Bromance Moment: Myungyeol Piggyback

Cute bromance moment between Kim Myung-soo and Lee Sungyeol of the K-pop band Infinite.

~DJ Thalia~

A to Z Blogging Challenge 2015: World Music: K is for K-Pop

K-Pop simply stands for "popular music from Korea," particularly South Korea. Above is a playlist of of well-loved "K-Pop" tunes.

First gaining popularity in East Asia in the late 1990s, K-pop entered the Japanese music market towards the turn of the 21st century. In the late 2000s, it grew from a musical genre into a subculture among teenagers and young adults of East and Southeast Asia. Currently, the spread of K-pop to other regions of the world, via the Korean wave, is seen in parts of Latin America, Northeast India, North Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and immigrant enclaves of the Western world.

(source: Wikipedia)

By learning about one another through our music, we begin to see that we really all have very much the same basic needs and concerns.

~DJ Illin' Illsa~

A to Z Challenge 2015: World Pop Culture: H is for Heartstrings

Heartstrings was a popular Korean television mini-series. The series aired in 2011 and starred Park Shin-hye, Jung Yong-hwa, Song Chang-eui, So Yi-hyun, Kang Min-hyuk, Woori and Lee Hyun-jin. It aired on MBC from June 29 to August 19, 2011 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 15 episodes. Heartstrings was a youth melodrama about love, friendship and dreams, set against the backdrop of a performing arts college. 

Many Westerners have a fascination with Asian culture, making programs such as Heartstrings very popular in the United States and Western Europe as well as in Asian countries. In fact, because of Park Shin-hye and Jung Yong-hwa's strong overseas fanbase from their previous drama You're Beautiful (SBS, 2009), broadcasting rights to Heartstrings were pre-sold to eight countries including Japan, China, Hong Kong and North America, ahead of its premiere in South Korea.

~DJ Koni~

Information taken from the Heartstrings Wikipedia page.