

Less than a month later the song reached No.1 in South Korea and topped the Billboard K-pop 100 in the US, four years after it was originally released - with their popularity reinforced by their story of struggle against the odds. It went viral and struck millions of chords across the country. "Rollin' rollin' rollin' rollin'/I am waiting for you/Babe just only you," they chant, as wildly enthusiastic uniformed conscripts dance and wave glow-sticks. Photo: AFPThen a pseudonymous YouTuber called Viditor uploaded a compilation of them performing on South Korean army bases - and saved their careers. K-pop group Brave Girls perform during a rehearsal for a YouTube-livestream commercial event at a studio in Gwacheon, south of Seoul, South Korea, on March 27.

The Brave Girls were losing courage just weeks ago, on the verge of breaking up and abandoning their dreams of K-pop stardom after years of going nowhere.
