Liz also said the two reached out to each other for support.
“We (the band) have gotten closer and closer over the past few months. It's nice to have the support there, but there have been times when we've been strong enough as a group that we don't need to go to them.”
Blaze Noon, 19, from London, is the youngest member of the band but seems to take things in his stride. He is a Brit School graduate and seems to be the most confident.
He says they were “really lucky” to have the advantage of being able to immerse themselves in the Korean training regime as a British band: “There's a lot of really good things we can take away from it to create this hybrid fusion.”
What's interesting is that most of them have never wanted to be in a boy band before.
James Sharp, 23, from Huddersfield, is one of the Sharp twins and has amassed 5.5 million followers on his TikTok account.
He said he thought boy bands were “embarrassing,” and Blaze laughed as he recalled that Dexter had always been a fan but felt “too cool” for boy bands. And Ollie got his education on K-pop from his aunt, who runs a K-pop fan page.
But everyone agreed that this was a huge opportunity that could not be missed.
But how did they come up with such a band name?
After Ollie recommended the British Bulldog but was immediately rejected (for some unknown reason), they stumbled upon a restaurant in Seoul called Dear Alice.
They all loved it and it stuck with them.
“'Dear' is like a letter to the fans, and Alice means 'inexplicable love,'” Blaine said.
The point is, the restaurant “served the world's most delicious Wellington beef.”
It's not your typical Korean dish, but Dear Alice hopes that a similar cultural fusion will be its secret to success.
