Everything We Know About SM’s NEW British Boy Group 

They're debuting so many groups in a short time and everyone knows that they're not managing the already existing ones. So it's understandable why fans are not excited or content

so let me get this straight, everyone’s been jumping hybe for months saying they were trying to “take the k out of kpop” all because bang pd said he wanted to expand kpop and make it even more international, but sm’s ceo is literally trying to be the next simon cowell and people are suddenly ok with it because they’re “trying something new”??…kpop stan’s logic be all over the place 😭😭

am honestly intrigued to see the kind of music they're planning to release and the choreographies since they are a dancing and singing group

I just hope they won't end up like Trainee A, people kept waiting on them and supporting them and suddenly they disbanded disappeared

Hold on someone is missing!!!! where's mark lee??? #JusticeforMark

BRITISH?! TAHTS CRAZYYY

It will certainly be interested to see what comes of it. Will they sing in Korean or strictly English? Will their music have a distinctly KPop flavor, or will it sound like just another Western boy group, mimicking the vibe of the 80’s boy groups? Will they wear makeup and offer a pretty boy aesthetic? If they don’t have a distinct and fresh image and sound, I think a lot of people will just yawn and write the whole concept off as a gimmick. It will garner a lot of attention for a bit, to be sure. But then what?

You can't compare them with 1D

All we can do is, to wait and watch

I’m excited tbh I’m just curious what SM will give their British boy group a concept or they will not have have one overall I’m excited 😝

the favoritism is hilarious…Hype gets hate for debuting Katseye and Jyp gets hate for debuting Vcha. But everyone loves SM for debuting these boy lmaoooo (also there’s no such thing as taking the k out of k-pop since k-pop wasn’t even korean pop to begin with. k-pop is heavily inspired by black artists and western music. I’m not really excited and SM don’t even take care of their own groups. These poor boys are gonna go through it.

Tbh the UK and US have a long history of bg and gg. It's just that the West is obsessed with drug addled solo boys and sad girl solo girls. I think it will be hard to launch a UK or US boy or gg in this current Western climate.

Now we got VCHA - JYP KATSEYE - HYBE X GEFFIN NEW GROUP - SM

I'm sorry, but you can not compare them to 1D.

Not gonna lie when I saw James I was like „WAIT HIM FROM THE SHARP TWINS?? UNDER A K-POP LABEL??“ and I also didn‘t know he‘s British 😭

Will they interact with SM artist most likely will they be successful in the uk it’s a 50/50 and I find it funny how most western audiences don’t agree with this while korean netizens are all supportive and curious about it even I’m from the uk and I’m interested in this

One direction? 😭

I was honestly surprised when l heard they were making a new British boy group but lm glad they have subtly decided to try new kpop groups outside of korea !!

I know simon cowell is crying because of this

Haters in the comments calling them flops like you’ve achieved anything in your life aside from being a jobless Stan

I’m gonna be honest…I’m kinda excited

there’s no way this won’t be popular. they all seem extremely talented.

A British boy band is interesting so excited for this group!!

NO WAY I JUST WOKE UP AND THIS IS WHAT I SEE?!

SM! you are off your trolley!

I actually want to see how they do. They sound good

Ngl couldn’t care less about a British boy group SM really going downhill

as a British kpop fan, this is so exciting!

SO…. The definition of K-pop is any person, of any nationality, and any music producer who use the K-pop SYSTEM via one of the K-pop companies. *Got it.*

As a british person, no thank you but I'm also kinda down lol 💀

A lot of people here trying to gatekeep a culture and style of music that’s not even theirs is so funny to me😅 how are you gonna say you don’t like how kpop is starting to incorporate more foreigners (non Koreans) since according to the logic I’m seeing that’s what kpop is, only for Koreans, but then turn around and support NCT, Riize, Exo, Seventeen, Got7, and others??? Make it make sense, your xenophobia is starting to show😬😬

I'm excited! I can't wait to meet the boys. I'm so curious about their skills

the british boyband might be successful if SM makes their music and creative direction similar to Riize instead of giving them kidzbop tracks and hoping for the best like hybe and Jyp seem to be doing with their western projects.

I personally can't wait for them to debut. I'm wondering what genre of music they'll debut with, I'm hoping R&B . I just hope Dexter will be treated right especially since he's the only POC in the group, usually when theirs only 1 POC is in the group they're usually the least fave , ignored by " fans " , the media tries to spin a narrative about them & etc . I hope this groups gains massive success .

I love the boys' profiles! They really look promising!! I hope MOON&BACK and SM manage their career well and don't waste their potential.. It's been a while the west produced a popular boyband. I think this new bg can be received well by the public

Bruh they robbed us from nct tokyo and nct Hollywood for this??!!! Nahhhh

6:54 honestly, that‘s kind of nonsense, since the 1D boys were already pretty young when they were on the X-Factor back in 2010. Zayn was 17, Liam was 16/17, Louis was 18, Harry was 16, Niall was 16/17 (Idk when the season of 2010 was airing, aka during which months they were on the show, so I’m kinda basing it around what time Little Mix was on the X-Factor and then looked up the birthdays of 1D members and kinda based it around that). All of them were younger then to be the assumed youngest member in the new SM boy group, which is 20. I assume their target audience might be young/teenage girls, just like 1D‘s.

90% of this comment section has me screaming ‘put the kids back in school’. just the lack of media literacy is astounding.

i like them already because they're talented

Honestly I'm looking forward to it

I am actually soooo excited for this new British kpop group! I think everybody needs to CHILL and stop being hypocrite over kpop groups that have non korean members. Kpop is mostly an industry and less of a "genre" that relies on idols nationalities, especially nowadays. Those that dream to become a kpop idol shouldn't be bashed because of their origins, that's an everybody's dream and shall it become true! All the luck and success for the boys!

K-nets are so hypocritical, they bullied most foreign idols and the new non-korean groups, especially vcha, to hell and back But now they are supporting this group out of nowhere? And the fact that they are probably only supporting them because they are under sm, makes it even worse cause they havent even heard anything from the group yet The double standard is so insane

guysss let's support them...this is insanee..i love the concept...

Vocals will be Litt for sure , go one SM it's ur time to shine again

Year 2018 was the best for me when i started to listen to kpop. What is happening now? I miss it. This generation of groups are different

So let me get this straight - they(SM) keep wanting to debut new groups yet they mistreat their current ones - and these current groups are their main source of money. And that money is the one they use to bring to life their overly-ambitious ideas. The way they mistreat their 2nd-3rd gen groups is just too much and yet they milk money from them.

KOOLIT I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS

cant wait for companies to have alien kpop group to introduce kpop to the galaxy

I’m excited I want them to debut this British group I miss 1D type groups 😔ྀི

I love this idea❤

I looking forward to see how it goes.

Ok we will see and wait

Loïc Nottet mention 🤩❤ well, i guess I'm a @blaisenoon stan now

How can sm crack into uk market amid of their own groups are struggling to break into both us and uk markets lol-😅

funny how simon cowell is trying to do the same…

Would be surprised if it failed

I was about to say that one of them looks like JJ from Trainee A and heck I just realised it was HIM!! 😭 I'm so happy he's so talented!!

What do you mean by no kpop company has gone to the U.K. yet? Did you forget about KAACHI from the company Front Row?

I will say though, they ARE handsome 😩 and those dance clips looked pretty cool; I'm excited to see how this pans out!

Well SM is just doing a collaboration,they give the know-how like Dance and vocal classes and music like with trainees and the other part give them exposure with a BBC series and all the rest This is not kpop,this is just SM cooperating with other people outside them to create a british group that will have nothing to do with Kpop,it's not like they will promote in Korea or have music shows or being part of the line up of SMTown concert,they will not sing in Korean,they are a british boy group nothing more than that.

I told my English co-workers about this they got very confused a K-pop company creating a British boy band?!, I told them it is happening they even ask me about redhead in the group in the group photo I don’t see any redheads

They look cute ngl

They actually seem so cool.

Ppl need to know its not that they arent korean its that they prob wont make it big in UK depending on the type of songs they will sing

correct me if im wrong because i dont know much but i think people are ok with it because it seems like they are mainly promoting in the UK over Korea so it seems like they are making the distinction off the bat unlike hybe and jyp

I don’t know if they’ll succeed in the UK because UK drill has become really popular nowadays but we never know they could succeed

won direction - what makes you so yeppeuda.

Mark lee will be my bias in that bg 😍

One Direction is one of my childhood memories. It will be hard for me to accept the Kpop boy band that represents One Direction, although I will always support them

Its not kpop anymore 😭😭😭😭

sounds interesting icl

Wait? SAUDI ARABIA NCT UNIT YESSSSSSSS

There weren't any auditions

I believe this can be good

If koreans is mad about kpop being more international then their favs need to stop incorporating other cultures into their music.

Are they promoting in korea or britain?

i find it funny i am just laughin my head off 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

WHY NOT 👍👍👍

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3:30 i see Chenle ( NCT)

They don’t even give a crap about the other groups (SHINee, EXO, SNSD, etc), why put all this effort for 5 men who aren’t even fully korean 😭

Oh here we go...how about SM support the Groups they already have

For those sayin they aint visual enough... are u guys blind. They literally Visual Cheff Kiss ❤.

Why do u never talk abt katseye debut?? The sm favouritism is crazy because who tf cares if sm is debut a boy group

I think sm may pull this off better that jyp and hype especially that they studied the two international groups now to make a group that is even better.

Omggg ik Jamesss

Well they should be easy enough to ignore. SM can do business wherever, as long as it doesn’t negatively impact the groups they already have 🙏🏼

is surprise me how they are trying to break in the international market..when they don't even care about the international fandom community 😅..like how they don't even care or even respect international fans so how that even possible????

when it's the turn of western women in kpop...light eyes,tall, thin and blonde but other hair colors too...really perfect beautiful and beautiful...really the definition of perfection without makeup...pretty PERFECT💅☺️🙃🤗

6:33 I assume they might have, but I would love for them have to no official positions 6:37 PLEASE NO. One thing I hate about K-Pop is how music is being released. They drop 5-7 songs then promote the lead single for like 4 weeks and then move on to the next EP. No proper album being released or if there’s an album being released, they might have the most chaotic roll out in history, looking at you Born To Be by Itzy. I just love when one to two singles are being released, then they announce the album, reveal the amount of tracks and what songs are called. Release maybe one more single and then the album. 6:40 I assume they will to some extent. 6:44 I think that depends on their roll out for releases, cause music releases in the UK are handled very differently to the ones in South Korea. Also what kind of music they will make

YESS PLSSS!!!!! MAKE ONE OF THE MEMBER LOOKS LIKE SKANDAR KEYNES PLS

British boy ??😂😂😂pretty cool but I feel like it could be another attempt to try a make another bts but I do hope they have official positions

4:02 background song?

Its so sad bc jyp have already abandoned the girlies from vcha. They literally haven't posted in a full month and still going

Am I confused or am I missing something. Why are people calling a British group a K-Pop group

Melty Love...💅🤣🙃☺️

New boy group I’m gonna stan 😭😭😭

3:25 Dann tho

Not only Uk but maybe America, its time to bring back a triple threat talented boy band in Hollywood, been a long time since we had Nsync, NLT, B2k, etc..

Now WHAT KIND OF JOKE IS THIS💀