What's a maknae? How do you get street-cast? Who is your ult? Learn these K-pop terms and more!
Getting into K-pop is like entering a whole new world. Aside from the cultural and language differences, there are also others nuances to K-pop that newbies might not be familiar with.
Hopefully, by the end of this beginner’s guide to the K-pop vocabulary, you can easily pick who your “ults” and “wreckers” are!Contrary to popular belief, K-pop doesn’t refer to a specific music genre. It’s a term that’s primarily associated with music that originates in South Korea. Meaning, songs from South Korea that are of different genres, may it be from pop, hip-hop, soul, rock, EDM, jazz, retro, and indie, all fall under the K-pop category.
Once they’re officially trainees, they’re expected to undergo a series of lessons to enhance their skills. This includes basic lessons in singing, dancing, and rapping, but some agencies also do media, language, and personality training to ensure the well-roundedness of their idol groups. refers to when a K-pop act is officially launched to the public. Most of the time, agencies launch their K-pop agencies through a debut album. Sometimes, agencies also release documentary shows to accompany the debut album as a way to chronicle the acts’ training days leading to their debut.
Meanwhile, third-gen idols are said to have debuted starting around 2013. Groups like BTS, BLACKPINK, EXO, TWICE, SEVENTEEN, Red Velvet, and WINNER fall under this category and have huge international followings. Fourth-generation idols, in turn, are acts who made their debut around 2020. This includes rookie groups like ENHYPEN, aespa, and kep1er. Every idol in each K-pop group has a specific position that was assigned by their companies. They’re either a vocalist, rapper, or dancer.
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