Facts about K-pop:

1. The first K-pop album was released in 1925. The album is called “Yo
Pungjin Sewol” (or “This Tumultuous Time”) and is by artists Park
Chae-seon and Lee Ryu-saek. However, K-pop’s modern-day iteration
began in 1992 with the emergence of Seo Taiji and Boys. Seo has since
earned the nickname “President of Culture.”
2. Over 100 groups debut in South Korea annually. However, less than 5%
of these bands are successful.
3. BTS was the first K-pop act to perform as a musical guest Saturday
Night Live. In April of 2019, the group performed songs from its newly
released album “Map of the Soul: Persona.”
4. The name “BTS,” stands for the words, “Bangtan Sonyeonda” in
Korean. This translates to mean “Bulletproof Boy Scouts.”
5. The Kim Sisters were the first Korean group to release an album in the
United States.
They produced the album in 1959 in Las Vegas, where they later held
many concerts. Their cover of “Charlie Brown” reached No. 7 on the
Billboard singles chart.
6. The band Girl’s Generation once ran two miles to make a performance.
The group had earlier been involved in a car accident, but because
music shows have a rule that no-shows are banned from any future
appearances, the girls ran on foot in order to make it on time.
7. Jackie Chan manages a K-pop boy band. JJCC is a six-member South
Korean formed under the the Chinese action movie star formed the
Jackie Chan Group South Korea.
8. K-pop’s History can be traced back to an American missionary. In 1885,
Henry Appenzeller began teaching American and British folk songs to
schoolchildren.
9. Girl’s Day member Yura insured her legs for almost $500,000. Her
company’s CEO urged her to insure them for the hefty sum of half a
billion South Korean won.
 10. Bora, from the South Korean girl group SISTAR, lost her father the
day she had her TV debut. She received the news that her dad had lost
his battle with gastric cancer the very same day she auditioned for JYP
Entertainment.
11. The cost of training a Korean idol averages $3 million. Labels in
South Korea hold auditions for trainees starting at very young ages.
Hopefuls live together and spend several hours a day learning music,
dance, foreign languages and other skills in preparation for their debut.
12. Most Idols don’t get paid until they pay off their debt. However,
some labels—such as SM and JYP Entertainment—don’t make their
newly debuted groups pay them back.
13. The girl’s group Leader’S has 28 former members. Although
Leader’S tops the list, they are followed by APeace, which has 23 past
members, LPG at 15, Barbie D (formerly called Kiwi Band) at 14, and
BADKIZ at 14.
14. There are special taxi services in South Korea to help fans follow
their favorite K-pop idols. The so-called “sasaeng taxi” is a method used
by rabid fans to follow idols to their scheduled activities or personal
appointments. These taxis charge $600 a day (on average), and will
follow an idol or group for the entire day.
15. For years, North and South Korea blasted K-pop (and propaganda)
along the Demilitarized zone (DMZ). The loudspeakers were dismantled
in the spring of 2018 but for years both sides loudly blasted K-pop along
the stretch of neutral territory between North and South Korea.

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