[theqoo] HYBE announces plans to debut idol groups

HYBE announces plans to debut idol groups

Big Hit: Localized Japanese group in mid-2021, boy group in 2022

Source Music: Girl group in 2021

Pledis: Boy group in 2022

Girl group from I-LAND in 2022

Localized American group in 2022

It is also rumored that Zico‘s label, which is now also under HYBE, is planning for a new group debut

original post: theqoo

1. Source Music’s girl group is Min Heejin’s girl group..? I don’t know..

2. Where will Sakura go?

3. I think Sakura will debut in Source Music’s girl group

4. Source Music will only debut girl groups, Pledis will only debut boy groups?

5. So what will happen to Sakura?

6. Min Heejin’s girl group, please, I hope the members are all Korean..

7. I’m curious about the localized American group

8. Sakura seems to be joining Big Hit’s Japanese girl group.. Source Music has age restrictions

9. I hope Min Heejin’s girl group doesn’t have Sakuraㅋㅋㅋ

10. Localized American group..? Hmm

This globalisation by localisation is quite interesting. We shall see how much it will affect the kpop scene

I’m guessing the Japanese group is a gg

And the American group is a bg.

This year we’ll have the Japanese group and source music gg. But 2022 is a big big year damn all those groups

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It would be interesting if the American group was CO-ED. If it is aimed at a western audience, then group wouldn’t face the same obstacles as a kpop group. Vocally, I prefer Co-Ed groups.

I would love to see a co-Ed group but I think it would be a boygroup given bighit experience and success with bts and lbr universal wouldn’t be interested if not for bts. But what I’m not sure of is if it would be korean/Asian - Americans members or something like 1D with a kpop touch