*SOME* "nugu" groups aren't really nugu

There are also some groups barely known by I-fans and have small fandom, but have really big recognition and popularity amongst the Korean general public. Lovelyz come to mind. Another good example of a mid-tier (now top tier) group that wasn't well known by majority of I-fans for a long time and only had a small fandom is Oh My Girl. Even though they got their first win in 2018 and then really blew up with Nonstop in 2020, almost every title track since 2015 debut has charted in Melon Top 100. Another example is Korean family friends have heard Woo!Ah! and Cherry Bullet on the radio but had never knew there was a group called Loona

There are scales of nugu but some of the names here like Rocket Punch, Cherry Bullet, Pixy, etc are definitely nugu for the casual K-Pop fan, imo with the competition and oversaturation of K-Pop, you can have MV's with like 10M views and still be pretty nugu.

Once you are very into K-Pop like we are, then you can recognize some groups that would usually be considered nugu because we are so into it.

If you do not chart then you can be nugu.

Mid tear groups chart, my faves don't

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So Majors is real nugu group? Not even million views on single MV.

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[MV] 브레이브걸스 (Brave Girls) - 롤린 (Rollin')

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263k views... you all have probably never heard of this song. poor you.

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263k views... you all have probably never heard of this song. poor you.

Multiple Rolling videos have over million views

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Multiple Rolling videos have over million views

oh thank you. thats good. than im relieved. guess they are not that nugu anymore.

but that still left my minimani count as nugu. even so there is at least one other user on akp who knows them.

but if they are nugu we shouldnt know about them. life as a kpoper really isnt easy.

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oh thank you. thats good. than im relieved. guess they are not that nugu anymore.

but that still left my minimani count as nugu. even so there is at least one other user on akp who knows them.

but if they are nugu we shouldnt know about them. life as a kpoper really isnt easy.

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Yah Minimani is true nugu just like Majors. They can disband at any moment, because I don't think they are making any money by being kpop idols. Sad reality.

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Yah Minimani is true nugu just like Majors. They can disband at any moment, because I don't think they are making any money by being kpop idols. Sad reality.

well you dont need to be nugu to disband at any moment...

i looking at you hybe. give us yeoja chinggu back.

I think the epitome of nugu is reached when you disband 5 days after debut.

See SOLIA last year.