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Choose aespa if futuristic concepts, powerful vocals, and highly produced performance videos are your fastest way into K-pop.
English profile BABYMONSTERChoose BABYMONSTER for a newer group with prominent rap, live-vocal appeal, and choreography-led videos.
English profile IVEChoose IVE for refined pop, memorable choruses, and polished official videos that make each era easy to distinguish.
English profile NewJeansChoose NewJeans for relaxed hooks, clean visual direction, and an understated alternative to maximal idol-pop production.
English profile TWICEChoose TWICE for strong melodies, extensive Japanese releases, and a catalogue large enough to follow the group's evolution.
English profile BTSChoose BTS to follow K-pop's global expansion while seeing how a group's shared story can branch into individual work.
English profile LE SSERAFIMChoose LE SSERAFIM if performance, fashion, and direct concepts matter more to you than dense worldbuilding.
English profile BLACKPINKChoose BLACKPINK for a small member count, instantly recognizable videos, and four clear solo paths.
English profile NiziUChoose NiziU if Japanese releases and a clearly documented path from audition programme to debut matter most.
English profile SEVENTEENChoose SEVENTEEN for choreography depth, a clear three-unit structure, and an extensive official performance catalogue.
English profile 100%Come here for a third-generation boy group whose late material sounds nothing like its opening years.
English profile 15&Pick this if you want singing without choreography, and want to hear two voices that later went very different ways.
English profile 2AMChoose this when you want Korean pop with the choreography taken out and the singing left in.
English profile 2EYESWorth a look if you collect the short-lived groups that fill in what the 2013 debut class actually looked like.
English profile 2NE1Start here to understand why so many later groups describe themselves against this one; the reunion tour in 2024 says the rest.
English profile 2PMCome here if the physical side of Korean stage performance interests you more than concept work.
English profile 4MinutePick this for an early look at how CUBE Entertainment built an aggressive image for a girl group.
English profile 82MAJORChoose this if you want a recent boy group where the rap is central rather than decorative.
English profile 8TURNA good pick if you like comparing different camera treatments of one routine.
English profile 9MUSESStart here if styling and silhouette interest you as much as the songs do.
English profile A-JAXUseful if you follow agency lineages and want to see what DSP Media built after SS501.
English profile A.KORCome here for a rough, rap-driven alternative to the polished girl groups of the same years.
English profile A2O MAYFollow this one to hear what the founder of SM Entertainment builds when he starts over outside Korea.
English profile AB6IXChoose this for R&B and hip-hop leanings inside a group small enough to follow every part.
English profile After SchoolStart here if stagecraft interests you; very little else from those years was built this theatrically.
English profile AHOFPick this if you want a very recent group whose first three releases already sound different from one another.
English profile AKMUCome here for songwriting rather than choreography, and for two voices that were built to sit together.
English profile ALPHA DRIVE ONEChoose this if you want several camera treatments of the same routine, which the official channel provides for every release.
English profile ALLDAY PROJECTPick this if the mixed-gender format interests you and you want to hear how the parts are divided.
English profile AmbiOTry this if you like arriving before a catalogue exists and watching it fill in from the beginning.
English profile AMPERS&ONEStart here if you want a group whose international side is structural rather than added later.
English profile AND2BLEFollow this one if you already know the Boys Planet cast and want to see where those members went next.
English profile &TEAMChoose this for Japanese-language releases made with Korean video and dance craft attached.
English profile AOAWorth starting here if you want to see a Korean girl group carry two formats at once and then choose.
English profile ApinkCome here to see how a group survives its own introduction and grows out of it in public.
English profile APRILStart from the later singles; they are easier to like, and the early ones make more sense afterwards.
English profile ARrCPick this if you like watching one record from several angles instead of one video per single.
English profile ARTMSChoose this if you followed the earlier project and want the thread picked up rather than dropped.
English profile ASC2NTWorth a look if you track the smaller labels rather than only the large ones.
English profile ASTROCome here for a group whose stage face is softer than most, and whose ensemble dancing is tidier than it looks.
English profile ATBOA good pick when you want a group that changes register often without losing its formation work.
English profile ATEEZPick ATEEZ when you want the live energy to survive into the practice-room footage, which it usually does.
English profile AtHeartStart here for a new girl group aimed outward from the beginning rather than at the home market first.
English profile B.I.GCome here if you want to see a small-label group find an audience in a region most of their peers ignored.
English profile B1A4Come here for a late second-generation group that stayed close to its audience and kept making records after two members left.
English profile Baby DONT CryChoose this for rock-leaning production on a girl group that is still only a couple of releases old.
English profile Baby V.O.XStart here if you want to see how much range first-generation girl groups actually had.
English profile BADVILLAINPick this if you want a girl group built for the practice-room camera as much as for the music video.
English profile B.A.PCome here when you want a boy group whose concepts carry an argument rather than a mood.
English profile BBGIRLSFollow this one for the best example in Korean pop of an audience finding a group long after the label gave up.
English profile BE BOYSWorth a look if you prefer catching a group before the catalogue has a shape.
English profile BEATWINUseful if you fill in the mid-sized boy groups that the 2014 class produced in quantity.
English profile Berry GoodStart here if you like groups that improved steadily without ever getting a breakout moment.
English profile BESTiePick this if you know EXID and want to hear what those same voices did somewhere else.
English profile Big OceanWorth following if you want to watch a very small roster build a catalogue from nothing.
English profile BIGBANGStart here to understand the taste that most of the second generation was reacting to.
English profile BIGFLOCome here if you want to hear a small-label boy group where the rap is not an accessory.
English profile BIGSTARWorth digging into if you like following members' later careers back to where they started.
English profile BilllieChoose this if you want storytelling without the music turning heavy to carry it.
English profile BladyCome here if you are filling in the early-2010s groups that never got a second look.
English profile Block BCome here for the starting point of ZICO's career and for a boy group that never sounded managed.
English profile Bob GirlsWorth a look if you want to see how completely a single visual idea could define a 2014 debut.
English profile BOYFRIEND / BFStart here if you want a second-generation group whose concept hardened noticeably between its first and third years.
English profile BOYNEXTDOORChoose this if you want plain-spoken lyrics instead of worldbuilding, with the story continuing between releases.
English profile Boys RepublicUseful as a benchmark for what a mid-sized boy group of the early third generation actually did.
English profile Brown Eyed GirlsStart here for singing and for concept work aimed at grown listeners rather than at teenagers.
English profile BTOBCome here if you want a boy group whose live singing is the point rather than a bonus.
English profile BULLDOKWorth finding if you collect the girl groups that chose toughness before it became a standard concept.
English profile BUSFollow this one to see how a Thai survival show builds a group along Korean lines.
English profile BuzzCome here for 2000s Korean rock rather than for idol pop; the overlap in audience is larger than it looks.
English profile RoaD-BUseful if you have run into both names and want to know that they point at one act.
English profile C-ClownA good find if you like early third-generation boy groups that never got their due.
English profile C-REALUseful when you want to see the whole shape of a year rather than only its biggest groups.
English profile CHASERFollow this if you like catching a group in the months when its line-up and its sound are both still settling.
English profile Cherry BulletPick this for sweet, well-sung pop from a group whose catalogue is small enough to hear in an afternoon.
English profile CHI-CHICome here if you are reconstructing the short-lived girl groups of the early 2010s.
English profile cignatureChoose this if you want bouncy girl-group pop that later grew a quieter emotional side.
English profile CIXStart here for a fourth-generation boy group whose debut single was already fully formed.
English profile CLASSyChoose this if you want several lead-quality singers in one girl group without the dancing suffering for it.
English profile CLCStart here if you want to hear a group reinvent itself in public and get better for it.
English profile CLICK-BCome here for the years when Korean pop had not yet settled on a single template.
English profile CLOSE YOUR EYESPick this if you watched the show and want the story continued rather than restarted.
English profile CNBLUECome here if you want Korean guitar pop that reached the same audience as the idol groups of its year.
English profile CORTISFollow this to see what the label behind BTS builds now, with a decade more resources than it had then.
English profile cosmosyWorth watching if you are interested in which labels outside the usual four are still starting groups.
English profile CRAVITYChoose this for a large boy group whose material is easy to follow because the video output is so consistent.
English profile Crayon PopStart here if you want proof that a K-pop concept could be genuinely funny and still work.
English profile CROSS GENECome here for a group built for two markets at once before that became a standard strategy.
English profile Crying NutStart here if you want the other half of Korean music — the part that grew in small rooms rather than in training buildings.
English profile CSRPick this if you want a concept carried out literally, with the members' own age doing the work.
English profile D-UNITCome here for an early third-generation girl group aimed at listeners who wanted rap rather than sweetness.
English profile DAILY:DIRECTIONWorth a look if you follow debuts from the smaller labels rather than only the established ones.
English profile Dal ShabetFollow the singles in order — few groups changed their title-track register this much in five years.
English profile DavichiCome here when you want singing that does not need a concept behind it.
English profile DAY6Start here if you want songs about being in your twenties played by the people who wrote them.
English profile DIAStart here if you want easy, sunny girl-group pop with no concept to decode.
English profile DIGNITYWorth a look if you keep track of the smaller labels that are still launching groups.
English profile DKBChoose this if you want to watch bodies move rather than a story unfold.
English profile DKZPick this for a group that changes its presentation from single to single and has the video output to prove it.
English profile DMTN / DalmatianCome here if you want a mid-sized late second-generation boy group that rewards a second look.
English profile dodreeTry this if a two-person format interests you more than a large cast.
English profile Dragon PonyCome here if you want guitars rather than choreography from the most recent wave.
English profile DreamcatcherStart here if you want guitars and double kick inside a girl group rather than beside one.
English profile DRIPPINChoose this if formation work is what you watch for; the fixed-camera cuts exist for every release.
English profile DXTEENPick this if you want the Japanese branch of the audition-show system rather than the Korean one.
English profile ENHYPENChoose this for tense production and precise group dance wrapped in a story that carries across albums.
English profile ENOiPick this if bold colour work in music videos catches your eye before anything else does.
English profile EPEXStart here if album-sequence storytelling appeals and you want it from a smaller label.
English profile Epik HighCome here for rapping with a writer's attention to language rather than for a concept.
English profile EVERGLOWChoose this for fourth-generation girl-group production at its most maximal.
English profile EVNNEFollow this if you watched the programme and want to see which of that cast is still working together.
English profile EvoLCome here for an alternative to the clean concepts that dominated the same two years.
English profile EXIDStart here for the most famous late chart climb in Korean pop and a group that earned the second chance.
English profile EXOStart here for the centre of SM Entertainment's third generation and for group dance at its most demanding.
English profile F.CUZCome here if you are filling in the late second generation and want a group that kept working after the first line-up broke.
English profile F-ve DollsUseful if you are untangling the web of related groups that Core Contents Media kept splitting and merging.
English profile FANTASY BOYSChoose this if you want a very large recent line-up and a catalogue that changes tone quickly.
English profile FIESTARCome here for a third-generation girl group where the vocal parts were written to be difficult.
English profile FIFTY FIFTYStart here for light, easy pop and one of the strangest business stories in the industry's recent history.
English profile Fin.K.LStart here to hear where the Korean girl group as a format actually begins.
English profile FLARE UWorth following if you want to hear what a large label does when it builds something small.
English profile Fly to the SkyCome here if you want two male singers working against each other properly rather than trading lines.
English profile ForestellaChoose this if you want trained voices rather than idol production.
English profile fromis_9Start here for girl-group pop that is easy on first listen and better made than it lets on.
English profile FTISLANDCome here for a group that plays its own instruments and has done so for nearly two decades.
English profile f(x)Start here if you judge groups by albums rather than singles; this is the strongest case in second-generation pop.
English profile g.o.dCome here for first-generation pop that reads as popular song rather than as idol music.
English profile Gavy NJWorth a look if you want singing groups rather than dance groups from the years around the group's debut.
English profile GFRIENDStart here if synchronised dancing is what you watch for; nobody in the third generation did it more exactly.
English profile GHOST9Choose this if you want to watch how a large line-up is arranged rather than what it is wearing.
English profile i-dleStart here if you want big pop hooks attached to arguments the group is making about itself.
English profile Girl's DayStart here to watch a girl group reposition itself completely and gain rather than lose by it.
English profile Girls' Generation / 少女時代Start here if you want the second-generation foundation that most later Korean pop still answers to.
English profile GIRLSETPick this if you want to hear the Korean training system applied to an American group singing in its own language.
English profile GLAMCome here if you want to see an early, experimental attempt at a girl group by a label that later got very good at them.
English profile Golden ChildA good pick when you want to watch a group change direction, since the choreography videos cover almost every release.
English profile GOT7Start here for a group whose physical vocabulary is genuinely different from its contemporaries.
English profile GP BasicWorth reading if you think about how young Korean trainees were allowed to debut and what that produced.
English profile gugudanChoose this if you want a short catalogue that improves every time out.
English profile GWSNCome here for detailed electronic production and a connected storyline rather than a single breakout hit.
English profile H&DRead this if you followed the audition-show fallout of that year and want to know where those two went.
English profile H.O.T.Start here if you want the actual beginning rather than a later reconstruction of it.
English profile H1-KEYCome here for a small-label girl group that got found because people liked the writing.
English profile HALOWorth following if you found the members through their later work and want the original group.
English profile HEART OF WOMANTry this if you like hearing a group before any consensus about it has formed.
English profile Hearts2HeartsStart here for the current house sound at SM Entertainment, with the group dance kept front and centre.
English profile HELLOVENUSCome here for one of the sharpest concept reversals of the period, with the catalogue small enough to hear the whole turn.
English profile HIGHLIGHTStart here for a group that kept its audience through a change of name, label and ownership.
English profile HISTORYCome here if you want an early third-generation boy group whose late singles are considerably better than its early ones.
English profile HOTSHOTCome here if the members' later projects brought you in and you want to hear what they did first.
English profile H//PE PrincessStart here if you followed the rap competition and want to hear the finalists working as one team.
English profile hrtz.wavWorth following if you want Korean bands from the newest wave rather than dance groups.
English profile ICHILLIN'Choose this if you want to follow a girl group's change of register through its performance films.
English profile IDIDPick this if you want to watch a rookie group's first year laid out in order.
English profile ifeyeTry this if you like hearing a group before anybody has decided what it is.
English profile iKONStart here for one of the few boy groups whose biggest song became genuinely national property.
English profile ILLITChoose this for hooks that lodge immediately and a group that refuses to be only cute.
English profile IMFACTCome here for a boy group whose singing holds up better than its chart position suggests.
English profile IN A MINUTEWorth a look if small line-ups interest you more than large ones.
English profile INFINITEStart here if precision is what you value; almost nothing since has matched it.
English profile INIChoose this if large-cast formation work is the thing you watch for.
English profile I.O.IRead this to understand why Korean television kept making audition shows for the next decade.
English profile IS:SUEPick this for a small Japanese girl group made with the video density of a Korean one.
English profile ITZYStart here if you want the self-assertion era of Korean girl groups stated as plainly as it ever got.
English profile iznaFollow this if you watched the show and want to see the finished version of what it was building.
English profile IZ*ONEStart here for the group that set the standard right before the fourth generation properly began.
English profile JBJRead this if you want the clearest case of a fandom forcing a group into being.
English profile JewelryCome here for a long-running girl group where each era has its own line-up and its own sound.
English profile JJCCWorth a look if you collect the odd corners of the industry rather than only the major labels.
English profile JO1Choose this if you want Japanese-language releases with performance videos for album tracks, not only for title songs.
English profile JUST BChoose this if you want the same routine filmed from several distances, which the official channel provides throughout.
English profile K-TIGERS ZEROStart here if you want to see what happens when a discipline with its own vocabulary is treated as the routine.
English profile KARACome here for a reunion that worked, which is rarer in Korean pop than the announcements suggest.
English profile KARDPick this for a mixed line-up where the vocal trade-offs are the whole design rather than a novelty.
English profile KATSEYEStart here to hear what the Korean system produces when it is aimed at an English-speaking audience from day one.
English profile Kep1erChoose this if you want a project group that kept getting better after the programme's momentum ran out.
English profile KeyveatzWorth watching to see what a hip-hop label does when it builds a group.
English profile KEYVITUPTry this if you follow debuts from labels that have only just started making groups.
English profile KickFlipStart here for a JYP Entertainment group that leads with nerve rather than polish.
English profile KiiiKiiiPick this if you want a rookie group whose editing and tone are genuinely strange.
English profile KIIRASWorth a look if you track every debut rather than only the ones with budgets behind them.
English profile KISS OF LIFECome here if you want a recent girl group where the individual skill is the selling point.
English profile KNKChoose this if physical presence on stage interests you as much as choreography does.
English profile KoyoteStart here for the longest-running dance act in Korean pop and one of the few from that decade still working.
English profile LABOUMCome here if you like songs that were underrated at the time and got their due later.
English profile LADIES' CODEStart here for a group that is too often reduced to what happened to it, when the later records are the better argument.
English profile LATENCYWorth following if you want new Korean bands rather than new dance groups.
English profile LC9Come here if you follow the label that also housed Brown Eyed Girls and want to see its boy group.
English profile LIGHTSUMChoose this for a CUBE Entertainment girl group whose later singles are considerably tougher than its first.
English profile Lip ServicePick this if you want rap from women in Korean pop that is funny on purpose.
English profile LNGSHOTWorth a look if you want to hear a group before anyone has written about it.
English profile LOONA / 今月の少女Pick LOONA if an unusually large cast and a slow, deliberate rollout sound more interesting than a single debut moment.
English profile LovelyzStart here if you want pretty writing that turns out to be more complicated than it sounds.
English profile LUCYCome here for playing rather than choreography, with a sound no other Korean band is making.
English profile LUN8Choose this if you want a recent boy group whose two sides are genuinely different rather than a matter of styling.
English profile LUNAFLYStart here if you want an acoustic-leaning Korean act that found its listeners through video rather than through television.
English profile LUSTYWorth a look if you are filling in the smaller girl groups of that year.
English profile M.O.N.TPick this if small line-ups interest you and you want to see how a trio fills a stage.
English profile M.PireUseful as a comparison point when you are digging through the short-run boy groups of those years.
English profile MADEINChoose this if you followed the earlier project group and want to hear those voices in a smaller setting.
English profile MADTOWNCome here for a group that got noticeably better right up to the point where it stopped.
English profile MAMAMOOStart here if vocal ability is your first criterion; almost nobody else from that decade holds up as well in concert.
English profile MAP6Come here if you are tracing how mid-sized agencies rebuilt failed line-ups into new groups.
English profile MATILDAWorth finding if you like short catalogues where every release does something different.
English profile MBLAQChoose this for a second-generation boy group whose acting instincts are as visible as its dancing.
English profile MCNDPick this if you want to check whether a group can actually do it live, because the evidence is published.
English profile ME:IChoose this for Japanese-language pop staged with the formation habits of a Korean group.
English profile MelodyDayCome here if you followed Korean drama music and want to know who was singing it.
English profile MEOVVStart here for the first proper girl group from THEBLACKLABEL, and for hooks that are over before you expect.
English profile M.I.BCome here if you follow Korean rap and want the point where it overlapped with the idol industry.
English profile Mighty MouthWorth a look if you want rap duos from the years when Korean hip-hop was still a side street.
English profile MIRAEChoose this if you want to watch a concept soften across a run of singles without losing its edge.
English profile miss AStart here for the most assured debut of the late second generation and a group that never had an awkward phase.
English profile MODYSSEYTry this if you want to hear a large rookie line-up before any consensus forms.
English profile MOMOLANDStart here for a chorus that lodges in your head immediately and refuses to leave.
English profile MONSTA XChoose this if you want stage performance at its most physically punishing.
English profile MR.MRUseful if you want to hear what a smaller agency's boy group actually sounded like in those years.
English profile MVPWorth finding if you followed the audition programmes of those years and want the source group.
English profile MXMPick this if you want to watch how a duo stages what a larger group would spread across nine people.
English profile MYNAMECome here for a group that lasted through persistence rather than through one breakout moment.
English profile N.FlyingChoose this for guitars with jokes in them, and for one of the great late chart reversals.
English profile N-SONICUseful if you are rebuilding the picture of the smaller agencies at the turn of the third generation.
English profile n.SSignChoose this if you want performance versions and several dance practices for the same song, not just one video each.
English profile NATURECome here for a girl group whose later concepts are much odder than the debut would lead you to expect.
English profile NAZEWorth watching if you follow this label's habit of building groups slowly and well.
English profile NCT 127Start here for the most awkward, experimental production SM Entertainment puts out, attached to some of its hardest choreography.
English profile NCT DREAMChoose this if you want to hear a group age in public over a decade of releases.
English profile NCT WISHPick this for the freshest end of a long-running project, with a Japanese route built in from the start.
English profile NEONPUNCHWorth a look if you collect the girl groups that survival shows produced as a side effect.
English profile NEXZStart here if the JYP Entertainment training story interests you and you want it applied to a Japanese line-up.
English profile NMIXXChoose this if abrupt song structures interest you and you want to hear them carried live rather than patched in the studio.
English profile No BrainCome here for the loud, communal end of Korean rock rather than the studio end.
English profile NoelCome here if you want Korean ballads sung by a group rather than by a soloist.
English profile NOIRWorth a look if you like concepts carried out with no hedging at all.
English profile NouerAChoose this for a rookie group that is improving visibly from one release to the next.
English profile NOWZCome here for a CUBE Entertainment boy group that changed its name without changing its people.
English profile NRGRead this if you want to know where the export of Korean pop actually started.
English profile NU'ESTStart here for one of Korean pop's clearest second chances, and for a group that always sounded slightly out of step in a good way.
English profile ODD YOUTHWorth a look if you follow this label, which has been building boy groups for two decades.
English profile OH MY GIRLChoose this if you want a girl group with two distinct catalogues inside one discography.
English profile ONE PACTPick this if you followed the audition shows and want to hear those voices working together properly.
English profile ONEUSStart here if you want a boy group that acts its concepts rather than wearing them.
English profile ONEWECome here for a band sitting right next to Korean pop without being part of it.
English profile ONFChoose this if you want writing that takes a few listens and a group that never sounds thin on stage.
English profile OnlyOneOfStart here for the most intimate staging in Korean pop, handled with more seriousness than the subject usually gets.
English profile OURBIRTHDAYFollow this if you want to hear how the newest JYP Entertainment labels are building girl groups.
English profile P1HarmonyChoose this if live performance matters more to you than concept work.
English profile PENTAGONStart here if you want a boy group whose best songs were written from inside it.
English profile PLAVEStart here if you want to see the virtual format treated with the same effort as any other Korean group gets.
English profile PlaybackWorth a look if you like small catalogues where the singing carries everything.
English profile PRISTINCome here for one of the most discussed what-ifs in Korean pop, with a catalogue small enough to hear in one sitting.
English profile PURPLE KISSCome here if you like dark concepts and want one performed by people who can actually sing it.
English profile Queenz EyePick this if you want to compare how one routine reads in a practice room and under proper lighting.
English profile QWERStart here if you want to hear a group that began as an internet project and turned into a real band.
English profile RainbowCome here for a second-generation girl group that was better than its chart positions ever suggested.
English profile RED OOPARTWorth following if you want new Korean bands rather than another dance group.
English profile Red VelvetStart here for the most interesting double concept in Korean pop, executed by the same five people every time.
English profile RESCENEChoose this if you want a girl group that leaves an impression through atmosphere rather than volume.
English profile RIIZECome here for a band-like looseness inside a very precisely made group.
English profile Rocket PunchPick this if you want a small catalogue where every single sounds like a different decision.
English profile ROMEOWorth finding if the audition programme brought you here and you want the original releases.
English profile S.E.S.Start here to hear the beginning properly, not as a period piece but as pop that still works.
English profile S2ITTry this if you like arriving at a group's very first release rather than its third.
English profile SANTOS BRAVOSFollow this if the export of Korean training and production methods to other regions interests you.
English profile SAY MY NAMEChoose this for a genuinely multinational line-up where the mix is structural rather than decorative.
English profile SE SO NEONWorth your time if a distinctive singer fronting a rock band interests you more than a large cast.
English profile Sechs KiesCome here for the other half of the first generation's central argument, and for a comeback that actually happened.
English profile SecretStart here for a second-generation girl group that never settled on one register and was better for it.
English profile SEEYACome here if you want second-generation Korean pop that ignores dancing entirely.
English profile SF9Choose this for sleek, grown-up boy-group pop with acting and solo work running alongside it.
English profile SG WannabeCome here if you want male voices arranged against each other rather than traded line by line.
English profile She'zWorth a look if you want vocal-led girl groups from a period that mostly rewarded spectacle.
English profile SHINeeSTART here if you want a group that pushed Korean pop forward repeatedly rather than once.
English profile ShinhwaStart here for the longest unbroken line in Korean pop and the precedent every later group cites.
English profile SHU-ICome here if you are interested in the groups that quietly relocated rather than the ones that toured.
English profile Silica GelCome here if you are looking for Korean guitar music rather than choreography, and want a band that plays with real force.
English profile SISTARStart here for the best run of seasonal singles anyone in Korean pop has managed.
English profile SKarfUseful as an early precedent for the international line-ups that later became routine.
English profile SNUPERCome here if you like the specific sound of that production house and want a group built entirely on it.
English profile SONAMOOChoose this if you want a girl group that started hard and got friendlier rather than the other way round.
English profile SPEEDStart here if you want boy-group performance that borrows more from stunt work than from dance.
English profile SPICACome here if you want singing ability rewarded over styling, and a catalogue that proves the point.
English profile SplayitWorth following if you want bands from the newest wave rather than another dance group.
English profile SS501Start here to see how early Korean pop reached Japan before the industry had a system for it.
English profile STAYCChoose this if you care about how a pop song is arranged; very few groups make the parts this legible.
English profile STELLARCome here if you want the industry's treatment of women in those years laid out with nothing hidden.
English profile Stray KidsCome here if you want a group that builds its own noise rather than receiving it, and can stand a lot of information in one song.
English profile Sultan of the DiscoCome here if you want Korean music that has nothing at all to do with the idol system.
English profile Sunny HillCome here if you want Korean pop with satire in it and videos that are actually about something.
English profile Super JuniorStart here for the group that taught the industry how to build one act into an entire ecosystem.
English profile SYSTEM SEOULWorth a listen if you want to hear how a self-run hip-hop team sounds next to the agency-built groups of the same year.
English profile T-ARAStart here for the most aggressive hooks of the second generation, attached to a group that never repeated itself.
English profile TAHITIWorth a look if you want to see how a small-agency girl group kept going long after the first line-up dissolved.
English profile TEEN TOPChoose this if you want to watch feet rather than faces; almost nobody else made that the point.
English profile TEMPESTPick this if you want a fourth-generation boy group whose output is consistent enough to follow easily.
English profile The ArkCome here for the sharpest single-release group in Korean pop and a genuinely unusual debut.
English profile The Black SkirtsCome here if you want Korean indie songwriting rather than a group at all.
English profile THE BOYZStart here to see a group reinvent its reputation on television rather than through a release.
English profile The GraceCome here if you are following the lineage of women's groups at that label and want the missing piece.
English profile The JaduWorth a look if you want Korean rock from the years when almost nothing was being documented.
English profile The RoseStart here if you want a Korean band that you can see live in your own country.
English profile The SeeYaCome here for ballad and R&B singing from a label better known for its dance groups.
English profile The WindChoose this if you want the cleanest, sunniest end of the fifth generation.
English profile TINTWorth a look if you are mapping how the cute concept was handled at the start of the third generation.
English profile Tiny-GCome here if you like concepts that turn an apparent limitation into the entire pitch.
English profile TNXChoose this if you want each release to sound like a deliberate change rather than a continuation.
English profile TO1Pick this if you want several choreography versions of every title track and a clear before-and-after in one catalogue.
English profile ToppDogg / XENO-TCome here if very large line-ups interest you and you want one from before that became fashionable again.
English profile TRCNGChoose this if you want to compare the same routine shot two different ways, which the channel makes easy.
English profile TREASUREStart here if you want the current YG Entertainment sound carried by a large, young cast.
English profile TREICome here if you want a small group where you can hear exactly who did what.
English profile TREN-DWorth a look if you are filling in the girl groups of 2013 that never reached the charts.
English profile TRENDZChoose this for a group that improved steadily without ever needing to reintroduce itself.
English profile TRI.BEPick this if you want to hear a girl group sing the song live while dancing it, which the footage lets you check.
English profile tripleSStart here for the most structurally ambitious project in Korean pop, where the format is as interesting as the songs.
English profile TUIDEChoose this to hear what the largest company in Korean pop builds when it starts a label from nothing.
English profile TUNEXXWorth following if you want to watch a group's catalogue fill in from its very first release.
English profile TurboStart here for Korean dance music from before the idol system existed in its current form.
English profile TVXQ! / 東方神起Choose this if singing and long-running stage craft interest you more than a fast, recent entry point.
English profile TWSChoose this if you want school-aged optimism made properly rather than sentimentally.
English profile TOMORROW X TOGETHERStart here if album-length storytelling appeals to you, and watch the choreography versions alongside the videos.
English profile U-KISSCome here for a second-generation group whose international work was a strategy rather than an afterthought.
English profile UNCHILDTry this one early if you like catching a group in the weeks right after it begins.
English profile UNI.TRead this if you are interested in what the industry does with people it has already passed over once.
English profile UNIQCome here if you know the members from their later work and want to hear what they did together.
English profile UNISChoose this for a recent girl group whose international make-up shapes the releases rather than decorating them.
English profile UP10TIONCome here if you like large formations and want a group that never stopped treating them as the point.
English profile V01DWorth following if you want a band rather than a dance group from the most recent debuts.
English profile VERIVERYPick this if you want to compare how the same routine reads in four different edits.
English profile VICTONChoose this if you want to watch a group turn a melody's emotion into the weight of the dancing.
English profile VIVIZCome here if you followed the earlier group and want to hear what those voices do with more room.
English profile VIXXStart here for the group that proved a Korean boy group could carry a full theatrical idea.
English profile Wanna OneStart here to understand how much heat a fixed-term project group could generate at the peak of the format.
English profile WA$$UPCome here for a girl group that chose the opposite of every safe option available in 2013.
English profile wave to earthCome here if you want something to put on late at night that happens to come from Korea.
English profile WayVChoose this if you want the same production values applied to a different language and market.
English profile WE IN THE ZONEWorth a look if you are filling in the boy groups that debuted into a very crowded year.
English profile WeeeklyPick this if you want a girl group whose staging ideas are genuinely inventive rather than decorative.
English profile WEiCome here if you want performance and practice footage in quantity, with the expressions and the formations filmed separately.
English profile Weki MekiChoose this for a girl group that was loud and strange early and grew elegant without going quiet.
English profile WINNERStart here if you want melody rather than attitude from a label built on the opposite.
English profile WJSNChoose this if you want Korean pop that looks like a comic panel and sounds like a celebration.
English profile Wonder GirlsStart here for the group that taught Korean pop how a hook could take over a country, and then refused to repeat it.
English profile WOOAHCome here if you want an uncomplicated girl group that does the same thing well every time.
English profile X1Read this entry for context rather than for a catalogue: the story explains a turning point that reshaped Korean audition shows.
English profile Xdinary HeroesChoose this if you want a band from a pop label that turned out to mean it.
English profile XGCome here if you want to hear the Korean training model applied entirely outside the Korean industry.
English profile xikersPick this if you liked the older group on the roster and want the same intensity from a younger cast.
English profile XLOVWorth a look if you track small-label debuts as they happen.
English profile XODIACChoose this if you want a multinational boy group whose video output is unusually generous.
English profile XRORead this if you followed either audition programme and want to know what happened next.
English profile YOUNG POSSEStart here for the least polite girl group of the fifth generation and the most fun to argue about.
English profile YOUNITEA good fit if you like watching nine people move, since the official channel carries dance practices and special performances alongside the videos.
English profile YUHZTry this if you like meeting a large line-up before anyone has sorted out who is who.
English profile ZE:ACome here if you know the actors and want to hear the group they were in first.
English profile ZEROBASEONEFollow this if you want to watch what happens to a project group when its contract runs out.
English profile ZICOStart here if you want the point where Korean hip-hop and Korean pop stop being separate things.
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