#the most recently-debuted boy group that i stan is probably wayv and four of their seven members had debuted years before wayv

[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...

[dirtyhaikyuuconfessions]

Any cpop recommendations? :o

bRUH DO I HAVE CPOP RECS

I don’t really know how much exposure you’ve had to cpop so I’m just going to list a bunch of people/groups I’m into and hopefully you’ll find your shtick?

Hua Chenyu 华晨宇 A god among men. Literally has the most amazing voice ever. He became popular after appearing on and winning 2013′s Super Boy and actually became a mentor for other wannabe singers on another singing competition show. (That’s how I discovered him, lol.) I would buy all three of his albums if iTunes wasn’t rude and didn’t have them available on my iTunes Store.

Jolin Tsai 蔡依林 A queen. She’s actually pretty well-known in c-ent, so if you’ve been into cpop for even just a little, you’ve probably heard of her name. I’ve only really listened to her more recent stuff since I just got into her music, but it slaps. She also openly supports LGBT+ people, so fuck yeah. We stan a woke queen.

Wu Jiacheng 伍嘉成 A more obscure artist on the list, Wu Jiacheng is a member from XNINE who recently released an EP. His style is more funk so it might not be your cup of tea, but I absolutely love it. He also adores cats. The title of one of his songs literally translates to A Docile Cat. Please check him out and the rest of XNINE (if Wajijiwa would stop splitting them up) on 玉儿 YUER’s YouTube.

Li Ronghao 李荣浩 A sweet, sweet man. There’s not one evil bone in his body. His music’s pretty soothing and soulful. I need to listen to more of his music, tbh. He recently got engaged though!! Congrats, my dude!

If you’re into kpop, try checking out: Zhang Yixing 张艺兴 and Kris Wu 吴亦凡.

Fun mentions: G.E.M., Eric Chou��周兴哲, Chris Lee 李宇春, JJ Lin 林俊杰.

I’m just gonna plug XNINE because I remember watching the show they were created from four years ago. Not a lot of people know who they are, sadly. Some of the members are becoming more popular now, like Wu Jiacheng when CYZJ aired and Xiao Zhan now as the Untamed is airing, but Wajijiwa still loves to keep Guo Zifan locked up in the fucking basement. They don’t have that much music so you don’t have a lot of catching up to do.

Disclaimer: Fun fact about the cpop industry, idol cpop groups have seriously flopped until last year with iQiyi’s rendition of Mnet’s Produce 101 show! So basically any cpop group you plan to stan will likely not have many songs out or their members won’t even be singing but will be acting instead. It’s a fun time. Keep that in mind as you check out any of the following cpop groups below.

NINE PERCENT The group that was formed out of Idol Producer (iQiyi’s Produce 101). They’re all very lovable boys and each one has at least one single out that you can listen to! They only have one EP out though because their company hates them and can’t align their schedules to do activities together. All of cpop stan twitter has heard about them. Their music is pretty good. Their leader Cai Xukun 蔡徐坤 has come out with many songs and three of the members are also part of the group NEX7. 

UNINE The group that formed out of Idol Producer Season 2! (Technically it’s called Qing Chun You NI because iQiyi got slammed with copyright violations from Mnet, ha.) iQiyi is doing a WAY better job of keeping them together as a group so definitely check them out! They just debuted this past May and already have an EP out. 

Other groups from produce-like shows: R1SE, Rocket Girls, BlackACE, New Storm.

TFBoys I don’t listen to their music but they’re like the og boy group. They debuted when the members were super young and now they’re all grown up and going to college! So cute. They’re like the only idol-ish cpop group that’s managed to survive all these years and get some international recognition, so that’s why I included them on the list.

WayV 威神V Technically just NCT China, but I’m still gonna promote them as if they’re cpop (when I kind of just consider them Chinese kpop. There’s a slight variation in my book. Just trust me). I really like their EP and all of the boys are super cute. They’re still not too popular IN CHINA in comparison to the other groups above, but they’re well-known abroad. So, you get to deal with their international fans (and all their nonsense) a lot but not with their c-fans.

UNIQ Half-Korean, half-Chinese group, UNIQ was formed back in 2014 but due to China banning hallyu, they couldn’t do many promotions in Korea and their careers never took off. They released one album and countless other songs. All five of the members are decently ranging to very popular in their respective native countries (Seungyoun with PDX101, Yixuan with AFO, Wenhan with QCYN, Yibo with the Untamed and other dramas, Sungjoo with his dramas), they just haven’t really been ~together~ as a group. Hopefully they’ll be together again, but even so, it’s worth it just to follow the members individually because they’re all so sweet and talented and crackheads.

I hope this list is helpful! Sorry it’s so long. ;-; I don’t really get to talk about cpop outside of our baby cpop community on twitter. Let me know if you like any of the artists/groups!!