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October 1, 2012 12:28 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/DaLOl_YPdh8/post-gangnam-style-americ.html
Post-"Gangnam Style," America wakes up to K-pop
Factory Girls, a [paywalled] New Yorker piece this month by John Seabrook, explores the rise of the two billion-dollar Korean pop music industry and "its fraught entry into the Western music market" despite the YouTube-driven viral success of PSY's "Gangnam Style. Typical K-pop is an East-West mash-up, writes Seabrook. The performers are mostly Korean, and [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/DaLOl_YPdh8/post-gangnam-style-americ.html
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