SM Entertainment is making history with the launch of Dear Alice, its first British boy group.
SM Entertainment is teaming up with Moon&Back, a British entertainment company, and its North American partner Kakao Entertainment, to launch its first-ever localized boy group in the UK.
Dear Alice, the newest addition to the K-Pop scene, consists of five talented British members from diverse backgrounds.
Dear Alice members include
- Blaise Noon (19)
- Dexter Greenwood (22)
- James Sharp (23)
- Olly Quinn (20)
- Reese Carter (20)
Blaise Noon, the youngest member, is from London and trained in the performing arts at the Brit School. Dexter Greenwood, also from London, has a degree in musical theater from the D&B Academy of Performing Arts.
Another Dear Alice member, James Sharp, a 23-year-old TikToker with 5.5 million followers, hails from Huddersfield. His aunt is a huge K-pop fan who runs a fanclub and has given him a lot of information.
Olly Quinn’s love for music started early, singing as a choirboy in his hometown of Sunderland. Meanwhile, Reece Carter from Wiltshire has been making waves with his performances on cruise ships.
The group underwent an intense 100-day training boot camp at SM Entertainment in South Korea. They received training for dance, vocal, and life coaching there from Yoon Hee Jun.
Their pre-debut journey will be shown to the fans through a BBC series Made in Korea: The K-Pop Experience. Their training process will be spread across six episodes, for fans to see how they were trained.
Dear Alice is set to make a splash in both the UK and international music scenes, with activities beginning with the premiere of the BBC series next month.
Fans can watch Made in Korea: The K-pop Experience on BBC One and BBC iPlayer later this month.