'‘KPOP’ Review: Explosive Genre Makes Flashy Broadway Debut
Genre Makes Flashy Broadway Debut
, BTS’ J-Hope,
Blackpink’s Rosé) rise to the fleeting possibilities of individualism
K-pop, the
genre, is as contagious and deeply human as it is cold and calculating
“KPOP,” the
musical, understands that, bringing to Broadway a rousing portrait of the minutiae of the industry,
It’s a
cleverly playful dramedy wrapped around a concert and stuffed inside the enigma of what
“Amerika” with
its caustic “generika” rhyme scheme), the pair write merrily melodic and frenetically rhythmic dance tracks
She’s written
sensitive, non-K-pop songs such as the acoustic-guitar tune “Mute Bird” but knows RBY would
Run with
an iron fist by Ruby (Jully Lee), a one-time vocalist who blew her big chance 20
This same
gig doubles as the label’s introduction of the girl group RtMIS (pronounced “Artemis”) and
Pay attention
though and you hear the dynamics of the storyline’s drama played out in smartly
” (That one
character yearns for brotherhood while another wants to claim her individuality makes for a lovely
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