... ," he continued. (Chung, 2011) The process of carving the rough mineral that a trainee at a K-pop company represents into a "jewel" is a concept that is second-nature to the founding of K-pop groups now, in 2016. This model, and the exhaustive process and investment it took from both companies and trainees, was not only introduced as necessary to the Korean ... song is a perfect example of Park injecting his house label with music he himself was influenced by. The girl group found themselves on a North American tour, opening for the Jonas Brothers, as Park took steps to break into the U....

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