is it safe to say that ILLIT is a one hit wonder and Baemon is the biggest 5th gen girl group ...

I’m here for the arts over charts, and little monster is the best Illit song to date by a considerable margin (and the Bomb EP is great too).

I'm not convinced that Baby Monster is anything, but I think it goes without saying that Illit is a one hit wonder. For those saying it's too early to give them that label, no, it's not. If they want the label removed they need another hit.

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A girlgroupstan obsessed with numbers wanking is not a girlgroupstan. They are a numbersstan

Are those countries in central Asia?

It's been a long time since a Hybe group has done consistently well on the charts in Korea. Illit had a hit but they were not all that well received after the scandal.

The public opinion seems to have turned on NewJeans not Illit. People are more sympathetic to them now than hateful but they don't care for the music.

Also I feel like with Hybe groups manage to gain huge fandoms but can never create more than one or two hits. You can see this with their boygroups, Lesserafim and now Illit.

I don't believe TXT, Enhypen, Seventeen have huge GP hits. Lesserafim had that Antifragile song but anything after that was received lukewarm and now Illit.

Their biggest hit after BTS was NewJeans.

Illit fell off so fast it’s embarrassing

How you go from TikTok viral just last year to flop numbers like this?

Pretty much, yes.

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I don't believe TXT, Enhypen, Seventeen have huge GP hits. Lesserafim had that Antifragile song but anything after that was received lukewarm and now Illit.

to be fair, Lesserafim had much more than just Antifragile.

Unforgiven was a moderate hit, but Eve Psyche & the bluebeard wife charted even better. Easy was moderate but Smart was a legit hit. Crazy flopped.

Edit: HOW CAN I FORGOT ABOUT PERFECT NIGHT!!

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To be fair, Lesserafim had much more than just Antifragile.

Unforgiven was a moderate hit, but Eve Psyche & the Bluebeard Wife charted even better. Easy was moderate but Smart was a legit hit. Crazy flopped.

I can't see why Easy and Smart were that big, as they werent that... interesting...

Illit still just "feels" bigger than baemon imo. Like whenever I hear any successful numbers for baemon, it's so hard hard to believe because I genuinely haven't seen hype for them like that

I see Illit similar to FiftyFifty in that they weren't ever a big group - they had a big viral tiktok song. Sometimes that translates into more genuine interest and following, and sometimes not.

Atm Babymonster definitely looks like the biggest 5th gen group. They have more proper interest and numbers outside of one song.

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I can't see why Easy and Smart were that big, as they werent that... interesting...

Those two songs gotten more recognition on the west than SK. Regardless, their peak on chart was very decent

Easy peak #3 melon

Smart peak #8 melon

on global side, Smart was one of the most streamed GG songs in 2024. It is already 300m+ streams pulling 300k+ streams daily.

Aside from that, HOW CAN WE ALL NOT FORGET ABOUT PERFECT NIGHT ??!

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Illit still just "feels" bigger than baemon imo. Like whenever I hear any successful numbers for baemon, it's so hard hard to believe because I genuinely haven't seen hype for them like that

When i was in korea, their songs were everywhere.

Also, their album sales, spotify streams and youtube views said a lot about their popularity. They are also on a sold-out world tour now, only 1 year+ into their career

Very hard to not feel the "hype" with numbers like that. Unless you avoid them