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Other reasons for a ban are songs featuring Japanese lyrics, negative influences upon youth, or product placement, either in the song or within the video the use of brand names. KBS, MBC, and SBS are the three networks, and account for the vast majority of banned K-pop videos. Between 2009 and 2012, they banned over 1,300 K-pop songs. [1]
While Korea's three largest television networks—KBS, MBC, and SBS—have all banned videos at some point, the public broadcaster KBS is known for having stricter standards and practices, and additionally bans songs that encourage inappropriate behaviour (especially among youth), or contain references to brand names or Japanese words. This ...
"Some" (Korean: 썸) is a song by South Korean singers Soyou and Junggigo, featuring Lil Boi of Geeks. It was released online as a digital single on February 7, 2014 through Starship Entertainment. [1] The song was a commercial success, peaking at number 1 on the Gaon Digital Chart, Gaon Download Chart, and Gaon Streaming Chart. The song has ...
The song was well received by both music critics and the public, youths in particular. [9] Initially it won a government award (건전가요상, the Wholesome Song Award), and was considered a pro-government propaganda or "healthy" song, and played on the Korean radio under a cultural program supported by the government. [4] [6] [10] [7]
"Ima Korean" is a parody of The Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling" by American comedy rapper Rucka Rucka Ali. The song was released on February 20, 2010, as a single to iTunes. [1] It makes fun of then North Korean leader Kim Jong Il as well as the culture, and stereotypes associated with his country and the wider East Asia. The song's cover ...
"Dokdo Is Our Land" (Korean: 독도는 우리땅) is a 1982 pop song written by South Korean musician Park Moon-young and sung by comedian Jeong Kwang-tae about the Liancourt Rocks dispute. [ 1 ] : 23 The song has grown to become highly recognizable in South Korea as a point of anti-Japanese nationalism .
"Footsteps" (Korean: 발걸음, romanized: Palgŏrŭm) is a North Korean propaganda song dedicated for Kim Jong Un, that appeared before "Onwards Toward the Final Victory". The song was released in 2009 [1] and aired while his father Kim Jong Il) was still alive, before Kim Jong Un had a formal position. [2] The composer is Ri Jong-o . [3]
Organizers of demonstrations would distribute flyers with the lyrics and minjung-gayo sheet music to attendees. The songs caught on as a part of protest culture. [3] The history of Korean protest songs in the 1980s can be divided into three periods. The first period was the protest songs, [3] or the period when many songs were composed as ...