09 Girl groups and boybands

09 Girl groups and boybands

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Hello and welcome to another episode of The Corner. In this episode Marvin and I speak about girl groups and boybands and we give our thoughts about our favourite bands and also about the industry at the moment.

Some words used:

00:14 Recurring

- Something which keeps happening again 

00:23 pop culture

- What is popular among young people

1:54 Transcending 

- to go beyond the limit

2:02 gratifying 

- Satisfying

2:43   re-emergence

- To come back from something 

2:44 Dying breed

- Something rare or is starting to disappear 

3:32 To a Tee

- Perfectly, exactly

4:11 Brief Skint

- A short time

4:27 Infamous

- Famous for doing something bad 

5:26 Cant shake

- Can forget or can’t escape

6:32 Reunite

- Come together again

7:40 Manufactured

- to create something e.g. Some Boybands are manufactured by the record company

7:43 Organically

- Created naturally 

8:50 Had a good run

- To be successful

9:12 TRL Period

    - TRL or Total Request Live was a TV show on MTV during the late 90s /2000s which would often feature popular artists and groups. The artists would come on the show for interviews and they would show the newest MVs from various artists.

10:43 Synchronised 

- To do something at the same time

10:51 Mimicked 

- To copy something 

13:00 Triple threat 

- Someone who is very good at 3 different things

13:50 Persona

- The character which someone has, often different to their real personality 

16:54 Heavy Hitter

- The influential/important person

18:53 Hood (adj)

- To act like someone from the rough streets/ghetto

20:53 Claim to fame

- What someone becomes famous for

22:38 Mickey Mouse Club

- A TV show in the early 90s which performers would act and sing. Some famous artists were on the show before such as Britney Speaks, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, and Ryan Gosling.

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depykung
depykung
2023.10.13
01:36 EXO was very popular back in those years, for instance, nearly 2/5 of my classmates, including myself, were their fans. That’s crazy!