Did Blackpink start 4th gen?

dont 4th gen fans also do that with bgs and bts, I guess nct/17/exo/twice fall there too

Yes

Izone and gidle being called 4th gen is still ridiculous to me. No one called fx 3rd gen even though snsd is 2nd gen.

They didn't start 4th gen, but if people think NCT dream is 4th gen then we can say BP is too.... Kkkkkk

The only reason 4th gen exists is because they can't compete with 3rd gen. I mean what impact or change has 4th gen brought about?

No

In my humble view, no. BP is 3rd gen.

I would say neither honestly. There seems to be some discrepancy on what people consider the start and end of a gen. BP, to me will always be 3rd gen. They did not debut as early as some 3rd gen groups, but they definitely debuted in 3rd gen. 4th gen just started.

I agree sis IZONE and G-Idle are just not 4th gen 🙄

I'll never understand the generations becuz there's a 10 year gap between 1st and 2nd gen. then 2nd gen is merged with 3rd and 4th gen with no gap

Astro is also considered 3rd gen, so bp is as well

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Sorta... lots of “4th gen” fans include their groups in the 4th gen so they don’t have to compete against top 3rd gen groups. The idea that Tbz, Skz, Gidle, Izone and Ateez should be 4th gen doesn’t make any sense.

It really doesn’t !! i literally had an argument with people over this since if they are considered 4th gen, then BP and NCT dream are 4th gen too

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Sorta... lots of “4th gen” fans include their groups in the 4th gen so they don’t have to compete against top 3rd gen groups. The idea that Tbz, Skz, Gidle, Izone and Ateez should be 4th gen doesn’t make any sense.

omg thank you

literally loona has more content (music) than bp even before blackpink debuted just bc loona's company pushed back their "debut" for a year doesn't mean they are 4th gen since they have been around longer than blackpink. They had sub-units and solo stuff before their "official"debut.

For example, from from_9 were formed in 2017 and literally released a single the same year and promoted it on multiple music shows and only their album was released a couple months later in january 2018. I know some people don't consider them 4th but some people do think they are 4th gen. Well, in that case rv debuted in 2015 (not 2014) their mini album came out next year. So many things don't make sense tbh.

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Astro is also considered 3rd gen, so bp is as well

yeah but astro debuted in January 2016 and bp debuted in August 2016

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I agree sis IZONE and G-Idle are just not 4th gen 🙄

+ loona

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That is literally what I said. 3rd gen end because of Blackpink

You actually did!