"Mega pop star, Fancy G, hosts a contest to find the next big solo artist. But the young contestants realize they are 'better together' and secretly form a band called Honey Girls and become a huge hit cloaked in mystery"--WorldCat.

What do your musical choices say about you? Music opinions bring out passionate debate in people, and Hyden focuses on pop music rivalries, from the classic to the very recent, and draws connections to the larger forces surrounding the pairing. Along the way he explores burning out and fading away, gives readers a glimpse into the perennial battle between old and young-- and just may prompt you to give your least favorite band another chance.

The Beatles arrived in the United States on February 7, 1964, and immediately became a constant, compelling presence in fans' lives. For the next six years, the band presented a nonstop deluge of sounds, words, images, and ideas, transforming the childhood and adolescence of millions of baby boomers.Beatleness explains how the band became a source of emotional, intellectual, aesthetic, and spiritual nurturance in fans' lives, creating a relationship...

Kum-Ji may have started following Yo-I to get close to her favorite boy band, DDL, but it's E-Wan of Yo-I that she can't get out of her head! With E-soh's confession still heavy on her heart, a confused Kum-Ji joins her fellow fan girls in strategizing for the next tour. But Barbie, the fanclub president, has other ideas. When a surprise attack leaves Kum-Ji bruised and beaten, it's E-Soh who becomes her knight in shiningarmot! will this dashing rescue...

""The Music Within" chronicles, from personal experiences, how friends and family influence musical tastes throughout life. Everyone has a "soundtrack" to their lives. It comes from many places - heredity, childhood, listening to radio and recordings, playing an instrument, singing, dancing, from television and films, concerts, travel, from nature and more. As we listen, new genres and styles enter our lives, enhancing our accumulation of sounds....

With her confession rejected by E-Wan of Yo-I, Kum-Ji is driven to despair. But with DDL's tour starting up again, she at least has something to get her mind off of her hurting heart. But when E-Wan is suddenly hospitalized, she must draw up the courage to visit him. And who's there to back her up but E-Soh? Just when it seems that E-Wan can never be as nice as E-Soh, he has a change of heart.

When E-Soh issues an ultimatum to Kum-Ji, she has to choose him on the spot or watch him walk away for good. Happy couplehood seems imminent for the two friends until former Yo-I fan club president Barbie makes her debut on the idol scene.

How far would you go to meet your favorite boy band? Kum-ji was little late getting under the spell of the chart-topping boy band, DDL. Unable to join the DDL fan club, she almost gives up on meeting her idols, until she develops a cunning plan: to become a top member of a rival fan club for a brand-new boy group, Yo-I. This way she can always be near Yo-I at all their concerts. Oddly enough Yo-I always seem to play the same shows with DDL. It's almost...