: popular music originating in South Korea and encompassing a variety of styles
The opening ceremony, which took place Friday in Pyeongchang, South Korea, featured several songs from notable K-pop artists as teams circled the stadium.—
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Besides that, special merchandise prepared for this event, a colorful entertainment street will be set up, including a celebration performance by K-pop artists, F&B and experience space.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Getty Images for Coachella Blackpink is already one of the most successful K-pop musical acts in American history, and the group continues to make history and break barriers anytime the four singers – Lisa, Rosé, Jennie and Jisoo – release new music.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
At the Coach show on Monday afternoon at Pier 36 in New York, the front row was ripe with K-pop frenzy.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2025
This meant Babcock, who has a musician’s background himself, went to work studying the sound of K-pop and of pop music generally, in order to find out the right sonic approaches that would be fantastic and transporting, but still live inside the film’s musical language.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
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Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Getty Images for Coachella Blackpink is already one of the most successful K-pop musical acts in American history, and the group continues to make history and break barriers anytime the four singers – Lisa, Rosé, Jennie and Jisoo – release new music.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
At the Coach show on Monday afternoon at Pier 36 in New York, the front row was ripe with K-pop frenzy.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2025
This meant Babcock, who has a musician’s background himself, went to work studying the sound of K-pop and of pop music generally, in order to find out the right sonic approaches that would be fantastic and transporting, but still live inside the film’s musical language.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for K-pop
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“K-pop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/K-pop. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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