Nod to The Legend · The producers · 1992
Seo Taiji and Boys
The start of modern K-pop
Their debut "Nan Arayo" (1992) blended rap, new jack swing and Korean pop on national TV, and changed Korean music almost overnight.
Still heard: K-pop's genre-mixing, rap verse to pop chorus, starts here.
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