The so-called SMP is the abbreviation of [SM MUSIC PERFORMANCE]. SM is the most influential entertainment company in South Korea. The SMP style was proposed by a manager of SM because the manager was a dancer. Since HOT started to become successful, it has a higher understanding of the integration of dance and music than the average person. From the beginning of HOT, it has focused on young people under the age of 20 in South Korea and competed for this market with SMP style.

SMP is a stage center art, often used in singing groups, emphasizing the perfect integration of stage performance and music. Generally speaking, if you just listen to the songs, it is difficult to understand the meaning of these songs, and you may even think that these songs are strange, because SMP songs are assigned and sung according to the vocal characteristics of each person in the group, and it is very likely that they contain different songs. style, but a fusion of multiple styles.