What does a century-old musical genre have to do with K-pop? Apparently, everything. It's called trot, and it's a cornerstone of the music 🎶
These new Westernized Japanese songs were called enka. And according to Lee, some of the early trot songs in Korea were adaptations of enka.
“Composers were forced into writing the songs that met the government's new policy,” Lee said. “What that meant was that the lyrics were less dark, less about sorrow, less about frustration, less about resignation, but more about hope and the joy of life.”Despite the broadcast ban, people were still able to listen to these songs at home. And eventually, the prohibition did phase out.
“In Korean, it's called ppong,” says KAIROS, a Korean American producer who has worked with K-pop groups including Stray Kids, Twice, and SHINee.
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