K-pop now! : the Korean music revolution / Mark James Russell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russell, Mark James, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular music--Korea (South).

Popular music.

Musical groups--Korea (South).

Musical groups.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

North Clarendon, Vermont : Tuttle Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""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 ProductionsK-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

Contents:

Cover; Contents; INTRODUCTION: THE STATE OF K-POP; CHAPTER 1: THE LAND OF K-POP; CHAPTER 2: WHAT IS K-POP?; Interview with Eat Your Kimchi; Interview with Kevin Kim from Ze:A; Interview with Brian Joo from Fly to the Sky; CHAPTER 3: BOY GROUPS; BIG BANG; SUPER JUNIOR; TVXQ!; 2AM; 2PM; B.A.P.; BEAST; BUSKER BUSKER; CN BLUE; EXO; FT ISLAND; INFINITE; MBLAQ; SHINEE; ZE:A; CHAPTER 4: GIRL GROUPS; GIRLS' GENERATION; 2NE1; WONDER GIRLS; 4MINUTE; AFTER SCHOOL; BROWN EYED GIRLS; DAVICHI; F(X); KARA; MISS A; SECRET; SISTAR; T-ARA; CHAPTER 5: SOLO ARTISTS; PSY; BOA; JAY PARK; RAIN; YOON MI-RAE; IU

CHAPTER 6: K-POP'S FUTURETraveling to Korea; Acknowledgements; Copyright; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 28, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4629-1411-X