#bg debut 2019

[mykpopplaylist]

Song recommendations: 2019 Boy Group Debut Song

BREATHE by AB6IX

Busted by Triger

NOM by DKZ

time leap by OnlyOneOf

Tu Eres by NewKidd

[winwintea]

i'm a weishennie who stan wayv fro their music in 2019. domino, all for love, horizon, say it their all music was so good. after lc departure i understand they want to new start and change the group music identiy and i love phantom and omy but they are definetly weak title track compared to their previous songs. but gmt and the highest are whole mess. they sound like a newly debuted nugu bg declined songs. go higher is probably worst song i ever heard from nct as someone who stan nct since 2016. but wayv stans acting like their group is releasing back to back masterpieces and shit on nct dream songs and wayv is thriving because sicheng is not there. they are so hypocritical. i just saw on twitter a hhendery stan called dream's last single as worst sm release from this year, their fans really has been so corny but no one fight with them because people pity wayv everytime and ignore these rude comment.

NO BC I FULL ON AGREE I CAN SAY THIS NOW IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO THINKS THIS WAY

go higher is actually the most underwhelming wayv song ive heard its so like they're trying to be aespa ???? but failing??? miserably??? it feels like they tried to toss in supernova, armageddon, and wish by nct wish into a pot and this was the result. and then u have xj trying his best to carry with his crazy vocals but it's not the same as it once was 😭

i've been a stan since 2018, ever since winwin moved from 127 to wayv and since he's my ult i had to support, and i grew to love the group... but i'll admit i haven't been keeping up with wayv as much as i have other groups since the lack of winwin content is making me feel really really guilty 😭😭😭i know it's not true weishennie behavior but somtimes the charm has lost it's appeal when your fav is inactive. like i didn't even stream the highest when it came out...

i also get so so so so annoyed at like solo unit stans who think its okay to bash other units. idgaf if you only stan dream or only stan wayv, but why are you going to shit on other units when they're all literally in the same group?????????????? we're like a family?

i'll have to disagree with u anon on one thing though... phantom is my second fav wayv title track after moonwalk i ate it up fr fr

[sanstropfremir]

OMG!!!! The groups that are going on peak time are so insane. Like how did they even pick whose on there cause you've got absolute nugus that literally no one has heard of but you've also got Atbo who are decently known to anyone keeping up with boy group debuts this year...I'm so looking forward to both the show and everything you've got to say on it!

like i NEED people to know the sheer insanity of the groups that are (currently) in the lineup. there is:

dkb - debuted 2020

ntx - debuted 2021

bae173 - debuted 2020

atbo - debuted 2022

ghost9 - debuted 2020

mont - debuted 2017

dgna - debuted 2010

vanner - debuted 2019

bdc - debuted 2020

24k - debuted 2012, but is on like their fifth lineup change and have none of the original members

blk - debuted 2017, DISBANDED 2018

masc - debuted 2016, DISBANDED 2020

in2it - debuted 2017

bxb - literally hasn't even debuted yet, but this is apr project aka all former trcng members and they debuted in 2017

and approximately TEN MORE THAT HAVENT BEEN ANNOUNCED YET

i truly think they pulled in every group that applied bc the spread is fucking crazy and how else could they have chosen TWENTY FOUR groups (at least that's my theory about the total since they're all assigned a time and the show's called peak time). i know the audition call was for bgs that struggled or debuted during the pandemic so i was expecting all the flops from 2019-2020 but dgna????? masc??????? literally any flop bg from any era is liable to show up on this show now

[kooktrash]

Sorry my keyboard autocorrected bg to bag’s 💀

also sad to hear you don’t listen to stray kids anymore I had faith you would 🥲

omggg yeah 😭 that was 2018/2019 me but at sorta drifted away from that type of sound, like I got like that with ateez too and that’s that I watched their entire debut journey on vlive haha

my taste now is diff and I’m sorry but gorlies of kpop are eating the men up

[alexbkrieger13]

While at the topic of players with a coach gf let's weed out all the misconceptions of Benni and her girl once and for all. Somehow ES was her coach has been twisted into the narrative "they started dating when she coached her at youth level she groomed her" 🤦‍♀️

All that needs to be done is to look at their respective career milestones to prove that sick assumption wrong, plus add some contexts for people who don't understand swedish and/or haven't followed them on insta before ES became a coach and before Benni was chosen as the biggest talent in the world a couple of years ago.

Benni's coach in Rosengård's youth teams was named Ida. She talks about her in Hedvig's pod. Ida coached her from when Benni arrived 11 years old and all the way to the u19 team. This is behind a paywall but two things of relevance can be seen: 1) Ida was the coach to get Rosengård's talents into the A-squad 2) The date the article was published to cross reference against when Benni was brought into the A-squad. It's from dec 2017.

Benni's club player info shows she played a few cup games with the A-squad in 2017 and 2018. In 2018 she also made her damallsvenskan debut but the real transition from u19 to the A-squad took place in 2019 when she played 18 of 22 games, was a starter in 16 of them and was subbed off in 8. In 2019 she also played her literally very last youth game for Rosengård. 1 game in the u19 series. Benni left for Everton in the summer transfer window 2021.

So what did ES do meanwhile? Forced to retire due to injury in 2017. In 2018 it she was assistant coach to Kim Björkegren in Beijing BG Phoenix, China. For the 2019 season she returned to Sweden and came to Rosengård. At first as the new u19 coach after Ida left. One year later in january 2020 she became assistant coach to Jonas. In january 2021 she left Rosengård and became head coach for Fortuna Hjörring, Denmark.

Until this summer there was no sign of that Benni and ES even remotely knew each other as friends off the pitch. Until then Benni spent vacays and days off with her closest friends and her brother/family. Last year there was midsummer celebration and birthday with ES nowhere in sight. And ES spent time with her brother/family, and her bestie Anna. First sighting of Benni on ES insta was a story this summer from a concert. A photo of Benni in front of an outdoor stage. From Gröna Lund in Stockholm iirc. About a month or two later there was the first sighting of ES on Benni's insta. Their official post. And her summer photo dump indicates this was the year they started dating. A few months before she'd turn 20.

Cross referencing timelines ES as of january 2021 was no longer assistant coach for Benni and it was Jonas, not ES, who'd selected Rosengård's starting XI. About 1,5 year passed after that before things started to develop between Benni and ES. In other words there was no coach-player power imbalance between them when they became a couple.

Wow you went indepth and honestly thanks for this

[jebewonmorelike]

Guess who's back😎😎😎

So my daily life is back on track but I still haven't listened to jebiwon's debut cause I was busy jamming to do it like that. Not much of an update but yeah I did get over my hyperfixation on jongwoo, it will be missed but now I got a new one and it's fuma from &team. Currently watching delightfully deceitful and it's like damn good. How you been Kara? Hope you're staying hydrated and taking proper rest or else😙🔪🔪🔪

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DO IT LIKE THAT IS SO GOOD. fr. i love it. i've seen the jonas brothers live twice since 2019 so for them to have a collab with txt was mindblowing... and the fact that it's SO good!?!?

jongwoo fanmeet tho... with jay? looks like a bunch of the trainees are gearing up for some big things soon......

okay i know nothing about &team. somehow i missed them. i've seen a music show performance of pretty much every other bg debut this year and idk how i missed &team but. i'm gonna get on that very soon bc i don't like to not know things 💀 and i'll let you know what i think!! i think my personal favorite bg debut (besides zb1) this year was boynextdoor. hate to admit it but they're SO GOOD. also, i will never listen to them for real bc they are literal children, but the wind are VERY talented. just wish they were marketed towards children instead of an adult market. let's keep them in their school uniforms and protect them for a very long time, please and thank you k industry.

and a nugu group i'm obsessed with is tnx. well, now they're the new six. but. regardless, i think they only keep getting better; i loved their newest comeback SO MUCH!

i'm doing well! i wasn't doing so well a week or two ago, but we're back on track-- i promise. take care of yourself as well ✨ anon, i hope everything is going well with school and life and everything else 💕💖

ALSO JUST REALIZED I HAVE TO CHANGE ANON TAGS. now everyone is jbwml(emoji)

[miuszn]

OMG I ULT STAYC AND LOONA TOO!! TWINSIES! my ult groups are loona stayc and twice (nct too but we don’t talk about it…) -🪐

I LIKE TWICE TOO i was rlly into them in like 2016-2019 tho i kinda lost interest after m&m idk i was just more interested in newer groups hehe i don’t rlly have an opinion on nct as i don’t keep up w bgs and i’ve never listened to their music ,, bgs are just not rlly my thing i guess !! but omg im so glad there’s more ppl who still like stayc ppl sorta forgot abt them after newjeans debuted and ppl didn’t like bm for some reason which i’ll never get bc wow that song is so good ,, im rlly happy teddy bear is getting more attention tho <3

[ilhoonftw]

i've been following them since their first appeared on rain's reality show ok

i had anons send me 'i like them but that one rapper has grating voice so i can't stan them' everyday to the point i had anons turned off

only for people to pretend like ptg lost their main composer as if hui doesn't give anyone that'sa in room with him a writing credit

their music is still good like objectively. their unique sound is still there

at this point i think it's virtue signalling, oh we cant support them, blue box the worst company

as if not supporting ptg to spite blue box was reasonable move in the first place... post late 2018.....

i knew those two were dating since triple h and couple tattoos, and it takes reading the lyrics to og organic song to figure out maybe the guy wasn't comfy as an idol. godspeed

going to journalists behind your company's back, knowing it's a breach of contract... blue box actually dropped a lawsuit. the reason the kept everyone in a limbo for so long was the higher ups were trying to figure out if they can sue. for breaching the contract and subsequent losses. allegedly

so imho it was never about dating per se, rather 'why did you go to the press to confirm things we denied the day before'

ot10 stans act like people who started to like ptg from 2019 onwards and say '9 members' are traitors. what

considering how joji was pissed off and made subtle digs... openly

and i admit fans crossed the line. multiple times. that's why i personally backed off (i also had hard time irl due to trying not to kms)

however posting first couple photos on 10th oct ptg's debut 2nd anniversary was a strange choice

i wish it all didn't happen but alas

they were supposed to go in tour and it got cancelled. investors decided they won't give blue box any money. with bitubi leaving for army soon, blue box pumped money into (). it's obvious. and they phased out ptg a little because they were so sure the new bg would be a hit. it wasn't because welp a lawsuit and allegedly contract broker was involved. long story. then the second lineup was supposed to debut but vt took over and disbanded them

the way ptg releases bangers after bangers but some people like to pretend their career ended in 2018

[many-gay-magpies]

I lowkey feel like kpop put all the talent into 2019 boygroups and then just. stopped. like, OnlyOneOf? Oneus? Bro you gotta be kidding me

[wickymicky]

i was feeling curious so i checked out a bunch of random recent songs, some of them from groups that are pretty nugu, just cause idk i wanted to look for something cool. and so like i checked out this song from a group called “WEi”, which to me is such a forgettable name lmao... it’s suuuuuch a typical name for a nugu group lol. if i had to make up a kpop group name to pretend was a real group, it would be something like “YouMe” or “TogetherBe” or “OneUs”.... oh wait that one’s real.... anyway lmao i figured i was doing this “WEi” a service by checking them out, and the whole time i was watching it i was like “this isnt bad but i feel kinda bad for them” which is how i feel when i watch any group where the members trained hard but probably won’t be popular because of factors outside of their control.

and then i scrolled down to the comments lmao

never has my impression of a group and song changed so fast lol. i learned that the song was written by Hui, and that the members of the group are all former trainees from Produce 101 shows (or survival shows like it), including the X-1 member who won FIRST PLACE on Produce X 101 lol. the successor to Somi, Kang Daniel, and Wonyoung. my perception of this group immediately went from “this isnt bad, but it’s a shame” to “oh fuck, these guys are kind of a big deal” within minutes haha, that’s wild. i was watching the music video on the day it came out, but it was the one on the 1thek channel, where it only had like 100k views, and after learning all this info i searched the title again and saw that the music video had like 5 million views on their official channel lmaoooo. if i had seen that first, i wouldnt have thought they were a nugu group lol. that video has almost 10 million now after 2 days, so yeah, this group will probably be a big deal huh?

though still i think their name is really uncreative lol. “WEi”, pronounced of course like “we I”, sounds like a kpop group name you would make up for a joke because it sounds a little too on the nose to be real lol, but here we are...

[whenfatecollides]

truly like lets reflect. You and I era, up against g*dle’s very successful debut, no matter dc got their first noms lets go! What era, up against two bigger groups with bigger fandoms, we tried, we’ll get it next time. Piri era, The Show gave dc 0 points for expert score, we needed 1245 to win, so out of 1500 even 1000 would at least have seemed close but a near miss. 0 was ridiculous. 1st week Deja Vu.. do i even need to? 11 points. 0 expert score (cough minus -122 points COUGH) fcuk The Show. 2nd week DV.. a sudden festival with no announced winner. Scream, impossible up against a Top 4 gg. Boca, our guaranteed win. Covid outbreak in SBS building, The Show is cancelled for the one week we stood a chance. Odd Eye, probably the first era in a while we’ve actually had a fair shot, The Show changed up the rules. no more Starplay votes only SMS live votes for korean fans only. Oh well they brought back intl votes before BEcause era only for them to take away the free votes charging so either pay or less votes plus the olympics and timing wiping away our first week results sighhhh sorry for the long post i needed that out

for piri they also didn't count dc's physical albums for whatever reason... we would've won. but like you said, we'd get it next time, it would've been fine, except it wasn't because we just got screwed again.

also odd eye era... woolim's manipulation was very very obvious and that bg would not have won without that (I mean really iu was topping the charts and they somehow got a #1 on genie several times right before the charts froze? among other things that tbh I don't wanna get into bc it's pointless) so even if we weren't that screwed by the music shows themselves (tho we were by the show bc the pre-vote and live voting would've made a difference since it's still like 20% together??), that definitely screwed us over.

honestly this always gets me upset but what am I gonna do? give up? I'm too stubborn and loyal for that lmao every cb lately I think to myself that it's gonna be the last time I'll get involved with digital projects and then a cb gets announced and I just jump on it again... they really deserve this and I still want to do what I can to help. I think I just miss that feeling of hopefulness from before yk, I always used to think that it was okay and we would get it with time, at some point the numbers would be undeniable. but it's been like that for a while now and seeing how other groups have managed to achieve that with less feels really disheartening yk (by this I don't mean that those groups didn't deserve their wins, because they did, and ik they worked hard for it too, just that this is unfair towards dc and us). but it is what it is, and for the stuff that we can't control we just gotta let it go and let it be. at the end of the day we're still really spoiled by dc, altho I'll admit that I do miss all the pre-covid content a lot ;-; I never realised how endearing their interactions during fansigns and fanmeetings were to me until all of this happened, there's been a kind of naturalness from them that I've missed a lot, idk if that even makes sense KSDJ either way I still believe that dc will get that first win soon, and many more after that, they become more and more successful with each comeback and their growth has been really exponential for the past year. summer holiday in less than 2 months of release is literally 2k from surpassing road to utopia's sales (128k) that has been out for 9 almost months now, it's kinda mind blowing when you think about how in 2019 they sold like 60k albums combined... anyway I am derailing at this point, we'll get through this together 🤠

[what-if-nct]

now that you mention 92ers... KB/kyubin from onlyoneof 🥰 he did his military service early before debuting at 27 in 2019. why don't more companies encourage/look for bg members (and/or soloists) who do their service early?

I remember being really excited when I found out how old he was, like that rarely happens. But it's really smart there won't be huge gaps in activity like all the 92ers from exo are coming back later this year. but Sehun & Kai will be leaving soon. Kyungsoo was smart by going in early. Also there's so many really talented people who chose school or work first and who found what they wanted to do in their mid to late twenties which isn't even old. I hate how people act like 25 to 30 is old. We're just getting started. But they deserve a chance to reach for their dreams and will be loved just as much as the youngins, who shouldn't have to choose between 5th grade and training as an Idol.

[happycoincidences]

Big Kpop question tag

I was tagged by @myeoning-call thank you!! ♥

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•Song That Got You Into K-Pop: Bae Bae by BigBang. I first clicked on Loser, I wasn’t feeling it completely but liked it enough to give them another chance so I clicked on Bae Bae, that one was on repeat for weeks. 

(Idk... I think I might seem like an older kpop fan but I got into kpop in 2015. I’m one of those people who when getting into sth they really dig further until the origin of a thing, especially when it comes to music. So I know a lot about 1st and 2nd gen too, and I am mainly a fan of 2nd and 3rd gen bc I’m more around the same age as late 2nd gen - 3rd gen kpop idols, we grew up around the same time so I relate to them the most. For reference I am 2 years younger than Gikwang (late 2nd gen) and Yongguk (early 3rd gen), same age as Ken (early 3rd gen) and Sunmi (late 2nd gen). I heard about Kpop before 2015 ofc but i was in an industrial/obscure electronic music fase before kpop)

• Song That Gets Stuck In Your Head: The Chaser by Infinite is an earworm

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• Fav. Male Group: When it comes to male groups, I make the distinction between ults and mains (ults are the most important, but “main” means I listen to them all the time as well, I just don’t feel as connected to them as people).

Ult: B.A.P, Highlight/Beast, iKON, VIXX

Main: BigBang (they were my first group which is special but I feel less connected to them than with my ults), SHINee, TVXQ/JYJ, H.O.T, SuperM, NCT (WayV mainly), 2PM, Super Junior, Block B 

• Fav. Female Group: Wonder Girls, 2NE1, f(x), Orange Caramel, Brown Eyed Girls, 9Muses, Ladies’ Code, T-Ara, Kara, 3ye

• Fav. Underrated Male Group: “B.A.P we didn’t deserve them”  <- agreed!

• Fav. Underrated Female Group: Spica

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• Fav. Male Soloist: Lee Gikwang, Taemin, Bang Yongguk, G-Dragon, Jonghyun, Woodz, Ash Island (last one is actually khh, and Yongguk used to be kpop but I guess he’s more khh now)

• Fav. Female Soloist: Lee Junghyun (her debut album “Let’s go to my Star” is my favourite kpop album actually!), Sunmi, BoA.

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• Fav. Male Choreography: Drip Drop by Taemin is a classic for me + So many other Taemin performances.

• Fav. Female Choreography: Paradise Lost by GaIn, another one would be 24 hours by Sunmi.

(-> I generally like solo or pas de deux (duo) more than entire group choreographies, it grabs the heart more imo. Tbh as I’m writing this I have ballet performances in mind when it comes to touching you emotionally through dance. Kpop dance has some impressive tricks but it isn’t particularly emotional, which is what’s most important to me)

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• Fav. Subunit: Orange Caramel!! (and WayV if that counts)

• Fav. Senior Male Group: H.O.T if we’re talking about disbanded senior groups, TVXQ/JYJ, Super Junior and Sechskies if we’re talking about still active senior groups.

• Fav. Senior Female Group: Brown Eyed Girls

• Fav. Disbanded Male Group: B.A.P ♥

• Fav. Disbanded Female Group: Wonder Girls and 2NE1 ;;;;

• Fav. Band: N.Flying

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• Fav. Male Rookie: Idk.. Oneus maybe? I listen to them casually. (I consider them rookie)

• Fav. Female Rookie: 3ye (They debuted in 2019, to me that’s still rookie)

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• Fav. Male Dancer: Highlight/Beast Gikwang, SHINee Taemin, B.A.P Jongup

• Fav. Female Dancer: BoA

• Fav. Male Rapper: B.A.P Bang Yongguk

• Fav. Female Rapper: Brown Eyed Girls Miryo

• Fav. Male Vocalist: iKON Junhoe (he has a very unique and ‘harsh/rock’ voice for kpop, my fav voice in kpop), VIXX Jaehwan (Ken), Highlight Yoseob and Gikwang (Gikwang has a good voice but it’s not the most powerful one, but I just really love hearing him so.. :)) ♥♥)

• Fav. Female Vocalist: 2NE1 Bom

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• Fav. Male Debut: Warrior by B.A.P, 7th Sense by NCT U

• Fav. Female Debut: 와 (Wa) by Lee Junghyun

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• Fav. Music Video: The Closer by Vixx !! 

Honorable mentions: Yamazaki by Bang Yongguk, We are the future by H.O.T , Mirotic + Rising sun + O -正.反.合. (정반합) by TVXQ, Lies + Haru Haru + Last farewell by BigBang (those MVs bring me back to when I was a teenager, the low rise jeans, the pink Motorola flip phone.. one of my friends had the exact same one at the time), One Shot + Skydive by B.A.P., Mystery by Beast (both the official mv and their self-made mv) + Adrenaline by Beast/Highlight (a very basic mv but I instantly become happy when I watch it)

• Fav. Underrated Song: The Closer by Vixx, again! Also Outside Castle by H.O.T, Copy and Paste by BoA, Dear. Rude by JeA ft. Cheetah, She’s gone by G-Dragon, and Hikikomori by Bang Yongguk(♥)

• Fav. Male B-Side: Obsession + Divina Commedia by G-Dragon, Blind + 주소서 (Pray) by B.A.P, Love me do + Silence + Trigger by VIXX, Sexuality by Taemin...  

• Fav. Female B-Side: Ca teint moi + GX 339-4 by Lee Junghyun (!! the entire Let’s go to my Star album is a no skip for me), Wonder Girls: almost all of the Reboot Album...

• Fav. Comfort Song: (Most comfort songs are either by B.A.P or by Beast/Highlight because they’re the ults of the ults lol)

B.A.P: Save me, Diamond 4 ya, almost the entire Noir album (+ Ya by Bang Yongguk)

Highlight/Beast: Lightless (unplugged version), Sad movie, Curious, Danger, Sleep Tight

Some H.O.T and TVXQ songs

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Top 5 BG + Fav. Song/s:

B.A.P: Young, Wild and Free (my very first Bap cb and their very first cb after the hiatus and law suit), the entire One shot EP, Power, Feel so Good, That’s my jam, Warrior, Unbreakable, Badman, Excuse me, 1004, Bang X2, Hands up + the ones I’ve mentioned above (+ many of Bang Yongguk’s solo stuff)

Highlight/Beast: Plz don’t be Sad (<- always makes me happy), Breath, Bad Girl, Mystery, Shock, Special, Fiction, Shadow, Good Luck, Celebrate, Love like this, Not the End, Disconnected + the ones I’ve mentioned above (+ many of Lee Gikwang’s solo stuff)

iKON: Killing me, Rubber Band, Bling Bling, Ah Yeah, Dive, Why Why Why, Dumb & Dumber, B-day, Rhythm Ta, I’m Okay

VIXX: The Closer, On and on, Voodoo, Secret Night, Black Out, Hyde, Light up the Darkness, Love me Do (actually produced by Yongguk and it does sound like it could’ve been a B.A.P song♥), Rock ur body, and almost the entire Eau de Vixx album

BigBang: Blue, Bae Bae, Tell me Goodbye, Lies, Last Farewell, Haru Haru, Café, Fantastic Baby, Bad Boy, Let’s not fall in love, Beautiful hangover, La la la, Last Dance (+ many solo songs by G-Dragon, T.O.P and Taeyang)

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Top 5 GG + Fav. Song/s:

Wonder Girls: basically the entirety of the Reboot album, So Hot, Tell me, Why so lonely, Like this, Like money (the version without Akon), and last but certainly not least So Hot + I Feel You (band version♥)

2NE1: Crush, Come back home, Hate You, Can’t Nobody, I love you, I am the Best, Don’t stop the music, Fire, Goodbye (;;;)

f(x): Pinocchio (Danger), Mr. Boogie, Nu Abo, Hot Summer, 4 Walls, Chu, La Cha ta, Electric Shock, Lollipop (ft. SHINee) 

Orange Caramel: Abing Abing, Catallena, My Copycat, Lipstick, Gangnam Avenue, Shanghai Romance, A-ing

Brown Eyed Girls: Kill Bill, Sign, Cleansing Cream, Sixth Sense, Abracadabra, How Come

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Groups Planning to Stan:

A.C.E: (I listened to them casually for a couple of years but I want to get to know them better and I’ve been binging a lot of ace videos these past 4-5 months.)

After School: (I LOVE Orange Caramel, but for some reason I never listened to the main group’s songs)

Infinite: (been wanting to for years, I know a good amount of songs and been listening to them for years but yeah)

(These 3 groups feel like they have the potential to become fav groups of mine.)

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[sanstropfremir]

4th gen bg haven't gained popularity outside of their own fanbases which is also why it's rare to see like any of them on variety shows but I've been getting the feeling that ggs are still doing pretty well? Like gg always have been more popular but IVE's been doing like insanely well and even itzy and aespa have done leagues better than the 4th gen bgs from the big three. Anyways I'm sure someone already asked but what 4th gen groups do you think people should keep an eye on on or check out?

that's because girl groups have double the intended audience than boy groups lmao. girl groups are marketed to male AND female audiences, but boy groups are only marketed to female audiences, for many obvious heteronormative reasons.

alrighty (cracks knuckles) you want recs? lemme give you some recs:

purple kiss: debuted 2021. had the most perfect first comeback and have a no skip discography. great performers and have really good intro choreographies. bside recs: pretty psycho, cast pearls before swine

billlie: debuted 2021. they got a big boost in popularity thanks to gingamingayo but i'm gonna rec them anyways bc they deserve it. their debut track inexplicably samples christmas music. they did an excellent kick it cover. bside recs: flipp!ng a coin, overlap

pixy: debuted 2021. flop bc their company is tiny but they do a mean horror concept and have some of the best bsides in the game. they're having a comeback right now pls support. bside recs: greedy, the moon, moonlight.

xg: debuted 2022. they're a korean japanese collab group so they don't promote the same way as other groups do. absolute banger of a first single produced by simon from dalmation, and they're going to be releasing another at the end of the month

cignature: debuted 2020. also flops but they make bangers. boyfriend is what caught my attention but i'm a big fan of assa as well. bside recs: villain, hinghing

tan: debuted 2022. formed from a literal survival show and has the MOST second gen energy you will see outside of someone from second gen. which is fitting because one of the members is actually second gen. incredible rnb debut track and the english version is even better. and here's an acapella version for good measure. surely this traffic light cover will cure my mental illness. they're about to have a comeback that's gonna blow my brains out. bside recs: literally just listen to their whole ep it's three and a half songs.

tempest: debuted 2022. the new boy group from yuehua (woodz's agency). super fun debut track and they're very promising performers. i would commit a crime for hanbin (pink hair). bside recs: bad at love, just a little bit

blitzers: debuted 2021. major first year theatre kid energy and i find it so endearing. the debut choreo involved spinning their maknae 360 degrees for no reason. their first comeback was my favourite choreo of 2021. bside recs: hop in, love bottle.

nine.i: debuted 2022. the most insane (figurative) debut choreo i have ever seen. here's me losing my shit about it in the tags, and here's a reaction video they did where they explain all of the move choices. so basically content made for me and me only. also one of their members produced their entire ep. bside recs: beauty inside, wasted youth

tnx: debuted 2022. these boys are FRESH (like debuted a month ago fresh) but i've been keeping an eye on them thanks to this frankly better than it should have been win cover. all those boys made it into the group btw. bside recs: 180sec, burst up.

omega x: debuted 2021. formed entirely from members of disbanded 3rd gen flop groups as a 'second chance' type group. if you want crunch, here's some crunchy. if you want bright, here's some bright. bside recs: younger, action, bounce with me

dkz (formerly dongkiz): debuted 2019. these boys are mega flops that have already gone through a name change AND a lineup change. absolutely banging music and they do mostly bright and fun concepts. see: cupid, crazy night, lupin, blockbuster, fever

a.c.e: debuted 2017. they debuted in hot pants with only a fetish gear company sponsorship and a dream. they. are. singers. who. SING. they're officially on hiatus rn bc 4/5 of them are in the military but you should still support them. see also: take me higher, down, changer, goblin, undercover

onf: debuted 2017. they're also on hiatus because they all enlisted at the same time (minus their japanese member u) but you should still support them because they produce summer bangers. see: sukhumvit swimming, complete, popping, beautiful beautiful, we must love, goosebumps. also one of the greatest bsides of all time

onlyoneof: debuted 2019. blew up a little bit last year for doing a homoerotic pseudo kink choreo with a dick grab. if you like stuff adjacent to western indie/alt music these are the boys for you. see: savannah, dora maar, sage, angel, designer, gaslighting

golden child: debuted 2017. picking up the story mv slack. one of their members can play paganini and if you don't know what that means, it's not an insignificant skill. see: pump it up, wannabe, burn it (also a story mv)

oneus: debuted 2019. it's likely that most people know about oneus already but in case you didnt, you're welcome. extremely strong dance group and with impeccable concepts. also they have the actual best fourth gen dancer yeo hwanwoong. see: luna, bring it on, no diggity, valkyrie. their sibling group is the kband onewe and you should check them out too.

ok that's enough for now, i think.

[yizihuo]

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ NINGNING

stage name: ningning name: ning yizhuo (宁艺卓 ) birthday: october 23, 2002 height: 161cm nationality: chinese blood type: b nicknames: ningningie, ning ging, artist ning special talent: she's loud

favourite colour: purple favourite season: spring favourite word: kkwabaegi favourite food: pork back-bone stew, sundae soup, hot pot favourite animal: tiger, cat favourite movie: titanic

recommended songs

fun facts:

she is the only smrookies member to have made the group

she is good friends with nct's china line

she stans blackpink (jennie biased), bigbang, snsd, red velvet, sistar, nct, 2ne1, twice, rihanna, beyonce, and doja cat

her favourite 2017 sm releases are: peek-a-boo, cherry bomb, holiday, and black suit

she likes dolls, watching horror movies, watermelons, and strawberries

during srg era, her favourite colours were red, pink, and yellow

she was on let's sing kids the season after chenle

her favourite subject is art, and she wanted to be a painter when she was younger

her favourite disney princess is mulan

she prefers having black hair

her debut teasers dropped on the 1500-day anniversary of her sr16g introduction

her favourite character is patrick from spongebob

if she had to live with a spongebob character, she'd go with squidward

she likes buying vintage clothing

listens to a lot of hiphop

she would use the word sexy to describe herself

favorite snack is butter caramel pringles

likes ariana grande

thinks winter looks like a hamster

likes jay park and got noticed by him

karina describes her as glamourous and passionate

she usually wears suits

she likes the oversized outfits

she's into diy phone cases and would go out and buy materials and watch videos to make them

she's fond of butterflies, and made it her symbol because it looks pretty and has a unique vitality

she describes herself as acting like the baby of the group in front of her members, like a typical younger sister

she is highly independent though, having left her hometown to train in korea at a young age

she's always loved music, and since dancing and singing were related to it, she started liking it too

she never had any formal musical education prior to entering sm

she's currently taking more vocal lessons and wants to focus on singing the way she feels instead of the way she speaks

her first time meeting a my was at a convenience store, where a worker was one

up until forever, her most memorable moment was aespa's first win

when giselle falls asleep listening to music, she's the one to take off her headphones

she visited japan in 2019 with her mom and was wowed by everything; if she visits with her members she'd like to go discover food

if she can bring her members back to harbin, she'd take them out to eat food since they all like chn food, especially guo bao rou

she doesn't get nervous easily when performing and loves being at the top of the stage

her musical role models are beyonce and rihanna

her key to achieving one's dreams is to always be self-confident

her audition song was beyonce's love on top

describes karina as someone with a lot of sensibility

describes giselle as 4D

describes winter as a cute and smart dummy

if she were to describe herself with three words, they would be sexy, confident, and divaaa

if she were to describe aespa with three words, they would be happy aura, unexpected charms, well-rounded

her favourite phrase is good job!

musicians she looks up to include rihanna and beyonce

the first thing she notices of other people are whether they maintain eye contact or not while talking

she applies lip balm before sleeping to maintain her beauty, she wouldn't fall asleep otherwise

her favourite tiktok the xmas one aespa did with the adams family bg music; it took about an hour to film because it was hard to match the beat of the song

has a pet cat named roro in china

would like to collab with g.e.m

has a pet tailless gecko named ddongi (poop)

bought ddongi on a whim because she was in a pet shop and felt bad that no one was buying ddongi 

the makeup team calls her artist ning

auditioned with beyonce’s love on top

has her own star on beijing contemporary music school’s golden star walk of fame

has a pet cat named roro back with her parents

her dad works as an engineer

liked the movie a little red flower

[maenimalist]

Jdramas/movies I've completed in:

2007

Hana Kimi

2012

Nobuta wo Produce

Buzzer Beat

Hana Yori Dango S1

Hana Yori Dango S2

Hana Yori Dango: Final

Bokura ga Ita

Liar Game

2013

Itazura na Kiss ~ Love in Tokyo

Gokusen 1

Gokusen 2

Gokusen 3

Gokusen: The Movie

Liar Game 2

Liar Game: The Final Stage

Liar Game: Reborn

Akumu-Chan

Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge

2014

High School Debut

Koizora

Kimi ni Todoke

1 Liter of Tears

Rurouni Kenshin

Paradise Kiss

2015

Kinkyori Renai

Kyo, Koi wo Hajimemasu 

From 5 to 9

2016

Rich Man, Poor Woman

Itazura na Kiss 2 ~ Love in Okinawa

Itazura na Kiss 2 ~ Love in Tokyo

Kurosaki kun no Iinari ni Nante Naranai

2017

Boku, Unmei no Hito desu

The Dark Maidens

Zenkai Girl

2018

Your Lie in April

Suki na Hito ga Iru Koto

Sensei! Suki ni Natte mo Ii Desu ka?

Let's Go, Jets!

Chihayafuru Part 1

Chihayafuru Part 2

Chihayafuru Part 3

Heroine Disqualified

2019

Unnatural

Rich Man, Poor Woman: The Movie

Proposal Daisakusen

Proposal Daisakusen SP

3-Nen A-Gumi

Juuninin no Shinitai Kodomotachi

Hotaru no Hikari S1

2020

Koi wa Tsuzuku yo Doko Made mo

Iguana no Musume

Long Vacation

The Confidence Man JP

Masquerade Hotel (movie)

Switched

BG: Personal Bodyguard Season 1

BG: Personal Bodyguard Season 2

Kakegurui S1

Kakegurui S2

The Many Faces of Ito

Followers

Oyabaka Seishun Hakusho

Engine

Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together

Asunaro Hakusho

Kyou Kara Ore Wa!!

Kyou Kara Ore Wa!! SP

Mother

Alice in Borderland

2021

Todome no Kiss

Good Doctor

Million Yen Women

The Confidence Man JP: The Movie

Kyou Kara Ore Wa!!: Gekijoban

MIU404

Shitteru Wife

The Naked Director

Remolove

Detective Conan Movie 21: The Crimson Love Letter (exception)

Detective Conan Movie 23: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (exception)

Dragon Zakura Season 1

Hana Nochi Hare

Homunculus

Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno

Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends

Rurouni Kenshin: The Final

The Naked Director S2

Dragon Zakura 2

Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu

Uchi no Musume wa, Kareshi ga Dekinai!!

Okane no Kireme ga Koi no Hajimari

Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare

Gekijou

Aishu Cinderella

Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru

Kanojo wa Kirei datta

Tremble all You Want

Waiting for Spring

I Want to Eat your Pancreas

Detective Conan Movie 24: The Scarlet Bullet (11.2.21)

Damashie no Kiba

Tapestry/Ito

2022

Saiai - [01.17.22]

Love Like the Falling Petals [3.26.22]

Sakura [04.02.22]