#+title: K-Pop
#+date: 2026-10-08T05:13:14+05:00
#+status: notes
#+tags[]: k-pop

* Open questions
** K-pop Wave
South Korea is relatively small in population: 51 million, 30th in the world as of 8 October 2026. It was around 50 million in the 2010s, during which most of the K-pop wave took place. So how did they achieve such an increase in K-pop popularity?
** BTS, Blackpink
Why were they the most prominent groups during the wave?
** Dance
One of the fundamental parts (if not the most) is dance. Why?
** Recruiting

* Reading list
- https://mattlakeman.org/2020/09/06/a-deep-dive-into-k-pop/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-pop