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omonatheydidWe look at the Korean Pop, or K-Pop, sensation as its influence as a soft power changes the regional political paradigm.
The episode features Simon & Martina, a reporter from CJ E&M, and a peace activist. Why? Because we are talking about K-Pop AND diplomacy!
Source: Al Jazeera English on YouTube, some parts written by me
I'm still watching the video, so I cannot add highlights just yet, but I would like to leave a shoutout to that one K-Pop fan from Baghdad. Anyeong!
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Date: 2012-09-04 02:12 pm (UTC)The tweet about how controlling music is good for the youth, really not.
Greece has alot of people getting surgery, wow.
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Date: 2012-09-04 02:32 pm (UTC)In my country (Philippines), I know KPop fans who are rather hipster about it. They hated the fact that Gangnam Style is being played on this local variety show every single day.
If they really want to go hipster, they should settle with Sigur Ros.
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Date: 2012-09-04 03:03 pm (UTC)- The hardworking hours idols make. Sometimes when watching shows about the private lives of idols, I am just baffled by the time they work. Having around 4/5/6 hours sleep a night, go from radio program to dance practice to tv show and so forth. When I first got in to KPop, that was really new to me. I never imagined someone like Britney Spears or Lady GaGa (although they will work hard as well, obviously) having such schedules and training for 4-8 years, just to debut.
I also read a lot about how these idols most of the time do not even get paid for the actual work they are doing. I mean, if these idols did the exact same work in the US - they would probably be rich.
I sometimes feel sad for these idols as well, especially if you think about the fact that most of the idols are already training when they are 11-13, so they hardly get the chance to actually be a child. Plus I always feel like a child from that age does not really fully comprehend what it is to be an idol and that it is probably also parents that give them a push in that direction.
- Second thing that I noticed is how Kpop gives this glamorous image of SK. I have heard/read/seen a lot of people who want to go to SK (from a simple trip, to actually living there) simply because of Kpop. I just shake my head at these people for moving to a country without even knowing anything about it.
I speak from own experience, about 5 years ago when I was around 13 years old - I was completely in to Japan. Manga, Anime, Music and everything and I wanted to live there and all that. Until I got older and started to research the country more and found out that it is not as amazing as the shows and music make it seem it is.
- And thirdly, this complete obsession with being perfect in SK. Not just the plastic surgery that is a big hit (as well as other asian countries), but mostly when I just watch comments idols make or when reading articles.
This obsession they have with their weight, how bloated their faces are and so on. Mostly the weight is what bothers me a lot. So many of these idols are seriously underweight or how (Looking at you YG) CEO's in companies call their idols fat and that they should lose weight etc. It just bothers me.
- Lastly, how Korea tries to flock in tourist by the use of KPop idols. I never been in Korea - basing all my intelligence on what I know by reading and hearing from people who went/live there - but I always hear how it is a very closed country. There are foreigners, but no matter how hard you try - you will never become Korean and how that feeling will always be there especially if you are not Asian looking.
tl;dr
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Date: 2012-09-04 06:28 pm (UTC)It's a lovely thing that kpop has made people took interest in SK more, but she has yet to realize the reality of her words. She's Mexican to start. Like gurl do you really think you're just gonna get there and everything is going to be like those videos you watch - with flashing lights and pixie dust and a perfect, beautiful society with hot Korean men?
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Date: 2012-09-04 03:15 pm (UTC)Where I come from, if you do not have it, there are many ways to make it.
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Date: 2012-09-04 07:07 pm (UTC)First, I think people are just being a little paranoid. Hallyu wave isn't even a new thing & had been around a while. Doesn't mean Kpop is gonna take over.
Second, agreed about the fact that PSY was brave enough to put out satire video. Stating your own opinion is what's really missing in the Korean industry.
Third, PSY did something that no other Kpop artist did. Make Kpop mainstream. Which he did in only 2 months. It took other kpop artists years but they weren't even able to bring it mainstream like that.
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Date: 2012-09-04 07:19 pm (UTC)I do like that it was Psy that managed to make a crack at western artists and not the idol groups tbh. I also think it's worth noting that of all the songs/videos that made it, it's the one that makes fun of everything (the status, the flash, the money) that kpop generally likes to hype.
But I love how the video breaks down the politics behind the Korean entertainment industry. Nothing exist in a vacuum - especially when it comes to culture and cultural products.
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