K-pop
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K-pop is a form of popular music originating in South Korea. The music genre that the term is used to refer to colloquially emerged in the 1990s as a form of youth subculture, with Korean musicians in
Hip-hop artist Yoon Mi-rae and her husband, rapper Tiger JK of Drunken Tiger, are credited with popularizing American-style hip hop in Korea.
T-ara at the "Cyworld Dream Music Festival", 2011
24K performing choreography in a practice studio
Members of Baby Vox performing in 2004
BTS
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BTS, also known as the Bangtan Boys, is a South Korean boy band formed in 2010. The band consists of Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook, who co-write or co-produce much of their material.
BTS at the White House in May 2022 (left to right): V, Jung Kook, Jimin, RM, Jin, J-Hope, and Suga
BTS in 2013 performing at the Incheon Music Center
Exterior of the nightclub Troubadour (photo taken 2006) where BTS held their concert in the US for free
BTS performing at KCON France in Paris on June 2, 2016