In recent years, there has been much debate about what constitutes K-Pop and what doesn't. In particular, BTS has also appeared in many controversial articles about whether they are a Kpop group or not when releasing songs entirely in English.

Similar to this issue, recently, people have been making accusations of moving away from K-Pop or not being qualified as Kpop idols for multinational groups like BLACKSWAN or groups with many foreign members, eventhough their music is primarily in Korean. Because it is a controversial issue, BTS was also asked about their opinion.

Finally, BTS gave an answer that I believe many people will admire and agree with:

The concept of "K-Pop" actually, according to a Korean fan, is not used in Korea except for articles with foreign content (for example, news about BTS performances in America and their achievements on the chart). This concept refers to pop songs sung by Korean male/female groups under entertainment companies. However, in previous years, for many Koreans, Kpop was not heard much or respected by people older than the age of 21-22s mainly for the reason that it was not truly Korean.

Therefore, the question of whether this is a pure Kpop song or whether foreign idols can be called Kpop idols or not is largely subjective for each person. In today's article, fans will hear opinions from BTS - the leading faces of K-Pop about this topic.

During the interview, the group was asked what they thought K-Pop was. RM took the lead in answering, admitting immediately that he got this question a lot, even overseas, but his answer has changed over time. The BTS leader mentioned that when they first went to the Billboard Music Awards in 2017, if anybody asked about the uniqueness of K-Pop, he would point out elements like music video, sound, choreography, visuals, and new media communication. Back then, RM said, K-Pop was definable as a comprehensive amalgamation of all these things.

But from the 2020s onwards, RM said, those defining factors of K-Pop were not as distinct as before. RM mentioned groups with foreign members, saying that since they create music in the K-Pop genre, they are considered K-Pop groups even if all the members are not Koreans. He said: "There are many cases where foreigners are members. In fact, even if it is not Korea-China, there are cases where you become a member from a country that has no origins. In fact, in Western countries, the genre is set to K-POP."

Conversely, RM also pointed at BTS’s own dichotomy, taking “Dynamite” as an example. He explained that the song was made by a group of all Korean members, but it was completely in English. At the same time, it followed the K-Pop format, with the music video, choreography, and all associated content that is unique to this industry.

Specificially, he told: "We said we were a K-POP group. Now there are teams that are not all Korean. Then we are Korean, all seven people. However, in the case of the song. For example, it ranked first on the Billboard HOT 100. But this was sung in English So this isn’t K-POP? This also has choreography and a music video. Some of our content is all attached"

In the end. RM concluded his answer by saying that the scope of K-Pop is ever-expanding, and defining it at this point is not objectively possible. Since the industry’s outreach has changed so fast, the meaning of the words and terms attached to it also keeps changing at that pace. As a result, the definition of K-Pop, RM said, will keep changing in the future, too.

He concluded: "So, in my opinion, K-POP is still expanding. The horizon is expanding. Therefore, if you ask me to define K-POP, I think it will take a while and the meaning keeps changing".

Jimin on the other hand ends it with a simple yet powerful answer, asking people to only accept things they find worthwhile without trying to put any defining labels on them. He ended with: "There is such a thing. Good is good. Please like it a lot".

His answer is truly a perfect conclusion to the above debate because it is clear that the impact of globalization has shown that the boundaries of everything are gradually becoming blurred and difficult to define.