By: Jeong Yeon Seok & Neena Rouhani
Edited & Published By: Neena Rouhani
Until now, we have talked about the history of American and Korean Music. From now on, let’s talk about recent American and Korean Music as well as their similarities.
Edited & Published By: Neena Rouhani
Until now, we have talked about the history of American and Korean Music. From now on, let’s talk about recent American and Korean Music as well as their similarities.
Let me start off with American Music. Firstly, as we have advanced in
computer technology, music software technology has also advanced. This means that some
programs for music creation also have been developed. As a result, many electronic music is coming out to the world. Secondly, most of recent American
music is being led by idol stars or teenage singers. Justin Bieber is an example of a successful teen singer. He had humble beginnings as a
Youtube star. He uploaded his cover version of “So Sick”, Ne-Yo’s song, and Bieber slowly began to grab the attention of the public. His song, “Baby” was released
2010 and his music video hit 934,303,860 view which is 2nd highest
viewed video on Youtube. Another American style of music is a music that makes people laugh. The most recent one is “The Fox” by
Yivix. This song is a innovative song which is not common, unlike songs that mainly
talk about love, memory, social criticism; that is why “The Fox” gained popularity.
Now, let’s talk about recent Korean music.
Korean music also is being led by idol stars same as American music. And
these many idol stars started to advance abroad with their music. We Koreans,
call this situation “Hallyu”. For example, an idol group Super Junior placed
1st for 110 weeks in Taiwan's music chart and Kara which is a
girl group, took the first place on Japanese Oricon music chart. Also Wonder
Girls enter the US Billboard Hot 100 music chart with their song “Nobody” as
the first Korean group ever. After Wonder Girls, there came a now worldwide superstar from S. Korea whose hit was heard all
over the globe. He goes by the name of PSY. His video on Youtube
for “Gangnam Style” collected over 1,826,494,555 views. The reason
why this song became so famous is because of its comedic nature and feel good rhythm, and of course no one can fail to mention the “horse riding dance”. His fame became widespread and he was featured on many international talk shows, such as The Ellen Show.
Although geographically, South Korea and the United States are thousands of miles apart, musically, they go hand in hand. Western influences have spread throughout the east and in turn, Korea has also given back through its newly found fame in the fashion, film, and music industry. Who knows, maybe sometime in the future we will see Justin Bieber and PSY get together to make musical magic!
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