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- Publisher
- University of Hawai'I Press
- Copyright
- Copyright © Research Institute of Korean Studies, Korea University
- ISSN
- 2158-9674
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Abstract
Abstract: Psy’s “Gangnam Style” was the global pop music and video sensation of 2012, but it failed to go viral in Japan. The involuted nature of the Japanese popular music industry—especially the imperative of indigenization—stunted the song’s dissemination. Simultaneously, the song failed to resonate with its potential base of Japanese K-pop fans, who valorized beauty and romance. In making sense of the Japanese reception of “Gangnam Style,” the author also analyzes the sources of both the Korean Wave and the anti-Korean Wave in Japan.
Journal
Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review – University of Hawai'I Press
Published: Jul 3, 2014