Will SM skip the 4th gen for Boygroups?

WayV is a 4th Gen bg. They debuted in 2019.

And NCT Tokyo will also be 4th Gen when it debuts this year/next year.

no, they won't there are rumors of them debuting a new BG that has nothing to do with NCT.

Also i don't think Gen 4 is ending so soon

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NCT Hollywood soon

Elon will debut NCT Mars

Since WayV and new possible NCT units are not being treated as K-pop groups (and aren't on 4th gen discussions), I guess you mean a boygroup outside the NCT brand.

Yes, I do think SM will debut a new bg in not much time.

I don't think 4th gen is ending soon

4th gen groups just got warmed up

Most them haven't even been to a real year end award show or had individual concerts

Honestly, a new NCT Unit could still pass as a 4th Gen BG to me. Cuz NCT as a whole is continuous, so why wouldn’t they continue into new generations as well?

With that said, SM said they’re also debuting a new BG as a whole, so should have nothing to do with NCT

Just wonder what the 3 new SM Rookies that were revealed recently would be under

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Don't see much future for WayV, but you're right I guess

I agree with NCT Tokyo being 4th gen, I wonder if they will be treated as kpop group ou something more akin to Niziu

WayV may not be as big as the other sub-units, but has comparable sales to a mid-tier Kpop bg, which is not too shabby for singing in Chinese. They are the most streamed Chinese group on Spotify.

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I don't think 4th gen is ending soon

4th gen groups just got warmed up

Most them haven't even been to a real year end award show or had individual concerts

Even with the pandemic I could understand talks about a 5th gen for girlgroups on like 3 years. For boygroups tho... Talking about a 5th gen with the current situation anytime soon would be... weird.

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WayV may not be as big as the other sub-units, but has comparable sales to a mid-tier Kpop bg, which is not too shabby for singing in Chinese. They are the most streamed Chinese group on Spotify.

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WayV had such good momentum after Resonance... Their sales grew a lot and Kick Back was pretty successfull on China, then with their "units" songs (like Low Low) they were getting more and more expectations for a comeback and... that happened. I think they were on their way to sell pretty good, like almost million sellers territory with their next comeback, not even kidding...

they are about to debut some new males

They say they won't but it looks like they will

NCT Osaka we're coming

oh? I thought WayV was their equivalent of 4th gen bg?

How did I never realize this before? Come to think of it, you are right though. I mean, even YG has a 4th gen boy group and they almost never do anything (the company, just to be clear, not the boys, they're fine).