ILLIT or Babymonster?

Babymonster

Bad impression > no impression at all

Babymonster. When i look to illit i only think in Newjeans.

Neither?

Ill-it

I actually liked Batter Up so BM???

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Pick the lesser of the two evils if you must

Well, then ILLIT. At least I think their song has nice aspects and see why it'd appeal to some others.

They were both... impressions.

Neither of them were GOOD impressions.

But neither of them overwhelmingly bad either. Both were just mediocre impressions that left me with no desire to listen to the songs again.

It's like giving me two slices of plain ass grocery store white bread and asking which one left the better impression.

Too early to tell. BM releases next Monday.

On the next 3 Friday's we will know if either will have a massive global breakout moment or not.

My gut at this time, is Illit isn't going to break out this release. They are strong, very strong in areas that are critical long term such as visuals and personality.

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My humble opinion is that BM has some major "BLACKPINK at home" energy and I can't stand it

Right. I love Blackpink, and it's expected that BM has inspiration from them, but 1: I don't think they were given a good song, and 2: considering their ages it's hard for them to sell that type of image, they're not convincing (and why would a 15-year old be?).

ILLIT concept suits their ages, and I think the song can do well with the audience that's targeted.

One group's debut is beloved by many right now and the other group's debut was full of disappointed people. So yeah ILLIT for me.

I'm doing a write in vote for the TRUE queens of 5th Gen

Kiss Of Life

where's the option neither

Baemon. Il-eat seems pretty mid

Illlit. It wasn't hard to choose because BM songs are not good and judging by sheesh teasers that won't change. I like illlit debut song.

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Oh that's cute coming from a token Baemid stan

I don't stan baemon. I only stan ahyeon

don't know yet! will see after bm comeback

Illit. I like their music.

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ILLIT has debuted.

Babymonster had their pre-debut debut last November.

Who made the best impression on you with their introduction to the K-Pop universe?

Pre-debut song was released during May

Budget Blackpink vs Budget New Jeans.....

Baemon for me. Even though the song was average, they've got a lot more charisma.

Illit was really mid, sorry. Nothing really stood out and if they weren't a Hybe group I'm not sure they'd make much noise.

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Opinion aside, you could say this about any big company group outside of the groups that established said companies as K-Pop superpowers

Fair comment

Musically I would go with ILLIT. I think Hybe works with better producers.

I think YG has done a better job establishing the personalities of Baemon with the hype videos. Their debut has been delayed for a while could be a factor why these hype videos worked

Based on the songs released so far, Illit, but I'm interested in Babymons7er

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You're excited for SHEESH?

More for the whole EP. I hope they go for the monster high concept, it's something that can set them apart from other ggs and yg could do it really well since styling, MVs and aggressive music are their forte

BabyMonster, of course, as Bp's sister and with Ahyeon returning, they will be more interesting and definitely will do really well. Yg probably wanted to make them Bp 2.0 too, but at least they don't look like Bp or being mistake as Bp.

illit

babymonster's music is just so stupid i can't handle it

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I'm not sure they have a forte yet.

For me at least, I'm not sold on their girl crush concepts at all, and I'm not comparing them to present day BlackPink but debut BlackPink.

And then they released that ballad, and it was a thumbs down for me too.

That's already two songs. Ahyeon 's cover of Dangerous Woman blew me away, so I'm excited to see her added back to the mix, but for a song like Sheesh 🙄

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If YG insist on trying to please different fans with ballads, soft concept etc it will backfire. What Babymons7er needs the most is a clear and concise image that makes them an interesting group and make their songs make sense with the image they're going for. The problem is, looks like YG still is living in the past, so if they dont bring something new to the table this group will fade. Monster high is an interesting concept and the aesthetic is very popular on pinterest, and considering how YG is the best at pulling eccentric fashion this would be very convenient to the name of the group.