Though the album’s songs fail to defamiliarize from the proven formula for success in the charts, they also have the idealized addictive beats and energy that fans love. 

Like most students coming to campus for their first college semester, freshman Kathy Young felt fairly anonymous—but unlike her peers, she already carried a bit of fame. During her junior year in high school, Young became a renowned singer in South Korea following her performances in the inaugural season of the show “K-pop Star.

Wearing basketball jerseys representing the Lakers, Bulls, Heat, Magic and Knicks, 10 girls jumped and pointed to the sky to the beat of “Bubble Pop,” a well-known pop song in Korea, during Friday night’s Spirit of Korea event.