But how did such a great song like Cupid ended up going to a nugu like Fifty Fifty?

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Only by kore*boos on forum boards. Normal people don't listen to a song and think "That's a great song, but only if released by a nugu group. Unacceptable to a famous group release this"

if 10 more groups release songs like this, it'll automatically become boring to people

its only being praised because people have gotten used to weird ass songs in kpop lately ( thanks SM and JYP )

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if 10 more groups release songs like this, it'll automatically become boring to people

its only being praised because people have gotten used to weird ass songs in kpop lately ( thanks SM and JYP )

Same can be said of pretty much any kind of song, so your point is pretty voided. If a Big4 group with a good vocal line released a song like this it was very likely to be a hit, Red Velvet comes to mind, their harmonization could make this work. Also people are used to their R&B velvet side.

if this song was given to jyp ent they would've added the usual unnecessary raps, shouting, screaming, etc..... so it wouldn't work the same. jyp needs better producers who can utilize their girl groups' voices more

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Same can be said of pretty much any kind of song, so your point is pretty voided. If a Big4 group with a good vocal line released a song like this it was very likely to be a hit, Red Velvet comes to mind, their harmonization could make this work. Also people are used to their R&B velvet side.

yeah so the song isnt special on its own

its just a simple song in an age of weird songs

without the weird songs, this song would not stand out

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Not if it was performed by big company gg, which was my point

I dont think cupid would have been as good if any of the current big3 groups performed it

The song fits the members vocal tone

which brings another point that sometimes big agencies dont consider the members vocal tones when choosing a song.

Twice won't be able to do Cupid justice lol

What made the song better is that the girls vocals sound great and they don't sound like kids which made it with it work even more

The big companies want to purchase all rights to the song. Sometimes the composer doesn't want to do that.

Thats is why there are a lot of meh songs by groups from the bigger companies at the moment.

If any of NJ, Ive, NMixx or StayC had Cupid, it would have been bigger than NJ's Ditto.

their vocal tones are the biggest reason I go back to the song, they have a lot of potential if their company doesn't mess it up. But ngl I doubt it due to how high quality their music production seems.

The song fits fifty fifty's sweet vocals

But I agree that this song would have been huge by now if it was given to a big girl group

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yeah so the song isnt special on its own

its just a simple song in an age of weird songs

without the weird songs, this song would not stand out

Yeah but the same can be said to ANY kind of song really. Like Ditto and Attention, it was the kind of sing that used to be popular in the late 90s, but it's not anymore. Does it means the songs aren't special ? Imo, no. They ARE special, being different from the standard is their flavour

Nugus have to put in more effort to get noticed thus there's a level of niche nugu groups with killer songs as they balance budget for the music plus the need for a hopeful break.