Korean record label SM Entertainment have recently announced that they have signed their first ever British boy group Dear Alice! Here are all the details you need to know!
So here is the deal, Dear Alice is a five-member group co-produced by SM, SM & Kakao Entertainment America and Moon & Back Media, a British entertainment company.
To go back in the time line, to begin with the British company was responsible for casting the members, while SM Entertainment provided expertise in music, choreography and vocal training from the K-pop industry, which recently has been a global trend which continues to gain popularity and take off in Western countries such as a the UK.
The boy group consists of Blaise Noon, Dexter Greenwood, James Sharp, Olly Quinn and Reese Carter, aged between 19 and 23, all from diverse British backgrounds, which these days UK culture has tried to become more inclusive so this makes sense to me, as I am from the UK myself.
Dear Alice will debut with the TV series "Made in Korea: The K-pop Experience", a six-part series set to air on BBC One and iPlayer later this month, which I have previously written about, and I am also very excited to watch, and as the show unfolds, I will write further articles about.
Of course UK media has also reported on this historic collaboration between the UK and Korea, rightly so as ties between the country have become close thanks to Brexit and with the rise in K-Culture.
One of the members SAM has recently posted on Social Media:
The series will follow the five members as they are put through the K-pop training process for 100 days in Seoul with the goal of launching Dear Alice. Coming from the UK, I think it is interesting how Korean music has taken off in recent years, and I have to say that before this many people in the UK did not really know to much about Korea, as it has never been a popular travel destination like other Asian countries such as Thailand or Japan until now. I really hope the boys do well! I am certain the UK public especially the younger generation will get behind the band, as really since One Direction there has not been a global boy band. I am sure with their UK routes and K-pop training their style will be unique.
Also at Dojeon Media we have previously written about this new British boy band. Sadly, as of yet since the band are up and coming and the TV documentary has not been released there are not many photos of the group.
Will you be tuning in? What do you think about SM Entertainment signing a British boy group?
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