Which group rise in popularity is most surprising to you?

QWER for sure.

qwer had almost no chance to even survive so it's a miracle atp

there is no other group on this list with as low odds as qwer had at the start

but they had a following before they debut!! yea a following of twitch stream watchers who turned on them after they announced the project. sending them emails that they would fail and regret it. concurrent viewers dropped like 70% leaving only the ones who support the band.

plave already had proof of concept: isegye idol

Plave. Virtual idols are soooo stupid.

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plave, despite knowing the real idols behind them, i still don't get the appeal lol

who are they lol ?

I never expect those holograms to get on this level fame

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junhyuk (ex hotshot) as yejun, nano/jaeho (ex history) as noah, bjoo (ex topp dogg) as bamby, yano (ex topp dogg) as eunho, hyunmin (k-tigers zero) as hamin.

where did you get that info from ?

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some of it was obvious because i stan quite a few and others from fans figuring it out.

plus the controversy behind one of them as well as komca credits

oh ok I see, thanks for the info

Recently?

Kiss of Life.

They seemed to escaped nugudom without any viral hits and of course no big agency backing.

GG from non-top/non-mid tier companies always surprise me