The K-Pop Dictionary

Like it or not, South Korean entertainment has taken the world by storm.

BTS is one of the most popular music groups in the world right now, and it’s something I could easily compare to Beatlemania back in the 1960s. Squid Game became one of the most watched shows on Netflix. Everybody is talking about romantic K-dramas that have similar plots to each other, and yet they all offer aesthetics and gripping soap-opera like storylines that keep people addicted.

The reason why South Korean entertainment has gripped so many is because of the gruelling work that goes behind it. If you thought the training in Hollywood was intense, this is something else.

I do like my music and I do like songs from BTS and other bands line Blackpink and SHINee. Because I know how toxic their fandoms can be and how some idols and stars are pushed to suicide and mental health illness, it puts me off becoming fully engrossed in the K-Pop fandom. On the other hand, all fandoms have their good and bad communities. It’s so easy for people to fall into obsessive habits with everyone’s obsession with perfection.

What I’ve always liked about Asian entertainment is how they don’t follow the typical Hollywood formula. There’s always plenty of twists that stops the shows becoming unpredictable. They always seem to pack…