
Scores of groups largely made up of teenagers are launched every year hoping to follow in their footsteps, but most acts quickly disappear, leaving barely a trace on the score of musical history. The K-pop phenomenon - epitomised by the global success of BTS - earns billions of dollars a year for the world's 12th-largest economy.

A total of 7,077 netizens participated in the poll, in which 3,053 netizens. The poll was held from the 14th to the 20th for seven days. I am still in disbelief over what has happened." 'Something miraculous happened to us' Then he left us with the custard-apples, and Joan's tongue was untied. As a result, Brave Girls Yoo Jung came in the first place. "I thought I could make an entertaining video with soldiers' hilarious reactions and funny comments," she said by e-mail. She has put together hundreds of compilations of other bands' tracks but never before had similar impact. Earlier, fans and the Brave Girls members themselves celebrated the track. Following the announcement that Brave Girls will officially conclude their seven years of activities and disband, Minyoung took to the group's fansite to assure fans Brave. The uploader - who said she wanted to remain anonymous to maintain her privacy - said she had been astonished by the reaction. As of February 28, Brave Girlss ' Rollin ' is climbing up various domestic realtime music charts at an incredible speed. "You are nothing short of the commander of South Korea's 600,000 soldiers."

"Viditor, you have rediscovered the Brave Girls," wrote one poster. The clip garnered about 15 million views in little more than a month.

South Korea requires all able-bodied men to serve in uniform to defend it against the nuclear-armed North, a period when they are often dispatched to remote places and deprived of the joys of modern life.Īs a common experience it is a unifier and a leveller, and Viditor's compilation - complete with witty captions such as "Play this song during battles and we will definitely win wars" - resonated with those who had seen them in the military.
