Pop Music Research Articles

Influence of Digital Media Advertisements of KPOP Industry on Selected Young Adults in Manila, Philippines

Music has become a part of everyone's lives, and as the years pass, it starts to adapt, develop, and evolve because of changing times. Eventually, it developed into a variety of genres, and Korean Pop Music (Kpop) was one of the genres that had emerged and became known throughout the world. Kpop music was performed by Korean idols trained in dancing, singing, speaking different foreign languages, etc., by their agencies where they have signed a contract. With the growing popularity of Kpop, it cannot be denied that it seemingly made its way to digital media, and with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic – the utilization of digital media was crucial in promoting and catering to Kpop. This research sought to determine how the Kpop industry influenced local advertisements in digital media. In this study, the researchers distributed online survey questionnaires to selected young adults in Metro Manila, ranging from 15 to 30 years old. Also, this research sought to look at the factors of Kpop that significantly influence Filipino audiences’ preferences to local advertisements. Based on the results of this research, most of the respondents discussed the influences and impacts of Kpop idols on local advertisements through means of digital media platforms specifically social media platforms such Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

When “grass was greener”*: Longplay Album Covers and Learning English. A Retrospection

This paper brings together several important threads accounting for learning English as a foreign language, that is, language learning experience, material culture as an element of this experience as well as a component of the learning environment, motivation and music. Material culture has recently attracted the attention of researchers interested in foreign/second language learning and multilingualism because it provides a rich context for many multilingual practices. Longplay album covers are an excellent example of artefacts that combine the verbal with the material. Music and songs, pop songs in particular, are an important motivating factor in learning languages.The aim of this paper is to share with the reader the author and her generation’s encounters with pop music of the 1960s, focusing on language learning experience based on the material aspects of these encounters, that is, longplay record covers. The paper, then, is the author’s personal reflection based on her own experience as well as on the multiple discussions she has had with friends and colleagues whose teenage years spanned the 1960s. Also connections between music and language learning are discussed along with suggestions of activities capitalizing on learners’ interest in music in the teaching process.

Beyond the Scene (BTS): Confronting Social Constructs through Korean Pop Music

A Korean pop music group opens entry points for students to confront dominant social and identity constructs.

Proses Produksi Program Podcast Berbasis Audio-Visual sebagai Media Penyebaran Informasi Proses Kreatif Musisi Pop Bali

Purpose: This research is to understand the production process of audio-visual-based podcast programs as a media for disseminating information on the creative process of Balinese pop musicians. Research Methods: In this internship program for the MBKM (Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka) program, the authors and partner i.g. Bali TV want to produce a podcast program with the aim of preserving Balinese Pop Music culture which is currently experiencing global challenges in the context of the industrial revolution 4.0. Results and Discussion: The presence of podcasts is a form of development from conventional radio media which previously would have been one of the most popular media. Currently, podcasts are in great demand because podcasts have various advantages compared to radio, namely podcasts are on demand (the control of the podcast is on its listener). The convenience and advantages offered by podcasts provide a new platform for the dissemination of information widely. Implication: Music programs that exist today are considered only able to fulfill the purpose of being an entertainment and promotion. For this reason, a podcast program that presents speakers who are engaged in their fields and also provides information about the creative process of Bali Pop musicians is considered to be a form of preserving Bali Pop Music from now onwards.

Layering Literacies and Languages: A Bengali High School Student Reads Korean Pop Music

Journal of Adolescent & Adult LiteracyEarly View DISCUSSION: MULTILINGUAL LIVES Layering Literacies and Languages: A Bengali High School Student Reads Korean Pop Music Minkyu Kim, Corresponding Author Minkyu Kim minkyu.kim19@my.stjohns.edu orcid.org/0000-0001-7852-8727 Search for more papers by this author Minkyu Kim, Corresponding Author Minkyu Kim minkyu.kim19@my.stjohns.edu orcid.org/0000-0001-7852-8727 Search for more papers by this author First published: 09 April 2022 https://doi.org/10.1002/jaal.1230Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Early ViewOnline Version of Record before inclusion in an issue RelatedInformation

Said the Hooker to the Thief

Said the Hooker to the Thief

Formation of Youth Subculture in Cyberspace in Pop Music: a Theoretical Framework

The goal of this study is to examine the theoretical underpinnings of the creation of adolescent subcultures in cyberspace via the medium of pop music. Cyberspace studies demonstrate a broad variety of individual norms and beliefs that revolve around the same core challenges faced by young people. It was one of the first attempts to evaluate how young people engage with popular music media that their portrayal of pop youth culture made one of the most important contributions. For this inquiry, a literature review was undertaken. This section explains the theoretical foundations that will be used to support this research's concepts in order to be able to read music texts in order to be able to understand youthful subcultural activities with justification. This research takes a closer look at one particular component of the phenomena to provide light on how today's youth use the Internet to engage in computer-mediated social life via music. Subcultural material may be disseminated digitally, but it is important to explain how the Internet serves as a subcultural resource and a way to appreciate popular music.

«KALUSH» IS A RAP GROUP AT THE STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL YOUTH HIP-HOP DIRECTION IN UKRAINIAN MODERN MUSIC

The aim of the article is to analyze the development of youth hip-hop direction in Ukrainian contemporary music within the creative activity of the rap group «KALUSH» in retrospective aspect of musicology and performance. There are discussed the conditions of transformational trends of spreading and promoting quality rap culture. The author has revealed the importance of using authenticity and national folklore traditions in integration with electronic music in hip-hop youth direction in pop music of Ukraine, modern show business and mass culture. There are used the research methodology of comparative, historical-logical, analytical and art methods. Such methodological approach allows the author to clarify the features of Rap in art at the stage of formation and development of hip-hop culture, including youth subculture in the spread of transformational processes taking place in modern Ukrainian pop music and show business. The author is considered the influential factors of the group «KALUSH» on the development of rap music of the performing industry and use of ethnofolk motifs with electronic music in the integrated synergy between the band and the audience. Scientific novelty. For the first time, the main elements of the creative activity of the KALUSH group are revealed in accordance with the development and spread of transformational processes in modern pop art and show business. There is described the use of integration ethno-folklore origins, Ukrainian folklore motifs and electronic music in the development of the rap-cultural industry in show business as a synergetic genre of youth hip-hop. The author is noticed the significant contribution of the group in raising Ukrainian rap music to a higher level of youth subculture. Conclusions. The reflection of the realities and evolution of rap music in pop art is been in constant search of new faces who are able to update the direction of rap music. The popularization of national folklore features, the establishment of the performing rap group «KALUSH» on the territory of the modern Ukrainian pop industry in the conditions of fundamentalization, globalization and commercialization in the modern music market hasn't been studied well and it is at the stage of change and transformation.

Rocking the Closet: How Little Richard, Johnnie Ray, Liberace, and Johnny Mathis Queered Pop Music by Vincent L. Stephens

Rocking the Closet: How Little Richard, Johnnie Ray, Liberace, and Johnny Mathis Queered Pop Music by Vincent L. Stephens

A Corpus-Based Pilot Study of the Pop Lyrics on Billboard

Although pop music is endorsed as one of the most leisure activities to express feelings and emotions in people’s daily life, song lyrics are usually neglected by linguists and excluded in any of English corpora (e.g., BNC and ANC) that are currently adopted. The current study focuses on an analysis of lyrics based on a Billboard music chart corpus mainly containing American pop lyrics, via both qualitative and quantitative methods, and aims to investigate to what extent the lexico-grammatical features of the words and expressions used in lyrics enable those songs widely accepted by audience. Results reveal that conversational contexts in the lyrics mark a story-telling feature, and help audience easily realize artists’ attitudes and the implications to some events and scenarios.

GRAPHIC FEATURES OF THE ADVERTISING POSTERS OF UKRAINIAN FOLK AND POP MUSIC OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE XX CENTURY

The purposeof this work is to identify the characteristics of the visual language of posters of Ukrainian folk and pop music, the search for relevant graphic solutions for further use in modern design. Methodology.The research method is to observe and compare design objects.The study was based on posters of musical events and folk and pop music groups of Ukraine, developed in different stylistic, figurative and design variants and genres.The chronological boundaries of the study are determined by the period of poster art of Soviet Ukraine in the second half of the XX century and the post-Soviet period of the XX century (1960 – 1999). Results.Features of the development of the visual component of music and song posters of the second half of the XX century was divided into several genre trends in the specified time frame.The analysis of the composition, colors, plot, decorative elements and fonts of posters of folk and pop music of Soviet and post-Soviet Ukraine, in order to identify relevant and outdated graphic solutions. Scientific novelty.The analysis of stylistic features of music and song Ukrainian-Soviet posters according to certain features, elements of visual symbols and graphic components is carried out in the work.Relevant and outdated image-design solutions in the design of posters of the second half of the XX century are revealed. Practical significance.The proposed research and the results presented in the articles can be used in scientific works used with further study of the design elements of Ukrainian posters;in the educational process for the study of case studies.

A Study on Modern Pansori Narrative and Composition in Joseon Pop Music

최근 판소리는 대중적 인기를 얻고 사람들이 즐길 수 있는 한국(조선) 고유의 흥겨운 감성을 가진 음악으로 표현된다. 본 연구는 판소리의 대중음악성을 부각하며 등장한 서도밴드(sEODo밴드)의 ‘조선팝’ 음악을 분석하여 판소리 대중화와 창작판소리의 생산과정의 의미와 서사성의 맥락을 논의하였다. 판소리 대중화는 다양한 방식으로 시도된 판소리의 변화를 지칭하며 근래 시도된 대부분의 판소리 창작 현상을 포괄하는 명칭으로서 창의성과 다양성을 실험하는 이 시대 소리꾼들의 예술정신을 포용하려는 의미를 담아 왔다. 시도와 모험을 격려하는 열린 개념에서 점차 규준의 필요성이 대두되고 있으며, 판소리의 대중화는 음악적 요소와 외적 양식에 무게를 두기보다 창작판소리의 완성도를 높일 수 있는 역량을 갖춘 소리꾼이 서사성의 현대화와 동시대적 더늠의 확보라는 책임감 있는 재맥락화를 달성할 때 가능하다. 서도밴드의 조선팝이 갖는 차별성은 춘향가 한바탕을 노래하고 판소리의 더늠과 동일한 음악을 생산하여 자신만의 스타일을 만들어가는 것에 있다. 현대적 서사와 더늠의 노랫말은 과거의 언어적 수사를 따르지 않는다. 대중음악의 자유가사 형식을 많이 취했지만, 대중가요가 비유법, 강조법, 변화법 등의 수사법을 폭넓게 사용하는 것과도 차별성이 있다. 춘향가에 없는 내용을 담은 창작곡은 춘향가의 전개를 변형하지 않으면서 춘향과 몽룡의 이야기를 동시대 인간관계의 정서로 표현하며 ‘공감서사’를 강화하고 완성하였다. 대중음악적 요소와 현대적 노랫말을 가진 짧고 편안한 서도밴드의 음악은 <춘향가: 대중가요제 서도밴드바디 스윙조/알앤비조> 등으로 명명할 수 있다.Recently, pansori, Korea’s representative traditional vocal music, has been depicted and represented as an enjoyable popular song for contemporary audience with its unique Korean sensibility. This paper examines the narrative contexts and significance in the process of producing and composing new pansori as well as the phenomenon of popularizing it. The discussion mainly deals with the analysis of sEODo band’s “Song of Chunhyang,” a version with prefix “Joseon pop.” “Popularization of pansori” had meant almost all types of new pansori music comprehensively embracing even the ideas of musicians who tried new music with artistic creativity or diversity. However, voices requiring cannon or criteria for composing pansori, breaking from reckless musical adventure or trial. Rather than focusing on the musical element or genre style, pansori can become popular when the musician achieves assessing reasonable re-contextualization to modern and contemporary songs so that the narrativity in the story telling survives and continues. sEODo band’s new song is considered same as deoneum, the newly added parts in pansori from long time ago. This tradition of adding pieces complementing the musical story differentiates sEODo’s music from other popular songs. However, the lyrics and narration are neither old traditional pansori nor popular songs. Though adapting modern style and freestyle lyric writing, the band removes the linguistic metaphor of the past and abates rhetorics in popular music. The understandable sensibility completes sympathetic narrative in “Song of Chunhyang” with popular music elements, and in the long run thus the music can be called <Song of Chunhyang in Popular music school, sEODo band fashion, swing/R&B mode>.

Metaphorical perceptions of high school students about pop music

The purpose of this research is to examine the pop music metaphors developed by high school students. In this study, the phenomenology model, which is one of the qualitative research methods, has been used. A total of 650 students from a public school in Province Ankara, District Mamak, attended the study during the spring semester of the 2020/2021 academic year. The data were collected through a form containing the question ‘Pop music is like... because...’. The data were analysed through content analysis. Based on the 324 different metaphors created by high school students, these metaphors are classified into 13 categories based on their shared characteristics. Students’ gender and their conditions whether they play an instrument or not were considered when categorising them. According to the findings of the study, high school students described pop music as the most energising/friendly genre. The study also demonstrates that metaphors can be an effective tool for eliciting students’ perceptions of pop music.&#x0D; &#x0D; Keywords: High school students, metaphor, music, perception of pop music.

“Make It Right”: Why #BlackLivesMatter(s) to K-pop, BTS, and BTS ARMYs

K-pop (Korean Pop Music) fans and artists have become visible political actors in the Black Lives Matter (BLM) Movement in the US in 2020. We investigate why K-pop fans and musicians mobilized to support BLM and, more generally, minority rights in the US by focusing on BTS fans, known as ARMY. We argue that the relationship between K-pop fans and artists is not unilateral, but mutual. Diverse voices and power differentials among K-pop fans exist, but were unified during this time. For example, the Black ARMY not only reminded other fans of racism within the fandom, but also asked BTS and their fellow ARMYs to support BLM. By considering K-pop as a battlefield of consent and resistance, we examine how K-pop and its fandoms has the potential for affecting local and national politics outside of South Korea.

Review: The Sonic Episteme: Acoustic Resonance, Neoliberalism, and Biopolitics, by Robin James

Review: <i>The Sonic Episteme: Acoustic Resonance, Neoliberalism, and Biopolitics</i>, by Robin James

A Study on the New Paradigm Prospects for the Korean Pop Music Industry: Focusing on the Live Concerts Since the Post-COVID Era

A Study on the New Paradigm Prospects for the Korean Pop Music Industry: Focusing on the Live Concerts Since the Post-COVID Era

Korean Pop Music a Threat to Contemporary Filipino Identity? Globalization, Nation, and Interrogation in Philippine Culture and Identity

For almost a decade, Korean Pop (K-pop) music has become a global phenomenon. Transgressing regional boundaries, K-pop music found extraordinary success in Southeast Asia, including the Philippines. Globalization of culture, however, had not only produced skeptics but also challenged the tenets of cultural identity vis-à-vis a crisis on nationalism. This paper seeks to theorize the adverse and favorable effects of K-pop music with regard to its significance to contemporary Filipino national identity through assessment of history, culture, and meaning. This paper tackles and examines its nuance to contradictions of culture and identity and how the transnationalism of pop culture, like K-pop music, contributes to the development of culture and society in the Philippines in recent history.

Make Mine Pop Music: Walt Disney Films and American Popular Music, 1940–1955

Make Mine Pop Music: Walt Disney Films and American Popular Music, 1940–1955

Excellent acoustic development in Taiwan

Development of acoustics in research and field applications in Taiwan has been well established and aligned with developed countries world-wide. Taiwan has comprehensive acoustic regulations and standards for residential and hospitality building types and stringent environmental noise protection ordinances. It is the only country that has specific noise regulation for 20 Hz to 200 Hz. The Taiwan Acoustical Association (TAA) was established on 1987. Since then, thirty-two biannual meetings have been successfully held. Auditory and speech communication, building acoustics, mechanical acoustics, ultrasound, underwater acoustics, noise and vibration, as well as bio-acoustics and other related acoustic topics were covered in these meetings. According to the Taiwan Patent Search System (English version), about 187 acoustic related patents have been granted since 2004. In terms of research institutes, at least 14 top universities in Taiwan have specific major for acoustic studies. At National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, there is an architectural acoustics program under the Department of Architecture. Its team has been involved in the world-renowned performing arts center projects such as Taichung Metropolitan Opera House, Weiwuying National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Taipei Performing Arts Center and Taipei Pop Music Center. It can be concluded that research and field applications of acoustics in Taiwan has been valued by the people and will be continued and tuned to world-wide standards!

Review of Tehrangeles Dreaming: Intimacy and Imagination in Southern California Iranian Pop Music by Farzaneh Hemmasi (Duke Press)

Tehrangeles Dreaming is the first book about the Tehrangeles music industry, that is, the Iranian diaspora music industry brought to life by the expatriate Iranian artists and music producers who settled in Los Angeles and Southern California after the 1979 Iranian revolution. Farzaneh Hemmasi uses an ethnographic approach in combination with an analysis of diaspora media discourse in order to “examine expatriate imaginations of influence on, and intimacy with, their global Iranian audiences” (26). At its core, the book deals with the imagining and reimagining of Iranian identity by the artistic community that creates music and media content for Iranians in Iran and across the world.