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Inside the cut-throat battle to build K-pop's next superstars

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By Kang Jin-kyu

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The age of the femimale is here.

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Good luck to them but without a few consecutive hits to propel them into the spotlight they'll be here and gone after a couple years.

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Thirty teenagers, thousands of hours of training,

They forgot hundreds of hours of cosmetic surgery, including eyes, nose, chin, cheeks, etc..

I know many in the industry around the world have cosmetic surgery but the South Koreans take to another level, they are more plastic than Ken and Barby!

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The scary thing is these guys look like my son did when he was seriously ill as a teenager in hospital and underwent multiple surgeries!

Basically 40Kg or less being fed by a feeding tube.

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I watched the Black Pink documentary on Netflix with my daughter (who is a huge fan). I was left feeling pity for them by the end of

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lol like 4 of them have the same chin, nice plastic surgeon.

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Samit

I know you support Korea, but this boy bands are not good. I don't support them in Japan either.

I think both Japan and South Korea should push a more alpha male type of image and energy instead of this feminist version of a man.

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Sounds like human trafficking & disposing to me

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Not to worry. In a couple of decades, they'll be replaced by androids made by LG.

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American teenagers want a piece of K-Pop dream too.

https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/nct-hollywood-tops-twitter-trends-sm-ent-partners-mgm-television-launch-new-us-based-k-pop-group-728376

NCT Hollywood tops Twitter trends as SM Ent partners with MGM Television to launch new US based K Pop group

SM Entertainment is partnering with MGM Television to launch a U.S.-based sub-unit of NCT! Read on to find out.

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