Kpop Invasion

Youth from all over Asia have been inspired by Korean music throughout the last decades. Kpop music has become more famous than anyone would have thought about it, that’s why no wonder a lot of Filipinos nowadays are so engrossed with Korean pop songs and dramas. From soap operas, restaurants to beauty products, Korean culture has won the Filipinos’ hearts.  Maybe this was begun with the export of TV Korean Dramas. Who could forget Koreanovelas like the Endless Love series, Lovers in Paris, Full House and Stairway to Heaven? Also Thanks to YouTube, Korean cable TV and music download, that’s one of the reason also why Filipinos are exposed to Korea’s finest singers and groups. As a Kpop follower somehow, I came up with a list of Kpop singers and groups many Filipinos are familiar with and will hear from in the future.

2NE1 — With Sandara Park (known as the Pambansang Krung-Krung) as one of its members, the group is fast becoming popular in the country thanks to songs such as Lollipop, Fire and I Don’t Care.

Rain — Known to Filipino audience as Justin of the hit romantic-comedy Full House, Rain is Korea’s latest export in the international entertainment industry.

Super Junior —They are considered the largest boyband with 13 members. They are one of the many Korean groups to go beyond singing and dancing with many of its members involved in acting and other activities such as anime voice recording. Although they have three albums, it was their third album Sorry, Sorry that brought them commercial success.

Wonder Girls — Filipinos by now could not stop singing the group’s hit song Nobody. With its catchy tune and ’60s theme music video.

Girls Generation — Composed of nine female members, fans often refer them as SNSD which is short for the group’s Korean name So Nyeo Shi Dae or So Nyuh Shi Dae. Like other groups, the members of Girls Generation are trained in various aspects of the performing arts.

With the continued craving for anything Korean, Filipinos will continue to hear and see more Kpop artists in the coming years. It’s nice to know that many foreigners are opting to live here. I just hope that as Filipinos, we too, have that kind of impact on foreign countries. It would be nice to see that foreigners singing our songs, watching our dramas, speaking tagalog, or cooking our dishes.