Did SVT have a potential to be BTS' rival?

Seventeen had more exposure in what way, can you elaborate?

P.S. BTS surpassed all their rivals years ago, not now in their current 8th year.

I think it's better if we leave Seventeen out of 'rival' conversations. They arent rivals with anyone, and are pretty much doing there own thing.

Why do groups have to have rivals? Sometimes groups can just co-exist lol

What a load of fiction, you should publish this in wattpad instead of allkpop

I'm surprised I didn't find IU in the first post...

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I'm surprised I didn't find IU in the first post...

He is lately keen on BTS.

got tired of senior singer?

maybe i should ask mods to transfer to fan fic section.

thanks for thinking so highly of seventeen but such threads would only get them dragged:(

Once again, ifans only care about Seventeen when it's time to cause problems or try to get them dragged

Anyways watch Going Seventeen's newest episode

before this thread closes

When are you releasing the next chapter of the IU fanfiction

SVT said themselves They don't see anyone as competition. That should tell you what you need to know.

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BTS' biggest rival was EXO, but its many issues helped BTS to reach the top.

But, Seventeen was creeping up from behind, and although BTS was more popular outside of Korea, SVT had more exposure.

Plus, SVT had a Chinese member, which gave a good boost in China as well.

As SVT showed the potential to be BTS' rival, trying to stop BTS's tracks, Hitman Bang Shihyuk made a masterstroke - he bought Pledis, SVT's company, and made sure SVT would never overcome BTS.

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I am in the school that rivalries in KPop is just time consuming, energy depleting exercise which lead to no good outcome.

GFriend menacing Twice's way led Twice fall short of its ambitions.

The many rivalries in KPop, like Wonder Girls - SNSD, BTS-EXO and Twice-BlackPink ended only when one side became too exhausted to continue the rivalry, and because BTS spent so many years fighting EXO, it is in its 9th year and only after they had shaken off the last of their rivals they could advance.

If SVT had continued to be a thorn at the side, BTS would have to deal with them sooner or later, and Hitman Bang buying Pledis ended that.

SVT debuted in 2015, and it didn't really owe too much to Pledis, but because of the contracts it no longer has any possibility of threatening BTS. Hitman Bang understood that rivals only sap your energy.

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Good one. Sorry just been laughing at that for the last 2 minutes. Back to the topic at hand, SVT had their number of members to consider plus before the genre change, the bubbly songs. They were at a disadvantage. Even people to this day think 2 more members than the typical western bg of 5 is too much (referring to BTS having 7 members.)

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I think they have some Ifans, which explains why it sells close to 2 million albums

I was referencing non-carat ifans, I'm aware they're doing well internationally

You have ran out of the senior singer angle, haven’t you?

EXO having whatever issues didn't help bts lol.

BTS was steadily growing and they were increasing their fanbase because of music irrespective of what exo was doing.

I don't read fanfiction. I have not read even 1 till this day. I wrote many articles but keep myself away from fanfiction cause fantasizing about people with illusion who exist in real life doesn't make sense to me. But I don't discourage others as it is their own life.

But after a certain age, people should stop doing it, according to me as they drive delusional to differentiate between Reality & illusion Which is not good for brain.

#MyOpinion.

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EXO having whatever issues didn't help bts lol.

BTS was steadily growing and they were increasing their fanbase because of music irrespective of what exo was doing.

Forget it.

A group who couldn't get into top 10 on billboard hot 100 in their entire life, their issues helped BTS to reach peaks- if I was high on smoke, may be I would have said it

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EXO having whatever issues didn't help bts lol.

BTS was steadily growing and they were increasing their fanbase because of music irrespective of what exo was doing.

Forget it.

A group who couldn't get into top 10 on billboard hot 100 in their entire life, their issues helped BTS to reach peaks- if I was high on smoke, may be I had said it

If I were IU, I would have kicked you out of the fandom a long time ago.

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I never joined the fandom so there is no one who can kick me out

Good, then please don't put the senior singer anywhere near you.

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If I were IU, I would have kicked you out of the fandom a long time ago.

Why should she, WhyKnock may have his theories and speculations about IU's impact on globalization of Kpop, but I have never seen anything abusive or deprecating.

In fact, the opinion that she can significantly control the direction of the industry, is actually a compliment.

If I were IU, I would recognize WhyKnock as the 'Senior Uaena' :)

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I'm surprised I didn't find IU in the first post...

where is the senior singer? the disrespect! the audacity!

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Why should she, WhyKnock may have his theories and speculations about IU's impact on globalization of Kpop, but I have never seen anything abusive or deprecating.

In fact, the opinion that she can significantly control the direction of the industry, is actually a compliment.

If I were IU, I would recognize WhyKnock as the 'Senior Uaena' :)

good for u

Seventeen had a shot at challenging BTS in Japan and China. But Korea, SEA, US and Europe belong to BTS.

17 only has gaon physicals tho

They're nowhere to be found on gaon digital & that's Korea alone

Let's not even get into global aspects lol

What is this lmaooo

Did u dropped the ball on senior singer? She must be so heartbroken

Short answer - No.

As long as the rivalry makes your performances better, I don't mind them. lol. I genuinely think that K-pop is the music genre that it brings up lots of rivals. Of course, this is something that is happening in absolutely all industries, but when it comes to K-POP there is nothing that could beat it. I stronly believe that SVT has lots of potentials. And this will be obvious very soon to everyone! BTS is not bad as well, but you cannot be the only one on the top for a long time. Eventually, people will get bored of listening to only BTS.