K-pop, also known as Korean pop music, is a musical genre containing electronic music, hip hop, pop, rock and R&B originating from South Korea. K-pop is began in the early 1990s and grew from a music genre to a subculture among teenagers and adults throughout East and Southeast Asia in the late 2000s. In 1957, American music began to influence Korean music , which led many to compare the two genres together. Ever since Korean artist Psy took the world by storm with his single "Gangnam Style", K-pop is becoming more and more recognized globally. Many people are new to the K-pop genre and try to compare it to American pop music. While there are some similarities, there are major differences between the two. K-pop is often criticized for the misuse of English words in its lyrics and meaningless song titles. Many K-pop songs have simple, repetitive lyrics that make little to no grammatical sense. K-pop also puts a lot of English phrases into their songs and is sometimes misused causing parts of the song to make no sense. My interviewee, Tina, played some K-pop songs that contained English phrases that didn't make much sense. One of the songs was "Mama" by Exo. There was a line in the song that said, "Careless, careless. Shoot anonymous, anonymous. Heartless, brainless. Nobody. Who cares about me?" and I had no idea what that meant. When I first heard it, I thought it was silly and random, but the day after the interview I found myself singing the lyrics to the song. Tina was telling me that this is the power of k-pop. Even though the lyrics and English phrases don't make sense, the beat is catchy enough to make you sing along. “Another song I didn't like the first time I heard it was Bar Bar Bar by Crayon Po...... middle of paper....... The song “Swagger Jagger” is about someone who steals someone else's style. I found the lyrics full of her and very self-centered because she thinks people are stealing her style and declaring hatred towards them. While Crayon Pop's song was about inspiring people to have fun. The lyrics of "Swagger Jagger" somehow sent a message to all her haters who stole her unique style. I don't think this song sends a good message because it essentially tells people that it's okay to hate. There was no real choreography during the entire concert. He just walked back and forth on the stage. There were times when he would start jumping to excite the crowd and shake people's hands, but there was no real dancing during the concert. I wasn't into the performances as much as I was with Crayon Pop. The music was good but it wasn't that fun and enjoyable.