Where Are The K-Pop Girl Groups In America In 2017?
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - JANUARY 19: South Korean girl group Girls' Generation perform on stage during the 21st High1 Seoul Music Awards at Olympic gymnasium on January 19, 2012 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) When South Korean girl group Girls’ Generation appeared on The David Letterman Show in 2012 to perform the English rendition of “The Boys,” they were the first K-pop act to appear on prime-time American television. Five years after they and other contemporary female acts attempted to break into the U.S. market, the song’s hook of “ girls bring the boys out ” has proved prophetic. While K-pop's women were the leaders of the first wave into the stateside scene, nowadays it is male K-pop acts that are making big moves, with hardly a female act in sight. One of the dominant girl groups in Korea’s music industry since their megahit “Gee” in 2009, Girls’ Generation was one of several prominent female acts in the late '00s...