In my opinion, one of the reasons should be the effect of the Third. The Third, the Korean musicians, who have intensely endeavored to learn the whole western music including pop and classics, recreated the western pop in their meme. Since 1990s Korean local musicians slowly pushed the original out and occupied some position of their own contents, K-pop, in the local market. At last, in about 2000s, K-pop almost dominated the local market. The musicians and young people, however, received and mimicked the original western and J-pop in the real time basis.
The mainstreamers of the western music circles might be surprised at facing this ‘sudden and incomprehensible’ phenomenon. But if you open your eyes widely and look at the performances carefully, you instantly find out the small, yet meaningful competitive points. The K-pop groups consist of very large members, from four to thirteen. Their skills are master-level because they are trained long even for a few years by specialists who mostly studied in the US music schools. Korean musicians succeeded in combining the Korean emotional inclinations to pop music with the original frame. In particular, they have ‘healthier’ ardent mind compared with the current ‘drugged’ western singers.
The popularity of K-pop might be a short span of wind. , It should be clear, however, K-pop adds a new pop gene to the diversity of pop music. The western mainstreamers seem fatigued at social circumstances psychologically, bodily and financially. It is said that the music is an upshot of its surroundings. You need some new fresh bloods. (The end)
