USC to offer course on K-pop icon G-Dragon
Starting in spring 2026, the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles will offer a class focused on G-Dragon's music career and his cultural impact. The class is titled "Crooked Studies of K-pop: The Case of G-Dragon" and will be taught by Hye Jin Lee, a professor in the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. The course is the latest in a string of college classes available on pop culture themes. Yale University and Harvard University have each offered classes based on Beyonce and Taylor Swift’s influence. "Introducing a course on G-Dragon at a prestigious institution like USC, particularly as he marks the 20th anniversary of his debut, is highly meaningful,” G-Dragon's agency Galaxy Corporation said in a statement Friday. “We believe this will further underscore the artistic depth and global influence of K-pop.” G-Dragon debuted in 2006 as a member of BIGBANG under YG Entertainment. The group transformed K-pop with chart-topping hits like “Lies,” “Haru Haru,” “Tonight” and “Bang Bang Bang,” many of which were written or produced by GWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times
Quelle: Korea Times