IST Entertainment / Mnet / YMC Entertainment
K-Pop has become a worldwide phenomenon, reaching all nations and countries. Created together with the fans that support them, K-Pop has developed its very own culture. As the fourth generation continues to dominate, we see groups like Stray Kids, IVE, andย NewJeans dominating the charts for weeks at a time. They, among many others, are recognizable names within the K-Pop industry, representing the distinct qualities of what makes the current generation unique.
Although their success is clear for everyone to see, we cannot forget that the genre as a whole has seen a large number of successful artists pass through its doors. K-Pop has a storied history that would take weeks to properly sort through and cover. But here at Kpopmap, we're taking it one month at a time with our series,ย K-Pop Flashback.
Through this series, we open the gates of nostalgia at the end of every month and take a look at a specific time in K-Pop. We aim to look back no less than 7 years, the average contract length of your typical idol group. Our goals are to both reminisce and introduce newer K-Pop fans to older groups and trends that dominated the market all those years ago.
As the month of August comes to
