I just watched the Netflix Explained episode on k-pop. Despite instinctive reservations (because we’ve gone through the hell that was 2012 and all the white people trying to explain Gangnam Style), it actually is a really good primer and a useful tool for someone not familiar with the culture or k-pop to get an understanding of the music.
My coworker was the one who brought it to my attention, since she watched it and wanted to know my “expert” take on it and how accurate it was, and I can say with relief that it does a decent job and I would recommend that everyone with a vague interest in k-pop or Korean entertainment give it a watch.
(She also asked me to send her the music of the girl group they mentioned, the one with the song that had all the genres. At that point I had not seen the episode, but automatically answered “Girls Generation, ‘I’ve Got a Boy’” – and I was right. 😂)
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