I was think about Itzy and what I will say isn't news, but it just hit me today so why not make a thread? Kkk but really, no shade neither nothing. Just their trajectory which i find it cool.
They debuted with teen crush which wasn't "new", but they totally revived this concept and with the immense success of Dalla Dalla they were impactful as the new teen crush face! Think about it, (sure they are from big3 and such) but having such an impact with just one song to me it's incredible! They started a whole new trend and even now we can see it.
I know some say about their "charting", but since debut they have improvements in streams and physical sales with their latest album selling +350k. Their presence ww is quite strong too. They literally had the biggest gg release in 2019 and one of the biggest in 2020 with Wannabe going viral in some sns. This isn't an easy accomplishment at all, it shows their consistency.
Everybody knows i didn't really like MITM, but this doesn't make me blind enough to not praise them. Their streams were good! And I'm counting Spotify here, they seem to be going on a beautiful path. Sure I wish they could be consistent in k charts (which isn't an easy thing to do), but them always surpassing themselves and even others ggs records is already incredible.
I think we need to give credit where it's due. Since debut they formulated a concept as their own! (And yes, i know it's their company and bla bla bla, but this could be said about 95% of kpop so I will credit them about it.)
Disclaimer: this is an appreciation thread bc I'm loving Lia these days and her vocals so I thought about giving them a support. No, they don't need it, but I still wanted to make it... I'm not shading neither comparing so no need to bring others groups here.
Bye!