

Over 100 groups debut in South Korea annually.Seo has since earned the nickname “President of Culture.”

However, K-pop’s modern-day iteration began in 1992 with the emergence of Seo Taiji and Boys. The album is called “Yo Pungjin Sewol” (or “This Tumultuous Time”) and is by artists Park Chae-seon and Lee Ryu-saek. The first K-pop album was released in 1925.With BLACKPINK, BTS, Exo, Twice, and countless others, there is plenty of K-pop trivia to spare, so buckle up for 15 facts about K-pop. K-pop has existed for decades, but in the last few years the genre has spread globally amassing armies of fans. K-Pop (or Korean pop or Korean popular music), is a form of modern music that blends electronic, pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B genres.
