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Lately, Korea has been getting on the action too with bands like [[Dong Bang Shin Ki|DBSK]], 2PM, [[SHINee]], [[B2ST]], U-KISS, [[Super Junior]], etc. The [[Korean Pop Music|K-pop]] method usually consists of groups with [[Loads and Loads of Characters|a larger number of members]] than western equivalents and then subdividing them in smaller subgroups/"units" for expanded appeal and easier promotional efforts. Also, while borrowing the above archetypes for the members, K-pop bands tend to divide the members for position:
* '''The [[Face of the Band]]''': [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. The most
* '''[[The Leader]]''': [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]], the one who leads the group, heads the interviews, talks on stage, herds the rest of the members, and serves as an intermediary between the group and the agency. Usually the member that was a trainee the longest. If he isn't the actual [[Face of the Band]], he'll act as such on offstage matters. Generally acting under the Older Brother or the [[Sempai-Kohai|Sunbae]] archetypes.
* ''' The Center''': A less set position, he's the member on whom the current promotion is based on (if said position isn't an alternate name for being [[Face of the Band]]). Usually the lead vocalist or the most rounded-up member, tends to be the one who gets the most lines in songs.
* '''The Visual''': The official [[Mr. Fanservice]] of the band, the most
* '''The Main/Lead/Sub Vocalist/Dancer/Rapper''': The Main specialist is always the best one of the group on said specialty, whenever rapping, singing or dancing. The Lead is usually the second best at it
positions assigned as they intend to show that their members are pretty rounded or equally capable of singing, rapping ''and'' dancing.
* '''The ''Maknae''''': the [[The Baby of the Bunch|youngest member of the group]], on top of any other position he may already have. Usually directed to be [[Keet|the cutest and more childish]] member, but subversions do exist.
Boy bands are a major source of [[Real Person Fic]] (a subgenre called bandslash), where you basically have one of two types: Female OC woos band member, or the band members woo each other. In Japan the majority of RPF [[Doujinshi]] are bandslash.
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* British group The Wanted have been around for the few years; after initial success in their native UK, they're starting to enjoy Stateside success as well, thanks in part to them being managed by [[Justin Bieber|Scooter Braun]].
* JLS, from England; like One Direction, they rose to popularity after their season of [[The X Factor]]. Much like 98 Degrees, though, they formed independently and initially auditioned for X Factor together.
* [[BTS (band)|BTS]], the current (as of early 2020s) international sensation from Korea. Debuted in 2013, this septet slowly gained fame
== Boy Band Parodies ==
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* The ''[[Josie and the Pussycats (film)|Josie and The Pussycats]]'' [[The Movie|movie]] featured a boy band called [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ica0S13BTh4&feature=related Dujour.] To make fun of the effeminate nature of many boy bands, their hit single was called "[[Does This Remind You of Anything?|Backdoor Lover]]". When they find out that their record label is putting [[Subliminal Advertising]] into their music, their manager (who isn't a big burly dude, but is instead an evil Alan Cumming) tries to have them killed by causing their plane to crash. {{spoiler|They survive, having managed to safely land the plane on their own... only to find that they had landed in the parking lot of an arena hosting a [[Metallica]] concert.}}
* ''[[Sons of Provo]]'', which takes the Boy Band idea (using just three, instead) and mixes it with the most humorously ironic thing possible: the Latter-Day Saint lifestyle. "Evercleen", as they called themselves, managed to lampoon several things in both worlds. Well worth seeing, if only for the strange fascination of the idea of an LDS "''boy band''"—or any other religious-pop act.
* In ''[[Turning Red]]'' there is the multiracial boy band 4*Town, whom the protagonist and all her friends are hardcore fans of. While in
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