BTS Label Hybe Searches For Girl Group In Netflix Docuseries
deadline.comHybe, the K-pop giant behind bands such as BTS, are looking to manufacture a new girl group and that process will be turned into a Netflix music docuseries.
Hybe teamed with Universal Music’s Geffen Records, the label behind artists such as Nirvana and Sonic Youth, in 2021 to create a new U.S.
girl group using its K-pop training and development system. That initiative – Hybe x Geffen Global Girl Group Audition – saw more than 120,000 submissions from young women around the world and has now been whittled down to 20 contestants competing for a spot in the group.
Netflix is now turning this years-long process into an untitled documentary series to launch in 2024. The series will be directed by Nadia Hallgren, who directed Netflix’s Michelle Obama documentary Becoming.
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