Kpop Idol Culture. The idols to become a parasocial-kin an object of consumption and parasocial interaction. Many of the pro players we know and love today hail from Korea including League of Legends Lee Faker Sang-hyeok Overwatchs Bang JJonak Sung-hyeon and Dota 2s Kim QO Sun Yeob.
These contracts have also become quite prestigious in recent years as idol culture has become a more important part of Korean pop culture and as the Hallyu wave has become successful and profitable outside of Korea. Firstly their training is pretty different. K-pop has a professional manufactured idol system which produces young entertainers with higher average skills while the C-pop idol industry is still immature.
K-pops popularity has been emerging for a long time now and has seen a meteoric spike since PSY s Gangnam Style.
If feminism is taboo in Korean culture can you imagine an idol that talks about it and mental health at the same time. This parasocial kinship is defined on how an. So it should be no surprise that many Korean idols and K-pop groups are. Allkpop works around the clock to be the first to deliver minute to minute breaking news gossip and the most exclusive coverage on the hottest K-pop stars.