Character Profiles

Character Profiles- The Conventional Tropes of Popular Male Music Groups

To work out how to make the ultimate boyband I researched the different character tropes associated with the stereotypical boyband. These conventions have come from decades of pop groups such as NSYNC, New Kids on the Block, and the Backstreet Boys.

I looked at an article on PennLive.com which outlined who's who in several bands writing a small paragraph about each member's personality, which helped me see examples of specific tropes. https://www.pennlive.com/go/2011/07/boy-band_breakdown_your_guide.html

Another source I used to establish some key character tropes of boybands is a reddit post I found on r/kpopthoughts that lists some conventional ideas of personalities presented in K-pop bands. Whilst this slightly differs from the Western boyband I am aiming to replicate the style of, K-pop shares many similarities with Western boybands, especially regarding fandoms where groups such as BTS's 'Army' can be directly compared to the craze of 'Beatlemania' in the 1960s. https://www.reddit.com/r/kpopthoughts/comments/14uzvro/lets_do_something_interesting_with_boyband_member/?rdt=45256

Below I have evidenced character profiles for my fictional band members, outlining each characters' inspirations to provide context to their role.