More than K-pop: South Korea's trot music finds new audience<br /><br />South Korea's trot music was once dismissed and widely ridiculed as tunes for pensioners, but a fresh crop of younger artists are breathing new life into the genre and showing the world there's more to the country's music scene than K-pop.<br /><br />Trot blends traditional Korean music with elements of Western jazz, swing and Japanese Enka, and its melodramatic ballads and upbeat tunes are finding massive audiences in the South, helped by a wave of reality television shows. <br /><br />AFP VIDEO<br /><br />Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe <br />Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net <br /> <br />Follow us: <br />Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook <br />Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram <br />Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter <br />DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion <br /> <br />Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital <br /> <br />Check out our Podcasts: <br />Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify <br />Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts <br />Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic <br />Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer <br />Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein<br /> <br />#TheManilaTimes <br />#worldnews <br />#kpop
