My passion - Korean Pop I’m very passionate about music...but not just any type of music. KPOP. What is Kpop? K-pop‚ an abbreviation of Korean pop‚ is a musical genre originating in South Korea that is characterized by a wide variety of audiovisual elements. Now that the boring bit’s over... How I did I become a Kpop fan? Long story made short‚ I gained a interest in manga and anime when I first came to this school. After a short period of being obsessed over it‚ which I don’t regret
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his portrait of John as a tribute four years after Lennon’s death. As a medium‚ Warhol used synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen inks on canvas (Christies.com). His painting measured 40 by 41inches (Christies.com). Andy Warhol is best known for is Pop Art style. He uses bright colors and repetitive shapes to illustrate his opinion. Warhol also painted portraits of modern celebrities of whom he was very fond. Three years before the Vietnam War ended‚ Lennon recorded a song called “Imagine”. This song
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Pop Art · Introduction This essay will discuss paintings by Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. The pieces it will discuss are: name and date the pieces‚ list any key theories or research.... · Pop Art – background Who‚ where‚ when‚ what before and after‚ what happening at the time (context)‚ Pop Art started in the 1950s when the Independent Group started to reference popular culture in their artwork. The term Pop Art didn’t appear until 1958 in an article by Lawrence Alloway. It moved
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(Firth 498) But he also admits that these similarities between sounds and social group remain unclear. Secondly‚ popular music has different functions‚ and the most important function is commercial‚ but Frith argues against this notion for “even if pop tastes are the effects of social conditioning and commercial manipulation‚ people still explain them to themselves in terms of value judgment.”(Frith 499) The rock aesthetic relies on authenticity‚ which guarantees rock music’s independence from
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and hip-hop music in many countries. The influence of globalisation on music is significant in China‚ especially for youth music. For instance‚ English words are used commonly in Chinese pop songs and Chinese rock and roll bands are developing; the music styles of hip-hop and R&B have been adopted into Chinese pop songs and have achieved success. In the first part of this essay‚ I will define the concept of globalization and then go on to discuss it in relation to the change of music by globalisation
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Lady Gaga is beyond just a modern pop star; she is a product as well. From literally selling singles‚ albums and concert tickets‚ Lady Gaga is also selling herself as a brand. She is a media construct who is artificial and created for a specific target audience in the effort for the maximum commercial gain. Her ‘Little Monsters’ are the ‘buyers’ in the product and purchaser relationship and they not only buy into the idea of her as an artist but also as an icon and a brand. Her brand and image is
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comic-book panel from a 1962 issue of DC Comics’ All-American Men Of War. The artist‚ Roy Lichtenstein is well-known for his work in the long running theme of Pop Art that emerged in the late 1950s in the United States. Pop art presented a challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular culture such as advertising‚ news‚ etc. In Pop art‚ material is sometimes visually removed from its known context‚ isolated‚ and/or combined with unrelated material. Roy Lichtenstein was born in October
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already has talent in all aspects of itself. Writers‚ singers‚ actors‚ models‚ producers‚ directors‚ etc.‚ are all very much up to par with the rest of the world‚ but unfortunately the language and cultural barrier are still a large problem. For Korean pop-culture to become more internationally renowned then it already has‚ its going to need to find a way to break into a market that still largely views films coming out of Asia in general different or inferior. To get past this blockade is going to take
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to me that you’ve been in class and that you’ve learned something. Music Business In our music business unit‚ we learned about various careers in the record industry‚ read about Chris Anderson’s “Long Tail” theory‚ and watched the “making” of a pop superstar. Tell me what you learned during this unit. What surprised you? Use specific examples. In the music business unit‚ I learned about the various careers involved in the record industry‚ such as: the producer‚ song writer‚ artist‚ A&R‚ and
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Example: A Korean pop icon "Rain" (비) named in the "100 Most Influential People Who Shape Our World." • While popular throughout the Asian continent‚ hallyu has had the greatest impact in East Asia‚ namely Japan‚ Taiwan‚ and China‚ and is now spreading to India‚ the Middle East‚ Central Asia‚ Iran‚ Israel‚ Turkey‚ Russia and even Latin America. • Of all the forms of Korean popular culture‚ it is Korean popular music‚ simply referred to as K-pop (an abbreviation of Korean pop)‚ which has
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