Korea
7 styles. Tags are editorial references for creators, and one style can belong to several regions.
K-IndieStarting from small stages, personal songwriting and peer networks, it gives a city many sounds that aren't uniformly packaged.
Korean Hip-HopWrites the tone, rhymes and personal stance of the Korean language into beats the body can hear.
K-popWeaves melody, dance and vocal roles into a stage language the world can remember.
K-BalladA piano opening, strings underneath and an explosive belt in the last chorus: Korean love songs that sing heartbreak at full strength.
TrotAn oom-pah two-beat and vibrato-laden singing, Korea's most nostalgic yet festive popular song.
Gugak / Gugak FusionLets traditional breath, storytelling and cycles take part in contemporary sound, rather than serving only as antique decoration.
K-Drama OSTLets one melody gradually become a relationship through meeting, missing each other and reunion.