As I look at the chaotic aftermath of the now ravaged landscape of what used to be a pristine, lovely 4th gen girl group Queendom, I often wonder, "How did we get here?" Especially with the poor Hybe girl groups.
But then I thought about it some more, and maybe this suffering is just a rite of passage for all top girl groups. Even the cleanest groups can't avoid them.
Think on it.
Twice had the Tzuyu/Taiwanese flag scandal and then the infamous encore stage
Red Velvet had the attitude controversy with Irene, their most popular member
Mamamoo had...
BLACKPINK had the Jennie attitude/effort controversies
GFriend got attacked by giant moths and wet stages
NewJeans is the rare case of getting a huge boost in Korea from their scandal, but the trade-off was the loss of support (granted token stans) from fandoms under their own parent company's umbrella, and becoming public enemy #1 for Army.
Every top girl group has to take their lumps unfortunately.