

It’s not an ideal word, especially since it doesn’t acknowledge the diversity of musical styles within the industry and the visual elements that often go hand-in-hand with the music. K-pop For a long time, the term “K-pop” has been used to describe a “genre,” when it’s simply a generic, catchall term for popular music that comes from Korea. Hence, ppl refer to them as OP or original poster which gives them indirect credit. What does “OP” mean in K-Pop? OP means original poster, which means when fans upload pictures of like seeing an idol in a restaurant, it gets retweeted or reposted many times so no one really knows who originally posted it. With the older definition of OG applied, it essentially means that a person or thing has a classic style or way But, as text messaging and instant messaging has evolved, OG, like popular words bae, smh and NP, has also become a shortened form of the word Original. The most common accepted meaning of the letters in OG is Original Gangster.
