KIN-Pop and Indonesian Boy Bands: Transnational Flow of K-Pop
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Korean popular music (K-pop) has recently gained popularity among Indonesian youth. Indeed, with sponsorship from Samsung Indonesia, the K-pop agency YS Media Entertainment held a K-pop singing competition, Galaxy Superstar in many parts of Indonesia from January through March 2012. Among the eleven finalists of the competition invited to Korea to be trained in K-pop, four young men were chosen as winners of the competition. Supported by the K-pop label Sony Music Korea, the four winners made their Indonesian debut in October 2012 as the boy band called ‘S4.’ The members describe the music they play as ‘KIN-pop’ or Korean Indonesian pop, since they have covered K-pop songs and collaborated with K-pop musicians in presenting new pieces. Focusing on S4 and their KIN-pop, this paper investigates how KIN-pop reflects the transnational flow of Korean popular music in terms of the interactive relation between Korea and Indonesia under the globalized pop music industry. For this investigation, I first look at S4’s music and performance styles, demonstrating what KIN-pop is as well as how it is similar to and different from K-pop. I will also address why KIN-pop emerged in Indonesia. I will then suggest that KIN-pop is a musical genre not only spinning off from K-pop under the global promotion of K-pop but also moving towards a new Asianism. Finally, I will argue that KIN-pop serves as a musical career through which young Indonesian pop musicians can become transnational celebrities beyond their local context, just like K-pop stars.
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Korean popular music (K-pop) has recently gained popularity among Indonesian youth. Indeed, with sponsorship from Samsung Indonesia, the K-pop agency YS Media Entertainment held a K-pop singing competition, Galaxy Superstar in many parts of Indonesia from January through March 2012. Among the eleven finalists of the competition invited to Korea to be trained in K-pop, four young men were chosen as winners of the competition. Supported by the K-pop label Sony Music Korea, the four winners made their Indonesian debut in October 2012 as the boy band called ‘S4.’ The members describe the music they play as ‘KIN-pop’ or Korean Indonesian pop, since they have covered K-pop songs and collaborated with K-pop musicians in presenting new pieces. Focusing on S4 and their KIN-pop, this paper investigates how KIN-pop reflects the transnational flow of Korean popular music in terms of the interactive relation between Korea and Indonesia under the globalized pop music industry. For this investigation, I first look at S4’s music and performance styles, demonstrating what KIN-pop is as well as how it is similar to and different from K-pop. I will also address why KIN-pop emerged in Indonesia. I will then suggest that KIN-pop is a musical genre not only spinning off from K-pop under the global promotion of K-pop but also moving towards a new Asianism. Finally, I will argue that KIN-pop serves as a musical career through which young Indonesian pop musicians can become transnational celebrities beyond their local context, just like K-pop stars.
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