The art of K-Pop reaches new heights

Despite the cancellation of concerts and music gatherings in 2020, a lot of things have been happening in the world of K-pop.

Capping a breakthrough year for the South Korean K-pop boy band BTS was being named entertainer of the year by Time magazine earlier this month. Such an accolade reassures the band’s position as one of the world’s most popular. Time writer Raisa Bruner wrote in a profile of the group that “BTS isn’t just the biggest K-pop act in the charts. They’ve become the biggest band in the world — full stop”.

That’s not all though for BTS. In September, the seven-member band’s first English-language disco-pop single titled Dynamite peaked at number one on Billboard Hot 100 chart. This made BTS the first Korean group to top Billboard’s main singles chart.

After releasing their latest album Be in November, the K-pop kings achieved…