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SEOUL, May 6 — Thirty teenagers, thousands of hours of training, dozens of shattered dreams: it all comes to a head next week when the Blitzers will be launched into the cut-throat K-pop market, hoping to become the next BTS. An all-male septet — like the musical phenomenon that topped the US...
Inside the cut-throat battle to build K-pop’s next superstars 436 SEOUL, May 6, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Thirty teenagers, thousands of hours of training, dozens of shattered dreams: it all comes to a head next week when the Blitzers will be launched into the cut-throat K-pop market, hoping to become the next BTS. An all-male septet — like the musical phenomenon that topped the US Billboard charts last year — their three years of training are being distilled into three minutes of music and dancing that will determine whether they are a hit, or just another nowhere band. The routine, always in...
SHARE Thirty teenagers, thousands of hours of training, dozens of shattered dreams: it all comes to a head next week when the Blitzers will be launched into the cut-throat K-pop market, hoping to become the next BTS. An all-male septet – like the musical phenomenon that topped the US Billboard charts in 2020 – their three years of training are being distilled into three minutes of music and dancing that will determine whether they are a hit, or just another nowhere band. Members of the K-pop boy band Blitzers pose for a photo at a rehearsal studio in Seoul. AFP The routine, always int...