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You’ve most likely heard of just a little style referred to as Okay-Pop, the energetic and extremely danceable phenomenon that migrated from South Korea to the world. Okay-Pop’s success—Korea is the seventh-largest music market on the planet—has not solely resulted in a worldwide export of music from the nation, however in different popular culture sensations, too. Squid Game and Parasite, anybody?
In the newest episode of Spotify: Discover This, our host Lea Palmieri is joined by Korean Canadian singer-songwriter Junny for a deep dive into the Okay-Music scene past Okay-Pop. The pair speaks to among the largest names in Okay-Hip-hop, together with Tiger JK, Yoon Mirae, Dynamicduo, Jay Park, pH–1, and SINCE. From there, they transfer into Okay-R&B, Okay-Rock, and Original Sound Tracks (OSTs). Also showing: webtoons, a musical foray into the metaverse, and even Trot. We’ve launched the episode in each English and Korean.
The episode arrives simply as Spotify marks our second anniversary in Korea; it additionally options an interview with Spotify Korea Managing Director David Park.
“Spotify is still in its early stage in Korea, which not only is the birthplace of K-Pop, but also the hub of rich cultural contents with global impact,” says David. “We’ll continue to pave the way by connecting more Korean artists, music, creators, contents, and culture with more listeners worldwide.”
And Spotify has had a lot to have fun from Korea over the previous two years. From Okay-Pop On! Track and our Korean hip-hop playlist KrOWN, in addition to the addition of podcasts, there’s a little bit of Okay-Culture for everybody. Take a glance.
Listen to the Okay-Wave episode of Spotify: Discover This in Korean right here.