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boy band
noun
- a trendy pop group of young male singers, each member typically cultivating an image so as to appeal to a preteen audience.
boy band
noun
- an all-male vocal pop group created to appeal to a young audience
Word History and Origins
Origin of boy band1
Example Sentences
Timberlake, whose boy band ’NSYNC got an early break opening for Jackson, didn’t always show her the public respect she deserved.
It was the golden age of boy bands—ask me if I prefer NSYNC or Backstreet Boys and get ready to see a flawless recreation of Meryl Streep’s performance in Sophie’s Choice.
For a society reeling from an authoritarian crackdown against the backdrop of an ongoing pandemic, this may seem an odd time for a boy band to take a city by storm.
He quickly opted to go the idol group route instead, and it took nearly three years of trying out different combinations of members and styles for the boy band to finally emerge.
You don’t know boy bands until you’ve gotten into this Kenyan boy band.
Well, be still your boy-band-loving heart, because 20 years later, your 14-year-old pop-culture dreams are coming true.
Now Carter and Knight are in their third iteration of a boy band, of sorts.
In March, hip-hop group Bangtan Boys (BTS) covered a song called “T.O.P” by the Korean boy band Shinhwa.
Consider a song like “Crayon” by G-Dragon, a member of the boy band Big Bang.
The last great boy band of the early 2000s, O-Town, is back with Lines and Circles.
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