[VIDEO] Ever-expanding idol groups have some asking how many is too many?
“With this many members, surely one of them must be your type.”If you’re a K-pop fan, you may have heard this phrase before, as the number of members in idol groups has been steadily increasing.
Somewhere around five members used to be the standard for first and second generation K-pop idol groups. But nowadays, the majority of idol groups debut with six or seven at least. Even groups of over 10 members no longer raise eyebrows. How did K-pop groups get so large?
BY JEON TAE-GYU [jeon.taegyu@joongang.co.kr]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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