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2nd-generation K-pop boy bands Infinite, Shinee and Teen Top return to shake up music scene and win new fans

  • 2022 saw the return of second-generation K-pop girl groups Girls’ Generation and Kara, who were active from the 2000s to the early 2010s
  • This year it’s the boy bands’ turn, with Teen Top, Shinee, Infinite and Ukiss putting out new material and performing old favourites

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Second generation K-pop boy bands, including Infinite, Shinee (above), Teen Top and Ukiss, are making comebacks this year, with live events and TV appearances, and going viral on YouTube with new and old material. Photo: Instagram / @shinee
The Korea Times

By Dong Sun-hwa

A slew of second-generation K-pop girl groups, like Girls’ Generation and Kara, whose glory days ran from the late 2000s to the early 2010s, took the music scene by storm in 2022 with much-awaited comebacks. This summer, second-generation boy groups get their turn.

Teen Top, best known for its hits like “No More Perfume On You” (2011) and “To You” (2012), will drop a new album in July. The exact release date has been kept under wraps.

The group burst onto the music scene with the album Come Into The World in 2010, and returned to the spotlight after appearing on popular MBC variety show Hangout with Yoo in March. Marking the 13th anniversary of their debut, Teen Top took the stage with some of their popular songs, and became a hit on YouTube.

According to their management company, Top Media, the group’s coming album will include some new tracks and re-recorded versions of old hits.

Teen Top currently consists of Chunji, Niel, Ricky and Changjo. Two members – C.A.P and L.Joe – quit the act earlier this month and in 2017, respectively.

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