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K-pop Targets Global Audience with English Lyrics

The ratio of English words used in K-pop songs is rapidly increasing in line with the genre's popularity overseas.
English words took up 41.3 percent of the lyrics of K-pop girl groups’ releases that landed on Circle Chart’s Digital Chart Top 100 in the first half of this year, according to Circle Chart.
This is an increase of 18.9 percentage poi...