CLASSy, or CLASS:y, written as 클라씨 in Korean, is the fourth generation K-pop girl band based in South Korea, like Secret Number and CSR. The band was formed through a television survival show, “My Teenage Girl,” aired on the MBC channel between November 2021 and February 2022. M25, a record label company with Universal Music …
Blackpink, or BLɅϽKPIИK, written as 블랙핑크 in Korean, is the most popular and internationally recognized South Korean third-generation girl group in K-pop like Red Velvet and fromis_9. YG Entertainment (a music label company) manages this band of four girls: Jisoo, Jennie, Rose, and Lisa. Blackpink officially debuted on August 8, 2016, with the release of a single album, …
2PM written as 투피엠 in Korean, is the boy band of second-generation K-pop based in South Korea, like Shinee and BigBang. This band is a split of the One Day group, an eleven-member band formed as a result of “Hot Blood Men,” which is a documentary about its trainees. JYP Entertainment, a big entertainment record …
Loona, written as 이달의 소녀 in Korean, meaning “Girl of the Month,” is a third generation of K-pop like Blackpink and Mamamoo. Blockberry Creative, a subsidiary of record label company Polaris Entertainment, formed a band of eleven girls, popularly known as Vivi, Yves, JinSoul, Haseul, Kim Lip, Chuu, Heejin, Hyunjin, Gowon, Choerry, Hyeju, and Yeojin. …
Red Velvet, written as 레드벨벳 in Korean, is a third generation of K-pop girl band. SM Entertainment, a record label company, manages this girl group of 5 members, popularly known as Irene, Seulgi, Wendy, Joy, and Yeri. The group debuted on August 1, 2014, with the release of the single “Happiness” as a four-member group. …
Girls’ Generation, written as 소녀시대 in Korean, also known as SNSD, is the second generation of K-pop group, like SHINee. The group name represents “Generation of Girls,” derived from the Sino-Korean root word. SM Entertainment, a South Korean record label company, manages this band of seven girls: Taeyeon, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, and Seohyun. …
KATSEYE, written as 카츠아이 in Korean, is the upcoming 5th generation global K-pop group like VCHA and I’LL IT. HYBE and Universal Music Group collaborated on a survival television show called “The Debut: Dream Academy,” where 20 contestants, all girls, competed with each other for the official lineup of the new girl group. Under Geffen Records, …
JYP Entertainment girl band TWICE is one of the K-pop bands for which people are always ready to get some new music. Many big member bands ultimately result in disbandment, but not this one. TWICE has nine members: Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, and Tzuyu. Currently, TWICE comeback has been officially announced …
Enhypen, also written as 엔하이픈 in Korean, is a South Korean K-pop boy band of the fourth generation, like TXT and Cravity. The name Enhypen is an extension of the word hyphen, which stands for the symbol (-) that connects two words, which derives meaning from the group “Connect together, Growth, and Discovery.” Under Belift Lab, …
Unlike fifth-generation K-pop bands like VCHA and Zerobaseone, which debuted within some months after the announcement, older K-pop generation bands took years to make their official debuts, just like BTS, which formed in 2010 and debuted in 2013. Pledis Entertainment’s Seventeen, one of the most popular boy bands in South Korea, took two years and …