#xeed comeback

[xeedtiktok]

XEED The 2nd Mini Album <BLUE>

Concept Photo #6 XEED

[toxicrevolver]

Oh wait, I just seen that you recently started liking OnlyOneOf? 👀

I LOVE ONLYONEOF. I actually got into them back in the beginning of October 2022. I saw a TikTok of the choreo for Libido and I was like wait why is it gay and immediately ran to YouTube and spiraled down the rabbit hole. The first 2 Underground Idol songs/videos had just come out and I became a fan just in time for Junji to release Be Mine. OOO was actually the second K-pop group I got into a couple weeks after getting into BTS. It has spiraled since then and I actively keep up with like 8 or 9 groups now. I like so many groups tho it’s a mild problem.

[the-strange-world]

RATING AUGUST KPOP RELEASES (01-16)

Masterpiece 10 | amazing 9 | good 7-8 | ok 5-6 | skip 0-4

BLUE - XEED : 8/10 • it’s chill and summery a bit | FAV BSIDES - Priceless & Hold my hand

DO or DIE - xikers : 9/10 | FAV BSIDES - Run, Skater, & HOMEBOY. I really liked this album!

The Flash - KWON EUNBI : 7/10 | FAV BSIDE - Beautiful Night

dangdang - MAMAMOO+ : 9/10 • the beat sounds so similar to something but I can’t think of the song. I LIKE THIS sounds like another mamamoo song so much but idk which one 😂 it has old mamamoo vibes. The other bside was chill. I liked both bsides

Turn it off - NINE.i : 10/10 • they are soooooooo underrated | FAV BSIDES - Like Crazy, ONE, & Power Up. I liked Hurt too

The summer night - COOING : 5/10 • very pretty and chill. I just wouldn’t listen to it again probably

Planet - BXB : 6/10 • the beginning sounds like something else. The bside (Thirsty) is so funny but I don’t think it’s meant to be

ONE MORE TIME - BBGIRLS : 9/10 • omg why do all these songs keep reminding me of another song? | FAV BSIDE - LEMONADE

Mad - ABLUE : 10/10 | I like both bsides - BITE & DIEF

Madeleine - LIMELIGHT : 8/10

TGIF - XG [prerelease] : 10/10

FREE WORLD - CHEN [JP prerelease] : 10/10

LIP GLOSS - THE BOYZ : 10/10 • ITS SO GOOD AND FUN!!!! A SUMMER BOP! I had high expectations and was NOT disappointed. I LOVE THIS SONG. It’s so catchy and I’m a pop girlie for sure 😂 Fun fact: apparently from20 helped write the chorus. This whole album didn’t disappoint. No skips. Every song was amazing. I’m even more excited for the other 2 parts of this album. THE BOYZ ARE BACK BABY. IM CRYING. This is probably one of my fav albums from them. Fantasize has potential of being another salty for me I think | FAV BSIDES - Passion Fruit, Fairy Tale, Fantasize, Lighthouse, & Fire Eyes

Fast Forward - JEON SOMI : 10/10 • ok LADY GAGA. This song gives rain on me vibes. I love it! This album was everything. I can’t believe this album and the boyz album were released on the same day. GREAT MUSIC! | FAV BSIDE - The Way & Fxxked Up

On the road - CHEN [JP prerelease] : 7/10

Horizon - JAEHYUN : 7/10

Wormhole - n.SSign : 9/10 • it’s kinda Halloweenesque so idk why they released it now but the song is good. I’ll be listening to it during Halloween time. I’m getting exo vibes too. This album slapped! | FAV BSIDE - SPICE. I liked Melody (it reminded my of another song) & Home too

TAXI - Jo Yuri : 10/10 • she doesn’t miss. It’s a happy and fun song | FAV BSIDE - Lemon Black Tea. I liked Hang On too

Maker Breaker - DAIZEE : 8/10 • this definitely has a sample or something of some song in this but i can’t think of the song. Maybe hate on me?

SMILEY (Japanese Ver) - YENA feat. CHANMINA [JP] : ♾/10 • i actually love this version so much. It’s better than the og imo | FAV BSIDE - Déjà Vu

DUBI DUBI - ARTBEAT v : 8/10 • i liked it more as it went on. I love the chorus. The song has an 80s vibe

HEARTBEAT - TAN : 10/10 • they are so underrated. People should stop sleeping in them! | FAV BSIDE - VIOLET and I liked all the bsides too especially the 3 unit songs

Mirage of Flower - CHEN [JP prerelease] : 4/10

Break Out - CHEN [JP prerelease] : 5/10

EUROPA - HYNN : 6/10

Love Me Love Me - Kwon Jin Ah : 7/10

Drive5 - HWIYOUNG : 7/10

My Sunshine - CHEN [JP prerelease] : 6/10

OUTLAW - Bz-Boys : 9/10 • I’ve never heard of this group. This song was great. The album was good too! | FAV BSIDE - Find you

All Yours - DKB : 9/10 | FAV BSIDE - Told You (I liked both the regular and remix)

I Don’t Know Yet What Love Is - TSUKI (Billlie) : 6/10

Bubble - STAYC : ♾/10 • they did it AGAIN!!! Bubble is one of the my fav songs already. The choreography is everything | FAV BSIDE - Not Like You

Truth or Dare - Rocking Doll Roa : 10/10

[faceglitchsworld]

Shun's Instagram story (10/08/24)

[mjohnso]

Periodic Rookie Groups Report No. 22

Periodic Rookie Group Reports are a series of biannual reports that seek to put a number to how many rookie groups debut and make comebacks in a given year. For Report No. 22, I cover the activity of '22 rookie groups between July and December 2023 and the total number of rookie groups that debuted in 2023.

2022 Rookies In the previous Rookie Report, I covered five groups that had debuted in 2022, only to disband less than a year after their debut. I have two additional groups to add to that list. They are as follows: 

WSG Wannabe: A project girl group (July ‘22) created for MBC’s Hangout With Yoo, the group concluded their activities following the show’s August 6th, 2022 episode.

X4: The project co-ed group (July ‘22) was formed to promote Busan’s bid to host the 2030 World Expo. Following voting on November 28, 2023, Busan ultimately lost its bid to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Consequently, it is safe to assume that the group disbanded.

This brings the number of disbanded groups to seven—two boy groups, four girl groups, and one co-ed group. Factoring these seven groups brings the number of groups that debuted in 2022 and were still active in 2023 to 69 groups—20 boy groups, 37 girl groups, and two co-ed groups. Of these 69 groups, 52% or 36 groups released new music at least once in 2023. 34% or 24 groups did so between January and June, while 17% or 12 groups did so between July and December. 30% or 21 groups released new music in the first and second half of 2023.

Korean Releases from ‘22 Rookie Groups: July - December 2023

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

July 06 FIFTY FIFTY - “Barbie Dreams feat. Kaliii” (Single)* 06 Kep1er - “RESCUE TAYO” (Single)* 06 LE SSERAFIM - “Eve, Psyche & the Bluebeard’s Wife (English Ver.)” (Single)* 06 Queenz Eye – “UN-NORMAL” (Single) 10 ARTBEAT v – “DUBI DUBI” (Single)* 11 NMIXX – A Midsummer NMIXX’s Dream (Mini Album)* 14 LE SSERAFIM - “Eve, Psyche & the Bluebeard’s Wife feat. UPSAHL” (Single)* 21 NewJeans - Get Up (Mini Album)* 21 Pattern - “Miro” (Single) 25 ILY:1 - New Chapter (Mini Album)* 26 Liberty - “One Summer” (Single) 28 LE SSERAFIM - “Eve, Psyche & the Bluebeard’s Wife feat. Rina Sawayama” (Single)*

August 01 XEED – Blue (Mini Album) 02 The Wind - “We Go” (Single) 03 ABLUE – “MAD” (Single) 03 Nine.i – NEW MIND (Mini Album) 04 LE SSERAFIM - “Eve, Psyche & the Bluebeard’s Wife feat. Demi Lovato” (Single) 11 TAN - TAN MADE [ I ] (Mini Album)* 30 H1-KEY - Seoul Dreaming (Mini Album)*

September 06 Trendz - “My Way” (Single)* 14 mimiirose - “Flirting” (Single) 20 Tempest – “Vroom Vroom” (Single)* 25 Kep1er - Magic Hour (Mini Album)* 27 XG - NEW DNA (Mini Album)*

October 02 Girls World - “Fly High (Thumbelina)” (Single) 04 NewJeans – “GODS” (Single)* 10 The Fix – “CITY” (Single) 10 The Fix – “Time” (Single)* 15 Queenz Eye – “THIS IS LOVE” (Single)* 17 YOUNITE - 빛 : Bit Part.2 (Mini Album)* 18 Superkind - Profiles of the Future (Λ): 70% (Mini Album)* 20 weNU – “My Everything” (Single) 24 ILY:1 - “To My Boyfriend” (Single)* 24 UNI – “Blue Night” (Single) 27 LE SSERAFIM - “Perfect Night” (Single)* 30 LE SSERAFIM - “Perfect Night (Sped. Up Ver.)” (Single)*

November 02 Nine.i – “Neverland” (Single)* 02 VIVIZ – VERSUS (Mini Album)* 23 LE SSERAFIM – “Perfect Night (Holiday Remix)” (Single)* 26 CSR - “HBD To You (Midnight Ver.)” (Single)* 27 ATBO – “Must Have Love” (Single)*

December 04 NMIXX – “Soñar (Breaker)” (Single)* 08 XG – “WINTER WITHOUT YOU” (Single)* 17 CSR - “HBD To You” (Single)* 19 NewJeans – NJWMX (Mini Album)* 20 CLASS:y – “Winter Bloom” (Single)* 21 ABLUE – “Snowman” (Single)* 21 NINE.I – “Back to Christmas” (Single)*

2023 Rookies In 2023, 95 groups—44 boy groups, 46 girl groups, four co-ed groups, and one queer group—debuted. Compared to last year this marks a 25% increase in the number of new groups debuting. Similarly, boy groups, whose numbers had been declining since 2020, made an about-face, with a 100% increase in the number of new debuts versus last year. Meanwhile, girl groups, who posted a record-setting number last year, saw a small decline slipping 10%. For their part, co-ed groups saw a modest increase from three groups last year to four groups this year, a 33% change.

Yet even with girl group numbers taking a dip, these are some of the best year-end numbers for rookie groups the industry has seen in years. Certainly, the numbers have not been this good since the beginning of the pandemic. So, what changed?

As always with rookie group numbers, context matters. Technically, rookie group numbers did rebound because agencies began to debut more groups, but what is meant by groups has expanded. That is, while once the dominant image of an idol group was a group assembled by an agency created from trainees who had been under and remained with a company for years striving for stardom, that has now changed. As I have written about at length, Rainbow E&M intends for their Future Idol Asia groups to be temporary stops for members rather than their permanent groups. Meanwhile, university k-pop departments, like Howon University in Gunsan, have been debuting their groups. Similarly, television shows have also served as an unconventional conduit for minting new, often temporary, groups. And this is all to say nothing about the recent influx of virtual and "AI" groups that have become part of the industry.

To give this a number, around 40% of the groups that debuted in 2023 qualify as idol groups under this broader definition. Looking to the next year, I expect to see a similar number or more, given that survival shows, Future Idol Asia project and virtual idols are not going anywhere in 2024. Beyond that only time will tell if this is the product of convergence of multiple trends or a fundamental shift in the industry.

Miscellaneous stats:

January saw the most amount of debuts with the debut of 13 new groups: five boy groups and eight girl groups.

Once again, December saw the least amount of debuts with the debut of only three new groups.

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

Methodology: https://blog.mjohnso.com/methodology

[for-jaemin0608]

XEED is ready to embark on their journey with the comeback album ‘BLUE,’ reveals dream collaborations and more

[hoforwonho]

Keidom >>> Shin-Jaemin

it's comeback time y'all!!!! XEED is back this Tuesday 💖

[shiningwonho]

XEED has released the teaser trailer for their first comeback 'BLUE'

[chvnnie]

Okidoki if u would recommend a song from each of the other kpop groups you like to someone who never listened, which ones would that be?

katie my indecisive ass—

skz: hellavator, TOP, blueprint, sunshine, maniac, red lights — and i need to stop before i pop off

monsta x: love killa, shoot out, beautiful liar, living it up

ateez: answer, deja vu, pirate king, mist

xdinary heroes: happy death day, strawberry cake, hair cut (also crying bc comeback so soon)

bts:

txt: good boy gone bad, blue hour, anti romantic

xeed: they’re still new so dreamland for sure! it’s so good

[holy-yeosang]

Are you still following Xeed? It seems like they released a comeback recently

I am!

Got to know the new members and listened to their newest songs. Sadly enough the title track or album aren't my style of music TT_TT The MV looked very pretty though and the album pre-order benefits too! So sad I don't like the new song...

[xeedtiktok]

XEED The 2nd Mini Album <BLUE>

Concept Photo #4  UO

[toxicrevolver]

Oh you run a xeed fanbase on here!! O: wooow

I DO!! It was an accident actually. I originally made the @xeedtiktok account bcs the person running the network blog doesn’t have tiktok and xeed post some of the funniest shit there. The network deactivated at one point (they’re back now) so I just kinda started posting everything to keep Greeny here informed. Then we had the comeback and the network reactivated (which is nice. Keeping up with everything is stressful). Now I just post whatever Xeed stuff I come across if it hasn’t been posted yet.

[kpoplrcfiles]

[Mini Album] XEED (씨드) - BLUE

[Mini Album] XEED (씨드) - BLUE More than half a year after Dream land, XEED makes their first comeback with second mini-album BLUE! The boys embrace summer with five new songs, including the same-titled single BLUE. Download .lrc file here:

씨드 (XEED) – BLUERelease Date: 2023.08.01Genre: DanceLanguage: KoreanMore than half a year after Dream land, XEED makes their first comeback with second mini-album BLUE! The boys embrace summer with five new songs, including the same-titled single BLUE. Track List:1). BLUE (Title Track)2). With U3). You&I4). Hold my hand5).PricelessDownload .lrc file here:Link 1

[waiting-on-mars]

XEED has made a comeback, with two new members!!!

[yixinghoneybee]

XEED are back with their first comeback and second mini album "BLUE" plus two new members. Title track "BLUE" is such a great summery track. The MV is so nice. The new members have such pretty voices. Doha is my bias but UO kept catching my eye and could snatch that position away from him (I'll try to be loyal and not let that happen). "With U" is so lovely. "You&I" is the highlight for me, so smooth and soft. "Hold My Hand" is another highlight, so good. "Priceless" is also wonderful. Oooh this was so so good. I was so impressed with their debut. I got a little worried after they lost a member so soon after debut. Now as a five piece they've delivered a great mini album and I'm no longer worried. If they keep releasing music of this quality, they have everything it takes to go far 😍😉😀💙💞💓💝💖💗