Has KPOP peaked?

No idea at all. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

yes, it will be stale till Taemin is out

Sorry KKB love you but full shinee>>>

Yes since xdinary heroes just release their 1st mini album "Hello, world!"

Maybe? I think the not-so stellar performance of 4th gen groups on international charts has to do with the songs rather then people losing interest. IVE is still doing amazing with Love Dive and SKZ pretty good with Maniac. Pop is super stable on Global Spotify, J-Hope is overall killing it on Spotify, and BTS, BP and Twice are still getting lots of streams from their old releases.

I'll wait for BP cb honestly.

KPop is broadening. Other groups will never be able to reach BTS' highest peaks of BWL/Dyna/Butter but they can all grow and expand to reach their own new peaks, year after year. Like how Twice went from nobodies in the US to charting in the Hot 100 and topping BB200. Twice, Red Velvet, Ive, Aespa, Idle, Leserfirm, Bluejeans, and even SKZ may continue to grow and achieve new peaks.

this gives the same energy as ~ has bts peaked ?~

yes,yes it did

Quote from itiswhatitisss

on a serious note i feel like if the recent spotify performance of these 4th gen groups is any indication then yes. that or BTS "hiatus" is making people lose interest in kpop as a whole

Since they announced their hiatus 4th gen recent cb have done poorly I noticed too. But let’s wait BP’s cb.

No

No, some groups just can't hit new peaks every comeback, not realistic. Album sales increase has kinda distorted reality, it is not proportional with actual popularity

No

yes

I don't think so.

All metrics continue to go up. Streams, sales, touring, etc. All indicators of continual rise in popularity that can't be explained by just domestic interest.

kpop will decline after twice disbands

Yes, at least for the foreseeable future

Not group will surpass BTS in quite few years

With some groups, maybe.