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http://remezcla.com/features/music/k-pop-latinos/

  • I was very interested to hear Professor Kim’s presentation on the Korean wave because Korean culture is increasingly becoming a prominent thing in Los Angeles. For example, my school has a student body that is 99% Latino, but even within this context the growing interest in Korean culture is evident in that there is a K-pop club at my school. Additionally, just a few weeks ago I read the article in the link above which reports that aside from Koreans, Latinos constitute the second largest group of fans of K-pop here in the US. There is a lot to learn from the Latino music scene here in the US, and particularly the singers who have crossed over to the English markets. It seems that a lot of K-pop artists seem to be heading in this direction and it would be interesting to make a comparison between K-pop and crossover music in my Spanish class.

edited by nramon on 8/3/2016