SNS hype not equal to success

i mean, Loona is a weird example because “stan loona” was a deliberate social media campaign that i’d argue we very rarely see. People were purposely writing it in non-kpop spaces to promote them.

For example, my friend will sometimes hear things about BTS, but that’s due to ARMY being so large and fans being everywhere, so ofcourse their was some overlap in other internet fandoms not related to kpop

(not army doing it on purpose)

No. SNS is very local and some fandoms are louder than others.

Stan sb19.

Who?

Yeah same!!

(As soon I read the thread I was thinking about loona can’t believe they are nugu nugu)

But it depends SVT aren’t really hyped but they chart decently and sell well

We have also BP they are arguable the most hyped group like their CB are such an event and it translates to sales...

I will say though I have heard Star by LOONA playing in multiple gas stations, so that's something

Well yeah obviously. Social media doesn’t reflect anything and that’s why hit tweets are not factors for soty

LOONA has a perfect discography and we don't know what its point of exposure will be, the bad thing is its extreme fans, but without coming from a big company, having dedicated fans can become a future success because what its fans lack is better organization . Although if your company is constantly changing its distribution, there will be no stability or connection networks.

This is true. Look at GWSN all of those viral Miya tweets yet GWSN are still stuck in nugudom #freegwsn

I feel like with bgs it at least translates to physical sales but there's so many ggs hyped by stan twitter yet they have mediocre numbers everywhere

Agree with this. I used to think that secret number is one of the biggest group for the fourth generation because of all the hype they get from social media. But turn out, they're not.

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Stan sb19.

Who?

Yeah same!!

what's that?

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what's that?

A Philippino boy group, even I know, although I'm far from PH.

not per se but it's just one indicator along with many others no?

International CLC fans were rather loud but this hype never translated into sales.

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A Philippino boy group, even I know, although I'm far from PH.

Are they famius in many countries like BTS?or just fans active on Twitter?

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Are they famius in many countries like BTS?or just fans active on Twitter?

They're not famous, I just know them because their fans tried to win the Billboard Social 50 award recently and fought with ARMYs.

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Are they famius in many countries like BTS?or just fans active on Twitter?

In their home country, sure? Apart from that I don't think many people internationally know them. Even in PH, a lot of people were voting for them because of the PH pride and stuff more than actually liking their music and stuff.

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They're not famous, I just know them because their fans tried to win the Billboard Social 50 award recently and fought with ARMYs.

Ohhhh... But there's no more paper award right?