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After School is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Namie Amuro, The Click Five and Morning Musume. Those roots explain a lot about how After School arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as 9MUSES, Kara, T-ara, Orange Caramel and Brown Eyed Girls, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Hello Venus, NU'EST and Orange Caramel, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around After School, reaching back through Namie Amuro and forward to Hello Venus. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
After School (Korean: 애프터스쿨) was a South Korean girl group formed by Pledis Entertainment, with an admissions and graduation concept. After School officially debuted in January 2009 with the song "Ah!" from the single album New Schoolgirl. Following the addition of Uee in April of that year, they released "Diva", which won the "Rookie of the Month" award at the Cyworld Digital Music Awards.
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After School connections
After School grew out of Namie Amuro, The Click Five and Morning Musume, shares an orbit with 9MUSES, Kara, T-ara and Orange Caramel, went on to shape Hello Venus, NU'EST and Orange Caramel. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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