LET’S REVIEW: the top vocalists of 4th gen

Monday Denise and Ning Ning are actually better than Ella and Winter might be as well

Weeekly's Monday

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Ning Ning

Pink Fantasy's main vocalist is the strongest this gen followed by Monday then Denise then NingNing (tho Monday Denise and NingNing are not that far apart its slight differences) I'll put Winter up there as well as she's stronger than a lot of main vocalists from this gen and 3rd gen.

Just gonna nominate Yonghoon

Weeekly’s monday is so good. Her voice in after school made me feel something

Cherry Bullet Haeyoon and Bora are strong vocalists. People always forgot them while speaking about 4th generation top vocalists. Bora is probably a bit better than Haeyoon.

Bang Yedam

Is anyone a trained vocalist or singer here?

Ning Ning of Aespa, considering she already proves herself before her debut in the singing competition and in My SMT as well.

Some of the 4th gen groups have too little live material to judge the main vocalists by.

It'd be nice if there was sortlike vocal analyses for 4th gen vocalists as there used to be for 2nd and 3rd gen vocalists

bang yedam of treasure?

Winter of aespa , she's better than a lot of main vocalist from most 4rth gen groups minus Weeekly and SN and aespa ofc

Yechan - Pink Fantasy

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idk cherry bullet that well, i’ve tentatively listed Ning Ning of Aespa at 3rd with Bora and Haeyoon taking up 4th and 5th.

since i don’t know them well, idk if the two of them should be above her or not. is there anything else you can send me of them? (or share your opinion if you know all 3 vocalists well, please)

I will post others videos of them.

Haeyoon :

Haeyoon and Bora :

Bora :

Just wanna add my girls in case they make it to the list.

Purple Kiss

Swan (love the tone of her voice!)

Na Eun

I would say Goeun is below Ningning but above Winter.

Usually I wait a few years before doing full analyses. My rule is at least 3 years. Most people have that rule so that is why there are less analyses of newer gen singers. I think Bora and Haeyoon are a bit below Ningning but overall there is no super ahead vocalist out of the ones everyone mentioned (so not like a Luna-Krystal gap) I do think Pink Fantasy's Yechan is probably at the top and Monday after but it's not super big.

That is why I wait. Voices can change. Example Hyolyn was much better than Taeyeon at her peak but she regressed a bit after BUT she is rebounding again. Yuju who is my bias in Gfriend also had a regression problem. Many vocalists improve. I don't have enough material for a lot of these vocalists.

A lot of times people confuse stability with technical proficiency. For example, all of Gfriend except Yuju are probably weak singers, Eunha doesn't really have a strong vocal technique. They could do the high notes in their songs though. Gidle has a similar story, where the main vocalists, are not the strongest singers in the group, particularly Miyeon. Stayc is another huge case. BTS perhaps. ITZY are not vocally well rounded but that is okay. Dreamcatcher too.

Bang Yedam, when I saw kpop star I did think was kind of overrated, but he is a nice singer. Maybe I was just salty for AKMU. I have not kept up with him or any other boygroup after so I will not comment for him.

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I do think Goeun is below Ningning, Haeyoon, and Bora (Winter’s below them, as well).

I’m going to add them to the honorable mention category though because we couldn’t discuss 4th gen vocals without mentioning them.

I’ve seen a lot of people mention Yechan of Pink Fantasy but I’m waiting to add her until there’s some videos as reference (live vocals, you know?)

Yep I agree. Yechan is probably close to Monday. Swan and Ningning are also super close. Kinda iffy about Denise but I have not followed her enough. I always wait for some time for that reason.

There's no super outstanding vocal out of them all, but that's because several of them are rookies.

There's always some time needed to see.

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I don’t know much about 4th gen boy group vocalists so I’ve added the only 5 boy group vocalists who’ve been mentioned so far in the thread.

I have to imagine there’s others in the running for best male vocalists of 4th gen...?

Boy group music has lots of distortion and mixing. Like BTS's permission to dance recently. Not hate but it's harder to gauge from there. The Boyz has some nice singers. Taeil is very good. I think in terms of technique he is probably one of the top. I don't know if he's 3rd gen or 4th though. Doyoung and some other NCT boys are also really nice.

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I don’t know much about 4th gen boy group vocalists so I’ve added the only 5 boy group vocalists who’ve been mentioned so far in the thread.

I have to imagine there’s others in the running for best male vocalists of 4th gen...?

Yah so I have a list here for potential competitors. I’m really shook some of them haven’t been mentioned already to be honest.

Seoho (Oneus):

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Keeho (P1Harmony):

Seunghun (CIX):

Woobin (Cravity):

Taehyun (TXT):

Seungmin (Stray Kids)

Heeseung (ENHYPEN)

Time to promote my faves!

Choi Jieun of Bling Bling. Check her out since you probably don't know her.

Also, (G)I-DLE's main vocal line Miyeon & Minnie needs no introduction. You either know them already or you're simply not worthy.

Finally, main vocalist Soyeon. Because she can.

It is all quite similar but that makes sense. I love idle but none of them can really support. Bling Bling has a good main vocalist, I need to see more untuned material but I like her lower register. Like it's very reminiscent, I love it. Alex_Murphy I really like the songs Bling Bling has out as well :))

I support Seungmin, and Heeseung from Enhypen!

Also Bang Yedam. He's so so good.

I also wish I could say Haechan but he's not 3rd gen

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Yah so I have a list here for potential competitors. I’m really shook some of them haven’t been mentioned already to be honest.

Seoho (Oneus):

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I love TXT but they don't have the best technical proficiency.

Seonho is very good, he's up there. I think he's probably at the top.

Enhypen and Stray Kids are also quite stylistic, but I don't know Heesung well enough. Woojin was by far the only developed singer in Stray Kids, they are pretty weak. Seungmin is pretty light and agile.

Ateez are all weak vocalists but for Jongho. Jongho is a bit strained in many high parts but he's still above average.

Woobin is a lot better than I thought! I would place him at 6th. He can get shouty, but not bad.

I don't know enough about the rest

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Is anyone a trained vocalist or singer here?

No, it's a clown party and everyone choose their favs and most popular group like always. And as usual a lot of Akpop experts are going to rely on shitty youtube videos and reddit posts.

Take a chair, grab your popcorn and enjoy the show.