This study explores relationships among marketing elements of popular music. First of all, through a
factor analysis, genre of pop music is classified into three categories such as traditional genre, soft
genre, and hard genre. The results of structural equation modeling analysis show that traditional genre
and hard genre influenced consumption window, and soft genre affected para-social interaction.
Window consumption also positively linked to para-social interaction. Both window consumption and
para-social interaction influenced attitudes toward entertainment agencies. The results of this study
could provide several academic and managerial implications about marketing of popular music and
branding strategies of entertainment agencies.