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Let's Start From The Beginning Who Are The Bts?

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Before we know why China got so mad at this South Korean boyband, let's get to know them better. It's BTS: the South Korean boyband. BTS, Bangtan Sonyeondan, also known as Bangtan Boys, is a South Korean boyband made up of seven boys and formed by Big Hit Entertainment. They debuted in June 2013 and were among the first to introduce Kpop to the US market. Born as a hip hop group, later they also embraced other genres, what separates them from other Kpop boy bands are precisely the themes addressed in the songs. The lyrics are about love, psychologists, mental health, etc. In addition, the songs are written by the septet itself. Now they are famous all over the world and are accompanied by a real wave of hardened fans who would follow them everywhere. BUT WHY DID THE BOYBAND ANGER CHINA? During these months of lockdown, BTS had to stop their concerts and adapt to the new world situation. But all their fans needed to hear and see them at least live. Brilliant idea: in October 202

Record-breaking BTS. K-pop kings Midas grossed $ 20 million for a streaming concert

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The Bangtan Boys, are produced by the South Korean record label Big Hit Entertainment since 2013, the year of their debut Tweet  Seven hundred and fifty thousand people were in front of the screen at the highlight and tickets sold for nearly 20 million dollars. Korean k-pop stars BTS have sent the web into a tailspin with "Bang Bang Con the Live", a 90-minute live stream broadcast on the web for a fee. After canceling the 37 concerts of the highly anticipated American tour, the boy band from Seoul organized the life with tickets sold for 35 dollars, 26 for the members of the fan club which for the occasion was full of new members: ten thousand.  In 2020 BTS won the Kids' Choice Awards as a best musical group, the latest recognition in chronological order of an exciting career that has established them as one of the global phenomena of today's music.  The Midas kings of K-pop  BTS, an acronym for Bangtan Sonyeondan, or Bangtan Boys, has been produced by the South Korea

Hanbok, the traditional Korean dress

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The hanbok is a traditional Korean dress with ancient roots. The style belongs to the Joseon Dynasty era, in the late 1300s, but some researchers argue that it is of Mongolian or Siberian origin. Having falle in into disuse in the 1960s, the hanbok is now used as a formal dress or during particularly formal occasions. Let's find out what it is. How hanbok is made There are two versions of hanbok: a male and a female. The female version is mainly composed of two parts: a wide skirt that reaches up to the foot tied below the breast by a band, and a short jacket. Both parts are embroidered and are of different colors. Usually, the models used by the nobles were in silk or cotton, while the poorest used hemp fabrics. Together with the hanbok, decorative accessories were often used, such as clips called bingo, traditional long hairpins used to pin the chignon, and cheopji , or decorations for the front part of the hairstyle. The male version is instead made up jacket and pants (baji), a

How the Korean wave Hallyu achieved worldwide success

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The term "Korean Wave", also known as Hallyu or Korean Wave, indicates the recent phenomenon that sees the considerable increase in interest from the rest of the world towards South Korean culture and entertainment products. Begun in the 1990s in Asia and more recently in the rest of the world, the Korean wave has brought about major changes in South Korea, especially in the economic and image fields. The first to talk about the Korean wave was in 1999 a Chinese journalist who, coining the term Hallyu, wanted to define the phenomenon that from Korea, like a real wave, was preparing to overwhelm the international entertainment industry. Let's see together in this article how it was born. Drama, or Korean TV series To determine the considerable increase in interest in Korean cultural products was mainly the drama. Notably, the 2002 drama Winter Sonata had a blazing success in the rest of Asia, also causing a growing tourist interest in Nami-som, an islet east of Seoul where

How the New Year is spent in Korea

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New Year's Eve in Korea is celebrated as much as in the West and you can spend it with family, friends, or with your sweetheart. In reality, the real Korean New Year is not January 1st, but coincides with the first day of the lunar calendar (which falls on January 25th in 2020) and is called Seollal.  However, this does not prevent Koreans from celebrating both anniversaries and therefore also celebrating the beginning of the new solar year (saehae ). Let's see together in this article how the Solar New Year is spent in Korea. Activities in the city Many Koreans decide to spend New Year's Eve  (yeonmal ) having dinner with the family, especially if they have chosen to spend Christmas differently. Contrary to how it happens here, therefore, it is more common for Christmas to be spent with friends and the New Year with the family rather than the other way around. In any case, this is not a rule and there are many activities that can be carried out in the company. As in all bi

K-pop phenomenon: how it got world fame

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as well as in the rest of the world, the K-pop phenomenon has been increasingly on the rise in recent years. But what is K-pop? And why has this genre of Korean music become so popular around the world? When was K-pop born? Korean pop music was born about 30 years ago when Lee Soo Man founded SM Entertainment, which is now one of the leading Korean entertainment companies. In 1992 the group Seo Taiji and Boys participated in a Korean TV show, presenting themselves with a performance that incorporated in the lyrics of the songs some English words, with a hip hop and R&B rhythm, with choreographies and tunes aimed at teenagers. Although the show's judges were shocked by the performance, the younger ones liked it to such an extent that it climbed the charts by staying at the top for 17 straight weeks. In the wake of the success of this new musical genre, two other major record companies were founded in Korea at the end of the 90s: JYP Entertainment and YG Entertainment. Among the

Arirang, the most famous Korean folk song of all time

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K-pop music is increasingly popular in recent times, if you're fond of Korean culture you'll surely hear it. This phenomenon is not only limited to Korea but is happening everywhere. K-pop artists now tour the world, hailed as stars, and it's easy to see why. These boy and girl-bands are made up of beautiful girls or boys, with flawless flawless skin, the latest fashion clothes, and quirky hairstyles. For these reasons, K-pop is becoming more and more known all over the world. But who is responsible for this global success of Korean music? Will it be BTS (Bangtan Boys), the Korean band of the moment that drives its fans crazy in Asia and beyond, winning awards and participating in TV programs everywhere? Will Blackpink be the first Korean girl band to participate in the legendary Coachella festival, surpassing the most recent YouTube viewing records? Or is it PSY, who created the worldwide hit of Gangnam Style, equal only to that of Macarena? We have the answer: the popular