Abstract:Why is it that we think of K-pop idols as more globally successful than J-pop idols? In this article, I examine the production, distribution and media reception of the South Korean and Japanese idol pop music under the labels of J-pop and K-pop. I show how although structural and economic reasons go some way towards explaining the differing international reaches of J-pop and K-pop idols, we must also take into account the impact of imagined versions of national popular cultures within the paradigm of the globa… Show more
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