The first book that historicizes the evolution of K-pop dance from the 1980s to the 2020s based on extensive archival research on backup dancers, trainees, idols, performance directors, and cover dancers. Vivid five-year-long (auto)ethnographic reflections, fieldwork, and interviews in CA, NY in the U.S., and Seoul, South Korea.A pioneering work that theorizes the timely topic of dance influencers on social media and its distinctive features as social media dance.