Not sure why Ronny Chieng of The Daily Show decided to do a piece on K-pop recently:
The signature elements of K-Pop? Next level dance choreography and being Asian. Ronny Chieng digs into how K-Pop is used to boost Korea’s cultural profile and economy, and its worldwide impact today.
The 5 minute piece was actually more educational than funny in my opinion. I learned about the early days of Korean music pop culture. Amazingly enough, that the first breakthrough for Korean pop music in the United States was through the Kim Sisters, who appeared on the American TV on the Ed Sullivan Show more than 20 times during the 1960’s (one example here) and had albums in the US starting in 1959. Chieng’s piece also covers Psy and eventually moves on to BTS.
