does lesserafim have a chance at rivaling ive?

I honestly think they will be a TOP GG fast

the hype for them is crazy huge and it seems their company is going all out for them

If anyone can rival IVE currently it’s them.

I’m cautiously optimistic in order not to jinx them but I really believe they’ll be able to smash. The fanbase will almost certainly be guaranteed to amass huge numbers, and with the hype going for them i think they’ll do well on charts too. The rest depends on the quality of the song/mv, but with a company as big as hybe i doubt they’ll lowball on the budget, so really it’ll all come down to people’s taste and preference whether the song can surpass eleven or not

as long as there's no O.O shenanigans, they'll be fine

Sure,why not

Anything can happen really,especially seeing how much the album market has grown in recent years.

No they can't rival IVE as they will be busy rivaling aespa and NMIXX.

Think depends on the song honestly

No doubt that IVE had an initial impulse by Wonyoung's (and also Yujin) popularity, but I believe Eleven really did click with the public so the song continued to chart even after promotion ended

If Lesserafim has a song that the public likes then I can't see why not. I believe they will have good sales and views (the fanbases of Sakura + Chaewon and even, to much lesser extent though, Yunjin will certainly be joining in)

Yes they will. They got triple kill now where they have all Japan, China and Korea in their hand. I believe their song will be good too because well you know, it hube and source music that we talking about. Sakura chaewon hype, HYBE new gg hype.

Maybe

It’s gonna be interesting for sure. And I predict more “is it safe to say” threads after their debut

sure anything is possible sakura and chaewon are pretty popoular members of izone

Physicals easily. It's not even a question. Japan also set. Now Korea i can't predict.

They need to get a hit like Eleven and have all the members be well known like Ive first

IVE are so new honestly that anything can happen. But with Sakura, Chaewon, Source's experience in handling a GG and HYBE's money and connections all they need is a good song to get to the top instantly.

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but honestly speaking, if eleven had come from a different gg, the song would not have done as well as it did. it became trendy and i think its very underestimated how much the sk charts are influenced by trendiness which is often why international fans are left baffled by the songs sk gp propels and the songs they drop like a hot potato. popular artists get hit after hit in sk while, especially now, it is hard for groups or artists with 0 backing to break through.

this is why i think how the members are perceived is way more important than the song in the current kpop climate. i mean look at wa da da and o.o. both songs are just objectively bad at the end of the day. but they we still able to chart for other reasons, ie the popularity of members/viral dance trends.

i have faith that with hybe involved, lesserafim will come with a quality song. but there are more factor than just the quality that could make it blow up.

this, the artist sell the song not reverse, especially for idols, you'll need a viral hit like Rollin to be carried by the song alone, obvious song matters in long run too, if they like the song, it will have great longevity but it started doing good because of the group, they wouldn't bother to check it if it was another group

Maybe I'm just biased because Heo Yunjin has been my pick since PD48 but I trust in her vocals to carry any song and so I believe their digitals will be fine. HYBE just had to pick a good concept and song.

As for physicals I think it's about even. I'm honestly not expecting anything more than the average 200-300k for debut.