Remember when two former groupmates no longer on good terms released their solo songs within a week of each other?

I'm taking us back to 2016, two years after the shocking departure of Jessica from SNSD and the ensuing chaos that followed.

The Jessica/SNSD split is still a divisive and polarizing topic even today, but the tea was so spicy back when everyone found out Jessica would be releasing music just a week within Tiffany's anticipated solo debut

I was just vibing to some older K-Pop songs and remembered this was a thing. Funny coincidence. Or was it?

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So who won?

That's a good question.

I don't remember how the two songs performed at all.

I...think Jessica's charted better? We gon' do some research.

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So who won?

If all you care about is the numbers side of it then:

But I think Tiffany peaked at #2 real time?

Jessica sold 80k albums in Korea, while Tiffany sold 63k albums.

I'm rounding.

I guess that's a numbers W for Jessica.

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Wasn't a coincidence but they both put out really great music.

I didn't have a personal or emotional investment in the conflict at all, so I just enjoyed the songs for what they were.

But oh my...that petty energy

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Things like that happen quite often honestly. Most petty thing was them having their 10 anniversary fansign at the same place, same time but different floors

I...I've never known peace

God damn. I forgot all about that! That is a historic level of petty. No wonder Sones were and remain so constantly divided over this.

Fastforward to today and Jessica spends most of her time in China, while I'm pretty sure Tiffany is trying her luck in LA.

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i've been in my snsd memory land recently listening back to all their music

and i must admit Fly aged like really bad milk

That's funny. I was giving a friend a presentation on the history of K-Pop (not formally but that's essentially what it was), and I played both of these songs while trying to explain the SNSD/Jessica beef.

He greatly preferred Fly.

For me, the best early SNSD solo is:

Yes, I chose a version without Verbal Jint on purpose