Oooo guess what world I just found. The great world of Korean pop music! The stuff is surprisingly catchy. The songs that I've listened to so far kind of sound like something I would hear in a dance club.

I think the most popular band would be Big Bang, which is a five-member, all-boy pop band; like Nsync but with more of a Lady Gaga/Flo Rida sound. You can check out their song Go! here. And from Big Bang, the leader G-Dragon went and did his own solo, and now has become the Justin Timberlake of Korea (minus the hilarious SNL appearances). Apparently Korean girls go stone-cold-fuck-nuts for this guy. His latest single is Heartbreaker. There has been some speculation though as to whether or not he ripped off the music for this song from Flo Rida's Right Round song. I'll admit that they do sound similar, but in all fairness, Flo Rida kind of ripped of the song too. It makes no difference to me, I still like the G-D version (ooo, look at me, already using his nickname as if I've been following his musical career for more than en entire evening!). There's also the group Super Junior who also have a poppy sound, but they also do slower songs like It's You. On the rock side, there's M.C. the Max with their song Returns which is pretty good as well; it sounds like the typical American, upcoming, alternative, rock band you would find on PureVolume.

Then there is the female group sensation 2ne1, which is the female version of Big Bang. I think they do collaborations (which are in general very popular amongst Korean artists) with Big Bang too. They have their popular song Fire for which there are even two music videos for. In terms of female artists, there is also BoA who has her single I Did It For Love. You've got the Pussycat Dolls of Korea, SNSD with their new song Tell Me What You Wish .

As far as rap goes, there are some notable artists, Drunken Tiger has a pretty good song called Monster, Epik High with their pop/rap song One, and what can only be described as the Outkast of Korea, Dynamic Duo. You can check out one of their songs here.

For the most part the music seems pretty good. It's a little strange because a few interspersed verses will be in English, or the chorus, so you think you're listening to an english version where the words are just hard to understand. But in fact, it's mostly Korean. So there you go, the quick and dirty of the massive world of Korean Pop!