boy band

noun

: a small ensemble of males in their teens or twenties who play pop songs geared especially to a young female audience

Examples of boy band in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In 2025, Kenneth Lavíll, Drew Venegas, Gabi Bermúdez, Kauê Penna and Alejandro Aramburú became the first Latin boy band under HYBE, known for forming successful groups such as K-pop giants BTS and girl group KATSEYE. — Natalia Cano, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2026

In Jennifer’s Body, Needy (Seyfried) is BFFs with the titular mean girl played by Fox, whose body becomes possessed by a succubus with a taste for teen boys after a botched sacrifice by a devil-worshipping boy band (led by Adam Brody). — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

The San Francisco company announced a multiyear partnership with Just Your Type, a five-member, pop boy band, as part of the launch of a clothing collection and a national mall tour in which the band will perform live. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, on his own Disney World trip, Friedle had his own boy band experience, this time with LFO. — Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1985, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for boy band

• armband
• backhand
• bandstand
• baseband
• broadband
• command
• cropland
• demand
• disband
• dreamland
• expand
• farmhand