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The Most Ridiculous K-Pop Group Names

Posted by kheadlines0 pt Monday, July 31, 2017

1. CRACKER

The group isn't well-known so it's hard to try to explain how they came up with the name. But do you think they thought they'd try to boost people's appetites for their music?

2. Weki Meki

They will be debuting soon but their name is definitely Wacky. I literally said WTF when I first heard this name.

3. K-Much

Isn't "K-Much" a little too much? It may not come as a surprise that they come from the same label as Crayon Pop -- perhaps their entertainment company does not have a knack for coming up with names. The boy band debuted as K-Much in 2014 but now goes by Be.A.

4. DBSK/TVXQ

It might not sound so weird now because they are legendary but it was different when you heard this name for the very first time. DBSK is an acronym for the group's full name in Korean: Dong Bang Shin Ki, which translates to "Rising Gods of the East." I remember when I first heard the group name in either 2003 or 2004 and just scratching my head.

5. MBLAQ

MBLAQ itself isn't so bad but the acronym... it's just so cheesy: "Music Boys Live in Absolute Quality." That is absolute quality... not.

6. TRAX

Like MBLAQ, the name itself isn't bad as TRAX has a music-related quality (tracks)... But whoever came up with the acronym seems to have jumbled random words together: "Typhoon Rose Attack on X-Mas." The only attack here is on my brain trying to make sense of it.

7. LEDApple

This boy band's name had too much going on. LED was in tribute to the group's music inspiration, Led Zeppelin, but it also was an acronym for "Logic Egoism Delete" which makes no sense. They also ruined what could have been a charismatic name by sandwiching it with "Apple," which was supposed to represent their freshness. But fresh no more -- the group has disbanded.

8. Momoland

The intention was apparently to make it sound like an amusement park. Momo, that's no no.

9. UP10TION

This stands for "Unbelievable Perfect 10 Members Teenagers Idol Open Now."

10. Teen Top

Here's another ridiculous acronym that is so long that it shouldn't even be considered one. It stands for "Teenager Emoboy Emotion Next generation Object Praise." The acronym does not add up nicely. Also, what does this phrase even mean?

11. F.Cuz

Another acronym that doesn't make any sense: "For Century Ultimate Zest."

12. HAND

This idol group was not popular back in the day and their name didn't help matters. "HAND" sounds bad enough, but what it stood for makes it even more ridiculous: "Have A Nice Day." Maybe because everyone said goodbye when they immediately found about this group?

13. CHEEZE

The group goes by "Cheeze" instead of "Cheese" and the "z" wasn't intentional. Turns out it was actually because they had thought it was spelled with a "z." As for what it represents, the singers said it doesn't have any special meaning. But one of the members was doodling cheeses during class and they casually decided to adopt it as the band's name.