How to Use K-pop in a Sentence

K-pop

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  • A lot of responsibility is placed on solo artists in K-pop versus the way that responsibilities are shared in groups.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Adding a touch of signature Gucci, the K-pop sensation secured his trousers with a black Horsebit belt, seamlessly paired with the brand’s black Horsebit loafers.
    Ty Gaskins, WWD, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The world’s biggest K-pop group on the rise to stardom.
    The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
  • Tzuyu moved away from home as a young teen to live and train in Seoul as a K-pop trainee.
    Jae-Ha Kim, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The group is also up for best K-pop and push performance of the year.
    Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2023
  • That would be the K-pop artist’s highest peak of his solo career in the U.K.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Here are 10 ways to feed your K-pop love in L.A., from cupsleeve events to dance parties.
    Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Blackpink was the first K-pop group to perform there, back in 2019, which was hailed as a major feat at the time.
    Tiffany Ap, CNN, 6 Apr. 2023
  • That sum marks both the largest sales week for any K-pop album in 2024, and the year’s fifth-largest sales week among all albums.
    Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 14 June 2024
  • The group debuted in 2015 and has since become one of the best-selling K-pop girl groups of all time.
    Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 14 July 2023
  • The feat marks the first time two K-pop records have held those positions in the chart’s history.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Paul Baek—a former K-pop star who founded the skin-care brand Matter of Fact—heard the same pitch.
    Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 23 July 2024
  • Also around this time, my whole house was obsessed with K-pop.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The star became the second solo female K-pop act, and first as the lead artist, to top the chart after CL.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 29 Feb. 2024
  • People are making fan cams of handsome fencers set to K-pop songs.
    Mia Sato, The Verge, 1 Aug. 2024
  • There are five new awards, each with a genre focus: pop artist of the year, pop song of the year, K-pop artist of the year, K-pop song of the year and best new artist (K-pop).
    Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2024
  • There are five new awards, each with a genre focus: pop artist of the year, pop song of the year, K-pop artist of the year, K-pop song of the year and best new artist (K-pop).
    Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
  • There are often live performances from K-pop groups like Black Swan and even street karaoke.
    Sarah Mosqueda, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Nowadays, with K-pop and K-drama, there's a lot more awareness of Korea.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Nowadays, with K-pop and K-dramas, there's a lot more awareness of Korea.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Tran loves K-pop, watches videos at night to learn Korean and would love to visit Seoul.
    Aniruddha Ghosal, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
  • In the past, North Korea has shot at loudspeakers playing K-pop music from the South.
    Li Zhou, Vox, 2 June 2024
  • It’s got a lot of indie rock to it, but it’s also got a bit of, in a funny way, K-pop, and some Arab heritage music.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 19 July 2023
  • His sister, Moon Sua, is also a K-pop artist, a member of the girl band Billlie.
    Kim Tong-Hyung, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The high bid price shows Kakao’s determination to take control of one of the largest K-pop labels.
    Jacky Wong, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The studio first caught my eye for its variety of classes — from whacking to K-pop.
    Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2023
  • Five K-pop acts manage to appear on the list with more than one title, with each scoring a pair of placements.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • One thing led to another, and soon a 10-year-old Williams was living in South Korea training to be a K-pop star.
    Patricia Karounos, refinery29.com, 23 Mar. 2023
  • For the first time they were forced to compare themselves vocally with other K-pop idols.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
  • The upcoming show will also have five new categories: pop artist of the year, pop song of the year, K-pop artist of the year, K-pop song of the year and best new artist (K-pop).
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2024

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