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H.O.T.

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  • H.O.T. was a group that enjoyed massive success in their career, allowing them to become major influences on the future of boy bands and the rest of the music scene in Korea throughout the mid to late 1990s. .H.O.T. (an acronym for High Five of Teenagers) was a popular five-member South Korean boy band formed by SM Entertainment in 1996 and disbanded in 2001. Their songs and discographies were often compelled with political and social themes that were considered too risque during that time-frame in South Korea with hard hitting genres, mixture of rap, ballads, dance, and later rock; Main vocalist Kangta provided most of the ballad parts in due to composition.

    In addition to South Korea, the band was popular in Taiwan, the People's Republic of China, and Korean and Asian communities in the Americas. H.O.T. was the first group to have an album become a "million seller" in K-pop, even though South Korea had a financial crisis at the time. They were often credited as one of the first K-pop boy bands and the forerunners of the "idol group" trend in the Korean music industry. H.O.T. successfully turned mainstream Korean music into music for the younger generation. Made up of five teenagers at the time of their debut, they were formed to target teenagers specifically, hence their name "High-five Of Teenagers".
    - IMDb mini biography by: last.f

Trademarks

  • Often defied Societal Issues in their songs
  • Regarded as the first K-pop idol group in history

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  • The members of the group were Moon Hee-Joon, Jang Woo-hyuk, Tony Ahn, Kangta, and Lee Jae-won.
  • During the rise of their popularity, H.O.T. was considered the Korean version of the American Boy Group Backstreet Boys, who were also famous worldwide during their time in the 90s.
  • They recorded music in the basement one at a time, while the rest practiced their dancing.
  • Heejun became the leader because he paid attention to details. He always was looking to understand what was going on.
  • On January 23rd, 1998 there were so many fans who wanted to attend their concert at Jamsil Stadium that fans were turned away.

Quotes

  • [Tony Ahn speaking for all the members while the group accepting the award at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards (1999)] First of all, I really like to thank our producer, Soo-Man Leenim and Yoo Young-jin, and music video director Jong-ho Hong. And thanks to our fans in Korea, thanks to MTV, thank you very much!

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