Music critic. PhD in Ethnomusicology. KMA / MAMA Awards judge. 음악평론가. 음악인류학 박사. 한국대중음악상 / MAMA 어워드 심사위원. “김영대의 스쿨오브뮤직” “앰플리파이드 팟캐스트" "TBN 라디오 김영대 프로젝트" 진행.
Feb 7, 2019 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Here’s my new piece with @AskAKorean for @MTVNEWS. Korean American diaspora is one of the most interesting aspects in the history of Korean popular music.
here's another interesting story: Back in 1988, Korean (Swiss immigrants) band "Koreana" recorded "Hand in Hand", an official song for '88 Seoul Olympic. (Whitney's One Moment in Time was not official theme) The song became the first 'globally' hit K-pop ever, topped 17 countries
