[NEWS] From Backdancer to Dancing Singer

100107 From Backdancer To Dancing Singer (U-Know Yunho)

The walls of Kpop are crumbling down. Comedians and actors are putting out albums and singers in reverse are entering the fields of acting and comedy as well. This is why many new terms such as Gaegaman (Gaegeuman "Comedian)+Gasoo (singer)" and Telgamen "Telunteu(Actor)+Gasoo(singer)".

No longer do only comedians make people laugh or only singers sing. Reality has made being good in only one field no longer useful in the competitive industry. Kpop has evolved and changed so much that the joking comment that "If you're good at singing, go be a singer" can no longer be used meaningfully.

How people become singers is also changing as well. There are many cases where people become singers because they are good at singing, but there is an increasing number of people who become singers after being backdancers who stood behind other singers and let them shine. In today's industry, we are seeing them stepping up to the spotlight. They are stars who have gone from supporting actors to leads.

U-Know Yunho, part of Asia's hottest group TVXQ, first became known by performing as Dana's rapper and backdancer in her solo album. Dana is currently part of TSZX the Grace but was performing as a high-school singer before TVXQ's 2004 debut.

Singers who used to be backdancers succeed because of their determination and effort. Backdancers are said to stay up for an entire week making choreography for a singer and make singers shine even when it gets them small injuries and bruises.

The backdancer who came up with Jewelry's E.T. dance said, "The reason they were able to succeed as singers was because of their cow-like determination, ceaseless hard work and diligent rehearsals."

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