

What is acceptable and what is not in a modern industry trying to package distinctly ‘Asian’ content for the global market? Still, there is that old cliché: “Sex sells” that could be considered here, and even though K-Pop is still a relative newbie to producing sexualised content for mainstream consumption, many groups have had some very successful cracks at it.


While it is fairly common to see scantily-clad pop stars wiggling and ‘twerking’ away on Western television, South Korea is still trying to set up boundary lines as they walk between Eastern and Western cultures. The ‘sexy concept’ in K-Pop surrounded by much debate and controversy.
