Once upon girl crush was fresh, when blackpink debuted it was a change of pace from everybody and their mother wearing school uniforms (some in their mid 20s) and acting like children,
but now, girl crush is corny as hell, and kpop just lost its touch, blackpink pulled it off because they were grown women. love them or hate them, they did girl crush justice and were a more girly version 2ne1
something is cringe about a 14 year old rapping about how much of a "bad bitch" she is, while in skimpy clothing
I know music is subjective but this is genuinely BAD

There’s no real rapping, they are just yelling loudly, and there’s nothing unique or interesting, EVERY group is doing the exact same thing now.
Newjeans is in a similar age range, and are actually doing somewhat appropriate music (if we exclude cookie)
I never got the hate towards newjeans, their music is genuinely good?? Like , the girls even if they aren’t some crazy Mariah Carey level singing, ALL pull their weight. There’s no corny “rap verses” or anything. It’s all natural, with music that will genuinely age well