ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the various chapter of this book. This book outlines the brief overview of K-Pop's pre-history followed by a detailed analysis of K-Pop's multitextual genre system. It examines the K-Pop as an ongoing process and the interwoven result of the conditions and effects that increased transnational flows, shifting asymmetrical relations, and the role of the musical imaginary imposed on music production and consumption in South Korea. That K-Pop would make its way into the Saturday night flagship show of Schlager television and into the living rooms of millions of German households was the last thing the author expected when he started his research on Korean pop music a few years ago. International pop music listeners may find much in K-Pop with which they feel familiar and hardly anything that reminds them of traditional Korean culture.
