Essays on Pop Culture

As we know, Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Black widow, and Hawkeye, each superhero have their unique power. In the movie “The Avengers”, superheroes require to work as a team to resistance to alien enemies. However, superheroes are always full of personality, each of…

The Marvel Cinematic Universe and the movies that make it up are very popular in the United States and around the world. Their beloved characters and amazing stories make them very enjoyable for their audiences. One specific part of the movies that people don’t think…

Introduction You’re ordering a cup of bubble milk tea in Taiwan as K-pop girl group Twice’s newest album blares from the speakers overhead. Your Russian friend uploads a video on YouTube of her joining a K-pop Random Dance Challenge in Public held in Vietnam. In…

Introduction In 2018, I went back to Thailand for a couple of months. It had been five years since I had been back, and during my time there, I noticed how much Bangkok has evolved and changed. Previous trips to Thailand were filled with memories…

Introduction Kpop has developed to be the South Korean government’s showcase to the world. Stating that Kpop is one of its many “perfect” examples. However, Kpop is not all it has been made out to be, with labor abuse, past government censorship, and maldistribution of…

South Korea is well-known for beautiful places, delicious foods and modern technology. However when people talk about South Korea, they will mention about K-pop as well. K-pop is an abbreviation of Korean pop, according from an encyclopedia, K-pop “is a genre of popular music originating…

A lot of people die and after a couple of years, they stop being a part of the lives of the living, no longer coming up in conversations and the evidence of their existence eroded with each passing day. That hasn’t been the case of…

“The Motto,” as Drake so eloquently put it, is “You only live once,” better known as “YOLO. ” This single phrase has become much more than just a catchy chorus in another Drake hit. It has become a way of life, a justification, an ideology,…

This essay will touch on a few issues such as gender, branding, personal emotion and the music industry from a range of perspectives in hope to shed some light on a gender problem we have in the music industry and the fear it has among…

Staying updated on the daily occurrences of celebrities has never been so easy with the presence of technology combined with America’s growing obsession with pop-culture. One famous family that dominates the headlines: the Kardashians. For every time a Kardashian decides to go out to dinner,…

“Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, Philanthropist.” This cocky line is what Tony Stark describes himself as in the Avengers. Although the movie’s genre is SF and Action, the movie’s popularity led to something much larger. For example, that line became popular and used as meme for a…

Popular culture, also known as ‘Pop Culture’ may refer to many as our modern day lifestyle in the world we live in, which is recognized and accepted by our society as a whole. These cultural patterns are commonly used as driven movements that are influenced…

The unhealthy culture or pop culture has the potential to influence how the young girls dress since young girls tend to see the celebrities as their role model, thus they will eventually follow the celebrities’ style or fashion. Being a good role model is something…

Eugene Hutz, Pop Culture, and the Romani Image Guthrie Brunk-London Since its conception in 1999, the folk-punk band GogolBordello has become exceedingly popular in the American and international Indie music scene. Gogol Bordello defines itself as a “gypsy-punk band”, and it’s lead-singer Eugene Hutz has…

9/11 Reflected In US Pop Culture As millions of terrified people watched, the World Trade Center, a landmark of America, crashed to the ground in a resounding thud, sealing the fate of the almost 3,000 people trapped inside and injuring thousands of others. The plight…