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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

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

— Eric Nam

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

— Lee Tae-min

If you ask me, I'd say what the world now considers K-Pop began with SM Entertainment. SM was the very first company to take…

— Lee Tae-min

I think K-Pop is a type of expression.

— Swizz Beatz

When people outside Korea think of 'K-pop,' most of them expect 'idols' with several members in a group, dancing in sync.

— Eric Nam

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

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

K-Pop is not good because it's K-Pop. K-Pop is good because it's good music.

— Jackson Wang

I think K-Pop is something that sucks people in because it's open. I can do pop, EDM, rock, R&B and it doesn't matter, K-Pop…

— Eric Nam

Thanks to many great K-pop singers, the groundwork has been laid for more Korean songs to be readily accessible to an overseas audience via…

— PSY

When other people look at K-pop with a more traditional Western lens, or when people listen to it, it may sound like a combination…

— Lee Tae-min