YouTube Originals | The Birth Of K-Pop @youtubeoriginals | Uploaded March 2021 | Updated October 2024, 13 seconds ago.
Do you know how K-Pop got its start? This deep-diving, free-wheeling documentary takes a look at how South Korea went from a dictatorship to a democracy and spawned a new musical movement as youth culture took off. With appearances from Super Junior, EXO, 2NE1, Wonder Girls, 1TYM, CLON, Solid, and Dynamic Duo.

0:00 What Is K-Pop?
1:59 Seoul Music 1966
5:29 The Struggle Is Real
7:14 Establishing The Prototype
9:00 The 80’s & 90’s
11:31 The Story Of Solid
16:11 The Beginning Of K-Pop
18:20 The Music Revolution Is Televised
20:35 Seo Taiji And Boys