From BTS to Squid Game: How did South Korean music and series become the center of the culture known?

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From BTS to Squid Game: How did South Korean music and series become the center of the culture known?

So how did South Korea succeed to become the center of such successful and popular culture in this sense?

What kind of story is behind this success?

In 2012-2013, the South Korean culture had no global output.

For example, PSY’s “Gangam Style görüm made a sound, but of course there was no trace of today’s glory. Nowadays, 200 million fans are immersed in K-Pop’s dance figures and K-Drama.

As we all know, Squid Game, one of the most well -known series of Netflix, has returned with its second period, and Blackpink and BTS are also popular.

So how do you think South Korea did it?

In fact, everything began in 1987. Censorships gradually decreased, TV channels increased, and inadvertently proportional creativity increased exponentially. In other words, the 90s Hollywood and hip-hop influence began to form its own cultural signature.

In addition, the funds provided by the giants, Hyundai and Samsung, managed to carry the South Korean revelation branch to Hollywood standards.

For example, at this point, the attention of K-Pop attracts attention.

The agencies trained young talents with long -term contracts and appeared flawless idols. In the midst of these trainings, there were vocal, dance and image administrations. So everything was thought and processed finely.

In the early 90s, the rise, which started with clusters for Shinhwa and Hot, continued with now with K-Pop’çi. In the 2000s, the Korean culture, which ravaged Asia in the 2000s, began to move to the global stage.

Netflix, Youtube and various channels have delivered South Korean contents to all over the world.

Of course, these companies did not do it alone. Human from almost every age cluster from various countries of the world; These content, players and craftsmen liked, interested and watched these manufacturing increased exponentially.

In addition, the Beşler, who is in search of an alternative world due to their disappointment from their communities, attracts people’s attention.

Again, the themes of social inequality in Korean cinema and series are very much. For example, Squid Game’s main theme is social inequality. Strangely, this theme attracts a lot of people’s interest. In this case, the interest and popularity of these content is increasing day by day.

So how do you find South Korea’s cinema and music world?

Sources: The New York Times, BBC