I find it very interesting how far and wide Kpop has traveled, and in my case it exposed me to different genres of korean music. Although I had been watching kdramas for a few years I never really paid much attention to the music, and then Gangnam Style came and kids in a very rural community were into it and I thought how interesting, it's made it all the way to this little corner of our town.
Something that stood out to me was the topics that some of these songs have- the political and social issues. I do not listen to the very pop-y songs therefore I missed a lot of that, but I think it's a great way to get younger gruops to become aware what is going on, if they do not know already. It could trigger an interest on a topic they have not heard and reasearch it, hopefully through reliable sources.
Another thing that stood out was that the groups are now starting to be more diverse and not having to look the same in any way shape or form, as well culturally. There must be diverese communities in Korea where there some kids who do not see themselves represented in some of those groups. By having diverese groups, it could inspire that kid to take the risk pursue a career in music, or whatever else there is.
