... revolutions, so if Korean popular music was going to transcend what came before – it had to be a concerted effort by both the government and private companies. But there was a spark to begin the process. PSY is a rarity in the modern Korean pop charts because he writes his own lyrics and composes his own music, but K-pop itself began with the ... hip-hop – which it continued to do until Seo Taiji dissolved the trio suddenly in 1996. 2.2 Manufactured talent, idol groups and the Japanization of K-pop It is interesting to note that one major OECD country where Gangnam Style was not a l...

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