I'm willing to listen to any lesson, but "being so happy" because he praised BTS sounds so insecure and desperate for attention. Just take the message and keep moving.
20 people? LOL. How much you wanna bet there were another 60 in there that were uncomfortable to raise their hands AGAIN because of toxic masculinity stereotypes?
It isn’t just bc of BTS or KPop or Hallyu that will see the demise of toxic masculinity. Police brutality, sexual assault, domestic abuse, violent crimes, you name a societal ill, there’s a link to toxic masculinity. I know there are men themselves who feel ostracized and trapped in the west’s narrow view of masculinity. It needs to end. It will end.
Alice Black its just like that professor said about the korean wave and to never turn ur back on the sea, before they know it kpop or east asian culture or music will be everywhere.
I used to be disgusted by kpop because guys wore makeup but then I also fell into it after my friend recommended "save me" from BTS back in 2016, Honestly I was trying to look for the most masculine guy in the video which turned out to be Rm, I really only liked him because of his looks but looking back at the way I thought was kinda negative but kpop has made me be more open towards everyone regardless or their sexuality, what they look like, or what they like. It's fascinating how kpop made my mindset change without me even knowing it.
Well Korean men are not "skinny, make up, soft features" at all, go check street interviews. Alot of Korean believe that when u are over 20 it's considered uncool to like k-pop in Korea. Also let's not act as if this industry is not toxic and don't demand: plastic surgery to the face for v rounded shape, to the eyes (alot more facial surgery) weird diets, food deprivaiton...
@@salsaecebolinha5281 well that's what korean believe, shouldn't be served as a good example that we non-korean not to take the positive side of kpop. & looking back at the age demographic in various music charts & sns, not really a majority at all for ur statement about them considering anyone over 20 to be uncool to like kpop. Even now, there are A LOT of koreans over 30 that like kpop bcus there are also kpop idols who are already around that age/serving contents that adults actually like. Idk where u got that already false info from lol. & again, another wrong infos. They didn't always do major plastic surgery. In many cases it's minor & most of the time it's not for facial frame either, it's only for a few facial features. U do realize that plenty of idols have sharp & slim facial shape right? Not rounded. & korean men comes in many different shape?? Which include skinny & having soft features?? Idk what u're trying to say here. No one said that male idols represent the majority of how korean men looks like just like how hollywood actors don't represent how american men look like too lol. As for makeup, it's for their job. It's normal. They don't really wear makeup either off camera/in everyday's life. Not sure with what u meant by "weird diet" tho but yeah, some of them did starve a lot to make themselves skinny.
Real men aren't afraid of femininity. This is why so many people find kpop stars attractive, because most men in the west display toxic masculinity. We have to stop this idea that men can't be soft, sensitive, or wear makeup.
Come on, please define toxic masculinity. Western men are the most respectful and equally treat their women, generally speaking. You don't know anything about the real life relationships of celebrity kpop stars, or any other race, celebrity or not. You don't know anything about how lucky women in the west are. Actually they're so lucky that, a large noisy minority of them are ungrateful af that they call being a gentlemen and showing respect for women a form of toxic masculity. Smh people. Smh.
Baekhyun the face of K-pop. He’s amazing. For anyone that doesn’t know, his second mini album just sold a million copies. The first million seller soloist in Korea in 20 years. You should check Candy, the single and Delight, the album!
I have been a huge fan of South Korea since I taught English there from 90-01 and I am also a huge BTS fan. I hope Dr. Richards is right. I would *love* to see the end of toxic masculinity.
imagine being a man and being threatened by a beauty standard that doesn't want men to look like homeless people. imagine being a man and feeling uncomfortable bc another man has makeup on or is called "cute". fragile (toxic) masculinity is disgusting and the ones laughing at baekhyun/korea's culture are incredibly stupid. but what's worse... women laughing at it too when they find harry styles attractive and so woke when he wears weird clothes and paints his nails, or when any other man wears makeup (luke hemmings for example), i see it only works when they're not asian??? i'm so glad Dr. Sam exposed Korea a little more and showed smth new to these students
Hairy cave men looking men is out! men should be able to take care of themselves, wear makeup if they want. hairy man style is NOT attractive at all and glad it is long gone.
@日産スカイライン totally, race is a determining factor here. white men are being praised for things asian men have been doing for some time now, why? we should be ashamed tbh
@@amelie1656 wooow criticizing people who dislike the idea or appearance of feminine men but saying that men who grow facial-/body hair look like cavemen 😳😳😂😂😂 talk about double standards
@@just_a_yokai1103 what, did you feel triggered? many of them do 'cause people forget about having proper hygiene. however, that was an example, just in case you failed to see its purpose in my comment. naming every type of men would have taken away the focus to my point.
I just want to say that I'm extremely proud of our 7 boys, BTS. They worked so hard, started from literally nothing and got so much of criticism and unwanted hate, but still didn't give up and they never stopped working hard, and now they're at the top...I cry so much whenever I think of the struggles they went through. They really are a band of a lifetime. They will go down in history...oh wait, they already did! But they still continue to work extremely hard, even though they are at the top, and that's a sign of true passion.💜💜💜even my 56 year old mother loves them, and my father who is a pastor, even he likes BTS. He saw something different in them that he didn't see in other artists or celebrities. Honesty and genuineness
@@elmohead You probably wanna look up for the korean peninsula since "Korea" rught now is the result and accomodation of countries that were formed and merged in the peninsula which began 2333 B.C
i can‘t even talk about Korea history without Chinese history how most the history are in the chinese book and half of Koreans just made up the history
I cannot believe how differently Koreans are viewed by Americans than they were when I lived there as a foreign student from 1989 to 1996. Americans were only interested in Japan and barely knew about Korea. My art teacher praised how Japanese ceramics is the best in the world, and she would refuse to believe Korean ceramicists were abducted and forcefully taken to Japan so they could teach the Japanese potters their advanced techniques. Another teacher of mine who was in his 50’s showed slides he took in Seoul while he was stationed there in the 1960’s. The photos were showing poverty-stricken Korea and my classmates would assume Korea was still like that in the 1990’s. There was no use trying to explain how Korea had changed. Now I understand ltheir response because they didn’t know any country would grow so rich so in such a short time. I could never cook Korean food or open a Kimchi bottle when I lived with my American roommate because she openly showed how disgusted she was by the “stench.” I was almost ashamed of Korean food as well as of our culture as a whole. You would never know how I feel now watching videos like this and reading foreign news about Korea being so powerful and envied. I wish I had been born 20 years after my birth year. My everyday life in the States and how I perceived myself would have been different. I’m still glad Korea is now getting its recognition it deserves.
We are now very popular. I grew up never seeing Asian actors to emulate in film. Now parasite and everything everywhere at once shows the time is NOW for Asians and Koreans especially. Exciting times. Be positive. Be happy! It’s finally happening!
I grew up in America and would go back to South Korea every couple years for the summer and I always thought growing up that they were way ahead. I would see tech there that wasn’t available back home, like game systems, phones, internet speeds. They even had e-sports on TV a decade before e-sports even became a thing in America. I even started noticing that the fashion trends appeared in Korea 2-3 years ahead of America. Now they’re starting to dominate the film and music industry. This guy is right on the money when he talks about the “korean wave” hitting America, it’s coming very soon.
I love the moment when the professor mentioned the ocean analogy. He is so brilliant. He's trying so hard to instruct his students to pay more attention on things that are going on around the world and always look and move forward. Be updated, curious, open minded and willing to learn.
Nah dude, e-boys dress like kpop in 2016. Not a lot of kpop idols wearing grunge dark cloths anymore. They have ALOT more styles and professional stylists working for them.
South Korea is winning cuz they work hella hard. Look at their education system (hagwons, Livestream lectures or programs from like middle school, high school) - been doing that since way before COVID-19..., look at their skincare and beauty industry. They made BB and CC cream a big deal. Samsung, etc They are conquering like every industry...
no offence, if it was gg or maybe blackpink, i believe that males going to raise their hand because you know 'toxic masculinity' who hate korean group except korean girlgroup
Baekhyunee is has the most soft and clean skin ever he doesn't even need makeup he is so handsome even without it I'm just so proud of him he is so handsome and natural
Baekhyun as the face of Korean beauty standards?..absolutely!!..❤❤❤..he's not only gorgeous but his vocals are mesmerising 👀💕💕, the first million seller kpop Soloist in 19years❣❤
Of course your’re going to use the face of Kpop Byun Baekhyun as an example - The Genius Idol , Best Selling Soloist in 12 years , and now Prada Ambassador and I dont know why they laughing because majority of all the idols look better than them with or without makeup 💀
I'm going to be nice and say it's probably bc he showed the ab pic out of nowhere and in the middle of class with 100+ people around them. Do you really expect them to keep composure?
Kpop is more then kpop. I know BTS is a kpop band, but most don't call them this anymore because they doing different genres, and are original in doing there own style. The BTS - genre. And BTS supposed to be a hiphop group, with 2 underground rappers and a streetdancer that learned rap when he joined in. But the CEO decided to make it a Kpop group when other 4 vocolist joined in and not all of them could sing, each of them learned to sing/rap and dancing. Its a lot work and time. They composing, producing there own songs, writing there own lyrics. Meaning full lyrics, the lyrics are so deep you need a explanation. With grazy wordplays. Bts is more then some westerns thinking. You have to came out the western bubble and being openminded. You have different groups in Kpop. But BTS is another level. They are the biggest, but keeping themselfs humble, they are social an funny. There personality is goofienes, jokes, and living there lives, care about people and they living togheter. They are real brothers that care about there fans and everyone.
a lot of group's have different genres in their albums and songs. they are all doing something different. bts are kpop because they're korean boy group. i don't know why people are obsessed with separating them from it like it's a bad thing. there are kpop groups that do rock songs and hip hop, but they are still kpop. stop normalizing kpop being a bad thing that promotes racism and xenophobia.
the fact that this comment literally never mentioned a single group yet some of the replies felt so attacked that they felt the need to mention their faves is laughable. BTS kings everyone
More like Kim Taehyung is the face of KPOP but I love EXO too. BTS and EXO are what western music needs to look at. Those 2 groups have proven what western audiences want and what we consume.
Btw the guy right there (Baekhyun) just became one of the two solo artists in the 21st century to have an album with over 1million sales in South Korea and he belongs to a group called EXO who are the only boy group quintuple million sellers in Korea. He's huge, famous, and talented, of course he's pretty and handsome but talented too, i just want people to know that.
I’ve been on this tip for a few years now I’m glad the education system is now seeing how influential these countries are and beneficial it is for us to understand these countries and their cultures
I'd love to talk to the people who know nothing about korea and were at the audience i study international relations and korea took constructivism and soft power to the limit, it's indeed amazing
Korea has 5000 years of history and as BTS leader KIM NAMJOON has mentioned in his acceptance speech Feb 2019, it was KIM GU, who was assassinated in 1949, said, *"THE ONLY THING I'VE WANTED TO IS THE POWER OF HIGH CULTURE"* . korean culture survived depite the cultural destruction efforts under emperial japan... thus, it is interesting(& somewhat condescending of him) to see that a western professor believing the korean government DECIDED to push cultural thing AFTER deliberating that the electronics, cars, clothing etc industries are already taken over by the america, europe, japan etc...
Well, the South Korean gov. did actually allocate a significant amount of their budget toward Halyu. K-Dramas, K-Pop, etc. were actually funded by the gov. in the beginning (only after Seo Taji & Boys proved it would work, however. Before them, it was solo artists that were churned out by the industry). Why do you think SM, JYPE, and YG were/are so powerful? They were originally funded by the SK gov. BTS is really interesting, however, since they didn’t have access to those resources, yet still prevailed.
@@simplymarvelousliving The Korean government decided to join the train AFTER Hallyu had already taken off overseas. They didn't create it from scratch. They saw opportunity there and wanted to push it further. And of course, like typical bureaucrats, they wanted to take credit for it.
EXO Baekhyun isn't just handsome he is talented to just tap EXO Baekhyun and you will never regret it Visual, Vocals, Dance, Rap, model, Privé boss, Tir Tir ambassador, best soloist with more than 1M seller, EXO Halyu Kings
wow i'm getting goosebumps just seeing him talk. i'm so gonna binge watch the entirety of his videos o_o he's putting into actual words what i've always been feeling and even backing them up with numbers. amazing
Those students laughing when Baekhyun appeared are Baekhyun fans... one student clarified on twitter after seeing most of the K-pop fans misunderstanding the professor and the students...
This professor knows what he's talking about. Even though it's his field of study and we are actually witnessing the hallyu wave, there'll always be people that would disagree because they're either blind or not too bright. I follow some korean youtubers but there is one in particular that I find very interesting. He travels the world and wherever he may be; South America, Europe, Asia, etc, so many people come up to him (mostly females) and want to take pictures with him and tell him how handsome he is and how they love Korea. Some even speak Korean to him. He actually looks like he could be a kpop idol. It's really fascinating how popular Korea is right now.
Great lecture and good to know my learning Korean will be useful in the future 😁 BTS are even bigger now, breaking records even the Beattles held. BTS themselves are a huge wave in itself. 💜
I do think it’s important to distinguish that the makeup is not an every day look, mostly for stages and concerts. It is very attractive but not the norm outside of performance life. That being said, of course as we move forward and conventional stereotypes for men and women are diminished, it may in fact become more normal and acceptable to wear outside of a stage. It would be really cool to see men not afraid to experiment if they want to without the fear of being judged.
I LOVE THIS. I applaud this class at Penn State seriously. Bts is such a power house in the world. They continue to dominate while spreading positivity & touching millions of lives. They are the future. We are seeing the future unfold right in front of our eyes. Bts is one hell of a force. They are unraveling all of the stereotypes & changing them 1 by 1. I think I have a special place in my heart for bts not because of there music, but how they shifted the way people view Koreans (Asians in general) I will always root for them & support them fully.
I've seen his previous video which he did on BTS 2 years ago, from that time I have huge respect for him 👏 thank you sir for having great perspective which some younger 'smart' ppl can't have.
I love BTS but this professor is not teaching the kids anything. Like is this the education kids get in the US? Some fat kids also wearing headphones in class? The teacher in his 50s trying to talk with "yo man" like he's a teenage crackhead? Apologizing to students for showing them numbers? These are people graduating business schools and they don't like numbers? Maybe that's why Korea is beating them... Better education, more discipline, people willing to work hard. Unlike these Penn State "students"
El maquillaje no define tu masculinidad. Baekhyun es hermoso con o sin maquillaje, sin mencionar que su talento es impresionante. Todos los de EXO son hermosos, y sobre todo talentosos.
Oh i see my baby baekhyun!...k-beauty representator!!..our first million seller soloist in 19 years also being represented for defining korean beauty!!! Thats so cool!! The professor explained so beautifully!! EXOxBTS dominating again and again!!!
l am a boy and l find them attractive too.The professor is right.There is gonna be a time when people are gonna stop discriminating Asian men.They are attractive,there is no denying that.just because of toxic masculinity these people are afraid to think like that.And just because l am a boy,that doesn't mean that l won't say another man is handsome when they are.Mad respect for this professor.He is a really open minded person and the world needs more people like him.
*I am a latin woman and i've never seen more TOXIC masculinity in my life than here in the west (especially South America)* This will stop someday i hope so.
It's interesting how anime was able to successfully internationalize starting in the 80s and 90s, but the Japanese music industry never managed to pull off the same feat. Years later it seems like K-Pop has ended up leapfrogging them by a huge margin in that regard. Who knows: in a few years maybe Chinese pop culture will also begin to permeate into America's consciousness, aided in no small part by our TikTok overlords I'm sure.
I know right!!!! I honestly think c-pop may be the next one to raise since it has been gaining more international fans interest. I say it has someone who DID NOT liked c-pop and was not interested in China in general besides techno wise but now I am recognizing the quality of chinese shows, Chinese music, etc.
I started with kdramas and kpop but recently I've been branching out into cdramas and cpop. One thing they're still lacking compared to kpop is subbed content but I'm sure that'll come as they keep getting more popular.
In south east asia, chinese pop culture were actually big before anime with the chinese drama "Meteor Garden" which was actually based on Anime but back then Anime wasn't as famous. And you're right, come to think of it, anime has been internationalized hasn't it? Back then, everyone were closet anime fans but now it's normal to like anime. I think we're moving on the same direction with KPop, it's starting to get normalized nowadays.
In fact, C-pop has a lot of Korean technology and has a lot of copies. There are many Korean producers, choreographers, producers, and stylists, and after learning in Korea, they take it to China and sell it. Freedom is necessary for culture to develop. In China, democratization comes first. Culture should not be used in China's ideological brainwashing work.
Sir i think u have to explain to them what record bts breaking in us & uk for the example : "as stated by forbes, BTS have charted twice as many as the beatles or queen on the album sales chart" BTS Best Selling Act with the Best Selling Album, Next Generation Leaders, Top Group, Top 100 Most Influential People of the World, First non-English speaking act to headline Wembley Stadium, highest grossing engagement for Rose Bowl and worth $4.65B to SK's economy. And more u should know about it ^^
Don't forget, Map of the Soul: 7 album from BTS officially ranks #1 on Oricon's mid-year album chart for the first half. It's the FIRST album from a foreign artist in 36 years to top this chart in Japan since Michael Jackson's Thriller in 1984
I agree on all points he stated. The beach analogy is so true. I never saw the Asian wave coming and I got knocked down. I only watch K dramas now and listen and own many K-pop and C- pop,group albums.
Koreans are good at music and dancing since ancient times, it is documented by some ancient Chinese literature, I know one that was written in Tang Dynasty which has described Residents of Silla as such (Silla is the originate of Korea)
I'm excited for the moment where men dress like this. Where they are open with their emotions and are not afraid of expressing themselves to the fullest extent. Through their clothes, makeup, hair, and actions. Instead of suppressing themselves. I truly am. I admire idols for breaking these western stereotypes bc they know their exterior does not determine if they are a man. They are secure in their masculinity and are human. They cry, share their thoughts, are caring for other MEN and women. And I honestly think this is how it should be. For example, look at Jimin from BTS. He is emotionally intelligent, and has very androgynous features. He wears clothes designed for women and for men. He used to worry about being muscular and manly. But now he realizes he can be himself and that is enough.
This professor is a visionary....and very analytical. His deduction is so correct. He is one of a few sociólogy professors in major US universities, who is able to bring relevance to sociólogy.
Besides him talking bout Baekhyunee charms things, i listen to him carefully cuz i think it's important when we talking about economics. The rise and down, you know? You need to know better.
I already finished my master thesis but boy would i have loved for a professor to let me do a thesis on BTS. My ARMY ass would be over the moon... Currently studying japanese and then i will do korean. This man is so right, learn chinese, japanese, thai, korean etc...
I fell down a BTS rabbit hole... it's 6 am and I am still awake watching part of a lecture from a college I've never been to or even heard of. And I'm happy about it ^^ 💜💜
Hello, professor. I came to Korea for C19 and have lived abroad for many years. Your RUclips is gaining popularity among Koreans. But I found a strange part in your lecture. It's about the Korean Wave. I think there are a lot of Japanese documents in the data you mentioned. Unfortunately, Korea and Japan have a really bad relationship. (Japan is bad, but China also bad for Korea.) Therefore, it is very wrong that the Korean government supported K-pop when you gave a lecture. Korea is a highly competitive country. Only the first place survived in a competitive society and was able to develop because it was a recognized harsh country. So are Korean celebrities. It was not the government's role that Psy was known to people around the world. This was a very fortuitous opportunity. Psy was also a very unique, unfamiliar, and sometimes he made social criticize style music. And the whole korean likes Psy, a singer who made music with courage and hope. But suddenly, this singer came out in Gangnam style after a long time. In Korea, they were enthusiastic about fun and exciting songs and music movie without context, and there was never a government role in entering the U.S. as songs became popular throughout Asia, where the Korean Wave spread. Psy was rather a pain in the neck of the government, and he joined the army twice. Also, the government has very strict regulations on Korean singers. They couldn't even change their hair color before. Even now, male singers cannot take off their tops, female singers cannot wear clothes that reveal their navels, or appear on TV if they look suggestive. In the past, Korean celebrities unrelated to the government established entertainment agencies in his name and created singers in his name. It was all in their own interest, and the Government rather interrupted a lot and never helped. As Korean singers became widely known, the Korean government using singers a little bit these days, and the government didn't helping them at all. You'll know when you see China. No matter how much capital the Government spend, it can't help. This is simply an increase in the number of people around the world who are curious about Korea. For example, BTS was really bad situations many years. If you watch their stories for five minutes, you can't say that the government has caused the Korean Wave. They did their best to communicate with fans, still tried to remain humble, and did their best to make their own music. I earnestly tell you. Never read Chinese or Japanese essays, news and articles. They don't like Korea and they don't have the right words. It's very likely that the people who wrote it are the people who are involved in the government of the country. They only undermine Korea. Thak you.
The Korean wave is so strong that it makes u learn everything about Korea and their culture...the day is not so far wen professor will be giving his speech in Korean😉
It’s true that the western culture is coming to take all of us, not just with the culture that’s just a way to start, and I’m so sorry for all those students that weren’t able to understand what their teacher was saying and laughed , I’m just learning English and I started when I was 18 now I’m 20 the reason that I started to learn a second lenguaje is because when I was younger than now everybody used to say that English was a door for the world but now I’m my generation knowing English is something basic; because most of the people I know learned because of the same reason than mine and there’s more competition everywhere, now I’m going to learn my 3rd language bcs having 2 is not enough, and if you are not ready to realize that in this era is because your mind is recoiling instead of progressing,. Technology has making the world closer than was 10 years ago that’s exactly the kind of mind that we need to have as youth and future of this society using our minds to think further than 2 or 5 years using the Korean culture to bring the progress up was a smart thing to do, I’m from a poor country but as many like me we are looking for success is hard to see that young people like them can not appreciate the value of those words, I think they don’t know how hard is to work for even have the opportunity of going to school. This world doesn’t need more small minds like those *I clap that teacher* (Like I said I’m just learning English sorry if my grammar is poor)
BTS has not only made me fall in love with their music, they’ve also built my interest in South Korea and in Asia in general. I think that’s so phenomenal. Seven young men who manage to exert such a big influence globally... Praising and awarding them only for their musical talent simply isn’t enough in my opinion. I wish they also get more acknowledgement and appreciation in Europe. I know they’ve sold out several concerts here throughout the time, but the fact that I don’t know one single person in real life that knows BTS, let alone likes them, is a shame. These guys deserve all the love they get and people should indeed, like this professor said, look deeper into Asia and South Korea. Learn about their languages, their traditions, their habits and one of Korea’s most popular trademarks at this moment; K-Pop music.
I love BTS!! GRACIAS POR MENCIONARLOS, BANGTAN BOYS REALMENTE TIENEN UN MENSAJE TAN PROFUNDO, QUE ALUCINAS!! ES MI PRESENTE Y MI FUTURO!! BTS FOREVER!!
This professor has been praising BTS for years now, it makes me so happy that he sees their legacy💜
I know. I love his lectures and the first time I heard him speak about bts was when I was watching one of his lectures
Stan this professor👌
I love that :')
WE stand
I'm willing to listen to any lesson, but "being so happy" because he praised BTS sounds so insecure and desperate for attention. Just take the message and keep moving.
20 people? LOL. How much you wanna bet there were another 60 in there that were uncomfortable to raise their hands AGAIN because of toxic masculinity stereotypes?
exactly!
Seriously that's what I was about to say
it's really obvious 😒sigh
lil meow meow I mean, even my 57 yo mom thinks they’re hot...
It isn’t just bc of BTS or KPop or Hallyu that will see the demise of toxic masculinity. Police brutality, sexual assault, domestic abuse, violent crimes, you name a societal ill, there’s a link to toxic masculinity. I know there are men themselves who feel ostracized and trapped in the west’s narrow view of masculinity. It needs to end. It will end.
It is shocking how many people in this audience are looking at the screen with... shock? Rejection? The western world has a long way to go.
Alice Black its just like that professor said about the korean wave and to never turn ur back on the sea, before they know it kpop or east asian culture or music will be everywhere.
I used to be disgusted by kpop because guys wore makeup but then I also fell into it after my friend recommended "save me" from BTS back in 2016, Honestly I was trying to look for the most masculine guy in the video which turned out to be Rm, I really only liked him because of his looks but looking back at the way I thought was kinda negative but kpop has made me be more open towards everyone regardless or their sexuality, what they look like, or what they like. It's fascinating how kpop made my mindset change without me even knowing it.
@@kpoptrash4085 wow i'm glad you changed, that's nice to hear you became more open minded
Well Korean men are not "skinny, make up, soft features" at all, go check street interviews. Alot of Korean believe that when u are over 20 it's considered uncool to like k-pop in Korea.
Also let's not act as if this industry is not toxic and don't demand: plastic surgery to the face for v rounded shape, to the eyes (alot more facial surgery) weird diets, food deprivaiton...
@@salsaecebolinha5281 well that's what korean believe, shouldn't be served as a good example that we non-korean not to take the positive side of kpop.
& looking back at the age demographic in various music charts & sns, not really a majority at all for ur statement about them considering anyone over 20 to be uncool to like kpop.
Even now, there are A LOT of koreans over 30 that like kpop bcus there are also kpop idols who are already around that age/serving contents that adults actually like. Idk where u got that already false info from lol.
& again, another wrong infos. They didn't always do major plastic surgery. In many cases it's minor & most of the time it's not for facial frame either, it's only for a few facial features. U do realize that plenty of idols have sharp & slim facial shape right? Not rounded.
& korean men comes in many different shape?? Which include skinny & having soft features?? Idk what u're trying to say here.
No one said that male idols represent the majority of how korean men looks like just like how hollywood actors don't represent how american men look like too lol.
As for makeup, it's for their job. It's normal. They don't really wear makeup either off camera/in everyday's life. Not sure with what u meant by "weird diet" tho but yeah, some of them did starve a lot to make themselves skinny.
“Look at these guys,
*points at BTS*
this is the future”
PERIODT.
Periodt
What does it mean "periodt"? I can't find it on dictionary so..
@@aaronk9627 it's like saying it's a fact or something
@ami thanks ami ^^
So the future is for all men to start putting on makeup and looking like women????
Not surprised he used EXO's Baekhyun as an example of beauty. EXO shines in every way- talent, visual, character.
Not a fan but I f*cking gotta say. Baekhyun is really pretty.💜🥺
I know right XD I was so surprised when he popped up
Deasia Holland, ooo yessss but also Baekhyun
YES. AND HUGELY TALENTED
Not an exo l but he is so coooooollll
Real men aren't afraid of femininity. This is why so many people find kpop stars attractive, because most men in the west display toxic masculinity. We have to stop this idea that men can't be soft, sensitive, or wear makeup.
@@moonmochi5562 yup.
Come on, please define toxic masculinity. Western men are the most respectful and equally treat their women, generally speaking. You don't know anything about the real life relationships of celebrity kpop stars, or any other race, celebrity or not. You don't know anything about how lucky women in the west are. Actually they're so lucky that, a large noisy minority of them are ungrateful af that they call being a gentlemen and showing respect for women a form of toxic masculity. Smh people. Smh.
@@Selu2023 uuuuummmm not really.
Do you not realise that saying "real men" at the start of your sentence plays into toxic masculinity.
@@resurgingflame Sorry which part don't you agree with?
Hes not lying I believe Asian culture is coming for sure
I agree to and I actually do want it to happen I find there culture really interesting and I honestly love it.
I hope
@@Tybze china coming my bro
@@jess_2905 same here.
U won’t be disappointed.
"this is the band that really has put kpop on the charts" im not even korean but im proud
Same bruh
yo for real. kpop didn't have a place on the charts before, but now they even compete with each other. props to BTS
Don't forget blackpink. Or the 80's stuff
I want this lecture in my college
Kakali Rabha SAME.
Oh, my gosh. Me, too! 😂😂😂
I wish I had this in Rutgers Newark
hahah. Sameee
Baekhyun the face of K-pop. He’s amazing. For anyone that doesn’t know, his second mini album just sold a million copies. The first million seller soloist in Korea in 20 years. You should check Candy, the single and Delight, the album!
So true...he is aging back
Baekhyunnn yeay
He is really AMAZING
Genius Idol, Byun Baekhyun
This is true... Baekhyun is the best ♥️♥️
I have been a huge fan of South Korea since I taught English there from 90-01 and I am also a huge BTS fan. I hope Dr. Richards is right. I would *love* to see the end of toxic masculinity.
imagine being a man and being threatened by a beauty standard that doesn't want men to look like homeless people. imagine being a man and feeling uncomfortable bc another man has makeup on or is called "cute". fragile (toxic) masculinity is disgusting and the ones laughing at baekhyun/korea's culture are incredibly stupid. but what's worse... women laughing at it too when they find harry styles attractive and so woke when he wears weird clothes and paints his nails, or when any other man wears makeup (luke hemmings for example), i see it only works when they're not asian??? i'm so glad Dr. Sam exposed Korea a little more and showed smth new to these students
you need to read the comment above yours
Hairy cave men looking men is out! men should be able to take care of themselves, wear makeup if they want. hairy man style is NOT attractive at all and glad it is long gone.
@日産スカイライン totally, race is a determining factor here. white men are being praised for things asian men have been doing for some time now, why? we should be ashamed tbh
@@amelie1656 wooow criticizing people who dislike the idea or appearance of feminine men but saying that men who grow facial-/body hair look like cavemen 😳😳😂😂😂
talk about double standards
@@just_a_yokai1103 what, did you feel triggered? many of them do 'cause people forget about having proper hygiene. however, that was an example, just in case you failed to see its purpose in my comment. naming every type of men would have taken away the focus to my point.
Came here from Twitter, but those 20 people are some of the smartest people I’ve ever seen. God bless
I just want to say that I'm extremely proud of our 7 boys, BTS. They worked so hard, started from literally nothing and got so much of criticism and unwanted hate, but still didn't give up and they never stopped working hard, and now they're at the top...I cry so much whenever I think of the struggles they went through. They really are a band of a lifetime. They will go down in history...oh wait, they already did! But they still continue to work extremely hard, even though they are at the top, and that's a sign of true passion.💜💜💜even my 56 year old mother loves them, and my father who is a pastor, even he likes BTS. He saw something different in them that he didn't see in other artists or celebrities. Honesty and genuineness
Korea has 5,000 years history and has amazing potential to rise up. I totally agreed with the professor.
@KPop Rocks ! 3rd century BC makes South Korea 2300 years old...
30th century BC would make it 5000 years old.
@@elmohead The history of Korea began 2333 B.C. 😀
@@elmohead You probably wanna look up for the korean peninsula since "Korea" rught now is the result and accomodation of countries that were formed and merged in the peninsula which began 2333 B.C
i can‘t even talk about Korea history without Chinese history how most the history are in the chinese book and half of Koreans just made up the history
@@jackson-vo4gk lol who even care about chinese in youtube go back to your country stop polluting youtube wtf
Every army is coming here after twitter post..
Yes 🤭🤭🤭
Yess😶
Yeah me
lol same😂😂💜
*Tick tok
I cannot believe how differently Koreans are viewed by Americans than they were when I lived there as a foreign student from 1989 to 1996. Americans were only interested in Japan and barely knew about Korea. My art teacher praised how Japanese ceramics is the best in the world, and she would refuse to believe Korean ceramicists were abducted and forcefully taken to Japan so they could teach the Japanese potters their advanced techniques. Another teacher of mine who was in his 50’s showed slides he took in Seoul while he was stationed there in the 1960’s. The photos were showing poverty-stricken Korea and my classmates would assume Korea was still like that in the 1990’s. There was no use trying to explain how Korea had changed. Now I understand ltheir response because they didn’t know any country would grow so rich so in such a short time. I could never cook Korean food or open a Kimchi bottle when I lived with my American roommate because she openly showed how disgusted she was by the “stench.” I was almost ashamed of Korean food as well as of our culture as a whole.
You would never know how I feel now watching videos like this and reading foreign news about Korea being so powerful and envied.
I wish I had been born 20 years after my birth year. My everyday life in the States and how I perceived myself would have been different. I’m still glad Korea is now getting its recognition it deserves.
❤
We are now very popular. I grew up never seeing Asian actors to emulate in film. Now parasite and everything everywhere at once shows the time is NOW for Asians and Koreans especially. Exciting times. Be positive. Be happy! It’s finally happening!
I grew up in America and would go back to South Korea every couple years for the summer and I always thought growing up that they were way ahead. I would see tech there that wasn’t available back home, like game systems, phones, internet speeds. They even had e-sports on TV a decade before e-sports even became a thing in America. I even started noticing that the fashion trends appeared in Korea 2-3 years ahead of America. Now they’re starting to dominate the film and music industry. This guy is right on the money when he talks about the “korean wave” hitting America, it’s coming very soon.
Baekhyun of EXO is handsome and talented. Check out his songs.
I love the moment when the professor mentioned the ocean analogy. He is so brilliant. He's trying so hard to instruct his students to pay more attention on things that are going on around the world and always look and move forward. Be updated, curious, open minded and willing to learn.
Baekhyun from EXO for korean beauty representative 😍😍, not only he got looks, his vocal is just so great, stan our 1 million seller solo artist!!
i wish i had this professor when i was in University! He integrates theoretical ideas to real life where student's are mentally stimulated
He’s great isn’t he? Wish I was in his class!
My army ego is through the f in roof!! My shoulders can never go down.....
eboys are already the american version of k-idols, they havd dyed hair and slight make-up. it has literally already happened
Ikr lol. They actually have good style. If only they wouldn't act cringey with rolling their eyes and sticking out their tongues tho.
@@ijm7117 i completely agree. The cringe is strong so I don't really follow them
Nah dude, e-boys dress like kpop in 2016. Not a lot of kpop idols wearing grunge dark cloths anymore. They have ALOT more styles and professional stylists working for them.
@@comfycuts3957 u right, u right 😂. Those were dark times, especially the hair styles😣
@@dehbeerob7994 nct 127 right lol, firetruck era
Baekhyun of EXO is the first soloist million seller in Korea in 20 years. Check out his latest single, Candy!
South Korea is winning cuz they work hella hard. Look at their education system (hagwons, Livestream lectures or programs from like middle school, high school) - been doing that since way before COVID-19..., look at their skincare and beauty industry. They made BB and CC cream a big deal. Samsung, etc
They are conquering like every industry...
@JonMwan G yeah every country has dark side that has to be fixed.
They are at the top, but at the expense of the majority while only a small percentage of its citizens are rising to the top.
Baekhyun as an example for korean beauty and his also well-known for being a good ARTIST he’s a great singer, dancer and solo million seller hihi
no offence, if it was gg or maybe blackpink, i believe that males going to raise their hand because you know 'toxic masculinity' who hate korean group except korean girlgroup
TEAAAA
the guys would have straight up put their hands up without letting that man finish his sentence
or just because they like them??, armys like to make this a competition lol
@@asjsk8286 lol, i just saying based on what i see in real life, especially here in my country
@@ibvwkn7072 k
Baekhyunee is has the most soft and clean skin ever he doesn't even need makeup he is so handsome even without it I'm just so proud of him he is so handsome and natural
He really used Baekhyun pictures as an example of Kpop beauty 😭 I knew it! He is not beauty ambassador for nothing.
Baekhyun as the face of Korean beauty standards?..absolutely!!..❤❤❤..he's not only gorgeous but his vocals are mesmerising 👀💕💕, the first million seller kpop Soloist in 19years❣❤
Of course your’re going to use the face of Kpop Byun Baekhyun as an example - The Genius Idol , Best Selling Soloist in 12 years , and now Prada Ambassador
and I dont know why they laughing because majority of all the idols look better than them with or without makeup 💀
This comment right here🔥🔥🔥
Apparently, the girls were laughing because they were surprised that Baekhyun popped up on the board 😂😂
period
ok but the students should be more respectful, when the professor showed the photo of Baekhyun the students were laughing wtff what's wrong with them?
The pic is heavily edited to lighted his skin and also some fake/edited make up, the contact lenses, the blue light, etc.
I'm going to be nice and say it's probably bc he showed the ab pic out of nowhere and in the middle of class with 100+ people around them. Do you really expect them to keep composure?
@Michelle i definitely think the ones laughing knew who Baekhyun was. I don't think they were being disrespectful at all
Pretty sure they knew who he was and were surprised/laughing bc of it
They just don’t know and need to learn more 😂😂
Kpop is more then kpop. I know BTS is a kpop band, but most don't call them this anymore because they doing different genres, and are original in doing there own style. The BTS - genre. And BTS supposed to be a hiphop group, with 2 underground rappers and a streetdancer that learned rap when he joined in. But the CEO decided to make it a Kpop group when other 4 vocolist joined in and not all of them could sing, each of them learned to sing/rap and dancing. Its a lot work and time.
They composing, producing there own songs, writing there own lyrics. Meaning full lyrics, the lyrics are so deep you need a explanation. With grazy wordplays. Bts is more then some westerns thinking. You have to came out the western bubble and being openminded. You have different groups in Kpop. But BTS is another level. They are the biggest, but keeping themselfs humble, they are social an funny. There personality is goofienes, jokes, and living there lives, care about people and they living togheter. They are real brothers that care about there fans and everyone.
yeah it's better to think about kpop as an audiovisual package, not a music genre. so in that sense yes bts is very much kpop
stan exopop
anyway exopop
a lot of group's have different genres in their albums and songs. they are all doing something different. bts are kpop because they're korean boy group. i don't know why people are obsessed with separating them from it like it's a bad thing. there are kpop groups that do rock songs and hip hop, but they are still kpop. stop normalizing kpop being a bad thing that promotes racism and xenophobia.
the fact that this comment literally never mentioned a single group yet some of the replies felt so attacked that they felt the need to mention their faves is laughable. BTS kings everyone
I love this professor! Soo ahead of time and paying attention.
EXO Kings
Baekhyun.. The person who is aging back... Is a face of KPOP
More like Kim Taehyung is the face of KPOP but I love EXO too. BTS and EXO are what western music needs to look at. Those 2 groups have proven what western audiences want and what we consume.
Koakoa45 ye, bts and exo are great groups but bts v was voted most handsome man in the world 2018 and 2019-2020
It is actually the guy from BTS called jungkook the face of kpop
Kpop is one of South Korea’s soft power!!! The industry has grown a lot.
Btw the guy right there (Baekhyun) just became one of the two solo artists in the 21st century to have an album with over 1million sales in South Korea and he belongs to a group called EXO who are the only boy group quintuple million sellers in Korea. He's huge, famous, and talented, of course he's pretty and handsome but talented too, i just want people to know that.
I’ve been on this tip for a few years now I’m glad the education system is now seeing how influential these countries are and beneficial it is for us to understand these countries and their cultures
if youʼre an army, you canʼt possibly finish watching this without shedding a tear. iʼm so fucking proud. those are our boys right there.
I'm so proud of my boys bts
Omg baekhyun saw the screenshots of this presentation on Twitter 😮😮
really?
@@noyamurtya1780 yup. He went shy🤣
@@noyamurtya1780 wait what where?
I'd love to talk to the people who know nothing about korea and were at the audience
i study international relations and korea took constructivism and soft power to the limit, it's indeed amazing
Korea has 5000 years of history and as BTS leader KIM NAMJOON has mentioned in his acceptance speech Feb 2019,
it was KIM GU, who was assassinated in 1949, said, *"THE ONLY THING I'VE WANTED TO IS THE POWER OF HIGH CULTURE"* .
korean culture survived depite the cultural destruction efforts under emperial japan...
thus, it is interesting(& somewhat condescending of him) to see that a western professor believing the korean government DECIDED to push cultural thing AFTER deliberating that the electronics, cars, clothing etc industries are already taken over by the america, europe, japan etc...
Well, the South Korean gov. did actually allocate a significant amount of their budget toward Halyu. K-Dramas, K-Pop, etc. were actually funded by the gov. in the beginning (only after Seo Taji & Boys proved it would work, however. Before them, it was solo artists that were churned out by the industry). Why do you think SM, JYPE, and YG were/are so powerful? They were originally funded by the SK gov. BTS is really interesting, however, since they didn’t have access to those resources, yet still prevailed.
@@simplymarvelousliving The Korean government decided to join the train AFTER Hallyu had already taken off overseas. They didn't create it from scratch. They saw opportunity there and wanted to push it further. And of course, like typical bureaucrats, they wanted to take credit for it.
EXO Baekhyun isn't just handsome he is talented to just tap EXO Baekhyun and you will never regret it
Visual, Vocals, Dance, Rap, model, Privé boss, Tir Tir ambassador, best soloist with more than 1M seller, EXO Halyu Kings
Baekhyun as kbeauty representative 🎊🎉🎊🎉🎉
This was interesting to watch and the fact that it was 7 months ago too, glad some people can see BTS’s impact.
Baekhyun the beauty standard
wow i'm getting goosebumps just seeing him talk. i'm so gonna binge watch the entirety of his videos o_o he's putting into actual words what i've always been feeling and even backing them up with numbers. amazing
Those students laughing when Baekhyun appeared are Baekhyun fans... one student clarified on twitter after seeing most of the K-pop fans misunderstanding the professor and the students...
Omg..all the time i was so angry with them!!
Thank you so much for clarifying that!!💛
Imagine going to a normally boring sociology class and then the prof shows a picture of Baekhyun (and his abs). I would laugh too.
@@smalllightbulb3492 yees
This professor knows what he's talking about. Even though it's his field of study and we are actually witnessing the hallyu wave, there'll always be people that would disagree because they're either blind or not too bright.
I follow some korean youtubers but there is one in particular that I find very interesting. He travels the world and wherever he may be; South America, Europe, Asia, etc, so many people come up to him (mostly females) and want to take pictures with him and tell him how handsome he is and how they love Korea. Some even speak Korean to him. He actually looks like he could be a kpop idol.
It's really fascinating how popular Korea is right now.
I'm not surprised. Baekhyun is a genius idiol I'm proud of him
This got my heart pumping…definitely confirmed and validated a lot of what I’ve been thinking
Great lecture and good to know my learning Korean will be useful in the future 😁 BTS are even bigger now, breaking records even the Beattles held. BTS themselves are a huge wave in itself. 💜
Heyy!!! Your presentation was actually seen by Baekhyun himself!
Tf for realllllll omgggg
wow bts really are going down in history
I do think it’s important to distinguish that the makeup is not an every day look, mostly for stages and concerts. It is very attractive but not the norm outside of performance life. That being said, of course as we move forward and conventional stereotypes for men and women are diminished, it may in fact become more normal and acceptable to wear outside of a stage. It would be really cool to see men not afraid to experiment if they want to without the fear of being judged.
I LOVE THIS.
I applaud this class at Penn State seriously. Bts is such a power house in the world. They continue to dominate while spreading positivity & touching millions of lives. They are the future. We are seeing the future unfold right in front of our eyes. Bts is one hell of a force. They are unraveling all of the stereotypes & changing them 1 by 1.
I think I have a special place in my heart for bts not because of there music, but how they shifted the way people view Koreans (Asians in general) I will always root for them & support them fully.
EXO WORLD DOMINATION ♡
thank you Sir for talking abt our Baekhyun in a beautiful way
I've seen his previous video which he did on BTS 2 years ago, from that time I have huge respect for him 👏 thank you sir for having great perspective which some younger 'smart' ppl can't have.
I love BTS but this professor is not teaching the kids anything. Like is this the education kids get in the US? Some fat kids also wearing headphones in class? The teacher in his 50s trying to talk with "yo man" like he's a teenage crackhead? Apologizing to students for showing them numbers? These are people graduating business schools and they don't like numbers? Maybe that's why Korea is beating them... Better education, more discipline, people willing to work hard. Unlike these Penn State "students"
because baekhyun EXO, i'm here right now.
Me too 💖
Me too
me too
El maquillaje no define tu masculinidad. Baekhyun es hermoso con o sin maquillaje, sin mencionar que su talento es impresionante. Todos los de EXO son hermosos, y sobre todo talentosos.
Oh i see my baby baekhyun!...k-beauty representator!!..our first million seller soloist in 19 years also being represented for defining korean beauty!!! Thats so cool!!
The professor explained so beautifully!!
EXOxBTS dominating again and again!!!
l am a boy and l find them attractive too.The professor is right.There is gonna be a time when people are gonna stop discriminating Asian men.They are attractive,there is no denying that.just because of toxic masculinity these people are afraid to think like that.And just because l am a boy,that doesn't mean that l won't say another man is handsome when they are.Mad respect for this professor.He is a really open minded person and the world needs more people like him.
I just saw This on Twitter and here I AM WATCHING THE WHOLE VIDEO.
*I am a latin woman and i've never seen more TOXIC masculinity in my life than here in the west (especially South America)*
This will stop someday i hope so.
Love this Professor !!!
He knows and speaks facts 🙏💜
Would love to attend his classes
It's interesting how anime was able to successfully internationalize starting in the 80s and 90s, but the Japanese music industry never managed to pull off the same feat.
Years later it seems like K-Pop has ended up leapfrogging them by a huge margin in that regard.
Who knows: in a few years maybe Chinese pop culture will also begin to permeate into America's consciousness, aided in no small part by our TikTok overlords I'm sure.
I know right!!!! I honestly think c-pop may be the next one to raise since it has been gaining more international fans interest. I say it has someone who DID NOT liked c-pop and was not interested in China in general besides techno wise but now I am recognizing the quality of chinese shows, Chinese music, etc.
I started with kdramas and kpop but recently I've been branching out into cdramas and cpop. One thing they're still lacking compared to kpop is subbed content but I'm sure that'll come as they keep getting more popular.
in its own way Kpop has helped C pop with many being trained in Korea then going back to China
In south east asia, chinese pop culture were actually big before anime with the chinese drama "Meteor Garden" which was actually based on Anime but back then Anime wasn't as famous.
And you're right, come to think of it, anime has been internationalized hasn't it? Back then, everyone were closet anime fans but now it's normal to like anime. I think we're moving on the same direction with KPop, it's starting to get normalized nowadays.
In fact, C-pop has a lot of Korean technology and has a lot of copies. There are many Korean producers, choreographers, producers, and stylists, and after learning in Korea, they take it to China and sell it. Freedom is necessary for culture to develop. In China, democratization comes first. Culture should not be used in China's ideological brainwashing work.
This professor is really ahead of time. He couldn't have been more correct!
He is the Million seller tho .We all have different beauty standards
Not because I’m a hardcore army. As a business student this professors lecture is so fascinating to listen. Got to know
Something new
Sir i think u have to explain to them what record bts breaking in us & uk for the example : "as stated by forbes, BTS have charted twice as many as the beatles or queen on the album sales chart"
BTS Best Selling Act with the Best Selling Album, Next Generation Leaders, Top Group, Top 100 Most Influential People of the World, First non-English speaking act to headline Wembley Stadium, highest grossing engagement for Rose Bowl and worth $4.65B to SK's economy. And more u should know about it ^^
Don't forget, Map of the Soul: 7 album from BTS officially ranks #1 on Oricon's mid-year album chart for the first half. It's the FIRST album from a foreign artist in 36 years to top this chart in Japan since Michael Jackson's Thriller in 1984
first group since the beatles to have 3 number on albums, first boy group to have spoken at the UN.
I agree on all points he stated. The beach analogy is so true. I never saw the Asian wave coming and I got knocked down. I only watch K dramas now and listen and own many K-pop and C- pop,group albums.
Koreans are good at music and dancing since ancient times, it is documented by some ancient Chinese literature, I know one that was written in Tang Dynasty which has described Residents of Silla as such (Silla is the originate of Korea)
this has been sitting in the watch later for a few months now, and I'm glad I finally sat and watched it. I hope this man is right in his predictions.
"These are the men korean women find sexy and cool"
Me : oh professor, not only korean women but women all over the world.
I'm excited for the moment where men dress like this. Where they are open with their emotions and are not afraid of expressing themselves to the fullest extent. Through their clothes, makeup, hair, and actions. Instead of suppressing themselves. I truly am. I admire idols for breaking these western stereotypes bc they know their exterior does not determine if they are a man. They are secure in their masculinity and are human. They cry, share their thoughts, are caring for other MEN and women. And I honestly think this is how it should be.
For example, look at Jimin from BTS. He is emotionally intelligent, and has very androgynous features. He wears clothes designed for women and for men. He used to worry about being muscular and manly. But now he realizes he can be himself and that is enough.
oh my god! EXO's Baekhyun the Kpop beauty representative 😍 I see
Baekhyun is a dude that not only Korean women but a dude that more women find really sexy and handsome.
Not even surprised as Baekhyun being the standard... he truly is the genius idol
This professor is a visionary....and very analytical. His deduction is so correct. He is one of a few sociólogy professors in major US universities, who is able to bring relevance to sociólogy.
there definitely were more people that found them attractive but didn't want to get embarrassed in front of peers
he has said all the things I've been thinking since I started paid attention to kpop, let's not sleep in the power that the korean culture has!!
Besides him talking bout Baekhyunee charms things, i listen to him carefully cuz i think it's important when we talking about economics. The rise and down, you know? You need to know better.
I already finished my master thesis but boy would i have loved for a professor to let me do a thesis on BTS. My ARMY ass would be over the moon...
Currently studying japanese and then i will do korean. This man is so right, learn chinese, japanese, thai, korean etc...
Me professor , ME. I find them extremely attractive*raises hand aggressively*
I think ppl were afraid to raise their hands. BTS guys are really cute.
Baekhyun from Exo. .im so proud of him:)
I fell down a BTS rabbit hole... it's 6 am and I am still awake watching part of a lecture from a college I've never been to or even heard of.
And I'm happy about it ^^ 💜💜
HE GOT IT RIGHT.
HELLO I AM FROM 2022 AND BTS IS SLAYING 🔥
Hello, professor. I came to Korea for C19 and have lived abroad for many years. Your RUclips is gaining popularity among Koreans. But I found a strange part in your lecture. It's about the Korean Wave. I think there are a lot of Japanese documents in the data you mentioned. Unfortunately, Korea and Japan have a really bad relationship. (Japan is bad, but China also bad for Korea.) Therefore, it is very wrong that the Korean government supported K-pop when you gave a lecture. Korea is a highly competitive country. Only the first place survived in a competitive society and was able to develop because it was a recognized harsh country. So are Korean celebrities. It was not the government's role that Psy was known to people around the world. This was a very fortuitous opportunity. Psy was also a very unique, unfamiliar, and sometimes he made social criticize style music. And the whole korean likes Psy, a singer who made music with courage and hope. But suddenly, this singer came out in Gangnam style after a long time. In Korea, they were enthusiastic about fun and exciting songs and music movie without context, and there was never a government role in entering the U.S. as songs became popular throughout Asia, where the Korean Wave spread. Psy was rather a pain in the neck of the government, and he joined the army twice. Also, the government has very strict regulations on Korean singers. They couldn't even change their hair color before. Even now, male singers cannot take off their tops, female singers cannot wear clothes that reveal their navels, or appear on TV if they look suggestive. In the past, Korean celebrities unrelated to the government established entertainment agencies in his name and created singers in his name. It was all in their own interest, and the Government rather interrupted a lot and never helped. As Korean singers became widely known, the Korean government using singers a little bit these days, and the government didn't helping them at all. You'll know when you see China. No matter how much capital the Government spend, it can't help. This is simply an increase in the number of people around the world who are curious about Korea. For example, BTS was really bad situations many years. If you watch their stories for five minutes, you can't say that the government has caused the Korean Wave. They did their best to communicate with fans, still tried to remain humble, and did their best to make their own music. I earnestly tell you. Never read Chinese or Japanese essays, news and articles. They don't like Korea and they don't have the right words. It's very likely that the people who wrote it are the people who are involved in the government of the country. They only undermine Korea. Thak you.
I love this guy he is a professor that tells it how it is without bias led by pure fact and research.
Parasite won the Oscar's. If I remember correctly it was the first foreign film to win best picture.
11:48 "THIS IS THE FUTURE" pointing at BTS
This man predicted the future to another level
I'm half Korean, living in America. ASK ME ANYTHING!
How old are you?
The Korean wave is so strong that it makes u learn everything about Korea and their culture...the day is not so far wen professor will be giving his speech in Korean😉
It’s true that the western culture is coming to take all of us, not just with the culture that’s just a way to start, and I’m so sorry for all those students that weren’t able to understand what their teacher was saying and laughed , I’m just learning English and I started when I was 18 now I’m 20 the reason that I started to learn a second lenguaje is because when I was younger than now everybody used to say that English was a door for the world but now I’m my generation knowing English is something basic; because most of the people I know learned because of the same reason than mine and there’s more competition everywhere, now I’m going to learn my 3rd language bcs having 2 is not enough, and if you are not ready to realize that in this era is because your mind is recoiling instead of progressing,.
Technology has making the world closer than was 10 years ago that’s exactly the kind of mind that we need to have as youth and future of this society using our minds to think further than 2 or 5 years using the Korean culture to bring the progress up was a smart thing to do, I’m from a poor country but as many like me we are looking for success is hard to see that young people like them can not appreciate the value of those words, I think they don’t know how hard is to work for even have the opportunity of going to school.
This world doesn’t need more small minds like those *I clap that teacher*
(Like I said I’m just learning English sorry if my grammar is poor)
your English is amazing
Carl Midy thank u
Toxic Masculinity should be End , Its already 2020 , and Its a shame when we have prejudice / stereotype like that !
BTS has not only made me fall in love with their music, they’ve also built my interest in South Korea and in Asia in general. I think that’s so phenomenal. Seven young men who manage to exert such a big influence globally... Praising and awarding them only for their musical talent simply isn’t enough in my opinion. I wish they also get more acknowledgement and appreciation in Europe. I know they’ve sold out several concerts here throughout the time, but the fact that I don’t know one single person in real life that knows BTS, let alone likes them, is a shame. These guys deserve all the love they get and people should indeed, like this professor said, look deeper into Asia and South Korea. Learn about their languages, their traditions, their habits and one of Korea’s most popular trademarks at this moment; K-Pop music.
Wow! Our handsome and talented baekki
I love BTS!! GRACIAS POR MENCIONARLOS, BANGTAN BOYS REALMENTE TIENEN UN MENSAJE TAN PROFUNDO, QUE ALUCINAS!! ES MI PRESENTE Y MI FUTURO!! BTS FOREVER!!
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