09 Girl groups and boybands

Hello and welcome to another episode of The Corner. In this episode Marvin and I speak about girl groups and boybands and we give our thoughts about our favourite bands and also about the industry at the moment. Some words used: 00:14 Recurring - Something which keeps happening again 00:23 pop culture - What is popular among young people 1:54 Transcending - to go beyond the limit 2:02 gratifying - Satisfying 2:43 re-emergence - To come back from something 2:44 Dying breed - Something rare or is starting to disappear 3:32 To a Tee - Perfectly, exactly 4:11 Brief Skint - A short time 4:27 Infamous - Famous for doing something bad 5:26 Cant shake - Can forget or can’t escape 6:32 Reunite - Come together again 7:40 Manufactured - to create something e.g. Some Boybands are manufactured by the record company 7:43 Organically - Created naturally 8:50 Had a good run - To be successful 9:12 TRL Period - TRL or Total Request Live was a TV show on MTV during the late 90s /2000s which would often feature popular artists and groups. The artists would come on the show for interviews and they would show the newest MVs from various artists. 10:43 Synchronised - To do something at the same time 10:51 Mimicked - To copy something 13:00 Triple threat - Someone who is very good at 3 different things 13:50 Persona - The character which someone has, often different to their real personality 16:54 Heavy Hitter - The influential/important person 18:53 Hood (adj) - To act like someone from the rough streets/ghetto 20:53 Claim to fame - What someone becomes famous for 22:38 Mickey Mouse Club - A TV show in the early 90s which performers would act and sing. Some famous artists were on the show before such as Britney Speaks, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, and Ryan Gosling. 在小宇宙查看该单集文稿