Nation's Girlfriend has been crowned. But there's a danger here...a potential Suzy shaped danger.

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We went from Nation's Girl Group to Nation's Pride to Nation's Little Sister.

Now, Nation's Girlfriend has been crowned.

Aespa is roaring up the charts and it's literally all because of Karina. She is stealing all the headlines these days, i was wrong, i thought the dye job was a mess, but it's helping get her noticed, Korea cant stop talking about her. And boy oh boy, i think i said this in the other thread, but she looked surreal when she appeared on Youngji's show.

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The only problem though - is she getting too popular? Is her meteoric rise going to ultimately be detrimental to the long term prospects of Aespa? WY's outsized popularity hasnt hurt Ive yet, so things dont always have to end up like Miss A. But the danger of Aespa being known as Karina and Friends is still there. Especially because no one in the group can come close to her combination of visuals, talents, and oncamera charisma. She is everything you could ever want in a flagship idol.

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Winter is definitely popular at that level. So I don't think aespa will be in danger. Only Ningning and Giselle are just underrated members, which is partly due to Sm's xenophobia. The episode with Karina was so much fun, her real personality is so genuine and warm. She admitted that ate a lot but ran for 4 hours. Karina along with Ningning my favorite in aespa.

interesting

Winter holds her own with Koreans I would think.

Both Ningning and Giselle have been gaining more recognition this comeback as well.

It's inevitable that every group has a disparity in popularity, but I think Aespa will be fine.

Unlike Miss A, these 4 girls seem to get along really well on a personal level.

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Unlike Miss A, these 4 girls seem to get along really well on a personal level.

makes me wonder.... What was like a 2nd gen trainee era back then? How harsh was it?

Because so far, what I've seen from 4th gen ggs (only around 10 or so), they are getting along really well...

actually aespa always on the hot topics nowadays, I always saw at least 4-5 trending posts in Pann and 2-3 on theqoo daily.

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I do love when i-fans write "nation's girlfriend" on twitter

and later on knetz call us all i-roaches because of things like this

The two titles in op post do exist tho ngg doesn't seem to be used at all anymore, the other is used for an actress and iu smths if I'm not wrong

Aside from that, knetz or sk tv don't seem to use any other title for any other gg or member

How is that possible when winter is there lol.

everyone too obsessed with nation titles, gots to get a grip on REALITY. nations child nations mother nations LIFE. crazy people out there, crazy people. GOTS to get a GRIP! stand UP!

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In the beginning, Winter was a rival for sure.

But i just feel like Korea is getting swept up in a Karina Kraze right now. We might have finally witnessed the "wild card", the "black swan" event, the "joker in the deck", to upset the current status quo of Ive-New Jeans ruling the Korean music scene. Interests in the Korean music scene will now have to account for this new player in the game.

Nah even now winter feels bigger.

It's giving chronically online aespahouse

I love Karina, but the other aespa members are safe lol. Each can stand out on their own.

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Yep, Nation's Pride has been used for Red Velvet and BTS. IU has been called as Nation's Little Sister, although now it's gotta be adjusted to Nation's older sister lol.

BTW, look what has happened since i made this thread:

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Karina's ascendancy has started. We could be witnessing the birth of the next Jenny/Irene/Yoona/Suzy, the second It Girl of 4th gen after Wonyoung, this could be historic!

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pretty sure thats not a real thing, specially not for rv (and their last terrible charting and almost nonexistent search in Korean platforms)

aespa charting has nothing to do with that title, lsfrm rise in charts the same way last week bc of promotions and nobody call them nation nothing, karina trend the most bc she is aespa most popular and has the most promo just how minji is for nj, kazuha for lsfrm, yuna for itzy etc etc

nobody is really called nation anything this days, they are all just trendy ggs that promote a lot

When groups promote at the same time comparisons are bound to happen and shakeups happen.

The cream will always rise to the top.