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Hye Jin Lee

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158 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Switched on Pop
BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same.

And there's also this line that you played where RM says, this that K gotta get a better pop here.

Switched on Pop
BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same.

So even when they're acknowledging that despite all these like, you know, collaboration with Western songwriters and producers, they're still thinking about the Korean culture, right?

Switched on Pop
BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same.

This song probably has the most Korean references out of all tracks in this album.

Switched on Pop
BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same.

I mean, it is a song that talks about Korean people's lifestyle and traits.

Switched on Pop
BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same.

Even in that chorus, it talks about Koreans take off their shoes when they

Switched on Pop
BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same.

enter the house, or Koreans known as people who are polite.

Switched on Pop
BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same.

Korea's nickname by China a long time ago was λ™λ°©κ°œμœ„μ§€κ΅­, which translates into the Eastern nation that's known for its courtesy and etiquette.

Switched on Pop
BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same.

So that's the reference that we hear in the chorus.

Switched on Pop
BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same.

And then also the part about Koreans never sleeping because they're always working hard.

Switched on Pop
BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same.

And Koreans always moving faster.

Switched on Pop
BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same.

λͺ¨λ“  더 λΉ λ₯΄κ²Œ is in the lyrics.

Switched on Pop
BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same.

So all the stereotypes and traits are

Switched on Pop
BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same.

that we can attach to Korean people seems to be in this very short chorus.

Switched on Pop
BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same.

Westerners.

Switched on Pop
BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same.

Yes.

Switched on Pop
BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same.

If I can just kind of go a little bit further with Kim Gu reference in the lyrics, right before when RM says, pardon, Kim Gu, tell me how you feel.

Switched on Pop
BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same.

He says, everybody know now where the K is.

Switched on Pop
BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same.

So that message of like, you know, finding that K reappears in Aliens.

Switched on Pop
BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same.

And Kim Koo is, again, as Nate said, is the leader of the Korean independence movement.

Switched on Pop
BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same.

He was an activist.