#minimani

[transrightsjimin]

미니마니M (MINIMANI M) - 까맣게 타버린 내 맘(HEARTBREAK) TEASER

my fav trot ladies are finally going to come back as a sub-unit!! on january 12 2024.

the sound is SO 2nd gen k-pop (closest to T-ARA/SeeYa/BEG/Jewelry) and i’m excited bc there’s an album for this song too so i pre-ordered 🥰

[bravegirlss]

the prettiest girls (spoiler it’s all of them) 148/? ♡ Choi Rin

[springsnowlesbian]

minimani for bnt

[ellenconlinhair]

NEW COLOUR! Nice new colour by @orly - Midnight Martini! Love a wee martini, love nice classy nails too! Need nails done book Sekunda in “Linkpop” in our bio! #orlyfx #beautysalonwestend #minimani #bestnailsglasgow #glasgowcommunity #westenders #westendmagazine #bestnailsglasgow #glasgowbeautysalon (at Ellen Conlin Hair & Beauty) https://www.instagram.com/p/CouBOXbKTZf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ered]

if you have, please share what it was in either a comment or a tag o/

[witchblade]

nauour

[ultkpopnetwork]

It is time for the February faves, that was way too quick. We didn't get quite as many songs this month, "only" 52!

Spotify playlist is linked in the poll. Complete results of January will be under the cut.

Here's the poll

NMIXX - Dash 41,2%

Hui - Hmm Bop 38,2%

ITZY - Untouchable 35,3%

Sistar19 - No More 32,4%

IU - Love Wins All 29,4%

SF9 - Bibora 26,5%

Yena - Good Morning 26,5%

CIX - Lovers or Enemies 23,5%

Idle - Super Lady 23,5%

All(h)ours - Gotcha 20,6%

8Turn - Ru Pum Pum 17,6%

Idle - Wife 17,6%

H1Key - Thinkin About You 17,6%

Vanner - Jackpot 17,6%

Evnne - Ugly 14,7%

Ichillin - Bite Me 14,7%

Onlyoneof - Dopamine 14,7%

Ryu Sujeong - Fallen Angel 14,7%

Seola - Without U 14,7%

TWS - Plot Twist 14,7%

Kino - Fashion Style 11,8%

Lee Hi - My Beloved 11,8%

Minho - Stay for a Night 11,8%

TWS - Oh MyMy 11,8%

Geenius - Voyage 8,8%

Limelight - Ta Da 8,8%

Trendz - Go Up 8,8%

Triples Aria - Door 8,8%

Yugyeom - La Sol Mi 8,8%

Dxmon - Burn Up 5,9%

Dxmon - Spark 5,9%

Gyubin - Really Like You 5,9%

Ha Hyunsang - Tell Me It Is Love 5,9%

Kim Jaehwan - Ponytail 5,9%

Seori - Broken 5,9%

Waker - Atlantis 5,9%

Weeekly - Stranger 5,9%

Ab6ix - Grab Me 2,9%

BXB - Airplane 2,9%

Cattriever - Sunflower 2,9%

Doa & Euna - Baby Like It 2,9%

Ferry Blue - Everything is You 2,9%

Hanbyeol - Sweet Dreamz 2,9%

JD1 - Who Am I 2,9%

Jmin - So Bad 2,9%

Kim Jonghyeon - Motto 2,9%

Lee Chanhyuk - 1 Trillion 2,9%

Minimani M - Heartbreak 2,9%

Any song not on the list got 0 votes :(

[haveyouheardthiskpopgroup]

Song you might know: Puo Puo

[not-goldy]

minimani minimani minimani mo!

chikichaka chikichaka chikichaka cho!

bangtanirago go!

eumagirago go!

kiminami kiminami kiminamijoon!

👯‍♂️

Aahhhhhh Ahjumma right there right there

I can feel the rhythm in my hip keep going

You have good taste if you love Joonie😌😌😌

He can kill me and I'll go quietly 🥺🥺🥺🥺

Won't even put up a fight

Oh and still manifesting Joon X Doja bottoms up

Look at me look at me, you looking?

You think you got taste bby how do you know

I taste good, but I redirected my cooking

The Mashup I didn't know I needed 😩

KIM NAMJOON purr purr 🤭🤭🤭🤭

[transrightsjimin]

song of the year btw

[barbylion]

I was tagged by @parklunas to share my top 5 songs. Tysm for the tag 🫶🏽💕

So, I did this before in a more literal sense. Like, the 5 most streamed as of late. But I always love talking about my music, so here's my emotional top 5- the songs I actually like most rn lol. No particular order ✨️

Dream Like Me by Crowd Lu and The Black Skirts

Never Need Me by Rachel Chinouriri

Heartbreak by Minimani M

Love Like That (feat. Ali Sethi) by Jonita Gandhi

Dream Girls by Pretzelle

Tagging @pinktop-s @the-equation-for-soul-separation @awigglycultist and @the-fairy-dong-mother but only do it if you want ofc 💖

I'm stuck in a car for the next 1 hour out of 11, so I'm happy to read 😂

[mjohnso]

Periodic Rookie Groups Report No. 20

It is not that 2022 was not a pretty good year for rookie groups. It was – especially if you are talking numbers. Disbandments are down, comebacks had a strong showing, and debut numbers are moving in the right direction. The story of the industry, and more specifically, one of the hardest hit sectors, a triumphant resurgence in a post-pandemic return to normalcy, nearly writes itself.

And yet, getting into the details, I do not think that is the story these numbers tell. Context is important here. The numbers for 2021’s rookies are slightly skewed, given that last year saw an underwhelming number of debuts. This decreased the chances of multiple disbanded groups and increased the chances that the overall rate of comebacks would look better than in other years. As for 2022 rookie group totals, as I go into more detail below, the numbers are also slightly inflated due to a sudden explosion in project groups.

This is all to say that between the ongoing effects of the pandemic and new trends in group types, I suspect the industry may be moving away from the era when rookie group numbers ebbed and flowed year over year. In other words, expect rookie group numbers to be wonky for the near future.

2021 Rookies

Before getting into the numbers, a revision is in order. In the previous Rookie Report I noted that four groups had disbanded between January and June, including the male duo Play:Moon. In their case, their disbandment was the result of a technicality: following the departure of one of the members, the group by default became a solo project. As of September 17th though, with the addition of new member Johann, the project has reverted to a duo. Consequently, this brings the number of groups that disbanded between January and June from four groups to three groups.

Between July and December of this year, an additional two groups—one boy group and one girl group—disbanded. They are as follows:

BugABoo: ATEAM Entertainment announced via the girl group’s (October ’21) fan café that following long discussions with the members, they had made the mutual decision to disband the group and terminate the members’ contracts. No reason for the disbandment was provided.

SIGMA: The male duo (January ’21) is presumed to have disbanded as Chanhyo has debuted as a member of the boy group WeNU (November ’22), while Z-uk has been promoting as a member of the pre-debut group WE:A.

This brings the total number of disbanded rookie groups to five. Subtracting these five disbandments brings the total number of active rookie groups to 54 groups—21 boy groups, 30 girl groups, and three co-ed groups. Of these 54 groups, 72% or 39 groups released new music at least once in 2022. 56% or 30 groups did so in the first half of the year between January and June while 17% or 9 groups did so between July and December. 37% or 20 groups released new music in both the first and second half of 2022

Korean Releases from ‘21 Rookie Groups: July - December 2022

Note: Releases marked with an asterisk (*) indicate an additional release from a group following their initial release

July

03 TFN - “When the sun goes down” (Single)*

14 Billlie – “Track by Yoon: Patbingsu” (Single)*

14 Hi-L - “Hi-Way” (Single)

20 BLITZERS -WIN-DOW(Mini Album)

20 Xdinary Heroes - Hello World(Mini Album)

21 Ferry Blue - “Let’s Go Buddy” (Single)

25 Purple Kiss - Geekyland(Mini Album)*

August

07 MINIMANI - “DANCE DANCE DANCE” (Single)*

09 TRI.BE - “Kiss” (Single)*

10 NIK – “La Vida Loca” (Single)*

14 Play:Moon - “Wazak! feat. Ob” (Single)*

17 LUMINOUS - Luminous In Wonderland (Album)*

18 SKYLE - “Bye Bye Bye” (Single)

22 IVE - “After Like” (Single)*

31 Billlie - The Billage of Perception: chapter two(Mini Album)*

31 Play:Moon - “Hwi-ah feat. Purpleoranjuice” (Single)*

31 PRITTI-G - “Love Taker” (Single)*

September

08 Billlie – The Billage of Perception : Chapter Two Original Soundtrack from “The End of the World and the Awakening”(Mini Album)*

19 Rocking doll - Survive(Mini Album)*

28 MIRAE - Ourturn (Mini Album)*

30 Lionesses – “Boy with strange love” (Single)*

30 OMEGA X - “Love Me Like” (Eng. Ver.)(Single)*

October

05 KINGDOM - History of Kingdom : Part V. Louis(Mini Album)*

11 seasoning - “like a friend” (Single)*

13 OMEGA X, bugAboo - “Jamboree Anthem Korea” (Single)*

26 EPEX - Prelude of Love Chapter 1. Puppy Love(Mini Album)*

26 TFN - Before Sunrise Part 4(Mini Album)*

November

10 ICHILLIN’ – “DRAW (My Time)” (Single)*

11 Xdinary Heroes – Overload(Mini Album)*

16 JUST B - =(Neun)(Mini Album)*

23 NTX - “Old School” (Single)

23 W.I.T - “Except You” (Single)

28 Beauty Box – “Higher Up” (Single)*

December

03 lilli lilli - “Sunshine” (Single)

16 Lionesses – “It’s okay to be me” (Single)*

16 MINIMANI - “This Year Was Good” (Single)*

20 MIRAE - “Snow Prince” (Single)*

22 Ferry Blue - “Game Over” (Single)*

Still from ABLUE's "Carnival

2022 Rookies

In 2022, 76 groups—22 boy groups, 51 girl groups, and three co-ed groups—debuted. Compared to last year, this marks a 29% increase in the number of new groups debuting and bespeaks to a larger trend. That is on the whole rookie group numbers are better, or at least no worse, than last year. While boy group numbers have been slipping since at least 2020, they neither grew nor fell, instead matching last year’s total. Similarly, co-ed groups experienced a repeat of last year with three groups. Meanwhile, girl groups jumped 50%, making 2022 the second-highest year for rookie girl debuts since I started tracking debuts in 2013.

Lest this come off as too similar to a headline on a k-pop news site, which treats every event in the same overly positive register—nuance be damned—the reality of debuts, especially girl group debuts, is tricky. While every year sees the debut of project and temporary groups, 2022 had an overabundance. In fact, in addition to project groups like Mamadol and X4, almost 25% or 18 groups that debuted this year did so as part of Rainbow E&M’s Future Idol project. That project variously described as “an idol development project,” “idol fostering project,” and “global idol nurturing project,” is in plain terms a middleman. Rainbow E&M holds auditions to find trainees they then instruct in lessons in singing and dancing. Then these trainees debut as a member of one of their various groups. Unlike traditional agencies though, these groups are not the point. Rather the centerpiece of the project is the Future Idol Showcase where the groups perform for staff from various big-name entertainment agencies. These agencies then have the option to invite any of the group members to participate in additional rounds of auditions or to join their agency.

In essence, Future Idol groups are not meant to market the individual members to audiences, but to other agencies. This makes these groups a sort of limbo. They are both real groups and not, as technically they have debuted but at the same time marketed as potential trainees to other agencies.

As much as this particular mode of marketing gums up the numbers, none of this provides a strong argument for excluding any of the Future Idol Asia Groups. They are, as much as any of the project or atypical idol groups, part of the story of rookie groups in 2022.

Miscellaneous stats:

January saw the most debuts with the debut of 12 new groups: three boy groups, eight girl groups, and one co-ed group.

December saw the least debuts with the debut of only four new groups: two boy groups, one girl group, and one co-ed group..

For the third consecutive year, more girl groups debuted than boy groups.

[opalssagofever]

People I'm adding to my storylist in 2025 (aka a bunch of 06 liners)

Asa/babymonster

I dunno her rap parts carried babymonster dry discography (except in drip and definitely woke up in Tokyo, I dunno wtf yg was thinking releasing that 💀) plus she's so pretty lol.

Haruna 🩵 /Billlie. (If there still active)

no reasons she's just very cute ;-;

Shion/triples

Again no reasons her voice deep

Jiyoon (she's 05 but still)/ izna

Look at her!!!

Minimani/Rescene

Rescene is so underrated, and I think she's my bias besides woni. I think she's really pretty.

MAYBE Eunchae/ le sserafim

I saw what the people I've blocked write about her and I hate it. I can do better than what there doing lmao.

[nectalinks]

Osallistu arvontaan ja voita Paulig Juhla Mokka ja Arabia lahjapakkaus! Arvonta päättyy 5.5.2024. Arvonnan järjestäjä Minimani