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K-pop: Origin and some facts

There might be some of you that have no idea what k-pop is, or maybe you are new to k-pop. So this is why I thought I should make a post where I explained k-pop a little thoroughly. K-pop is a music genre that originated in South Korea in the 1900s. K-pop music cover a wide variety of music genres, not only typical pop music that the name might suggest, and this is probably why some get confused. K-pop music covers genres such as R&B, hip-hop, pop (of course) and dance-music, and many many more. One of the first k-pop bands were "Seo Taiji and Boys" who were active from 1992-1996. "Seo Taiji and Boys" had three members; Seo Taiji, Yang Hyun-suk and Lee Juno. The band are known for experimenting with many different music genres of Western origin, and this might be why they were extremely successful and are known for changing South Korea's music industry. "Seo Taiji and Boys" retired in 1996 during their prime time. After their retirement Lee Juno