Will SuperM be the new BTS? A look ahead at K-pop's trajectory for 2020
by August Brown, Los Angeles Times
Dec 30, 2019
3 minutes
In 2019, K-pop saw some of its brightest lights and darkest hours.
There were huge successes in the scene, which shows no signs of slowing in the United States. BTS' triumph at the Rose Bowl; Blackpink becoming the first major K-pop act to perform at Coachella; groups like Monsta X signing with U.S. major labels and collaborating across genres. LA's KCON, once again, helped drive the conversation around the genre in new and inclusive directions.
Yet after both the Burning Sun sexual assault scandal
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