Can K-pop ever be just pop?

Girl team VCHA [JYP ENTERTAINMENT]

Le Sserafim’s “Perfect Night” (2023) controlled songs graphes without a solitary word in Korean, and JYP Entertainment’s VCHA debuted with just one Korean participant– it appears as though the bigger K-pop expands, the smaller sized the funding “K” in K-pop obtains.

As the made-in-Korea songs category remains to expand annually, its Korean- ness is coming to be significantly changed with varied societies and languages, not just in its tracks yet likewise in the make-up of the teams themselves. But does this mean that it’s time for K-pop to drop its prefix and study the popular song globe at big?

‘Drop the K’: K-pop expert

Such a debate …