do you think aespa is benefitting from black pink's absence (when it comes to charting in sk specifically)?

aclassyteaparty · Jan 5th 2022

i've just been wondering what it would look like if black pink and aespa were to go head to head in the same year with aespa's newfound success in 2021. aespa debuted late in 2020, the year where black pink was very active, and kicked off the year black pink was gone. i don't think they're particularly sharing fans, especially in sk, but i cant help but wonder if aespa is filling the niche of that particular style of "bad ass" "hardcore" gg that black pink left wide open in 2021.

obviously black pink's status as an older group would prob have them beating out aespa still but it will be interesting to see when the generations start overlapping more and 3rd gen groups start getting pushed down by 4th gen groups. top 3rd gen groups prob still have a few more years of full reign tho.

zuzuhhaa · Jan 5th 2022

bp would dominate because yg likes to torture blinks by starving them and giving them crumbs once a month and then throwing a grand feast that makes you hungry for more.

i think aespa's great to, just not a good comparison atm in their careers knowing BP's level.

unbannBLACPINK · Jan 5th 2022

no

the only thing they benefitted from is fast and furious 9 hobbs and shaw

SooYoung · Jan 5th 2022

no Aespa will still be doing well, damn people are really trying hard to push any narrative to undermine aespa success '-'

Never see any thread asking if X GG would be popular if Y GG would be active too ?

but suddenly when it's Aespa this type of thread pop up everywhere '-'

Blackpink didn't have any comeback in 2018-2019 after as if it's your last

and i didn't saw any GG rise to the top even with their absence

so your argument is invalid '-'

Pikachu-Senpai · Jan 5th 2022

No, AESPA would still be successful. Next Level went viral for itself not because of any other artist.

They still would have hit big because Next Level is catchy and went viral.

tetetete · Jan 5th 2022

no

sveznalica · Jan 5th 2022

It's interesting how people thought Aespa will go BP route and have barely any music content. Now they almost have as many songs as bp.

But you can't compare these two. They are at completely different places in their career.

aclassyteaparty · Jan 5th 2022

Quote from SooYoung

no Aespa will still be doing well, damn people are really trying hard to push any narrative to undermine aespa success '-'

Never see any thread asking if X GG would be popular if Y GG would be active too ?

but suddenly when it's Aespa this type of thread pop up everywhere '-'

Blackpink didn't have any comeback in 2018-2019 after as if it's your last

and i didn't saw any GG rise to the top even with their absence

so your argument is invalid '-'

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just want to say, there is a difference between random mid tier and lower ggs with a "badass concept" (which is not many thse days, mind you) and a girl group from the big 3 that give the same "luxury" vibe as bp.

nowhere did i say aespa wouldn't be successful if bp was active. aespa potentially benefiting from bps absence doesnt mean they didnt become successful at their own merit. a benefit is just that, a benefit.

Slayurfaves · Jan 5th 2022

in way they are..... I remember many blinks being excited about aespa's debut and some are fans of both ( some of my mutals for example), but I'm also not trying to dismiss aespa's success. It's probably a combination of many factors but the absence of blackpink are making other girls groups have more attention imo it's not exclusively to aespa only.

ArmyBlinkOnce0 · Jan 5th 2022

Quote from sveznalica

It's interesting how people thought Aespa will go BP route and have barely any music content. Now they almost have as many songs as bp.

But you can't compare these two. They are at completely different places in their career.

Aespa only has 10 songs right now(including covers). Blackpink has around 24.

LEVIxLEVI · Jan 5th 2022

Not really. Sk loves its ggs. So many are doing well unlike bgs. Bp did well in 2020 as well as OMG and even RV.

azhra-0110 · Jan 5th 2022

Nah, at least not in south korea. Everywhere tho, yes, just like pretty much every other gg benefiting off bp's influence and success

Art_Angels · Jan 5th 2022

Kpop fans have the mindset that only one group can be successful at the same time, that's so weird.

aclassyteaparty · Jan 6th 2022

Quote from Art_Angels

Kpop fans have the mindset that only one group can be successful at the same time, that's so weird.

the truth is, there is a fairly finite number of kpop fans in sk especially. groups that are super big appeal to a larger audience and that larger audience, that consists of the general public, only cares about a few of the top groups. i don't think its true that only one group can be successful, but when we're talking about the #1 top group type of success, there can rlly only be 1-3 girl groups or boy groups at that level at once

www1717 · Jan 6th 2022

not really the exact reason,

at the beginning of the year their remake song made no noise.

I think the first major reason are SMCU ep 1 dropped and Next Level Teaser which is literally the epitome of the Next Level that brings big hype to aespa that made fans and nonfans tuning in to NL the day it was released. After that, they found that the song was catchy and the rest are history...

Storm_Bloom · Jan 6th 2022

NL, Savage and now DCT will still be a Hit regardless if there's a BP comeback or not

Aespa's concept/sounds aren't even similar to BP so I don't see the connection

chuusaintyves · Jan 6th 2022

I don't understand why this question is specifically applied to Aespa vs BP it just seems like fanwar fodder... you could say this about any more popular group releasing at the same time as a less popular group, obviously less competition means better chart results unless the smaller group has a real breakout hit and the more popular group has a fluke dud at the same time

BlinkNation · Jan 6th 2022

I don't think so, Next Level was huge and would have been regardless. People always try and compare the two groups but they really aren't similar.

thelightoftruth · Jan 6th 2022

Nah, I don't really think so.

I think Itzy is more similar to Blackpink than Aespa in regards to releasing public friendly bangers.

Aespa's music is pretty experimental.

SunnySun · Jan 6th 2022

No, why would they? Their music is totally different too so make no sense for them to benefit from BP not releasing music.

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