Lol they're called experiment expedition or EXP they are a university exeriment thing run by a girl from Seoul. Apparently she chose and trained them. Other than that I have no opinion and don't really care haha

So I didn't even know that this group existed til i read "American kpop group" and was intrigued. Just watched their "I feel like this" MV and honestly, I don't see kpop at all. other than they singing in Korean, I don't see any other aspects of kpop in them. Like someone said before, I believe that they decided to call themselves "kpop" because its so popular and also boy bands in the states have really died down and only a few have become super popular (aka One Direction). So they knew that the US market wasn't going to get them far.

@Persont I find those overexagerations, tbh. Asian music industry has little chances of being dominated by Westerners. If anything, breaking through the Korean industry as a white, and staying relevant is as hard as Asian Kpop stars debuting in USA and succeeding. It's not the norm, and since people like and get used to the norm, they'll most likely flop. Chad Future (sp?) was also said that would "dominate Kpop and take away from native Koreans for A or B" and he barely stayed relevant internationally, let alone in Korea. I haven're read about them, but judging only on the two songs they've put out, with the last one with in broken Korean, I see them flopping faster than a fish out of sea. Idols who train for years is another extreme and it's the faulty entertainment industry that barely debuts anything to begin with. Truth be told, there are way too many trainees for them to debut all. Which is understandable because they look out for money and more groups=more expenses. But for that same lack of training EXP has, we'll see them flop. And I'm all here to watch groups flop, tbh lmao

I'm not the fan of that experiment. Idk, if I wanted to watch 4 americans, I would watch mtv hits or something. Without proper training like the other kpop groups, this probably feels like a spit in the face, if they make it. they should've stick to the american market and maybe then when they succeed, they could work with kpop artists, if they wanted a to get on korean market as well.

Personally I like EXP Edition. Saw them in "I Can See Your Voice" and will admit it, they're far from what defines K-pop, but I like how they're willing to learn the Korean culture and choose to speak Korean instead of English, even though they're not good at it.

imo, they don't seem like bad people, but I agree that they shouldn't be calling themselves a kpop band, escpecially bc they have like no expertise whatsoever. I feel like they only went that route bc of how popular kpop is nowadays, and if thats the case then they really don't deserve to be among other kpop bands.

@mirrue Yeah, the hate is too much... be decent humans people, backlash doesn't have to be hate! And I agree, the western music industry just works better...

@KalaCR Yeah, backlash was to be expected, and I'm against them too... but people should still be decent humans...like suggest they go work in the western music industry too.

@darkpleasure People don't really get mad about Americans/foreigners in kpop, not that much anymore... but for me and others, it's that ALL of them are white... people are mad because Asians aren't given chances even with talent and fluency in the Western Music industry, and with EXP's entry, it's like whites are looking to dominate kpop too, which is like a 'safe haven' for asians looking to join the music industry. Additionally, for them, it's an insult to kpop because they aren't trained at all when there are idols who train 9 years to debut...kpop is made fun of enough already... if the us starts seeing it as 'easy'.... well..

I'm against this. Especially since they didn't go through formal training like every other idol before them. They are not a k-pop group, I can actually agree with the amount of displeasure that kpop fans are commenting. However, telling them to die is a bit much but then again, this is kpop and kpop has crazy fans.

I hope this group was prepared for some sort of backlash when they were in the process of "debuting".

I googled "Exp", and the first result that came out was a Wikipedia page for "Exponential" XDXDXD. But anyway, their name "EXP" is short for "Experiment" because that was what they initially were. They were an experiment for a project. (http://en.rocketnews24.com/2016/09/01/going-from-experiment-to-experience-non-korean-k-pop-boy-band-exp-heads-to-korea/)

I just listened to their latest song, and imo if it's in English, it might sound better. The music is not that bad. However, them singing in Korean is a bit turn off for me. I don't think they should follow the Kpop route. After the experiment, they should try debuting as an American group instead. They won't get as much hate as they are getting now. I mean... they have the voices (will be better with more training, of course) and the look. Come on, if they are American performers, their faces are not actually that bad.

Tbh, I feel like the hate they are getting is a bit too much tho, especially on the white boys. I mean, it's not like they are getting awards or whatnot (that some other Kpop group deserves). Don't you think someone wishing them to go die is a bit too offensive? (Yes, someone said that.) And then the comments about being white or guy having stubble or looking gay (it's effing 2017!). Idk. I feel like this group really brings out the bad in Kpop fans... like how offensive or hateful Kpop fans can be. But then, any fan can be like that. I feel bad for them. They should stop and debut in American music industry. I might be a fan of them if they are an American group.

Read bout them too. No formal training? That means they are not under any label? US label?

Meh, I was interested in them because they'll be hard to become relevant in the genre, until I heard their debut song. Lots of kpop idols were American and debuted in Korea, so I don't really care what race Kpop idols are. Being a kpop idol is basically having the looks, the talents (optional, tbh) and be fluent in Korean. However, their debut was cringy, and even if I don't understand Korean, their accents sounded way off. So far, I'm neutral about them. If and when they get a good song out, and get better Korean language teachers, I'll listen to them. Till then...