Cupid’s arrow: how Fifty Fifty became the rare K-pop band to pierce the UK Top 40 | K-pop
K-pop often appears to be thriving in the UK: prior to their hiatus, BTS had back-to-back No 1 albums and acts such as boyband Ateez fill arenas, while girl group Blackpink are gearing up to headline a vast outdoor show in Hyde Park this summer. But the reality is hit K-pop songs are rare here, seldom breaking the singles chart – which makes the current Top 20 success of Fifty Fifty all the more unusual.With their song Cupid set to climb from No 18 to break the Top 10 this week, the quartet are only the second K-pop girl…