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Korean ballad, also known as K-ballad (often simply referred to by South Koreans as ballad; Korean : 발라드 ), is a style of music in South Korea and a genre in which soul and rhythm and blues music is transformed to suit Korean sentiment. [1] [2] It became popular in the 1980s, and has influenced and evolved into many different music styles.
The 1980s was when rock music came closest to the mainstream of Korean pop music, with rock bands often being at the top of music ranking programs aired by public television and radio. In the 1980s, one of the reasons rock music became more popular than in the past was that censorship was somewhat eased compared to the Park Chung Hee ...
South Korean protest music or Minjung-Gayo ( Hangul: 민중가요; Hanja: 民衆歌謠) is a form of modern protest singing culture in South Korea. [1] It has been used as a musical means of supporting the Korean pro-democracy movement. It is mainly enjoyed by people who were critical of mainstream song culture during the democratization movement.
The imprisonment of Shin slowed the production of Korean rock, but other artists, most notably Sanulrim emerged during the late '70s, before dance music came to dominate Korean popular music in the '80s. In the 1980s, popular musical tastes had moved away from rock music.
K-pop (Korean: 케이팝; RR: keipap), short for Korean popular music, [1] is a form of popular music originating in South Korea as part of South Korean culture. [2] It includes styles and genres from around the world, such as pop, hip hop, R&B, rock, jazz, gospel, reggae, electronic dance, folk, country, disco, and classical on top of its traditional Korean music roots. [3]
Trot ( Korean : 트로트; RR : teuroteu) is a genre of Korean popular music, known for its use of repetitive rhythm and vocal inflections. Originating during the Japanese occupation of Korea in the first half of the 20th century, trot was influenced by many genres of Korean, Japanese, American, and European music. [ 1]
The Korean Wave or Hallyu ( Korean : 한류; Hanja : 韓流; RR : Hallyu; lit. Flow/Wave of Korea; listen ⓘ) is a cultural phenomenon in which the global popularity of South Korean popular culture has dramatically risen since the 1990s. Worldwide interest in Korean culture has been led primarily by the spread of K-pop, K-dramas and films ...
The two organizations, both of which belong to the World Christian Students Union, collaborated in organizing youth meetings in the 1980s. At this time, South Korea was still in the era of Chun Doo-hwan's rule, and the Korean Federation of Christian Student Unions was a staunch supporter of the democratization movement, [24] and they often sang ...