Ryo Cifra fell in love with K-pop 15 years ago, just a few years before Korean boy band BTS — the industry’s most successful export to date — was formed in Seoul.
After hearing an earworm called Fire by the girl group 2NE1, Cifra dug into all things K-pop, developing an appreciation for the country’s pop music industry and other facets of Korean culture.
Nowadays, he performs in the Edmonton-based K-pop dance cover group Apricity. A linchpin of the scene’s vibrant fan culture, dance covers involve fans lipsyncing and reenacting choreography by their favourite K-pop idols — briefly replicating the beloved musical acts that are now some of the
