Music feature: Boy bands

Although the term "boy band" wasn't coined until the 1980s, their history stretches back much further. For as long as modern pop music has existed, boy bands have been making audiences swoon with smooth vocal harmonies, loving lyrics, and slick choreography. So, what is it about the boy band that it continbues to permeate pop culture after all these years? And what defines a boy band? Is it simply a band of boys, or is it something a little more specific? To break it down for us Yadana Saw, former RNZ music journalist and current Greater Wellington regional councillor joins us.