Teen Girls, Boy Bands and Objectification, a video essay (EXO and the Jonas Brothers)

In this video I discuss why boy bands such as One Direction, The Jonas Brothers, EXO and BTS are so popular and how boy bands and male idols are sexualized and objectified, as well as the moralization of boy band lyrics and boy bands in general due to sexism against their fan base of predominantly teen girls and young women.

I specifically talk about EXO, a K-pop boy band, and how their marketing and growth differed from that of Disney’s boy band The Jonas Brothers, and talk about why K-pop boy bands like BTS and male K-pop idols in general have longer shelf lives than their counterparts in the U.S.

Lastly, I touch on girl groups and the obstacles they face in the music industry.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Content Note and Flashing light Info and Thank You Message
0:14 Intro
1:33 What makes a boy band a Boy Band?
4:37 The Stars Are Born: The Jonas Brothers, EXO, and One Direction
18:44 The S*x Factor: Intro
20:00 Content Note
- This section contains mentions and discussions of baiting LGBTQ+ audiences, specifically with SM Entertainment acts, and the shipping that went on during the mid 2010s when it comes to Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson.
20:09 The Gender Performance
30:16 Physicality (dancing)
36:04 Content Note
- This section contains a brief discussion of the theme of abuse and domestic violence in K-pop music videos - particularly in Taemin's Criminal and Blackpink's Kill This Love, but also in EXO's Lotto and Monster.
36:12 Moralization of Boy Band Lyrics
45:27 Content Note
- This section contains brief mentions of dieting and restrictive eating - mainly when it pertains to maintaining the 'ideal male body'.
45:35 The Concert Experience
48:46 The S*x Factor: Conclusion
51:06 Why K-pop Boy Bands Are Thriving
59:32 Content Note
- This section contains mentions of parasocial relationships and stalking, as well as general mentions and discussions of the abuse that NSYNC and The Backstreet Boys faced under the hand of Lou Pearlman.
59:40 Pulling Back the Curtain and “Living The Dream”
1:10:08 The “Diminishing Return” of Girl Groups?
1:15:39 Conclusion
1:17:46 Ending Credits

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***For viewers with light sensitivity***

Throughout the entire video there are clips shown either from live performances, concerts, or music videos which contain rapid moving lights (including strobe lights), rooms filled with LED screens, and montages of fast moving light sequences.

I’ve outlined the timestamps in this google doc here:
https://tinyurl.com/yuwp7vfx

Please proceed with caution.

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Sources and references used:
https://tinyurl.com/8ryjzcbx

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Further reading into Black musicians in K-pop, as well as anti-Blackness and Appropriation in K-pop:
https://tinyurl.com/4nzekr53

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