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  K-Pop Fans Freak Out, Cry Racism, After Universal Music 'Glitch' Blocks Videos

  March 26, 2013 – K-pop's ever-growing international fanbase freaked out royally when videos of popular Cube Entertainment artists 4minute, HyunA, B2ST, and G.Na were suddenly blocked for YouTube users attempting to access the clips outside of South Korea. …
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  K-Pop Goes Kountry in 2YOON's Marvelously Faux '24/7' Video

  January 17, 2013 – Taylor Swift must be kicking herself right now. Good thing she probably isn't wearing cowboy boots. …
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  K-Pop Fizz Fizz: Life After PSY

  December 12, 2012 – One year ago, Y.G. Entertainment, now South Korea's most successful incubator and purveyor of pop music, celebrated its 15th birthday with three "Family Concerts" in three nights at the Olympic Gymnastic Arena in southeastern Seoul; the four-hour blowouts showcased the company’s top artists since its founding in 1996. Outside, in the cold December air, fans posed in front of the Y.G. …
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  K-Pop Heals New Jersey: Backstage at BigBang's 'Alive' Finale

  November 12, 2012 –  …
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  PSY's Seacrest Interview: 10 Things You Didn't Know About K-Pop's New Sensation

  September 14, 2012 – PSY's "Gangnam Style" is up to nearly 170 million YouTube views and until recently, the South Korean musician who made the thing has only existed on screen to most of those viewers. But after signing with Team Bieber earlier this month, PSY's been hanging out here in the States, doing a victory lap that mostly consists of doing his silly dance at the behest of famous Americans. …
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  Paris Hilton Invading K-Pop in New 3D Music Video

  August 22, 2012 – Korean pop's American conquest has taken a very Paris turn. Sure, K-pop stars Girls Generation performed earlier this year on late-night TV, and their countryfolk 2NE1 conquered Times Square this past December. …
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  K-Pop Heroes 2NE1 Return With Monster New Single 'I Love You'

  July 5, 2012 – You may remember K-Pop chartbusters 2NE1 from our 20 Favorite Pop Albums of 2011 or logging two albums in our 21 Greatest K-Pop Songs of All Time or for being more famous than anything right now. …
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  Seoul Trained: Inside Korea's Pop Factory

  March 26, 2012 – You would never guess that this is where they live. Lisa Jo is casually pointing to it from her office just across the street: a squat, red-brick apartment building whose only distinguishing mark is the grimy noodle shop tucked into its ground floor. …
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  How Jay Park Became the Face of a 'New Breed' of K-Pop R&B

  March 9, 2012 – In the March/April issue of SPIN, David Bevan ventured to Korea to explore the country's fruitful system for producing top-flight pop stars. He'll be writing additional K-pop stories right here at #1 Crush. "I got off the plane, and there was a different scent in the air." That's how Jay Park remembers his first seconds in Seoul, in January of 2005, just months before he graduated from high school back home in suburban Seattle. …
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  Watch K-Pop Superstars Girls' Generation's American TV Debut

  February 1, 2012 – When we first heard that Girls' Generation were scheduled to appear on both Live! with Kelly (that should be happening any moment now actually, set your DVR accordingly!) and Letterman, we were immediately anxious to know how Dave himself would greet them after their set. …
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