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Radio 4,3 mins

Everything you need to know about the women of K-pop

Woman's Hour

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Last week, K-pop girl group BLACKPINK made history by becoming the first of its kind to perform at the festival, Coachella. With a world tour set for this year and their single 鈥楰ill This Love鈥� climbing the charts in the UK and the US, it looks like they might be poised to break the western pop music market. We discuss the role of women in K-Pop, both as performers and as fans. How powerful are their female fans? What鈥檚 behind the 鈥榞irl crush鈥� concept? And how are women being marketed? We鈥檙e joined by K-Pop dance instructor Tammy Jane Mejia, music journalist Biju Belinky and Dr Haekyung Um from the University of Liverpool.

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