Before K-pop, there was trot. This traditional South Korean music genre gets its name from the American "foxtrot", which shares the trot's distinctive two-beat rhythm. It was popular for decades and ...

"Korea-Japan King of Singers" serves as a competitive arena where the top 7 trot representatives from Korea and Japan go head-to-head in a survival format that transcends borders. With teams composed ...

The 2025 Korea Grand Music Awards (KGMA) has revealed its trot singers and band lineup! On September 17, KGMA announced that solo trot singers Park Seo Jin, Lee Chan Won, and Jang Min Ho, along with ...

The top seven contestants of this trot survival show will be selected as national representatives for the "Trot Girls Japan" survival show. The top seven are scheduled to face each other at the ...

correctionA previous version of this story cited Lim Young Woong’s "Rainbow" as an example of trot, when it is in fact a mixed-genre song. The story has been updated to cite a different song, and to ...

BIGBANG’s Daesung is making a return to variety shows as a judge in an upcoming trot competition! On October 6, MBN announced Daesung as a judge on its upcoming trot competition show, “Living Legend” ...