Britain’s exciting, on-the-rise band dearALICE are primed in 2026 to show the global music scene what happens when talent and work ethic meets opportunity.
dearALICE comprises Dexter Greenwood, Olly Quinn, Reece Carter and Blaise Noon, brought together through BBC One’s Made in Korea: The K-Pop Experience. The six-part series followed the UK group as they spent 100 days training in South Korea with SM Entertainment, the K-pop powerhouse behind aespa, NCT DREAM and RIIZE. “Having that exposure to so much amazing culture and industry experience early on was very influential in how we’ve developed as a band,” says Blaise.
Although passionate about K-pop, dearALICE are clear: “We’re a British boyband with global influences and a global team behind us.” Developed by SM Entertainment, Kakao Entertainment and gamma, the London-based group draw inspiration from UK street style.
Their name came from a restaurant in Itaewon where they ate before their first live performance. “The more we talked about calling ourselves dearALICE, the more we loved it,” says Dexter, while Olly later suggested ALICE could stand for “A Love I Can’t Explain.”
Following debut single “Ariana” and EP bitterSWEETsummer, the band return with explosive new anthem “Body On,” featuring Japan’s Sweet Revenge and Canada’s Enola Bedard. “It’s a combination between the more masculine-leaning energy of dearALICE and the feminine edge brought by our collaborators,” they explain.
More genre-bending music follows with “Animal” and “Home With You.” Individually, the members bring backgrounds spanning the BRIT School, Urdang Academy, Durham Chorister School, musical theatre, modelling, cruise ship performance and performing arts training—forming a group whose personalities and influences are as distinctive as their sound.