Big Ocean, the world’s first deaf K-pop band, on the stigma, the songs and a second album

A year after their debut, PJ, Chanyeon and Jiseok talk about the tough times, their global fanbase and what keeps them going“People often ask how we can be a K-pop group with hearing loss,” PJ says in between rehearsals in Seoul. “But we want people to see us perform and be inspired, with our hearing status as almost a side note.”PJ is the main vocalist for band Big Ocean, which made history almost exactly a year ago as the world’s first K-pop group composed entirely of members with hearing loss, a daunting venture in South Korea, a country where conformity is culturally valued. Continue reading...

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