The Reason Why Teenagers These Days Are Crazy About K-pop

By Lee Kuy-won, Daemyeong Middle School

When I wake up listening to the songs of my favorite idol, waking up is not a hard job. I set my alarm to my favorite idol's song. When I finish my school lunch and start to enjoy my free time, I can hear what makes my free time the most perfect time of my day. They are K-pop songs. In my school, it let students choose K-pop songs to listen to during lunch free time. As I hum the lyrics of my favorite part of the song, my classmates start the conversations about who is the most handsome or pretty idol or show photo cards of idols that they bought with their precious pocket money. As I finish my school and go to a math academy, I listen to K-pop songs while riding a bus. As I go back throughout my day, I noticed that K-pop was deeply soaked into our daily lives these days, especially during the pandemic times.

I think the first reason why teenagers these days are deeply into K-pop is that the songs are usually about love. As I go through middle school life, I noticed that many students are having relationships. I have also experienced this relationship. As I go through it, I started to listen to k pop more! I think it is because I can actually understand more about the feeling of love and K-pop altogether.

The second reason is that they became good friends in the pandemic times. Because the pandemic has been going on for a long time, students are having problems making friends even though covid is getting weaker and weaker. This aftereffect of covid is making a vicious circle of loneliness. When I was having problems with my relationships, I got a lot of help from K-pop. It gave me a hopeful message that everything would be okay soon and there is nothing to worry about. Because K-pop is sensitive to trends of the times, it gives a caring message that we were just looking for.

The third reason is that they are catchy because K-pop usually pinpoints the trend. K-pop singers make the songs as catchy as possible to last longer in this fast-changing world. As my friend and I sing the same catchy rhythm together, our bond gets stronger because we are into the same interests and can talk about it a lot. I have a friend who likes the same boy band as me. And that gives a pretty big impact on becoming best friends with her because we got closer by talking about the boy band and what they wear and their new songs.

I think teenagers are very interested in K-pop today because they give a strong connection to the lives we are living right now. How about listening to K-pop music when you need some words of encouragement?