>>126076651I mean, I'm from France, and when you look at the numbers, K-pop is practically nonexistent here.
For example, this is the current top 50 on Spotify France :
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZEVXbIPWwFssbupI ,
and the only K-pop artist featured is Rosé at #17 in a collaboration with Bruno Mars.
K-pop just isn't relevant in the West.
I know the K-pop industry is trying to appeal to the West, which is why they basically imitate everything that comes from Black artists since they are the most popular musicians on the planet.
But it will never work because it will always be seen as a cheap copy