This trot singer has become the most-streamed artist in MelOn history with 13.50 billion streams, surpassing BTS. He rose to fame after winning Mr. Trot in 2020 and has since become one of South Korea ...

Eunice Kim, a 57-year-old homemaker in Mission Viejo, has spent $800 buying Lim Young Woong’s albums. With other members of a fan club, she has spent six straight hours discussing her favorite singer ...

Singer Song Ga-in has continued his unrivaled move, still reigning as an irreplaceable trot queen for nearly 10 years since winning the 'Miss Trot 1'. He established himself as a rare artist with a ...

What exactly is K-pop? Internationally — and especially in the West — the term has become synonymous with girl groups and boy bands (“idol groups” in K-pop lexicon). But some Korean music industry ...

Before K-pop, there was trot. This traditional South Korean music genre gets its name from the American "foxtrot", which shares the trot's distinctive two-beat rhythm. It was popular for decades and ...

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Lim Young-woong may not have as many fans as BTS, but the trot singer is rivalling the global superstars, showing there's more to South Korean music than K-pop with his billions of streams and a ...

SM Entertainment is all set to launch a new show that will expose the best new Trot talent to global audiences. The music label will collaborate with TV Chosun for the new Trot show. Korean media ...