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Are girl bands better than boy bands? - What in the World podcast, BBC World Service

Stray Kids or BlackPink? Spice Girls or Westlife? BTS or Katseye? Music executives - like Simon Cowell - have been creating girl bands and boy bands for decades. And he’s about to launch a brand new competition on Netflix to find “The Next Act”. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM When we talk about these groups, we generally mean good looking young women or men who’ve been brought together, and who don’t tend to write their own songs or play their own instruments. Their fans are stereotyped as being teenage girls and their mums. Is there any truth to the belief that girl bands make better music because they are held to higher standards? The BBC’s music correspondent Mark Savage explains how pop bands have evolved over the decades. We look at the different pressures and stereotyping that girl and boy bands face and we hear from some of our BBC friends - do they prefer girl bands or boy bands and why? 00:00 Coming up 00:18 Intro – Who wins: boy bands or girl bands? 01:00 Why fans love them – confidence vs crushes 01:39 The first boy band and iconic groups over time 02:49 How have bands evolved? 03:49 Marketing differences – girl power vs heartthrobs 04:18 Who makes better music? 06:11 BBC reporters share their views 07:03 K-pop influence and trendsetting girl groups 07:44 Why boy bands dominate commercially 08:44 Challenges for girl bands 09:51 Stereotypes and struggles for boy bands 11:01 Who gets more fans – and why? 11:37 The next big band to watch Watch more episodes from What in the World here 👉🏽    • What in the World in the studio   Instagram: @bbcwhatintheworld Email: [email protected] WhatsApp: +44 330 12 33 22 6 Presenter: Hannah Gelbart Video producer: Baldeep Chahal Producers: Julia Ross-Roy and Adam Chowdhury Editor: Verity Wilde ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Twitter 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Facebook 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #kpop #blackpink #straykids