Tag Archives: K-Pop

So long 2025: A Best of List (from public opinion and me)

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CC0 licensed photo by Aaron Jorbin from the WordPress Photo Directory

2025 is almost over. Literally, today is the last day. I’m always surprised by the end of a year, as it seems like we just rang it in. Wasn’t that just a few months ago? No? It was a whole year ago? Huh.

But one of my favorite activities to indulge in as a year wraps up is to pick out the highlights in entertainment. What did I watch or read that ignited my imagination and all of my fangirl instincts? My favorite things may not be yours but that’s part of the fun. Taste is subjective, and a discussion about this kind of thing helps you get to know someone and may give you some recommendations of things you may not have thought to try.

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K-Pop! A Librarian’s Love

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Me at the Stray Kids DominATE world tour at Rogers Stadium.

Debut. Bias. Maknae. Leader. Line. Lightstick. Comeback. Aegyo. Visual. Idol.

These words in a row may sound a tad nonsensical to the uninitiated but trust me, they belong together. These are just some of the terms associated with one of the biggest music industries in the world: K-pop.

What is that? Well, the simplest definition is Korean popular music. For a longer answer it’s a music industry that trains pop music stars, or ‘idols’, and mashes up different types of music with pop, like hip hop, rap, rock, electronic, salsa, reggae, etc. The artists perform intricate dance numbers, have fans all over the world, and some music videos get millions, if not billions, of views online. And with the group Stray Kids having made their way through Toronto at the end of June (I was there!) and the movie K-Pop Demon Hunters now on Netflix this seemed like a great time to gush a little bit about one of my favorite sources of music.

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