K-Pop Isn’t Just Making Fans Outside of Korea. It’s Trying to Make the Genre’s Next Stars

The first K-pop high school outside of South Korea is set to open in Singapore next year, as part of the genre's increasing ...

They were drawn to Korea with dreams of K-pop stardom - but then let down

Stories of aspiring foreign trainees shed light on an under-regulated industry, where there is opportunity and risk.
Los Angeles Times

I Discussed HYBE Training with Dream Academy Contestants, Marquise and Ezrela

The Netflix documentary, Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE, uncovered the collective story of twenty aspiring pop stars undergoing an intensive K-Pop training program. With the knockout show having hit ...
Yahoo

K-pop Training With an L.A. Sound, Meet Global Music Girl Group Katseye From Netflix’s ‘Pop Star Academy’

Katseye is ready for the global stage. The six-member girl group — Sophia, Manon, Daniela, Lara, Yoonchae and Megan — already have a fanbase behind them. They were brought together after competing in ...
The Hollywood Reporter

BBC Takes ‘Made in Korea: The K-Pop Experience,’ Reality Series Training Brits for New Boy Band

The six-part show will follow five boys from across the U.K. as they are put through the famed K-pop training process for 100 days. By Lily Ford A Korean pop series promising to be “a music experiment ...
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Abu Dhabi welcomes UAE’s first-ever free K-Pop workshop with dance, vocals, video training this August

Abu Dhabi is set to welcome a major cultural first: a free K-pop workshop open to youth, adults, and children. Spanning three days in August, the K-Pop Academy X DIMA Dream School will offer hands-on ...