Will we ever see another 9 membered cute girl group debut?

Kpop has become completed over saturated with girl crush and teen crush groups debuting left and right.

Are we ever gonna see a big girl group that debuts with early snsd and twice concepts in kpop anytime soon? Or are we gonna be stuck in the “crush” phase for a while?

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Maybe YG’s new gg (LOL!)

Honestly each day that passes I start to accept the fact that YG’s probably gonna debut another girl crush gg.

Maybe bighit’s new gg will be snsd inspired.

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I hope it will change when 2021 rookie girl groups will show something different

with current situation I wouldn't even be mad if some girls will debut with some fairy ballad

I hope it’ll change too. I feel like I’m seeing the exact same type of girl groups debut every year.

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There will probably be a few but none of them will really gain traction cause 1) Idol music is dying in Korea and 2) Girl crush/teen crush are the most popular concepts right now

Can see BH or YG debuting a cute gg but I don't think they will become TWICE/SNSD level just due to the fact that the GP don't open up to new groups easily

I mean the girl crush ggs who aren’t itzy, aespa, or gidle aren’t doing too well either. Maybe if that type of group came from a big company they’d be successful but idol culture’s dying in Korea so lose lose either way I guess.

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Do you count NiziU? They're cute and there's 9 of them.

Or are you only interested in groups that sing in Korean?

I don’t really count Niziu since they’re a jpop group and don’t really have much of a presence in Korea.

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We have had some cute gg debuts like Weekly, but seems like people do not care about groups outside of big 3?

The only cute girl group (s) that have debuted are weeekly and maybe stayc but stayc’s more classy.

Girl/Teen crush 4th gen ggs: Itzy, Secret Number, Gidle, Everglow, Aespa, Rocket Punch, Loona, etc.

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Check out WEEEKLY.

They are the closest successor to TWICE's ethos in my opinion.

A 7 member cute group with visuals that do bright fun songs and ballads.

They are my new stan of the last year or so. I was waiting for a group that gave me a similar feeling as early TWICE.

WEEEKLY is it.

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I’ve been getting into Weeekly as well. And they’re really the only new girl group out that gives me early Snsd/Twice vibes. That’s why they were such a breath of fresh air from all the “I’m a tough girl” girl groups. :)

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There's Cherry Bullet too,that FNC group,but I don't think people care much about them either.Guess we're just waiting for one of the big companies to start the trend again.

It’ll be Yg or Bh that start the bubble gum pop trend again imo.

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That's going to be hard considering large member groups are extensive to debut with all the food, training, accommodation for all nine members...especially from a non-big4 company

Secondly companies will look at what's popular - on the charts/album sales etc and right now its some combination of GC/TC etc. That's how the markets work but give it a few years and when that saturation level gets too much and mood will shift to a diff concept maybe cute maybe something else entirely.

I’d give it less than a few years tbh. The more girl crush and teen crush gets over saturated, the sooner people get bored of it. That’s why newer groups who are debuting with those concepts are flying under the radar because they’re just carbon copies of each other at this point.

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I love BP and girlcrush in general but I really miss bright concepts

I love BP and girl crush too but it’s just so many groups doing it that it’s become mediocre at this point.

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I have hope for YG's new gg to be something unexpected (ie: a 9 membered cute girl group) since SM debuted a girl crush group this time around. It would be funny to see them "switch images" when it comes to the 4th generation.

I feel like cute concepts are dead and a big group won't happen anymore because of the western promo wave. Unless it comes from a survival show (like produce 101/48) because they are always targeted to Asia only, imo.

I think SMNGG was the last hope for a cute concept revival and they debuted Aespa instead. I'm not complaining, though lol. I have always preferred girl crush.

I was also kind of hoping that Smngg would be the snsd successor. But I like Æspa the way they are.

I think YG should definitely take advantage of the fact that we’re missing a prominent cute girl group in kpop like what snsd and twice were for their generations. The spot for that type of group is empty rn so we’ll see who takes it first.

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Definitely. They should "pull a Blackpink" but for a cute group. It would also be guaranteed success for them because, for some reason, I can't see a girl crush group going well for them either. Even though, they are known for that.

JYP was smart when he decided to debut ITZY with a teen crush concept. Now, they are the leaders of all the other "teen crush" groups in the 4th generation.

EXACTLY! YG debuted bp in a era full of cute girl groups. And now that it’s reversed, YG should debut a cute gg in a era full of crush ggs.

Them debuting another girl crush gg when BP is leading in that rn wouldn’t make much sense. It’d be best to go with something cute and fresh. :)

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if one of the big 3 (+ bighit) were to debut a cute girlgroup I think they could hit it big yeah

I could see Bighit doing it. And maybe YG.

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but isn't ygngg rumored to be 5-member gg?

It’s still just a rumor. We won’t know anything until Yg puts out the lineup lol.

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what about fromis_9(idk if their 4th gen) they have cute concepts and 9 members

forgot about them since they’re company treats them so bad Plus they debuted in almost 3 years ago. I’m talking about in the now.