Is it safe to say that Aespa could definitely be the leaders of the 4th generation?

There are lots of groups who have potential. And some are yet to debut! AESPA is amazingly talented & charismatic. But the competition is tough so it's too early to say.

I don't think there's anything wrong with saying that they COULD be 4th gen leaders.

Right now, though, I don't think you can give that title to anyone yet tbh - like no one's clearly ahead of all the competition.

They need hit songs for that. Everyone will look on their next comeback

best of luck to Aespa and MYs

I'll be cheering y'all on from the side line.

It is safe to say we can not decide at this point who is gonna lead.

if SM keeps giving them good songs and promo maybe !

I love aespa so much but it's too early to give predictions rn. They only have one song atm. But I could definitely see the potential of them as a leading group. I must say the 4th gen competition is tough so it's so hard to decide.

They are definitely one of the main contenders to lead the 4th generation but we will see. I don’t see them not becoming one of the top groups.

the way i knew this thread was coming after i saw aespa won...atleast it's chill

So else is the competition? I liked the song. They need to work on the stage presence more but I can see them doing well actually. The one song I did hear didn’t have that squeaky pitch thing I dislike in ggs.

It's just to early to tell they just debut but everything look good for them to be one of the biggest group of the 4th Generation but their Potential is endless

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I think ITZY and Gidle at the moment! Yeah, I sort of agree but it looks like they are having fun performing Black Mamba so I think they'll get better at emulating certain emotions in the future.

Itzy are crazy good dancers but the songs I can’t connect with.

Gidle is liked the new song and again the vocals are good too.

I do think everyone in kpop is trying to bring their A game now that it has this spotlight. Everyone can now see how far they can dream.

No. There’s still itzy and g-idle is growing. We haven’t seen the ygngg and bhngg debut yet too.

Completely agree! I Think weekly , secret number, aespa, STAYC and idle are gonna dominate 4th gen with YGNGG being strong contender! the talent is wild!

Its still too early but they have some tough competition w/ G-idle, ITZY, bhngg, and ygngg(if they even debut before the 5th gen) but i do believe they'll be one of the top groups.

I think the top 3 for 4th gen will be the big 3 ggs like it’s always been so yeah. Aespa have a pretty good chance at leading the way.

Probably but I feel 4th gen will be different in the end.

For that, I might need a mini album to think.

Oh yeah

Just need consistency in terms of musical quality output

Yeah I think they will.

They have crazy potential. Let's see what they do with it.

With what physical sales? Wait for the first album to say this.

Coming back to this now, and so much has changed already

Have to wait and see for now, but they're doing better and better

YES!! Winter, Ning Ning and Giselle are AMAZING

What a revival.

yup I think they can definitely be one of the front runners along with ITZY and (G)I-DLE right now!

^ If ITZY and GIDLE are the "Big" ggs of this generation, I'd have to say this generation is very lacking in terms of charting tbf. Those groups released like a hit or 2 and are charting very average compared to tops group from previous generations.

On the topic, Aespa does have the potential. It's an SM group after all so not like that would be a huge shock. That kinda makes Kpop boring for those of us who watched generations passed by tbh.. You'd need to wait for other rivals to debut though. Who would have thought JYP's girl group would end up being more famous than SM's and referred to as nation's gg when Red Velvet and Twice hadn't debuted yet? Everyone was acting as if JYP is doomed and out of big 3.

I don't see ITZY having the potential to be bigger than they currently are, their doing well but not really "leading" level. I'd wait for YG and Big Hit/Source Music (or whatever they are called now) to debut their ggs. If Sakura has joined big hit, i'd say their gg has crazy potential.

Yes

Especially with those vocals

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^ If ITZY and GIDLE are the "Big" ggs of this generation, I'd have to say this generation is very lacking in terms of charting tbf. Those groups released like a hit or 2 and are charting very average compared to tops group from previous generations.

On the topic, Aespa does have the potential. It's an SM group after all so not like that would be a huge shock. That kinda makes Kpop boring for those of us who watched generations passed by tbh.. You'd need to wait for other rivals to debut though. Who would have thought JYP's girl group would end up being more famous than SM's and referred to as nation's gg when Red Velvet and Twice hadn't debuted yet? Everyone was acting as if JYP is doomed and out of big 3.

I don't see ITZY having the potential to be bigger than they currently are, their doing well but not really "leading" level. I'd wait for YG and Big Hit/Source Music (or whatever they are called now) to debut their ggs. If Sakura has joined big hit, i'd say their gg has crazy potential.

Wut? Gidle has released three top 10 hits on Gaon Digital Chart and four top 20 hits. They're only behind BTS, BP and OMG in recent years when it comes to Kpop charting.

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Wut? Gidle has released three top 10 hits on Gaon Digital Chart and four top 20 hits. They're only behind BTS, BP and OMG in recent years when it comes to Kpop charting.

Yeah whatever, remember when Gfriend's love whiser and fingertip peaked #2 on gaon (and #1 on melon) and were called flops? You can't call any song that peaks high a hit.The peak isn't everything. It doesn't work like that. Lovelyz' ah choo is a hit and it didn't peak high. Meanwhile destiny was it to 10 and it flopped. Also compared to 2016 when ggs were getting PAKs left and right, 4th generation girl groups are very lacking. The only outstanding hits which they released were latata and dumdi dumdi to some extent, and those are your average gg hits. Not as big as national hits ggs from previous generation released aka: Cheer up , TT, DDDD, Me Gustas Tu, Rough, Red Flavor

Why does it matter who they were behind when last year was very lacking in terms of idol hits

Aespa the best

Digitals yes.

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Wut? Gidle has released three top 10 hits on Gaon Digital Chart and four top 20 hits. They're only behind BTS, BP and OMG in recent years when it comes to Kpop charting.

NL was a smash but they've gotta show they can do it again before anyone crowns them. Dalla Dalla was just as big but it's been tough for Itzy to get back to that level.

Think it's gonna be a battle for any group to really stay on top at this point, there's just such a wave of big groups coming out all the time.

OMG I revived this thread lol.

I mean, who were the 3rd gen leaders? Twice, Blackpink, Red Velvet

big shock, 4th gen leaders so far: Itzy, Aespa...wild guess but YGngg might be third! possibly hybe ngg too. You heard it here first!

more interesting is the question who's gonna be the next Gfriend, Mamamoo, Oh My Girl, groups who became popular despite no label hype.