I'm very happy that the first global K-pop smash was a pudgy guy in his 30s with a history of singing stuff like "kill these fucking Yankee pigs" making fun of a very specific neighborhood of Seoul... sometimes the whims of history are beautiful
a while back I saw a news photo of Psy as the judge of a K-pop competition show, leaning back with the confidence of "I am the reason why any of you have a shot at an international career"