So in the end SuperM and Got The Beat were just a waste of time?

if only gtb had better songs. they're all just kinda eh

They were releasing nothing much different than what aespa and NCT have been serving, so you can't even say that at least It was an useful debut for the arts

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Yeah I agree

If they were at least musically/aesthetically pleasing I would say it was worth it...

I don't understand how debuting super groups that will remind your flagship acts musically/conceptually passed as a good idea. But It's SM...

SM should just push their already popular group (ie Exo) and not SuperM. It was an obviously wasted opportunity.

GOT is the same, aespa was rising but SM used their popularity to push other SM acts.

So I agree that SM Super groups are useless. SM station on the other hand is amazing (most of the time)

ps- GOT is girls on top, right? Not got the beat?

I don't know anything about SuperM, but Got the Beat (and likely the GOT project as a whole) was torpedoed by terrible music. I'm sure it's entirely possible to put together a decent song with that lineup of talent, but SM was given multiple chances and blew all of them horrifically.

Superm served their purpose tho

Got the best deserved the same level of care & effort as superM

Waste of time for everyone concerned. SM being the most storied label yet not having a clue how Kpop works. Fans dont care about stanning other groups' members. SM acting like fans of one group don't know other groups when in reality, everyone knows everyone and fans have already chosen to be Nctzens, EXOLs, Mys, Reveluvs, etc.

Literally only one supergroup has ever existed in Kpop. True avengers who paved the way for an entire generation and are all booked and busy after the group ended.

We all know who it is.

noooooo the sperm and jopping memes were great

Free Red Velvet out of this mess. The album sounds terrible.

Pros:

- Jopping, and jopping memes

- Taught everyone that super groups are not a guaranteed win

Cons:

- everything else

Lee Sooman achieved his goal of no. US album through SuperM. Did yall forget how desparate he was?

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They were releasing nothing much different than what aespa and NCT have been serving, so you can't even say that at least It was an useful debut for the arts

This is such a funny observation (that i agree with)

For the groups involved in it, yes, for SM maybe not, at least it made the fandoms of SM groups pay attention to groups other than their faves. But the whole stunt was embarrasing to say the least, especially for the older groups. SuperM's album was quite good though.

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The music was bad and the concepts subpar. There was nothing there to enjoy

Stop i’m going to peeeeee

GOT was such a waste. Assemble the most complete and powerful gg in kpop history and everything about it ended up as crap. As if that wasn’t bad enough they do a round 2 but doing it anll even worse.

Them using the two most popular members of aespa for clout and some sales is a kii.

It could've been iconic. Whoever picks the singles at SM needs to be forcibly retired.

I've learnt that I'm a different type of K-pop fan than the majority of K-pop fans, who in the end turn out to be (serial) single group stans and kinda rigid or stuck in that way.

I'm 100% pro collab project groups in K-pop. The all types of stars gathered together in 1 group, it's a concept that works in other venues, like all stars teams or national sports teams, in movies like The Avengers and Infinity War and Ocean's Eleven and so on, so I don't see why it couldn't work in K-pop.

That said, while the idea is great, like with many experimental endeavours and try outs that SM do, I think they could've implemented it far more effectively and iconically, and I think that if some other companies in their peak would've done it they would have executed the all-star collab group better.

Even then, I'm glad that SM did launch SuperM and GOT The Beat, and hopefully they will continue with them in some ways.

I find collab project groups an enrichment of my K-pop enjoyment, I like SuperM and GOT The Beat and I liked WOW Thing (although I'm sad they never did a live performance of it) and Lollipop by Big Bang and 2NE1 and all the other collab songs and projects and end-of-year collab group performances.

I wish there was far more of all that.

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The music was bad and the concepts subpar. There was nothing there to enjoy

exactly, why be grateful for slop, there's a whole world of music out there

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GOT was such a waste. Assemble the most complete and powerful gg in kpop history and everything about it ended up as crap. As if that wasn’t bad enough they do a round 2 but doing it anll even worse.

I partially agree and disagree. I still enjoyed both GOT The Beat songs and performances, behind-the-scenes and so on.

But they could have done so, so much more with it, made it so much more impactful and legendary. Which is what I still don't understand: if you intend to go set this up and make the effort, why not go for the full 100% and the extra mile? Was this really the best of what you can do, with the potential gold you had in hand, as SM team(s)? What was the goal? It felt like half an effort, and if that was as how it was intended, why even bother.

One of the most stupid moves sm has ever done

The idea was great but the execution failed.

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SM should just push their already popular group (ie Exo) and not SuperM. It was an obviously wasted opportunity.

This. They wasted Exo completely.

the only thing superm gave me was the opportunity to see kaibaek here in canada because sm would never let exo come here

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I don't know anything about SuperM, but Got the Beat (and likely the GOT project as a whole) was torpedoed by terrible music. I'm sure it's entirely possible to put together a decent song with that lineup of talent, but SM was given multiple chances and blew all of them horrifically.

Yeah, to be honest I had forgotten GOT existed until I saw this thread

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I've learnt that I'm a different type of K-pop fan than the majority of K-pop fans, who in the end turn out to be (serial) single group stans and kinda rigid or stuck in that way.

I'm 100% pro collab project groups in K-pop. The all types of stars gathered together in 1 group, it's a concept that works in other venues, like all stars teams or national sports teams, in movies like The Avengers and Infinity War and Ocean's Eleven and so on, so I don't see why it couldn't work in K-pop.

That said, while the idea is great, like with many experimental endeavours and try outs that SM do, I think they could've implemented it far more effectively and iconically, and I think that if some other companies in their peak would've done it they would have executed the all-star collab group better.

Even then, I'm glad that SM did launch SuperM and GOT The Beat, and hopefully they will continue with them in some ways.

I find collab project groups an enrichment of my K-pop enjoyment, I like SuperM and GOT The Beat and I liked WOW Thing (although I'm sad they never did a live performance of it) and Lollipop by Big Bang and 2NE1 and all the other collab songs and projects and end-of-year collab group performances.

I wish there was far more of all that.

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My thoughts exactly.

Super M gave me one of the best albums ever and I have no regrets for that.

I love the content that the Super Groups release, apart from the music, their interactions and friendships are fun to watch.

I hope the idea is carried forward and executed better.

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the only thing superm gave me was the opportunity to see kaibaek here in canada because sm would never let exo come here

At least got something.

I think it could have worked better if they took more time to build anticipation.

Release a photograph of an EXO member and an NCT member chilling in a studio without explanation.

Have an AESPA member post a photo with a RED VELVET member.

Ask a member of one group recommend music by another group's member on their insta etc.

Let half of the newly formed group get spotted together somewhere playing bowling.

Then they would have build a lot of speculation and anticipation, iow buzz.

Then the announcement would have been much more anticipated and it would have felt more organically too.

I remember fans of some groups were mad that the focus was on this and I can't blame them, especially if they were fans of a group with little content