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| ▲This photo, provided by SM Entertainment shows, Taeyong and Kangta during 'Google For Korea.' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
SEOUL, August 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean singer Kangta of H.O.T. and K-pop boy group NCT’s Taeyong participated in Google Korea’s online conference “Google For Korea” as the representatives of K-pop, announced SM Entertainment on Thursday.
Both Kangta and Taeyong looked back at the history of K-pop and Hallyu under the theme of “simultaneous growth of K-pop and YouTube.”
“I cannot forget about the Beijing concert of H.O.T. from 2000.” adding “Concert drew a lot of local media’s attention leading up to the spread of the word ‘Hallyu’ which serves as the foundation of current success of K-pop industry and a lot of K-pop groups success throughout the world.” described Kangta throughout the online conference.
Moreover, Kangta continued on throughout the conference by mentioning “Currently K-pop is considered as one of its own independent genre of music.” adding “Seeing how music released in Korea gets around the world makes me feel the increased status of K-pop music.”
“SM Entertainment was the first ever S.Korean entertainment company to have created their official YouTube channel, so the fans all over the world can enjoy the contents related to their favorite artists, which is being serves the purpose till this day.” adding “Starting in 2021, SM Entertainment started showcasing ‘Remastering Project’ which is a transformation project where old music videos of K-pop are being re uploaded to the page using the suitable formats. This serves as a nice project to spread the history of K-pop.” emphasized Kangta throughout the “Google For Korea.”
“YouTube serves as a bridge between fans throughout the world and the K-pop artists.” adding “Fans can enjoy the contents of their favorite artist from everywhere they go and whenever they want. Also those who are not familiar with NCT might come across our video on YouTube and like NCT afterward.” NCT Taeyong described the importance of YouTube channel throughout the conference.
Moreover, “YouTube is helping out a lot of artist to become more famous and known throughout the world.” Taeyong of NCT continued on throughout the “Google For Korea.”
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo)
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