K-Pop Idols: Popular Culture And The Emergence Of The Korean Music Industry

Converging theory and practice, this book provides a unique analysis of Korean youth's attempts to become global celebrities within the growing K-pop phenomenon, which is rapidly becoming part of global media systems and culture. K-pop has become one of the most popular cultural forms in the global music markets, despite having a relatively new global presence. Its recent spread around the world suggests that K-pop exists as a local-based genre of music in global markets, including Western markets. Unlike other existing books on K-pop, which mainly focus solely on academic analyses or industrial perspectives, K-Pop Idols: Popular Culture and the Emergence of Korean Music Industry combines theory with industry and musical aesthetics. Following the idol group Nine Muses through a year-long chronicle, the authors portray the everyday lives of young girls relentlessly pursuing happiness, satisfaction, and the achievement of their dreams in the K-pop world.

• | Author: Hark Joon Lee|Dal Yong Jin
• | Publisher: Lexington Books
• | Publication Date: Aug 27, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 220 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Social Science
• | ISBN-10: 1498588255
• | ISBN-13: 9781498588256