Korean Hip-Hop – Taking The World By Storm

Is Psy the beginning and the end of your K-Music knowledge? Well, listen closea s Korean music of all genres now has a huge worldwide following. Due to the rise of the internet, Korean music is more readily available worldwide than ever before, causing a huge surge in popularity for Far-Eastern music and culture. Dubbed the ‘Hallyu Wave’, this huge growth has benefited the entirety of Korea’s music industry – including the hip-hop scene, which is exploding with skilled rappers.

An Intro To K-Pop – It’s Not All About Gangnam!

Over the past couple of years the sounds of Psy have been inescapable. It seemed like for a short while, you came face to face and ear to ear with the infectious ‘Gangnam Style’ hook and accompanying zany dance every time you stepped onto a dancefloor. With such enormous worldwide success, you would be forgiven for assuming that this style of cheesy dance track is all that Korean pop music (or K-pop) has to offer the world. Well, you’d be half right.