Korean Country Music??

One of the Korean teachers left on Friday to go work as a full-time yoga instructor. Her replacement came today. Her name is Jessica, and she's super sweet. Some of the desks were switched around in the office, so I sit next to Jessica. I was able to talk to her for a few minutes between classes, and she speaks English really well!! She's been teaching for 2 years now, only at private schools. She lives about 40 minutes away so the commute is pretty rough. She asked about me, where I'm from, and what I think of Korea. Jessica's personality is polar opposite of the teacher she replaced, so I'm really looking forward to getting to know her more :)

On my break today, I was talking to Darren about country music. The first day I arrived in Korea, we discovered we both have a deep appreciation for country music. I thought that was really funny and always wondered how he had been introduced to country music in the first place. So, on my break, I asked him who his favorite country singer is. And he said, "American or Korean?" Korean?! I had NO IDEA there were Korean country singers!! So I asked him what the songs were about. He didn't understand, so I told him that American country songs are about pride in the U.S.A., girls, alcohol, and pick-up trucks. He said, "Pick-up trucks?" (They don't have those here. And SUVs are few and far between. They pretty much just drive sedans.) Darren said Korean country music was about love and freedom. :)

I'm going to Google Korean Country Singers and see what results I get. I'm interested to see if it sounds anything like American country music. Darren said it sounds acoustic, and "maybe it sounds the same." :) I'll have to see for myself. All this time I've thought that he just listened to American country music. I was just ignorant to the fact that they would even have that genre of music here....