Inside GIRLSET’s Push to Become K-Pop’s Next Big Western Girl Group — and ‘Slay Together’ With KATSEYE

As K-pop companies bank on North American groups for global growth, JYP resets GIRLSET to catch up with the competition.
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KATSEYE’s Grammy Nods Spark Debate: K-pop or HYBE’s Global Strategy?

A song filled entirely with English lyrics, with only one Korean member among six. Can the girl group ‘KATSEYE’ be considered a K-pop group? As HYBE’s global group KATSEYE secured nominations in two ...

Is KATSEYE a K-pop group? The Grammy-nominated global act blurs genre lines

Discover how KATSEYE, a Grammy-nominated girl group, is challenging traditional K-pop definitions with their English-language music and multinational roots, blending American pop with K-pop influences ...
People

K-Pop Trainee Program Comes to the U.S. with Universal Music and HYBE Global Audition Challenge

The effort is the first U.S.-based attempt to recreate the legendarily rigorous K-pop training and development system Erica Gerald Mason is a programming editor at PEOPLE, where she serves as the ...
The Cheat Sheet

‘Everything Is Fake’ About the Grueling K-Pop Trainee Process, According to an Ex-Participant

K-pop groups are here to stay. It has officially become integrated into global popular culture. Just last year, Trolls World Tour featured K-pop trolls. Will all this extra attention to K-pop, it’s ...
Variety

Beomhan, Former K-Pop Trainee and TikTok Star, to Host Podcast ‘The K-Factor’ (EXCLUSIVE)

iHeartPodcasts is expanding its Gen Z lineup with “The K-Factor With Beomhan,” a deep dive into the K-pop industry hosted by former trainee Beomhan. The podcast, which premieres April 16, promises ...