Future of KPOP / Social impact of pop culture

The entertainment industry reflects and spreads ideas that exist within the society. Since there are many ideas going around within the society, the entertainment industry also reflects diverse ideas within the society. The article we discussed in class about SHINEE and Narsha and how their music videos reflect Illuminati ideas didn’t really convince me. It argued that these music videos have a subconscious effect on the viewers, by feeding them ideas regarding complete obedience to authority and complying with oppression. I think these ideas have been present in the society from the beginning of time, and were inducted into pop culture by iconic works such as George Orwell’s 1984: in my opinion, these music videos are merely referencing these symbols as a work of art. If the viewers choose to analyze it (or rather, overanalyze it) and to read it just as a piece of political propaganda, they can. However, I would like to point out that this is not the only idea that dominates the entertainment industry and that the content can be interpreted in many different ways just as convincingly.