K-POP The Magic Dragon

 

     So I heard that a few days ago, a niece (a cousin’s18-year-old daughter) bought a ticket worth nine thousand pesos to an all-girl KPop band’s upcoming concert. 9K, well, you can buy lots of nice little things with that money, considering that her family's presently struggling a bit financially) but she spent it on a KPop concert and she doesn’t know even a single Korean word. Incidentally, it was the first time I heard the said group’s name.

     Few years ago, I listened to songs of some famous KPop groups to try to see what makes people (especially Filipinos) go wild and hysterical with them and think that their songs are the biggest blessings music has ever had—I failed to see it. Either I was just too old for their kind of music or their songs really have ordinary melodies and arrangement. And those (all-male KPop groups’) dance steps, we know who inspired them—Michael Jackson. They all look gorgeous (boys most often than not are a lot prettier than girls) but it’s a common knowledge that most of these looks are, well, science-based. Some of these kids’ nose will probably fly when you flick it with your finger. Lol. I mean, they are fairly entertaining, yes, but lots of young people going gaga with them and putting them on a really high pedestal, that I don’t understand.

     One story that went viral early this year was that of a young Filipina who stole her family’s earnings from their small business to buy really expensive KPop merchandises, and she kept stealing and buying until the business collapsed. 

     The girl showed remorse, but a few days later, she again was heard singing a song which words she could not understand and could barely pronounce.