"If people just gave us a chance and watched our performances, they could see the effort that we put in is very real," Song said. "Because K-pop dancing isn't just like TikTok dancing where nothing's ...

Hip-hop culture penetrates every aspect of people's lives, from the way they dress and speak to walk and dance. Though mostly associated with music, hip-hop from its inception has always been a ...

For much of the 2020s in Korea, hip-hop has been both omnipresent and peripheral — still deeply influential in the world of K-pop, yet its disruptive edge has gotten diluted into fleeting rap verses ...