If you were given the power to choose one group, past or present, and turn them into superstars, who would you choose?

I.O.I

Nct Wish! They debuted this year and they are very underrated!

I would have joined the group and we would together get into stardom

XG and QWER

Purple Kiss.

Rainbow

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They're a group that got a PAK and sold more albums during their peak years than any third generation girl group not named Twice.

....really?

But were given only 10 months.. the greatest wasted opportunity in K-pop until HYBE decided to waste New Jeans.

What could they have been if they were kept together at least for 2-3 years given to Iz*one?

They were the guinea pigs and try outs for many things - public voted project group, Ending fairy (despite ARMY claims), Relay dance etc.,

They had very impressive talents, acknowledged long after their short stint - vocals of Sejeong, Yeonjung, Dance of Chungha, attractors like Somi, Yeojung etc.,

And massive public support from PD101.

They could have very well lapped TWICE, and even gone international.

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Do any of you stan any true nugus?

No but even if I did my answer would not change. XG and QWER deserve to be superstars.

GWSN and Billlie. hands down. talent + vocals + high quality discography + interesting concepts.

ONEUS and OnlyOneOf should be bigger too.

ICHILLIN' also deserves to get out of nugudom.

XG by far.

They have so much potential for them to be so often overlooked.

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So much for your Babymonster era, huh?

you should know by now that I think BABYMONSTER are already superstars, but I'm promoting QWER this week.

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My answer hasn't changed since I began asking this question years ago.

And now is the perfect opportunity for my annual plug of the most underrated bop from the most underrated girl group

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I would always choose BESTie. I have a true Midas Touch when it comes to my favorite nugu girl groups skyrocketing into superstardom (EXID and Mamamoo being easy examples), but my powers finally failed me with BESTie

They had visuals. They had vocals and the best main vocalist of any girl group possibly ever (Uji). They had great songs. They had fun, quirky personalities. They had it all!

I wish I could've seen them rise to the top, but everything faded away with little explanation after they released their last title track as a group

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The fact they never hit it big keeps me up at night

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+1 for BESTie

It's hard to choose among nugus, I like so many of them. Ok, let it be 9MUSES. Brilliant music, literally every track is a huge bop. Members are full of charisma. Nice concept. I watched a documentary and I was so sad about their fate. Still have no clue why didn't they topped the industry...

Not a group but Eyedi.

AOA or maybe NMIXX.

B1a4

I don’t have to say day6 any more cuz they made it

Stellar.

For the music.

Don't look at me like that.

Loona, WJSN or Spica, depending on level of nuguness wanted

IOI

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They were!!!

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Compare the beginning of peak Twice to IOI's last hurrah

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I wouldn't have considered them superstars though

a top group during their time but given their time was so short...

I feel like MAJORS got really just predated upon by their company.

MINIMANI, AleXa, WekiMeki, Everglow, Dreamcatcher, Loossemble, ARTMS, H1-KEY, VIVIZ, Brave Girls, Chungha, BVNDIT, Chungha's MNH rookie hoobae that was in PD48, PD101's Stone Nayoung (made it into i.o.i btw), Kassy, Youra, Apink

there's so much and so much more.

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twas short-lived but they were a force to be reckoned with for that small time window

but not superstars per se

one wonders how different the kpop landscape would be if IOI were under a standard 7 year contract

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I'm a fool for not mentioning Dreamcatcher. They would absolutely be my choice right after BESTie

We'll never know.

I had my hands full enough just fighting with the non-temporary top girl group stans of the time

and now you're besties with blinks and onces and reveluvs

how the tide shifts - the enemy of my enemy is my friend

Laboum without too much hésitation.

Red velvet

Bestie was wasted. At least EXID made it but i pity Uji.

How about Hello Venus? They are wasted too due to dispute between fantagio and pledis. Yooara and Yoonjo are wasted in Pledis, doing nothing

Also, if we could turn back time, AOA, back to their pre-scandal (by this i dont mean the bully case but the stupid history scandal by Jimin and Seolhyun). Good Luck was wasted because of this scandal and AOA barely regain their momentum + ChoA leaving

N Flying

Majors