Trying to watch this video was a major fail because of the spinning effect it had on it, so instead of getting to watch the video I had to listen to the audio. While listening to the teens in the video speak about K-pop it sounds like it has the same effect a regular band has on other teens. K-pop lets teens be themselves and allows them to make new friends that shares the same excitement as each other. One complaint I heard was the fact that K-pop uses a lot black genre but never credits it. They also have controversy in cultural races causing racial problems, but other than that K-pop seems to keep their fans happy!
The film surprized me in the fact that I can see a cycle in the globalization steak. It is not just a one way thing where the music is diffused to another area but on top of that the ather areas have put their influence on the music, altering it in a different way and then diffusing that music style as well. It is fascinated to see the streanght of communication that music has brought among our cultures. People from completly different cultures who are absolute opposites of one another in features, backgroungs and even belief systems are able to communicate well with each other in music.
I have a couple of friends who are black who have been long-time fans of many K-Pop groups and artists. At first, I found this odd because the two cultures seem dissimilar in many ways; but the music itself has unified these groups of people despite it. Throughout the history of popular music, language barriers have never been too great for people of different parts of the world to connect and enjoy. I think it much easier now for the music to spread with a greater access to technology. People are no longer limited to only hearing the music that plays on their local radio station or what is sold nearby. I think this interaction shows how much more dominant Western cultures can be in music. In the video, many of the black fans said they can find some similar styles and English phrases in the songs that they enjoy, which makes me wonder how much of the Korean culture do they actually truly learn more about or appreciate. Though I find the "crossing of cultures" good and important, I hope that the appeal towards K-Pop comes from more than its similarities to Western/American popular music but also its uniqueness and strong depiction of Asian/Korean culture.
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What stood out most to me was when multiple people talked about how similar k-pop was to hip pop, and to be honest I don’t listen to k-pop, but from what I have heard and/or seen they are not that similar. The whole video was a surprise to me. I had no idea that k-pop had such a huge black fan base. The best part was when someone had said that the reason she loves k-pop was that she could be herself and let her creativity flow and others say they love it because of how it brings people of all types of people. And the message that that idea sends is that just because something isn’t necessarily “popular” in your situation doesn’t mean you can’t pursue it, all that matters is that you are happy in the end.
This film shows how many African Americans like Korean pop. A lot of African Americans a like to attend the concerts of the Korean pop band named BTS. Some African Americans wanted to change somethings about Korean pop. One African American woman said that Korean pop music doved her crazy when she heard Korean pop. At the beginning of the video the lady who is speaking says that Korean pop exploded in the years since Youtube was created. This means that this music genre has been popular for a very long time. In my opinion, BTS is a very great band with a lot of talent.
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Watching this, I was very intrigued that people with different cultures could come together to do things that they enjoy. As this one girl said when she was interviewed, "I love the way it brings people together. People from every place around the world can come together for one group with a language they don't even speak, but somehow, music is universal and they all understand it." K-Pop sounds similar to the type of music in America, which shows that there is cultural connections between the two. Music can bring people together from around the world and it showed that any music can influence any person anywhere in the world.
I agree, the magic of connection in music is amazing. Music is something that can bring different people to get findings of something similar to one another. From all across waters, across borders, across neighborhoods, across religions Music will spread through any place. Music is not for one person it will cause Korean Artist to apeal to African Americans. From the United States to Asia, Africa, and western Europe. The main message of the film has all and everything to do with people and music. It is very special in that these are the things we do but do not highlight. Music is made to connect, spread, and change. But most of all music is a brige that leads to many routes.
I was also intrigued by how the fans were all able to understand the music despite it being in another language. The video shows how K-Pop unifies the different cultures, but also how the cultures have adopted some elements of the popular styles of music as their own. Part of me feels like this is the major reason why some many people can enjoy it: because it sounds similar to popular music in Western/American culture. I think that the lines are becoming more and more blurred in the differences between many genres of music. I think that the video showed how this has been unifying but also controversial.
In the film "Crossing Cultures: Black K- pop Fan in America", shows a K- pop group who sings and rap in Korean. This Korean group are formerly known as the BTS and their are one of the best K -Pop groups. The Korean group has sold out two shows in New York and New Jersey. Nicole Fineman , Samantha Quick, and Logan Jaffe film artists want to know why. So these film artist went to the show and interview people. To get a better understanding why so many people in America want to go see a Korean group. While interviewing the film artist found out majority who paid to see BTS perform were African Americans. I found it quite surprising that K- Pop is listened to by many African Americans as soon as i heard that I became very interested in this film. I always appreciate in people finding interest in other cultures. While the film artist were at the K -Po show they interview the audience on why they are fond of the BTS. Sometimes the BTS music can have controversy between people. However many people enjoy BTS crossing of music.
I was surprised to see the combination of Korean pop culture and Black culture. It was very intriguing to see how that combination would play out. The two cultures seemed pretty different to each other and they are uniting together to enjoy a similar genre of music. The reason why I found this combination so intriguing was mainly because of the difference in location to where these music genres are popular. K-Pop is very popular in Asia, which surprised me when i saw the trend spread to America, especially people associated with " black culture ". But I also understand the trend because of the similarities between american pop music and K-pop. The language is different, but the style of the music is similar which is why k-pop has influenced so many different types of people.
This film was very interesting because kpop is widely seen as Asian music by a lot of people, it was interesting to see that many of the fans and supporters were black. This was because I i did not expect black americans to be so into the kpop culture. This film goes to show that music unites people, cultures and countries and that you can't judge music just like you can't judge a book by it's cover
The mixing between the Korean pop culture and Black culture is odd yet great combination. The two cultures have many differences but have found a way to intertwine and unite, which is the whole concept of America or the “melting pot”. Many Korean pop songs include english phrases or words, however the song is not entirely in english which is why it is an odd concept when it comes to non-Korean speaking fans, such as many of their black fans. One of the examples of K-pop groups that have many black fans was the male group BTS, and some fans explained they liked the group because of the added rap in their songs. I have heard many of the BTS songs myself and I do admit the rap in some of the songs sounds like American pop music, except for the language difference, which may have affected my opinion of the band.
I absolutely agree with Emily Gardner statement "Mixing between" the Korean pop cultures and African American culture "is old but great combination. The Korean cultures is very different from African culture. So to hear a band called the BTS sing songs mixed with African American culture in it I was truly curious on how they came up with such an idea. Throughout the film I was hoping Nicole Fineman, Samantha Quick, and Logan Jaffe would ask the band on what lead them to combined African American culture and their culture into their music? Another question I wanted an answer to is do they know their combining the two cultures together and If so how come they have not given credit to the African Americans? Even though my questions were answered it's still nice to hear people finding interest in other cultures.
Globalization help spread and blend many cultural elements of different groups of people into something unique. American music, which is pop culture, is listen to worldwide so it is normal for other country culture to have some influence on the U.S. The African American people in the video state that K-Pop appeal to them because they can see African American artist influence on the music or some of their own cultural ideas in it, they like the blend of international music. I was surprised that there are so many fan of K-Pop who are English speakers because they cannot understand the meaning of the lyrics and it was intended for a Korean audience. The message you can get from this film is people should try to be open minded and willing to be exposed to different cultures.
After having watched this video I realize that you are absolutely correct no one freaks out that American country music is played in places like England or South Africa, so why is it such a big deal now for k-pop to have a lot of black fans. The people of world are becoming more interconnected and even if some social norms tend to be completely different in different places there will always be some point of similarity and it could honestly just go down to how they are simply both human and those similarities can create strange/random connections like this one, but in truth they are just people trying to express their individual love for a certain type of music and who knows the blending might be a lot better than the things being celebrated separately.
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I never knew about K-Pop or what it was until about a few months ago, I also never knew any K-Pop music groups or that they performed right here in the U.S. What was suprising was that these concerts actually get sold out. Also it was mentioned how 90's R&B is somehow heard into K-Pop music and how one girl was saying how she wished they gave out credit to that. I agree with her even though I never heard any K-pop music I could here in the video the BTS group singing some vocals and I got that 90's feeling. 90's R&B is the main type of music I listen to so maybe when I find the time I will try to listen to a few K-Pop songs and try it out for myself.
I am not surprised that K-Pop is so popular because it is very easy to enjoy. You do not have to worry about the language of whether or not you understand the feeling that they are trying to convey. All you do is sit back and enjoy the music. I for one listen to K-Pop as well as reggaeton, even though I do not speak Korean or Spanish. I was shocked that there is such a large following of black K-Pop fans in the U.S. but it makes a bit of sense because we have our roots in hip hop and many K-Pop artists include that in their music. Unfortunately, there has been a stereotype of K-Pop listeners as being “weird” which is something we should eradicate because there are weird people in every following. Another reason why K-Pop will not dominate the American radios is because people want to be able to understand the and even its meaning - which is strange to say, have you listened to what’s on the radio?
The cross between the K-pop culture from Korea and black culture in America is something I would have never guessed, causing me to be rather intrigued. These are two completely different cultures from opposite sides of the world that have connected and made people feel included in something they love. The globalization of culture is now being blown up due to online platforms such as YouTube and Twitter as stated in the video. Another interesting thing is seeing how many people go to these K-pop concerts while a majoroty of people in America don't even know that it is a growing culture with followers from all walks of life. That just goes to show the power of music and its ability to connect people.
While K-Pop may be becoming more and more popular around I don’t see it ever becoming a trend or common thing. The problem is when it comes to its popularity is many people see it is as dumb or pointless and I have to admit I tend to feel that way. I really do not comprehend the point of listening to pop music you can’t understand. While some may argue “It’s not about the words it’s about the music” I feel like that really only applies to more artful styles of music like opera not pop music. Another reason I don’t see its popularity growing is because of how people view its fan base. While I don’t believe in stereotypes K-Pop viewers have developed the stereotype of kind of being weird people. And of course they’re not all weird people and all fan bases will have weird people it’s just they have been given that stereotype which will impede the spread of the music.
I agree that most might think that listening to it is pointless but there are many genres of music that do not have words and there are lots of people who listen to it. I understand that you do not feel the need to listen to K-Pop, it can still be compared to genres that you do listen to where its meaning is hard to decipher. It is easy to tell that there is the stereotype of K-Pop listeners. It is the reason I was reluctant to listen in the first place until a friend suggested a song that was similar to a hip hop song.
i also agree that most people might think that listening to it is pointless but there are many genres of music that do not have words and there are lots of people who listen to it. i also don't feel the need to listen to kpop because i don't enjoy most music out of hip hop. i wasn't surprise when one of the interviewee's stated" they should accredit hip hop.
yea! I've never heard of K-Pop until this year. I still wouldn't listen to it though because it doesn't sound like something i'd be interested in. I also don't think it would become a common thing because not everyone likes korean music , but its nice to see cultures connecting with other cultures.
In today’s society, it is unusual to see cultures connecting with other cultures. Considering the culture of black people, they are usually seen as strong. Asian culture is usually seen as respectful. Seeing these two cultures connect is intriguing, as it is evidence that cultural differences don’t always separate people. It’s common to think that cultures with vast differences will never join together, but eventually something will show up and connect them. It is important to know that differences will never make connections impossible, despite flaws and contradicting cultural aspects. Our society of today still doesn’t understand that and still acts baffled when things like this happen.
When you say how society "acts baffled" I agree with you on that statement. I don't think society realizes how different cultures are similar to others and how cultures get ideas from other cultures. Even when it comes to music and different genres there are many different but also similar whether its in the melody, the beat, the instruments played, or the lyrics there is always something.
I agree with your statement. Cultures are rarely merged together, which makes this instance very complex. It seems that the people can't get along with each other due to cultural differences. But if you put those things to the side then you can find many similarities between many cultures, which is expressed heavily when it has to deal with the cultural music of a certain group of people vs another group of people
I agree with you that seeing these two cultures connect is truly intriguing. The fact that these two different countries can share a common cultural connection is something that people could act baffled about. It comes to show that people are going to find interests in other countries that can influence the spread of their interest. As K-pop is now spreading to America, it could cause more people to listen it and make it even more worldwide. It comes to show that differences in people's cultures makes it still possible for other people to enjoy the same thing they do or listen to.
This film was very interesting because I would have never guessed in a million years that kpop has become the new trend in the world. Although kpop is widely seen as Asian music by a lot of people, it was interesting to see that many of the fans and supporters were black. This was because I i did not expect black americans to be so emerged into the kpop culture. Proof that kpop has become the new cultural and music trend can be seen at my school because a new kpop form has been started for people similar to of that in the video. This film goes to show that music unites people, cultures and countries. From now on I will not judge a book by its cover
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Your comment is agreeable in every word. The world has not yet understood that cultural differences doesn't mean they are meant to be always separate, it just makes them individualistic and distinct when compared to other cultures. People confuse that with thinking they are to be separate. Having two extremely different cultures find ways to connect with each other in today's society shouldn't be treated as a surprise, but instead treated with respect and then moving on. Music is a great way to connect cultures to each other, as music taste is an easy and recognizable thing in media and society.
While most of your statements are true K-Pop is definitely not the new cultural and music trend. While our school may have a K-Pop club it only has about 12 or so members at a school of around 1,500 students. And K-Pop can never really take off because people wanna connect to their music. They wanna be able to sing along with it and understand the meaning behind the lyrics, and most people do not speak Korean so they really cannot do that with this kind of music. So while K-Pop may take root with some people it will never be a widespread thing in the U.S.
I agree that it was surprising to find out so many African American are fans of K-Pop since they don’t speak that language. Their cultural differences make it seem unlikely that African American would be attracted to K-Pop and their messages. I did not know about the increasing popularity of K-Pop or that it have some African American influence before this film so it was interesting to learn about their diverse fans. I also agree that music can united people because it allow them to express themselves and shared something in common since you don’t have to understand the words in order to enjoy songs.