Bringing 2nd gen idols back

Quote from icyruios

Weird that you say that Sistar debut in a period where 2nd Gen passed it peaked. Sistar debut in 2010 and in the following years, these were their competition

• SNSD 'The Boys' in 2011
• 2NE1 'I'm The Best' in 2011
• Kara 'Step' in 2011
• T-ara 'Roly Poly' in 2011

And Sistar got their first win in 2011 (granted they weren't in direct competition with those songs I mentioned). And they had a huge breakout in 2012 but it's not as if those groups are flopping. In fact, they managed to be even more popular than Big3 JYP miss A who debuted the same year as them.

Of course we wouldn't be able to properly predict how well they would do, but I think they will do pretty well. And you can't exactly use WJSM example to say that a 4th Gen group by Starship (in this example we are assuming Sistar is a 4th gen group) will not do well. I mean CLC didn't do well but (G)I-DLE did well.

Yeah sure immediate success isn't guaranteed but I don't think they will hit like super big with 'Push Push' anyway. I was thinking more of a gradual growth, like getting their first win with 'How Dare You', getting their first No.1 hit on Gaon with 'So Cool' (probably hard now), and maybe a breakout hit like they did.

Sistar had a uniqu charm to them that made them one of the top groups back then despite coming from a nugu company (yes Starship was nugu), kinda like Mamamoo. I do think that if they were a 4th Gen group, they will be able to capture the hearts of SK too

 

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You're right, I said 'debut' but I meant 'rose to popularity'.

Sistar debuted in 2010 but didn't make that big of splash in their first years, compared with other groups that debuted in 2009-2010.

Sistar's hit songs followed later, and Sistar's peak era was when 2nd gen's top groups were slowly coming down from their peak era: Wonder Girls' fame had faded while they were in the US, SNSD and KARA were far more active in Japan than South Korea - from early 2011 to early 2014 SNSD only had 2 Korean comebacks - 2NE1 experienced longer and longer hiatuses after 2011 and T-ARA fell hard due to an unfair scandal.

Which left the field wide open for other groups like Sistar, AOA and Girl's Day to rise.

Frankly, I’ve had enough of second gen groups even though they were my favourite. Time to move on.

I think if the song is good, it becomes a hit no matter what generation it is.

I agree with you in all points!