SEVENTEEN are the first K-pop band to perform at Glastonbury. TCD/Prod.DB/Alamy Stock Photo March 18, 2024 Glastonbury’s first K-pop group is a reflection of years of Korean government strategy Sarah A. Son, University of Sheffield SEVENTEEN’s performance will mark a major milestone in Korea’s decade’s long strategy to take Korean popular culture to the world.
The seven members of BTS. Big Hit Music August 11, 2023 Beyond The Story: BTS biography is a humanising, literary portrayal of K-pop’s world-leading stars Jenessa Williams, University of Leeds In telling the story of BTS, Beyond The Story also tells the story of K-pop and how its dynamics have changed over the years.
Fans are protesting after Monsta X boy-band member Wonho, second from the left, was outsted. (Shutterstock) November 18, 2019 K-pop fans protest against treatment of Monsta X lead singer Sarah R. Olutola, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa Monsta X fans have been derided as boy-band dupes, but their protests against the treatment of superstar Wonho shows them rejecting the capitalist system that’s quick to cut people loose.