K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution
"This is the book on K-pop everybody has been waiting for. It explains for westerners what K-pop music is really all about—a must-read!"—Charlotte Naudin, PR manager for Torpedo Productions
K-Pop Now! takes a fun look at Korea's high-energy pop music, and is written for its growing legions of fans. It features all the famous groups and singers, and takes an insider's look at how they have made it to the top. In 2012, Psy's song and music video "Gangnam Style" suddenly took the world by storm. But K-Pop, the music of Psy's homeland of Korea has been winning fans for years with its infectious melodies and high-energy fun. Featuring incredibly attractive and talented singers and eye-popping visuals, K-Pop is the music of now. Though K-Pop is a relatively young phenomenon in the West, it is rapidly gaining traction and reaching much larger audiences—thanks in large part to social media like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Top K-Pop acts get ten million to thirty million hits for their videos—the Girls Generation single "Gee" has over a hundred million views! In K-Pop Now! you'll find: Profiles of all the current K-Pop artists and their hits A look at Seoul's hippest hot spots and hangouts Interviews with top artists like Kevin from Ze:A and Brian Joo A look at the K-Pop idols of tomorrowYou'll meet the biggest record producers, the hosts of the insanely popular "Eat Your Kimchi" website, and K-Pop groups like Big Bang, TVXQ, 2NE1, Girls Generation, HOT, SES, FinKL Busker Busker and The Koxx. The book also includes a guide for fans who plan to visit Seoul to explore K-Pop up close and personal. Join the K-Pop revolution now! |
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Review: K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution
User Review - GoodreadsaH the way kpop works fascinates me to no end. literally everything is vibrant and fabricated. its wonderful but brutal. its intriguing. just. wow. this exists. nice Read full review
Review: K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution
User Review - Cola - GoodreadsaH the way kpop works fascinates me to no end. literally everything is vibrant and fabricated. its wonderful but brutal. its intriguing. just. wow. this exists. nice Read full review
Contents
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1994 KOREAN ALBUMS 4Minute Apgujeong April Asia August Baddest Female band Big Bang biggest Billboard Brian Joo BROWN EYED GIRLS Busker Busker charts Cube Entertainment debut Eat Your Kimchi F.T. Island FAN CLUB February Ga-yoon Gangnam Style girl group groups in K-pop hanok hits Hyolyn Hyun-a Hyunseung inside front cover ISBN Jang January Japan JAPANESE ALBUMS JAPANESE MINI-ALBUM Jay Park Ji-hyun Jinwoon Jiyeon June Junhyung JYP Entertainment K-pop group K-pop star Kang Kara Kevin Kim KOREAN MINI-ALBUMS Korean music Kwon leader Lee Hong-ki Love March MBLAQ million Views Min-Woo music labels October OFFICIAL COLOR n/a OFFICIAL COLOR Pearl PAST MEMBER pop music pop stars popular Secret Seoul September Seulong Seung-hyun SHINee Shinhwa singer Sistar Sistar 19 SM Entertainment SOLO ALBUM songs songwriters Star Empire Entertainment SUBGROUP Super Junior Superstar top K-pop Tuttle's TVXQ videos Wonder Girls Wooyoung World of K-pop Yong-hwa Yoon Mi-rae young YouTube Ze:A