The Korean pop culture has become one of pop cultures most beloved among Asian fans during the last 10 years. Asia is no longer dominated by American popular culture, and the fans are now able to choose what they consider more “Asian.” Many have recently come to prefer Korean pop culture, which they consider to be cool and trendy, as well as something that contains Asian values and sen...

K-pop is an abbreviation for Korean pop music (also referred to as Kayo or Gayo music), specifically from South Korea. Many of these artists and musical groups have branched out of South Korea and have become popular in many countries around the world. The popularity of K-pop is often considered a part of the rise of the Korean Wave, the recent surge of popularity of contemporary South Korean cult...

Good video with some cute robots. This is a catchy video for a noob group. Perhaps we will see some better work from them in the future. My main problem with this video is that you can’t tell if they are actually sinnging well or not due to the autotune. Don’t get me wrong, autotune is cool if you want to sound like T-Pain. However, it should not dominiate the song. Take a look at the ...

We have our first Kpop-Jpop Insider Club Winner! Bonnie has won a 1 year premium membership to megaupload.com. Now she can download at the greatest of speeds with ease. We didn’t announce this contest because it was only for Kpop-Jpop Insider Club members, and it was a random draw. Don’t worry… if you didn’t win that’s ok. We have another contest coming in the near fu...

Kpop-Jpop.com would like to introduce the Kpop-Jpop Insider club! Once you join this club you will be given special access to inside news, special promotions, contests, and insider only information about all of your Kpop and Jpop favourites! All you need to do is sign up in the form which is located at the top right section of this webpage! If you don’t join… you may just miss out on s...

Summer is fast approaching! I love the summer sun and sand just as much everyone else. That being said, you had better look your best! From what I have seen this year… Asian summer wear is by far the most fashionable. There is a crapload of new summer items at YesStyle right now and I urge you to take a look by following this link. In the spirit of summer I have included this kpop video fro...

Hyori Busted! Ever curious how a Britney Spears song sounds like in the Korean language? You can listen to South Korea’s most popular pop star, Lee Ho-ri. But here’s the problem, her music producers failed to inform Ms. Spears that Ms. Lee was making big bucks copy-cating her music in the meantime. Now, the entire Korean Pop industry has gotten embroiled in a major ‘copyright inf...

With their mix of silly and serious, happy and sad, acoustic and electric, and a highly distinctive sound all their own, Tama was one of the most idiosynchratic and original major label bands of the 90s. Comprising Toshiaki Chiku (vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonica, recorder), Koji Ishikawa (vocals,… ...

While not gaining the recognition of pop idols or distinctive alternative rockers, Osamu Kitajima has quietly become one of Japan’s biggest selling artists internationally with his traditionally tinged new age music. Kitajima was born and raised in the beach town of Chigasaki, not far from Tokyo…. ...

Ken Ishii is among the most innovative and respected artists in the modern techno genre. While loosely categorizable as Detroit style due to its dancefloor orientation, Ishii’s music draws on a wide range of influences including Yellow Magic Orchestra, Kraftwerk, Derrick May, Nitzer Ebb, and others,… ...