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These K-Pop Music Videos Were Banned by TV Networks for the Strangest Reasons
For Blackpink's “Kill This Love” music video, the issue centered around a seat belt.
Study Uncovers How Much Money K-Pop Fans Spend on Their Favorite Groups
K-pop albums could go for $10 to over $50 and some fans buy multiple copies to collect photo cards typically found in the elaborate packages.
New Blackpink Music Video for ‘Lovesick Girls’ Criticized for ‘Sexualizing’ Nurses
South Korean healthcare workers say the scene of Blackpink member Jennie wearing a nurse uniform is “sexualized” and “irresponsible.”
Is K-Pop Guilty of Appropriating South Asian Culture?
We try to understand whether K-pop groups using Vedic prayer chants or an idol of a Hindu god happens because they're ignorant or indifferent.
K-Pop Fans Took Down a Police Snitching App
The iWatch Dallas app was taken down after K-pop accounts encouraged fans to flood its submissions with idol videos and memes.
Inside One of Korea’s Most Successful K-Pop Clothing Factories
Meet the faces behind your favorite K-pop idols’ fashion.
Starving No More: Censorship is Opening Up New Avenues for Illustrators to Make Money In Asia
A Sketchy solution to a continued problem.
everything that happened to k-pop in 2018
2018's K-Pop felt marked by external ambition but also the desire and need for internal change.
everything that happened to k-pop in 2018
2018's K-Pop felt marked by external ambition but also the desire and need for internal change.
Pop’s Embrace of Languages Besides English Feels Here to Stay
How acts from Rosalía, who sings her modern flamenco in Spanish, to K-pop groups show that English may not be pop's lingua franca forever.
BLACKPINK Are Making One Giant Step for K-Pop in North America, So What's Next?
The highest-charting K-Pop group in Canada are reaching for the sun (baes).