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What is kpop?

Korean pop music (English: Korea-Pop, referred to as K-POP, Korean: ?) is a music genre. Refers to popular music originating from South Korea, including dance music, modern rhythm and blues, pop electronic music, hip-hop music, etc. It is a music style based on Korean music mixed with black street hip-hop. k is the English abbreviation of Korea, pop is popular music, and kpop is Korean pop music

It is a cultural symbol, and also specifically refers to the music style formed by the Korean Wave

Usually I have seen a lot of reactions, and most of them refer to kpop as Korean idol culture. But many music critics will also say which song sounds very k-pop, so it can also be a noun representing the music style.

There are many species in Kpop dance, such as: Jazz, Hiphop, Poppin, Locking, House, Urban...etc.? Occasionally, elements of local traditional dances from all over the world, such as belly dance, will appear. Wind, samba style, Chinese style, etc.