Lee Soo-man’s ‘Zalpha pop’ and Chinese girl group

Is it a new genre by K-pop pioneer or a strategy to enter Chinese market? Lee Soo-man, the founder of SM Entertainment and often referred to as the “father of K-pop,” is back with a bold new vision — introducing “Zalpha pop” through A20 Entertainment, which has offices in California, the US, Japan, Singapore and South Korea. His latest project, A20 May — a group consisting of two Chinese Americans and three Chinese members — debuted in December, signaling not only an effort to pioneer a new mus