Meaning of boy-band | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“"I've had my words completely twisted by a tabloid," cautions [Harry] Judd. "They asked me if I thought we were the new wave of boy-bands and my answer was that I think they're still good at what they do, but I think people like the fact that we play our own instruments. Next day," he continues, "the first paragraph is: 'Harry from McFly hates all boy-bands, he thinks McFly are proper rock.'"”

“The pop songs, which also included hits by the feathery-voiced chanteuse IU and the macho-ish boy-band Bigbang,^([sic]) were aimed at giving North Koreans get a taste of South Korean youth culture, the ministry [i.e., the South’s Defense Ministry] said.”

“The Jonas Brothers, with their emo quaffs, skinny jeans and ability to play instruments, were a pop-punk boy-band for wholesome tween girls, a parent-approved contrast to the toilet humor of Blink-182 or the queer vaudevillian performance of Panic! at the Disco.”

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