Recently my friend went on a trip to Korea and he said the K-Pop invasion there is intense. 

I've always revelled at the fact that these Asian boy and girl band groups often come with 5+ members and seem to 'stick together' to produce albums and dance in front of crazed audiences.  There seems to be a different dynamic, a dedicated mentality that these K-pop groups harbor for the sake of propelling their fame.  It seems largely to do with sucking it up and working together regardless of differences to continue on their path to success.  While we often preach about teamwork and working together, it is more often than not that bands here in the U.S. go on hiatus or fight with their record labels or simply disband so only the lead singer moves on to go solo.  However, even K-Pop bands seem to come and go.  Some stick around longer than others with multiple albums, while others fade away and new ones sprout up.  The latest band -Girls' Generation seems to be taking over, 9 (yes count them, 9!) members strong.  Here they are with one of their debut performances in the U.S. on Letterman:

 

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