Culture Quote by Lee Tae-min

We are Korean, so obviously they call our music K-pop. But we never thought of our music as K-pop. Our music is just our…

— G-Dragon

K-pop itself is not just a music genre, but a whole cultural phenomenon.

— Lee Tae-min

When I first debuted back in 2009, K-Pop was already starting to get bigger because of the Internet. And that's how I found it,…

— Amber Liu

It's amazing that K-pop is spreading around the world as a culture in itself.

— Rose

America is very far away from Korea, so we were very impressed that people knew K-pop, let alone liked it!

— Jeongyeon

The word we have in Korea for K-Pop is 'Gaio.' And I guess it's a huge umbrella term. Basically it's like saying Coldplay and…

— Tablo

K-pop has become such a global movement now... We can write a new history that was never possible before.

— Choi Si-won

I'm kind of glad that, over the years, K-pop has really been going into a much more global audience. Especially since I really am…

— Tiffany Hwang

In Korea, I'm not a K-pop artist, I'm just an artist.

— Eric Nam

“K-dramas are soft power in action; they subtly and overtly promote Korean values, images, and tastes to their international audience.”

— Euny Hong

I think, Koreans, they're really hard-working people. They're really innovative, and they try new things all the time, so I think it's just a…

— Jessica Jung

“Koreans are better at packaging and marketing. Look at Samsung, for example. With K-pop, the songwriters are not Korean. They’re European. The people who…

— Euny Hong