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Korean Pop’s 5 Hottest Girl Groups

Long live the Korean pop scene, where nobody really cares that much about authenticity—or even singing talent for that matter—as long as the girls look cute and the songs are catchy.

American girl groups like Danity Kane and the Pussycat Dolls have to throw on their sluttiest getup to grab anybody’s attention, but in Korea, girl pop stars can find success by just singing mindless ditties in sugary voices while executing the simplest of non-sexual dance steps. See, that’s the thing—the more you sell a product as overtly sexy, the less sexy it becomes. But push a product as “cute” and “innocent” and “pure”—well now you’ve piqued our predatory instincts! Our fam in Seoul hipped us to the hottest K-pop girl groups of the moment. Watch all their videos below.

Street Detail: Welcome to the Jungle

There is no classification for this species of fashionista (R.I.P. Steve Irwin). Vintage pieces like this cheetah print button-up boldly goes where even Lafayette St. hipsters hesitate to go—but it works. As for the gold bow tie, this week’s Street Detail subject had this to say, “I personally like to stand out a little bit. I like other people telling me, ‘his style is nice.’” See the rest of the wild get-up after the jump.