While today’s K-pop was shaped through decades of cultural influences from an increasingly globalized world, it all started at a club for Black soldiers in South Korea.
“Itaewon was very much a space to cater to the U.S. military. So like everything from strip clubs to prostitution, to bars or clubs, like it was all happening around there so that the U.S. military could feel at home,” said Baik.
Eventually, those Korean USO performers started performing for Korean audiences. They brought the repertoire popular among American soldiers, which included Black American music, to the rest of South Korea. “I used to follow dances on programs such as Soul Train, Solid Gold, Apollo,” Kang Won Rae told us in Korean.
“When Bobby Brown songs, or MC Hammer, or Heavy D songs were playing, everyone danced, in our words, the ‘Bunny Dance,’ they danced and had a great time,” explained Kang Won Rae.The coveted spot in front of the big fan “People forget that hip-hop was at the beginning at the birth of K-pop. Without hip-hop, you would not have K-pop,” said Anderson.
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