#korean pop culture

[anemoiawithatouchofobsession]

젊은이여 모두 모여서

태양을 향해 달리자

~ Korean 80s Youth Pop Culture "Hey there, young people. Let's gather and run towards the sun"

[beingjellybeans]

Escape your rainy day blues at Ramyeon Bar in Maginhawa

After bein battered by monsoon rains for over a week, you’re probably craving for something warm and comforting by now. This is where Ramyeon Bar in Maginhawa comes in – your haven for escaping those rainy day blues. It’s not just a place to eat; it’s a portal to your very own K-drama adventure. Your Ramyeon Bar Adventure Along Maginhawa’s bustling food strip lies a new hotspot known as Ramyeon…

[weareravershq]

REMA | PARIS FASHION WEEK 

[indianabonez]

finally comfirmed all my summer courses so heres the schedule!

for context: im studying at Korea University in Seoul for a 6 week semester abroad.

Period 1 - North Korea: History, Society, Politics

Period 2 - Media & Popular Culture in South Korea

Period 5 - Beginning Korean 1

im very interested to see how the class on North Korea will be, i have started some of the recommended reading as well as doing my own research & finding friends in the class and looking forward to it. definitely not a course i could ever find/take at a university here at home.

media & pop culture also super excited for bc i want to dive deeper into studying pop culture, performance art, fandom spaces and more within the realm soso bad

korean 1! i do have some korean learning and time in the country under my belt already but ive never taken an actual class (my speaking is very casual/informal bc of who/where i learned from lol) i feel like i definitely have missed or not fully understood a lot of grammar in the past also so i wanna kind restart the learning process w more structure :)

if anyone has questions abt the classes/program/study abroad/ etc lmk and ill do my best to answer !! excited to be back and motivated and study the things i love after a pretty difficult spring semester

[bts-boys]

161027 BTS Jungkook at 2016 Korean Pop Culture & Arts Awards © septemberjk97 do not edit, crop, or remove the watermark

[el-cheung]

Byung-hun Lee, 28th March 2024, Masterclass at Florence Korean Film Fest.

Photo by me and please do not reupload✨

To whom it may concern,

(What I actually mean is, to my fellow Mag7 and Goody x Billy besties)

Guess whom I met last week?

[anemoiawithatouchofobsession]

노 란 샤 쓰 입 은 말 없 는 그 사 람 이

어 쩐 지 나 는 좋 아 어 쩐 지 맘 에 들 어

[shokuto]

There was a time in 2019 when I thought k-pop was about to break out of its niche and enter the mainstream. Very glad that never happened

[neodreamgirl]

My First Impressions of NCT Before I Became an NCTzen (Part 1: '94-96' Liners)

Taeil: For some reason I thought he was the leader. I didn't think he was the oldest, probably thought he was in the middle. I thought he was very serious, definitely thought he was a vocalist. You know what...He definitely gave me Jongho from Ateez vibes without the cuteness. Could definitely knock a bitch out for some reason. He definitely gave off that vibe. Something just told me he could.

Johnny: I did NOT think he was the second oldest member of the group. Hell, I didn't even think he was in the hyung line...He gave me major goofy vibes, very sexy though. Idk he just has a super goofy look. Before I got into NCT, I knew of him but I couldn't tell you what I thought his role in the group was.

Taeyong: I had no idea why his face was everywhere. At the time, I didn't even know there was a center role in K-Pop groups (or in any group) so I was just like damn...SM got a favorite! Rightfully so because I thought he was so cute and unique looking. In terms of the vibes that he gave off...I couldn't tell you what they were. He was so hard to read, I remember just thinking he was cool as fuck. Hear me out...Remember when Justin Bieber went through that Bizzle phase? That's what he reminds me of. Not the lightskin delinquent part, but rather the swagger and the fact that mf was EVERY. WHERE. Unreadable but was fine as hell, the hot topic, in every hit song, and a lot of tattoos. But Taeyong style. With a unique sense of fashion. I didn't think he was the leader.

Yuta: Super quiet yet sexy. I didn't think there would be much to him in terms of humor for some reason (I was proven wrong as HELL). Tell me why I thought this mf was a rapper? He doesn't have that niggaboo shit going on so I'm not sure why I thought that? I guess because he just gave off a certain edgy vibe, I thought SM would assign him as a rapper? I'm not sure tbh. I'm glad he wasn't chosen as a rapper, though, because he has a gorgeous voice like wtf...Also this is so funny but he gave me the impression that he wouldn't hurt a fly. Like, as in he would never fight someone but...LMFAO we know damn well he would beat the dog shit out of somebody.

Kun: I first saw Kun in one of those little skit thingies where he was with Jeno,Jaemin, Haechan, Renjun and I forgot who else, and they had to find out who killed somebody. You know what I'm talking about? Kun's role in that was a police officer (or security guard) and he looked FINE AS SHIT. He had long hair at that time. Anyway, I thought he was so damn sexy and smart. He gave off major serious, don't fuck with me, vibes. Like if he was my coworker, we would only speak from 9am-5pm. Not before or after. He didn't strike me as the kind of person that would go up to a coworker in public and say hi to them, but would politely smile if the coworker noticed him first and greeted him. Would hate California, but would prefer New York. IDK that's the vibe I had gotten from him.

Doyoung: I thought he was a nerd. I would have guessed he was a vocalist 100%. Definitely gave me the vibes of someone that sang in his church's choir when he was growing up. He definitely took it very seriously and was a snitch. He gave me the impression that he was sweet. Idk he just has the face of someone that is a major sweetheart. Very adorable cheeks.

Ten: Ten is an interesting individual because he was the member I saw the most aside from Taeyong. I remember thinking he took dancing very seriously and wasn't here for the nonsense. He seemed very likable but to himself. Like the type of person that everyone in school knows, but he only knows the people he associates with. I couldn't tell you if he was a singer or rapper in the group, but obviously I knew he was a dancer. I think there was a time I assumed he was the leader. I remember being surprised that he's younger than Johnny.

[theninthdoor]

interesting read on son and 1000% agree on that he is lead by his emotions than his mind, hes a water sign after all. im wondering if its that pr lady thats been hanging around them and the rest of tottenham players? it was rumored for some time idk what her zodiac is though so could it be Vera Von Monika? thats her name

thank u in advance again do u think he will overcome his relationship issues and eventually be able to have his own family he seems to love kids but struggles to get any real stable relationship that lasts

cards: judgement, the emperor, knight of cups, page of wands rx, king of cups

This feels ways too cold and formal for her to be the one, honestly. There could've been some flirtation here at some point, but I don't think she is the woman we saw previously. This is reading as being more professional than anything.

As for him overcoming his "relationship issues", I am not too sure… this seems like it's a personal issue rather than just a relationship/connection thing. It's who he is as a person, and whom he attracts and pursues based on that. Eventually he may settle for someone, exactly with the intention of building a family, but I don't think his way of being will ever completely change. There will always be some turbulance and doubt, in my opinion.

(Disclaimer: All is alleged and for entertainment purposes only. Based on current energies.)

[4raykage]

I really hope I didn't mix up the names…

original pic:

[alwaysbewoke]

[asianamsmakingmusic]

an excerpt:

A contact zone like the Los Angeles metro area played a key role in the creation of what we call the “DNA of K-pop” because many K-pop artists hailed from that area. To many 1990s Korean youth, LA was both a place of fantasy and threat, reflecting Hollywood-produced popular culture. H.O.T was a K-pop boy band in the 90s, and one of its members, Tony Ahn, hailed from L.A. Because of his fluency in English, Korean youth were fascinated with Ahn and his hip image. In addition, Lena Park, Tiffany Young (from the group Girls Generation), and Tiger JK are some other examples of K-pop pioneers from LA. Furthermore, as Young Dae Kim points out, many K-pop performers were not Korean Americans; rather, many would be better described as gyopo, a Korean term that “…broadly embraces people with Korean descent who lives (sic) abroad, with or without a foreign nationality of which they chose to live.” 6  This term perfectly describes those Koreans who study abroad in the US or have lived there for a period. One prominent example is Lee Soo Man, the founder of SM Entertainment, one of Korea’s major entertainment companies. He studied as a graduate student in Southern California in the 1980s and came up with the idea of SM Entertainment through watching MTV in America. SM Entertainment also played a key role in the growth of K-pop, revealing yet another connection to Los Angeles.

[anemoiawithatouchofobsession]

I'm slowly warming up to more male 90s singers, Lee Seung Hwan's "As Much As The Love Scattered In The World" is such a pretty song but it reminds me too much of Okamura Takako's "Believe" for me to believe in him as a singer-songwriter. But I believe in the composition. It's literally christmas but make it a non-Christmas song. Definitely a city pop song for the winters.

But yeah the elephant in the room is that Shin Ae Ra is featuring on Track 9 and 10 of the album. and that she might or might not have been dating him at that point, and she is the subject of "For 1000 Days" a.k.a. Lee Seung Hwan's breakup ballad. Now it's not confirmed by neither parties esp since she married Cha In Pyo so quickly after the alleged "breakup" of those two, but for the fact that it's written on both of their namuwikis AND on the album decription page on namuwiki is.. gutsy LMAO

On a reddit thread I asked, an user answered that acc to an article, LSH did NOT write it from any personal experience. Here the thread :

So yeah. I'd rather take a confirmed no than an unconfirmed yes, this just confirms he didn't write it about her but NOt that they didn't have a relationship. So yeah. I'm glad both are happy and thriving now though.

[twincitiesgeek]

OtaKuPop Is Northeast Minneapolis’s K-Pop Hub

OtaKuPop is a Twin Cities Korean music oasis whose owner is very much part of the fandom.

I remember when I first discovered OtaKuPop in Minneapolis. I’d been complaining to a friend about not having an affordable place to buy K-pop albums in person—when I could manage to find them in a store, they were expensive, or the selection was limited. And while my favorite group, SHINee, is certainly popular, the band is not “buy at Target or Walmart” popular. Frustrated, I pulled out my…

[xwisegirlx]

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