In a new podcast, Vivian Yoon dissects her personal stake in K-pop, and how her obscure childhood passion has evolved into a billion-dollar industry.
Honestly, it was so confusing. It was such a weird time because up until that point, I had never heard non-Koreans really talk about K-pop or just even be aware that the music existed.
It was really complicated, but that song was really, really surprising, too, because it was so culturally specific. And here is Yoon breaking down the history and rhythm that makes K-pop distinctly Korean, like a two-beat rhythm called bong-chak:
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