If TWICE debuted today would they see the same success?

Hmm... What a grim timeline that would be for me. I would have likely still been listening mainly to boy groups up until 2020. Honestly, I don't even want to think about it.

Can't say. It's an if statement

Without Blinks to fight to the death? Boring

H2H level of success. JYP is not pushing their new groups.

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Imagine if instead of 2015, Twice debuted in the 5th gen of kpop, with their discography completely the same, would they succeed in this new era of kpop? Would Cheer Up, TT, Knock Knock, What Is Love, etc smash on the charts if they were released today? Would Twice be insane album sellers if they came out today? Thoughts?

You'd like that, wouldn't you?

Yeah. Hit groups may have idols that are vastly different some talented some untalented some pretty etc but one common factor that unites all successful groups is the star factor. Which twice have.

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Yeah. Hit groups may have idols that are vastly different some talented some untalented some pretty etc but one common factor that unites all successful groups is the star factor. Which twice have.

Yeah between Sana, Nayeon, MoMo and Dahyun theyre kinda hard to miss. Even the quieter girls still command attention with facecard

Honestly, I don't know if they'd stand out, knowing there was a huge influx of girl groups over the past 5 years or so in this generation.

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Honestly, I don't know if they'd stand out, knowing there was a huge influx of girl groups over the past 5 years or so in this generation.

None of whom have the star power of Twice. That's the problem with this generation of groups.

Imagine having Tiktok and dance challenges for early Twice

Oh hell yeah. I could see them being even more successful with tiktok being around now. Also, they wouldn't have had the COVID moment causing issues with growth and promotion. Jyp probably also would've had their music on Spotify faster.

It's impossible to know. JYPE's focus for its new groups is to build a global fandom, not so much to have national hits in Korea. This would drastically affect the type of music they would release. Probably much less bubblegum pop and more something like NMIXX or Itzy.

Obviously. It's even hard to not successful.

2 most important factors of success are: 1/ hit songs 2/ big company. They have both,

The "star factor" part is bs tho.

yes, as their songs are super catchy.And kpop fans missing the old kpop songs style.

I mean mostly now doesnt have a hook and just super techno or noise.

The real question is: which groups would be less popular if they debuted today?

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I disagree with the last part. Twice most definitely had star power and their variety skills were part of their charm when they were rookies.

It's more about people force the idea of "star factor" to anyone successful.

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The real question is: which groups would be less popular if they debuted today?

It's more about people force the idea of "star factor" to anyone successful.

Twice aren't "anyone successful." They're Twice.