By Cathy Rose A. Garcia
Staff Reporter
There is little doubt that boy bands dominate the K-pop scene, with good-looking boys singing and dancing their way into the hearts of girls across Asia.
But what happens when these boys grow into men?
More often than not, boy band members attempt to retain their popularity by going solo. Perhaps these boys are encouraged by the success of pop superstar Justin Timberlake, who has managed to make the public forget that he was once a member of the popular boy band N'Sync.
Nowadays, the K-pop scene is crowded with solo albums being released by boy band members.
Ex-G.O.D. members Son Ho-young and Kim Tae-woo released debut albums last month, only a few weeks apart. Jang Woo-hyeok, an ex-member of H.O.T., released his second album "My Way" late last month. Shinhwa member Jun Jin came out with his single album this month.
In boy bands, the members usually need to have a clean-cut, goody-two-shoes image, but as solo artists, singers ca...|
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