K-pop
Noun
Meaning
K-pop (uncountable)
(music) South Korean pop music influenced by Western styles.
K-Pop (uncountable)
Alternative letter-case form of K-pop.
Examples
I never expect I would become a K-pop star.
Thanks to many great K-pop singers, the groundwork has been laid for more Korean songs to be readily accessible to an overseas audience via channels like YouTube.
I think K-Pop is a type of expression.
The word we have in Korea for K-Pop is 'Gaio.' And I guess it's a huge umbrella term. Basically it's like saying Coldplay and Kanye West, or Eminem and Celine Dion, are the same genre.
I'd rather be just a Korean musician as opposed to, you know, a K-Pop musician.
According to Mano Lee, a Seoul-based K-pop columnist, the sexism and misogyny that female stars face is a symptom of the way women are treated in wider society.