K thx bye

National Public Radio jauntily informs me that Korean pop culture is the latest fad sweeping Asia. Korean pop music—K-Pop—is especially big in Japan, which, given the tortured history between the two countries, I found vaguely troubling. Japanese kids are emulating Korean fashion—the correspondent straight-facedly intones that "dark make-up(!), tight clothes, and square-toed shoes" are all the rage. The editor of a Japanese pop music magazine burbles, "The Korean people have a natural sense of rhythm, moreso than we Japanese..."

Yass suh, boss. And I bets dey jus' loves dem some watermelon, too.