K-Pop's Big Bet on Becoming Less Korean

from Big Take Asia · host Bloomberg

Is K-pop even K-pop without the K? A Bloomberg analysis of song lyrics shows that for the first time, almost half of K-pop songs released this year have majority English lyrics. On today’s podcast, host Sarah Holder speaks with Bloomberg reporter Sohee Kim about the genre’s identity shift and why industry efforts to grow its global audience might mean fewer Korean band members.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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