How to Use K-pop in a Sentence

K-pop

noun
  • K-pop is not just a genre of music.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
  • K-pop in the rest of the world is popping.
    — Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2025
  • This song needs to stand on its own as a K-pop banger.
    — Charlie Harding, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
  • To be a K-pop fan is to watch the numbers.
    — Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
  • But the one thing K-pop still lacks in the States?
    — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2025
  • But K-pop girl group Twice make resilience look easy.
    — ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The K-pop boy band has racked up eight champions.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • And this is why K-pop is loved everywhere.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The tune becomes one of just three tracks by K-pop girl groups to land on the list.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Also around this time, my whole house was obsessed with K-pop.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2024
  • My favorite K-pop idols were at SM as well.
    — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026
  • K-pop did not simply entertain the world.
    — Bill Schiffmiller, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Tzuyu moved away from home as a young teen to live and train in Seoul as a K-pop trainee.
    — Jae-Ha Kim, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2024
  • K-pop is really doing its thing.
    — Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 4 Dec. 2025
  • K-pop is less a genre than a mode of musical production.
    — Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
  • But Ejae wasn’t done with the K-pop industry just yet.
    — Allison Cho, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Radio is the final frontier for most K-pop acts.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The group is also up for best K-pop and push performance of the year.
    — Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2023
  • People are making fan cams of handsome fencers set to K-pop songs.
    — Mia Sato, The Verge, 1 Aug. 2024
  • But in K-pop, diligence is the rule, not the exception.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Beauty standards are even higher for K-pop stars.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026
  • In May, the K-pop star made her Met Gala debut.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Hang posters of your favorite K-pop groups, queue up some concert videos and get ready to dance all night long.
    — Maggie Griswold, StyleCaster, 1 Apr. 2025
  • K-pop constantly presents new challenges.
    — Billboard Korea, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2025
  • My first love was definitely K-pop.
    — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Infiniti is an unabashed K-pop fan.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Should K-pop have its own category?
    — Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Hearts2Hearts’ presence in the K-pop scene is much needed.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 20 Feb. 2026
  • There is no spectrum on which K-pop and the Tony Awards are endpoints.
    — Holly J. Morris, NPR, 13 June 2025
  • The K-pop concert touring market has ebbed and flowed over the last handful of years.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026

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