movements like Black Lives Matter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To be a non-Korean K-pop fan is innately political, I dunno why anyone is still surprised that K-pop fans are political,” \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/TamarWrites/status/1274531852829765632\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted \u003c/a>Tamar Herman, a K-pop correspondent for \u003cem>Billboard\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Herman and Mimyo’s comments are part of a growing media \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/11/surprised-seeing-k-pop-fans-stand-up-black-lives-matter-you-shouldnt-be/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">narrative\u003c/a> highlighting K-pop fans’ political progressiveness. But the reality is more complicated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For one, there are plenty of fans like Dionne Saville, who don’t really engage in K-pop’s political activities. “K-pop is not at all an inherently political act for me. It’s just excellent music that crosses global boundaries. I enjoy the deeper cultural connection it brings,” Saville, a 47-year-old BTS fan in Yorkshire, U.K., tells NPR Music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there are more sinister issues. Ironically for a music industry seen as heralding diversity politics, with millions of POC fans worldwide, K-pop creators still face constant accusations of \u003ca href=\"https://www.insider.com/kpop-stans-hashtags-fancams-whitelivesmatter-bts-matchamillion-army-donation-2020-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cultural appropriation\u003c/a> and racism, particularly against Black people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, \u003ca href=\"https://popcrush.com/k-pop-scandals-international-blackface-racist/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blackface\u003c/a>, though less common now, has brought plenty of A-list idols under fire. Artists also frequently stylize themselves after Black culture, and many cite Black music as a central influence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Traditionally, K-pop has not been a space that has validated Black feelings about those choices,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.teenvogue.com/story/k-pop-stars-speaking-up-black-lives-matter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">writes\u003c/a> Natasha Mulenga for \u003cem>Teen Vogue\u003c/em>, “despite the impact Blackness has had on an industry that was reported at $5.4 billion … in 2018.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within the fandom, plenty of Black fans have voiced concerns about being \u003ca href=\"https://www.teenvogue.com/story/bts-fandom-needs-to-check-anti-blackness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gaslit\u003c/a> by other fans when bringing up racism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It feels really hard to be a POC in K-pop,” says Dark. “When some fans try to talk about internal racism, or even cultural appropriation, it kind of gets pushed under the bed. People of color are shushed by other K-pop fans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s why, for Dark, some K-pop fans jumping in online to support the BLM movement feels hollow. “Some people’s gestures of ‘being an ally’ feels performative, like it’s just on a surface level.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Being a K-pop fan causes me lots of drama and issues mentally, because of the racism. But I feel it’s almost worth it to have that connection to the world, to music, to all these different ideas. K-pop helps me learn about the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, many \u003ca href=\"https://abcnews.go.com/International/pop-stars-part-black-lives-matter-movement/story?id=71131938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">K-pop artists have spoken out\u003c/a> on Black Lives Matter—a rare sight, since unlike many of their fans, most artists refrain from making political statements in public.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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