"Adios" Hoody's Contradictory Song
Hoody’s song Adios featuring Gray is a very contradictory music video when comparing the visuals and supposed storyline with the...
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LEGAC-E
Don't Look at Me: AOA's rebellion against the gaze of the Kpop industry
Listening to AOA’s song Come See Me, you may assume by its lyrics that it is just another pop song about falling in love. However, AOA’s...
Adios
When you’re asked to think of the typical female K-pop artist, Hoody is probably not what first comes to mind. And for good reason: she...
"As You Wish" as a Model for Motif-Based Visual Capitalism
WJSN, or their English name: Cosmic Girls, is a K-Pop girl group which is centered by a reoccurring space motif. As a group created by...
AOA Music Video as Promoting Cross Cultural Consumption
In this essay, I argue that AOA’s music video for their song “Come See Me” promotes cross cultural consumption by largely using visual...
The Legacy of LEGAC-E
Making this video was a long and difficult process, but I am very thankful for the experience. I was challenged in many ways, but I...
From Stress to Content
To say I was a little overwhelmed with the process of creating this cover video is an understatement. I’ve been watching K-pop dance...
Behind the Screen
Considering that I was the only member of our group to not participate in the dance itself, what I learned from this experience will...
A Learning Experience
It was very hard to learn the dance for our video. For one, I’m not a dancer so learning the moves and with other people, most of whom...
Teamwork Makes The Dreamwork
I have learned a lot of things during the process of creating a dance cover, but I think the most important thing was the value of...
Mental Health and Suicide
Mental health stigma and suicide are a huge issue inside of Korea, especially inside of the idol world. Mental health is something rarely...
Is masculinity depicted differently in Korea than that in the West?
What’s considered “masculine” throughout the world is different depending on the people you ask. In an article by Kirstin Younghee Song...
K-Pop as a Contributor to Patriarchal Continuity
K-Pop is a form of media which is driven by image and beauty (Epstein with Turnbull 2014: 316). This holds true across the world: if...
Will K-pop’s political ambivalence hurt its goals for western expansion in the long-term?
In Olga Fedorenko’s article, “Korean-Wave celebrities between global capital and regional nationalism”, she states that hallyu...
Who impacted Korean Music most?
Throughout Korea’s history of being colonized and influenced by different powerhouses in their past, I believe that the United States had...
When K-pop makes new fans want to K-stop
K-pop, both as consumable media and in a fandom cultural context, can be overwhelming and difficult for newcomers to engage with,...
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I put a picture on the other demo to look pretty. If you want a picture on your discussion post, it's in settings. :P :DDDDD
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