The rising tides of K-pop

The changing South Korean musical landscape has brought the K-pop juggernaut to the world. And there’s no stopping it.

FROM traditional Korean folk music and the sounds of pansori, to the heavily Western influence of South Korea’s old rock ’n’ roll scene, all the way to the current trends of choreograph-heavy K-pop idol groups, the nation’s music industry has had a number of seismic shifts.