A few years back when we first started getting into K-Pop – the Korean Music Scene, we named as many bands as we could and told you what we liked, what we didn’t and named our Biases (and Wreckers), but that list is seriously outdated and so it’s time for an update.
K-Pop is the general Pop music of Korea and it is a wide genre of music, anything from Tweeny Pop to Full Bands bordering on Stadium Rock but most bands don’t play instruments in their act (though most can and do given a chance) and the genre is full of terms and phrases.
For this post we will stick mostly to a few set uses, namely Bias (the preferred member of the group and a Wrecker is the 2nd member who threatens to ‘wreck’ your goo-goo eyes for your bias), POB (pre-order benefit) or Photo-cards are small credit card photos you receive with the albums that you buy direct from Korea, much like Soul and R&B bought fans would have US Imports in the 70’s & 80’s – yes actual CD albums bought but rarely ever actually played and an ‘Album’ can be what the Westerners would call a single, an EP and these days rarely a Full Album, most groups release 4 or 5 track ‘Albums’. Music Shows Wins is the equivalent to getting a Number 1, there are multiple categories and multiple shows to ‘win’ on, not just Top of the Pops or CDUK as it used to be here! Oh and the Fandom names, every group has its loyal fans and they have names somehow related to the band name and we are a very loyal bunch and extremely friendly too!
First up (this week) Boys and then in the next post The Girls because there are a loooooooot of bands then Soloists – the lists are from KPop Profiles and the links take you to their individual profiles, some bands are left without comments as we have no knowledge of them, but in case the name jumps out at you and you are curious!
Most are still active but some are on Hiatus due to Military Service (A requirement even for the most famous stars in Korea), some bands can go years between singles but are still active (supposedly). We have not included Rock Bands (Except Xdinary Heroes & The Rose), Sub-Units, Jazz Bands, Trot Bands, Soul Bands, Kids Bands (literally under 10’s) and One Man Bands. We have left in Virtual and Fictional Groups (from Dramas) because some of these groups are made up of members of other bands or actors and are really quite good!
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24K+ (Formerly 24K)
2AM
2PM – Fandom – HOTTEST
Her Bias – None
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
3WAY (WWW)
5TION
82MAJOR
8TURN (Formerly known as BOM)
Fandom – Turning
Her Bias – Myungho (Left – Pink Shirt)
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
Ash – I do not remember this group at all from watching Kingdom so I cannot comment.
Bob – I saw them in Kingdom and really liked them enough I bought albums and tickets to the London performance.
A
A.C.E
AB6IX
Fandom – ABNEW
Her Bias – None
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
ABLUE
AEONIT
AFOTS (Virtual Group)
AIMERS
Aliven (Producers group)
ALL(H)OURS (Formerly known as Daily Note)
ambitious ambition (Crew)
AMPERS&ONE
Fandom – ANDEAR
Her Bias – None
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker -None
ANEX
ANTARES
APEX (Formerly known as Like A Movie)
ARrC
ASC2NT
ASTRO
Fandom – AROHA
Her Bias – Cha Eunwoo (Back Middle)
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
Ash – No Clue, I’ve heard of them but have no concept of them.
Bob – There is a vast discography from Astro where the songs are either really good or kind of samey samey.
ATBO
ATEEZ (Formerly known as KQ Fellaz)
Fandom – ATINY
Her Bias – Hongjoong (4th from right)
Her Bias Wrecker – Song Min Gi (Furthest Right)
His Bias – San (3rd Left)
His Bias Wrecker – None
Ash – I tend to like the songs for a bit and then get very bored of them – tiny bits stay but not much.
Bob – I like Ateez maybe not as much as I used to but I still tend to like all their releases.
AudioBanana
AVION
AWIN (Formerly known as TRY)
B
B1A4
B.A.P
B.Crown
BAE173
BE:MAX (Formerly known as MustB and MustBe)
BIGBANG
Fandom – VIP
Her Bias – G Dragon (2nd Left)
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – G Dragon (2nd Left)
His Bias Wrecker – None
Ash – I Don’t really know them.
Bob – I mean Big Bang are classics but I much prefer GD solo.
Big Ocean
BLITZERS (Formerly known as Wuzo Circle)
Block B
BOYFRIEND (Previously BF)
BØJEONG (Rock band)
BOYNEXTDOOR
Fandom – ONEDOOR
Her Bias – None
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker -None
Brown Eyed Soul
BTOB
Fandom – MELODY
Her Bias – Minhyuk (Right)
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – Peniel (2nd Right)
His Bias Wrecker – None
Ash – From last seasons Kingdom we got to know BtoB and really liked the members personalities.
Bob – I like the members but not necessarily the music.
Fandom – ARMY
Her Bias – Jimin (2nd Left)
Her Bias Wrecker – JK (2nd Right)
His Bias – Jin (Right)
His Bias Wrecker – J Hope (Left)
Ash – They seem like one of those groups that are holding on instead of separating them into individual soloists.
Bob – To be honest I prefer the members individually but it may be that BTS became too mainstream and elitist.
BXB
Bye my mood
Bz-Boys
C
Cheek Touch Boys *(Stray Kids x NCT Dream Collab)
Ciipher
Fandom – Clue
Her Bias – None
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
CIX
Fandom – FIX
Her Bias – None
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker -None
Classmate
Click B
CLOSE YOUR EYES
CMDM (Command The-M Boys)
CRAVITY
Fandom – LUVITY
Her Bias – Seongmin (front middle in lighter outfit)
Her Bias Wrecker – Hyeongjun (The one next to him on the right)
His Bias – Seongmin (front middle in lighter outfit)
His Bias Wrecker – None
Ash – I don’t really know them that well, This season of Kingdom I got to used to them and quite like them.
Bob – I liked them music wise but we have watched a number of variety shows and got to know them more and liked them.
CREZL
D
D-ESTER (Virtual group)
D-ONE
D&T
DAYCHILD
DIGNITY
DIOS
DKB
DKZ (Formerly known as Dongkiz)
DRIPPIN
DUDISH
DUSTIN
DXMON (Formerly known as N11)
Fandom – ENGENE
Her Bias – Heeseung (Left)
Her Bias Wrecker – Jungwon & Niki (Blonde Right and Blonde Right)
His Bias – Jay (3rd Right)
His Bias Wrecker – Sunoo (Right)
Ash – Errrrrr yeah I still can’t work out who is who. The intro’s on the albums are annoying apart from that I quite like the discography.
Bob – One of my Ults (Tied with Stray Kids) I have liked them since Debut and still like them (enough that I got a tattoo)
Epik High
Espero
EVNNE
Fandom – ENNVE
Her Bias – None
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
EXO
Fandom – EXO-L
Her Bias – Lay
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
F
F’Club
FANTASY BOYS
Fandom – Bandi
Her Bias – None
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker -None
F.CUZ
FIVE O ONE
Fl1x
Forestella (Crossover group)
Forte di Quattro
FREE PASS
G
GHOST9
Fandom – Ghostie
Her Bias – None
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
g.o.d
Golden Child
GOMAK BOYS
GOT7
Fandom – Ahgase
Her Bias – Jackson (Front Left)
Her Bias Wrecker – Jinyoung (Left)
His Bias – Jinyoung (Left)
His Bias Wrecker – None
Ash – Never got them.
Bob – They have mostly been Solo or acting but I like them individually and together.
GreatGuys
H
HateBerry
HAWW
HEARTSTEEL (Virtual group)
Highlight
Fandom – LIGHT
Her Bias – None
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
Comment* We saw Highlight perform in Seoul and the crowd was rabid for them – throughout the performance we couldn’t tell who was in the group and who was backing dancers so we ended up taking photos of one of the backing dancers. Now we keep seeing him in all their videos so he is the only one we ever notice or take notice of.
HORI7ON
I
I1IT (Korean-Japanese boy group)
iKON
Fandom – iKONIC
Her Bias – Bobby (2nd Right)
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – Bobby (2nd Right)
His Bias Wrecker – None
Ash – Bobby is the only one in the group isn’t he?
Bob – Only really like a handful of their songs but do like everything Bobby has done.
INFINITEJ
JaeHyun’s (NCT x N.Flying x The Boyz x Golden Child collab)
Just B
JYJ
JYP Loud (Debuted as KickFlip)
Fandom – WeFlip
Her Bias – Minje (Left Middle)
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
Ash – No Idea? Its playing now so it’s not bad apart from one song it sounds like Sum 41/Mcfly.
Bob – Only found out about them last week and so far so good!
KJRGL (Formerly known as House Of Trainees)
KNK
KOKOON
KONGALTAN (Actor Band)
KYSB
L
L5ST
Libelante
LICHEN
Lionesses
LUKUS (Formerly known as LU4US, LU:KUS and L.A.U)
LUN8
Fandom – LUV8
Her Bias – None
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
Luna (Fictional TV series group)
Fandom – Moonlight
Her Bias – Yoon Taein
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
M
MCND
MIDNIGHT DRIVE
Miichi
MONSTA X
Fandom – MONBEBE
Her Bias – None
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
Comment*
M.O.N.T Arena
MUZIGAE
MYNAME
N
n.SSign
Fandom – COSMO
Her Bias – None
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
N.TIC
NCHIVE
NCT
Fandom – NCTzen
Her Bias – Jaemin (Front Middle)
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
All Sub Groups are in our opinion shit with the exception of Dream & Wish the other variations are abysmal. The picture above is Dream as there is over 127 members of NCT in all variations. We saw Wish on our way back to Korea – from Japan so we looked them up and realized they were ok.
NEWBEAT (Previously HinLOVE)
NewKidd
New Town Boyz
NEXZ
NINE.i
NOMAD
N.O.M (Nature of Man)
NouerA
NOWADAYS (Formerly known as Cube Boys)
NTX (Formerly known as NT9)
O
OMEGA X
Fandom – FOR X
Her Bias – None
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
ON AiR
ONEPAGE (Virtual Group)
ONEUS
Fandom – TO MOON
Her Bias – None
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
ONE PACT
Fandom – &Heart
Her Bias – None
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
ONF
OnlyOneOf
Fandom – P1ece
Her Bias – Keeho (Right)
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – Theo (2nd Right)
His Bias Wrecker – None
Ash – They have a 90’s western pop vibe but a mix all over the place – I’m undecided.
Bob – I haven’t really given them much of a chance, I mean I always liked Keeho but now on listening to their new album I’m liking it!
Pattern
PENTAGON
Fandom – Universe
Her Bias – None
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
PICKUS
PLAN B
PLAVE (Virtual group)
POW
Previous
Prize (프라이즈)
Psychord (Virtual group)
Q
?
Fandom – BRIIZE
Her Bias – Wonbin (Middle Black Vest)
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – Sungchan (Right)
His Bias Wrecker – None
Ash – R-Kelly meets the Beastie Boys?
Bob – Well I have a lot of music by them so I must like them. I only really know Wonbin to look at though.
RoaD-B (Formerly known as BXK)
Fandom – Carat
Her Bias – S.Coups/Jeonghan (Bottom Left brown jacket and 3rd from right back row)
Her Bias Wrecker – Mingyu/DK (Both right)
His Bias – Seungkwan (Top right between Mingyu and Jeonghan)
His Bias Wrecker – DK/Woozie (Lower right and Middle light green top)
Ash – I know the people not so much the music strangely even though there are more of them I seem to be able to tell who is who which is a first.
Bob – Again one of my Ults – I like most of the songs and the members which is surprising.
SF9
Fandom – FANTASY
Her Bias – Hwiyoung/Rowoon (Middle Red Sleeves and no longer in it)
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker -None
Ash – This is a group I only know some of them from Dramas the music sounds like Eurovision.
Bob – I quite like them the music isn’t bad but it is hit or miss.
SHAX (Fictional group)
Fandom – Fins
Her Bias – KwonRyuk
Her Bias Wrecker – Dojin
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
SHINee
Fandom – SHAWOL
Her Bias – Minho (2nd Left)
Her Bias Wrecker – Taemin (Left)
His Bias – Minho (2nd Left)
His Bias Wrecker – None
Ash – Another group I thought had disbanded as they all seem to have gone and done other things, I have no real opinion now.
Bob – I do like the individual members and some of there music is pretty good but there is too much to say I have heard it all.
Shinhwa
SKYE (Formerly known as IN2IT)
Sonlmor
Stray Kids
Fandom – STAY
Her Bias – Lee Know (Left)
Her Bias Wrecker – Felix/Bangchan (Middle 2)
His Bias – Felix (4th Left)
His Bias Wrecker – Seungmin (2nd Right)
Ash – These will soon be the 2nd band I’ve ever seen live more than once. I know the songs but don’t know the names of them and they can either be hit or miss.
Bob – My ULT Group ever – I mean I’m dragging Ash to the concert for the second time. There is no me without Stray Kids.
Super Five (Trot project group)
SUPER JUNIOR
Fandom – E.L.F
Her Bias – None
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – Heechul
His Bias Wrecker – Shindong
SuperM
Fandom – ?
Her Bias – Taemin
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
SUPRISE U
T
T:EV
TAN
TEEN TOP
TEMPEST
Fandom – iE
Her Bias – Eunchan
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
THE7 (THE SEVEN)
The Boss (DGNA)
THE BOYZ
Fandom – THE B
Her Bias – Juyeon (Top Middle all in Black)
Her Bias Wrecker – Sunwoo (Left Seated with Green Jacket)
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
Ash – No Idea
Bob – I’ve never really got into them that much but I don’t mind them.
The Credit
The King
The KingDom (Formerly known as Kingdom)
THE NEW SIX (TNX)
Fandom – THX
Her Bias – Junhyeok (2nd Right)
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
Ash – No idea who they are.
Bob – Saw them In Kingdom I quite liked them – it was a shame they never got far in the show.
The Rose
Fandom – Black Roses
Her Bias – Taegyeom (Blonde)
Her Bias Wrecker – Woosung (Middle Left)
His Bias – None?
His Bias Wrecker – None
Ash – This is more of an actual band – they really play instruments – it’s a shame they love themselves so much.
Bob – I have always liked them back when the albums were hard to get hold of although I’m not to keen on the new album.
The Wind
TILDE (Rock band)
TimeZ (Chinese-Korean boy group)
timidmood
TIOT
TREASURE
TRENDZ
Triger
Tritops
TROIKA
TRY=1
TST
Turbo
TVXQ!
TWS (Formerly known as Pledis Boyz)
TXT
Fandom – MOA
Her Bias – Soobin/Yeonjun (Left and Middle)
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – Yeonjun (Middle)
His Bias Wrecker -Hueningkai (2nd Left)
Ash – They are very random there is a diverse range of genre skipping which is good.
Bob – I really like them, another group I have all the songs from, watched all the weekly show and really like the members too.
U
UKISS
Fandom – KISSME
Her Bias – Jun
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
UNIQ
Fandom – UNICORN
Her Bias – Sungjoo
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
UINONE
Unison
UNIV
UNVS
UP10TION
Ursa Major
Fandom – VERRER
Her Bias – Gyehyeon (Right)
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – Hoyoung (Back Left Red Hair)
His Bias Wrecker – None
Ash – I found them while I was writing a book they are quite fun and random. They are ok but they seem to be more TV shows now so I’m not sure how much more music they have going forward.
Bob – I have an album by them but can’t say I know them well.
VICTON
Fandom – ALICE
Her Bias – Byungchan (Lower Right)
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
Ash – I have never heard of this group before in my life till this very moment.
Bob – I don’t know much of the music as I only really got into them through Byungchan.
VISION
VIXX
V.O.S
VVS
W
WAKER
WATERFIRE
WATERMELON SUGAR (Fictional Group)
Fandom –
Her Bias – Ha Yi-chan
Her Bias Wrecker – Ha Eun-gyeol
His Bias – Ha Eun-gyeol
His Bias Wrecker – None
We kept this in as they are a group from the TV Series Sparkling Watermelon and though they aren’t a fully fledged band it was still one of the best bands in a show. They were actually really good.
WE:A
WEi
Fandom – RUi
Her Bias – None
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker -None
WeNU
WETTER (Rock band) * currently on hiatus
WHIB
WINNER
Fandom – INNER CIRCLE
Her Bias – Jinu (Yellow Jacket)
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
Ash – Korean Reggae
Bob – I used to be more of a fan but they seem to have vanished since Military Service.
Withus
WOW
X
X-EVO (Fictional Group)
Xdinary Heroes (Rock band)
Fandom – Villains
Her Bias – Jooyeon (Left)
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
Ash – Very pop rock but its fine, fun and different.
Bob – The emo in me is very happy.
XENEX
Xikers
Fandom – roady
Her Bias – None
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker -None
XLOV
XODIAC
XST
Fandom – YOUNIZ
Her Bias – Woono (Middle with thumb up)
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – Eunho (Front 2nd Left)
His Bias Wrecker – None
Ash – We watched the whole of Kingdom and nothing stood out apart from Eunho.
Bob – I can’t say I know them that well – I mean a couple of them stood out during Kingdom.
Fandom – ZE_ROSE
Her Bias -Sung Hanbin – Blue top White trousers (4th Right)
Her Bias Wrecker – Ricky (Denim – 2nd Right) or Gunwook (Last Right)
His Bias – Kim Ji Woong (2nd Left)
His Bias Wrecker – None
Ash – I didn’t know them at all until JiWoong was on Knowing Bros and his personality and utter honesty won me over, As for music, they aren’t anything radical, it’s OK KPop!
Bob – I didn’t really know anything about them then Ash told me I would like one of them and yeah alright I do, The music is ok.
ZE:A
Fandom – ZE:A STYLE
Her Bias – Hyungshik (Right)
Her Bias Wrecker – None
His Bias – None
His Bias Wrecker – None
Ash – No clue, I’ve never heard of these either – But the song playing at the moment but it sounds like another Eurovision song
Bob – An Old group but its not bad.
Well there you go, that’s a list for you and that’s just part one! Next time The Girls! So, be sure to come back for that, or sign up to get emailed every post when it goes up and save having to remember to come search for it!
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