| Ballad (Korean music) | |
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| Cultural origins | Late 1960s, South Korea |
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Korean ballad, also known as K-ballad (often simply referred to by South Koreans as ballad; Korean: 발라드), is a style of music in South Korea and a genre in which soul and rhythm and blues music is transformed to suit Korean sentiment.[1][2] It became popular in the 1980s, and has influenced and evolved into many different music styles.
... K팝을 말할 때 힙합 비트를 빼놓을 수 없고, 음원 차트에서 강세인 발라드 음악도 솔과 리듬앤드블루스(R&B)를 근간으로 한다. ...[... Hip-hop beats are indispensable when talking about K-pop, and ballad music, which is strong on the music charts, is also based on soul and rhythm & blues (R&B). ...]