CULTURE History of Kpop: The Rise of the Boy Band (H.O.T. and Sechs Kies) Chaweon Koo 19 Apr, 21 In the mid-1990s, South Korean record labels injected the burgeoning new genre of K-pop with the first generation of “idol” boy groups – charismatic teens who helped build a global audience in the pre-Youtube era
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