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Reflection Paper: Would Adorno Love The K-Pop?

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LEE Yan Yi (1155094011) Dr. Chan Ka Ming CUMT 1002 Cultural Theories 24 April 2017 Reflection on the question “Would Adorno love the K-pop” “Would Adorno love the K-pop” is the guiding questions of the lecture about theories of Frankfurt School. We have learnt about cultural concepts of Frankfurt School, but somehow we did not actually have a direct discussion on the question in our own points of view in the lecture. Therefore, in this essay, I will try to use the concepts and theories I have learnt in the lecture of Frankfurt School and state my opinion and reflection on the question “Would Adorno love the K-pop”. To start with, about the brief introduction of K-pop, K-pop culture was being raised in the South Korea in the 1990s. The period which K-pop has gone viral all over the world would be starting from the end of the 2000s. Up till now, K-pop is still a very popular culture among young …show more content…

Why the songs are being so similar is because when one song is popular, others will try to copy the styles so as to lower the production cost and sell the songs to the audience more easily. K-pop songs created a false impression that those songs are new and different, but actually they are just a duplicated version of other songs. They need not have innovation on new songs as if they like one of those songs, they will definitely like the others that are similar. Also, audience seems to have freedom to choose what styles of K-pop they like, but actually not. It is because many of those K-pop idols with different concepts and styles are belong to the same entertainment company. For example, famous boy bands like Super Junior, SHINee, EXO or girl groups like Girls’ Generation, f(x), Red Velvet, they seem to have different concepts and styles, but actually they are all come from the same company – SM Entertainment. This is how the K-pop industry makes money from. It is all for profit-making, but not truly satisfying what audience

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