Which group got more payola and benefits from hybe in the first 2 weeks of debut? 33
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Illit (24) 73%
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Newjeans (9) 27%
Folks, this is the battle of the two most inorganic and privileged kpop groups ever, at least until the next hybe favorite group debuts.
Depending on your perception what group got more of that clearly, inorganic, shady hybe push, that can fabricate huge instant success that no group from other company could dream to achieve? you can take charting on kcharts, spotify, youtube, sales, getting huge brand deals and other opportunities rookies usually don't get into consideration.
Personally despite I still believe newjeans is the most privileged kpop group overall for various reasons, hybe has given illit a way bigger initial push, for example illit has been doing absurd numbers on spotify global meanwhile newjeans during their first 2 weeks never entered even the top 200, illit magnetic has 3M streams on their 12th day of debut, newjeans was out of the chart. Illit will also enter billboard hot 100 faster too. So it will depends on what hybe does in the next months for me to reconsider if illit dethrones newjeans as the most inorganic kpop group ever during debut.