Kidz Bop Goes Pop: Inside An Unlikely Music Empire

The Kidz Bop Kids perform at the Crazy 8 capsule collection launch in New York. “They based some of these looks off what we tend to wear,” says Ashlynn Chong (left). Photo courtesy of Kidz Bop.

Beneath the glow of a string of stage lights in an airy studio high above New York’s Chelsea Market, a squadron of middle schoolers waits patiently to see a group ofpop stars take the stage. But it’s not Katy Perry and Justin Timberlake who are about to perform—it’s the Kidz Bop Kids, a band of four yo...