Experiencing a Korean "K-Pop" Concert

Last weekend, Gyeongju had a K-Pop (short for "Korean-Pop") concert.  My friend Lauren and I decided to take advantage of this opportunity to see what a Korean concert is like.  The tickets only cost about 5 KRW (for $5) and the sound of the music is best described as "bubblegum pop".  Its basically a series of boy bands and girl bands.  

The Koreans certainly love and go all out for their K-pop concerts -- with signs and balloons of their favorite group and plenty of fireworks.  All the "band" names are in English, but the lyrics are a mixture of Korean, English, and other sounds (they are no "true" words).

They had plenty of food being sold during the event.  The most common was kimbop (as I discussed in an earlier post) and dried squid (like beef jerky, but its squid).