they can be called a group, IF AND ONLY IF, the group exist irl whether virtually or not,debuted,and this movie is one big promotion for them. Unfortunately they're not,they only exist in the movie,basically their group live only in the movie
the question ultimately becomes what makes a song kpop and what makes the people behind the song a kpop group?
language?
ethnicity?
producers ethnicity?
connection to SK?
connection to a SK company?
training in an SK company?
etc etc
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Company is the best indicator, because kpop is an industry, and companies are center of every industry.
- Language: full or partial english kpop songs exists,
- Ethnicity: non-ethnic Korean idols exists,
- producers ethnicity: company like SM has an entire A&R department solely to work with foreign producers,
- connection to SK: obviously,
- connection to a SK company?: yes, all of kpop idols so far,
- training in an SK company: there are few idols weren't trained at all.
But not every group under these company is kpop group. For example: Big Mama (YG), The Trax (SM), 15& (JYPE). So there are 2 criteria:
- Group's name belong to a SK company at some point,
- The group is being marketed as kpop.
they can be called a group, IF AND ONLY IF, the group exist irl whether virtually or not,debuted,and this movie is one big promotion for them. Unfortunately they're not,they only exist in the movie,basically their group live only in the movie
Not really. Some solo singers only release CDs, that not makes them less real.
A virtual group is still a group (just not kpop), because they actually released a song under group's name in real-life.