Thought Experiment: Would KPOP still be trendy ww if BTS disappeared? What about BP?

Let's imagine a world where BTS disappears (no, enlistment doesn't count) whether through scandal or disbandment (no solos either). Is KPOP still trendy. Now imagine the same for BP. I'm asking if the trend continues with only 1 juggernaut. Which one?

I think KPOP goes back to being niche if BP disappears. Whereas I think BP easily continues carrying the torch for KPOP if BTS disappears and keeps trending as it is now. There are a ton of bgs who would fill in the void left by BTS and the world wouldn't notice. It would be impossible for other ggs to do the same in place of BP. The coolness factor would gone.

I’m blink but Bo infrequent comebacks wouldn’t let them carry kpop like bts did

Hope there is no Blackpink bashing in this thread, idk why but army’s in anon are very mean

Setting up BP to get dragged

sure. BTS disappears, kpop carries on. any bg can fill in the BTS void?!

BP disappears kpop collapses ?! Is that what you mean?

its still pretty niche. nothing much would change

K-Pop would still be trendy outside of the west if those two groups never existed. It was already a relatively successful export before those two groups existed. The Hallyu Wave existed before those two groups. Now that I think about it K-Dramas actually paved the way.

Kpop was already really popular even before BTS and Blackpink, and was probably going to get some mainstream attention in the West eventually, with or without them.

In fact, I remember predicting like a year before BTS got big that a Kpop group could hit big in the U.S (although BTS wasn't who I imagined it would be at all). Point is, Kpop was on an upward trajectory and it was obvious some group or another would eventually rise to take the position, just like one will rise to do the same after BTS and Blackpink. Kpop is still a niche, which means it still has room to expand, even if it hits a plateau for a while or does so slowly.

there is nct, seventeen, skz, etc to carry

Nah!

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Hope there is no Blackpink bashing in this thread, idk why but army’s in anon are very mean

To me kpop is still niche with bts and bp being anomalies. I think it would lose a ton of buzz if either of these groups disband and market will shrink. Other just don't generate the same kind of hype, not even close

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Kpop was already really popular even before BTS and Blackpink, and was probably going to get some mainstream attention in the West eventually, with or without them.

In fact, I remember predicting like a year before BTS got big that a Kpop group could hit big in the U.S (although BTS wasn't who I imagined it would be at all). Point is, Kpop was on an upward trajectory and it was obvious some group or another would eventually rise to take the position, just like one will rise to do the same after BTS and Blackpink. Kpop is still a niche, which means it still has room to expand, even if it hits a plateau for a while or does so slowly.

Spoken like a true SM stan. It wasn't going to get any attention in the west, regardless of you thinking EXO was going to do anything. lmao

I still find your delusion interesting enough to reply to, simply because while BTS has gotten huge, bigger then any artist and rivaling and exceeding top worldwide artists, the rest of kpop hasn't done shit. The world is pretty big, there have been tons of artists, groups, bands who have been successful at the same time over the years. So why is the rest of kpop still a young, angsty teenager's, dirty secret?

i hope you're joking. without bp kpop would be fine, without bts kpop would much less trendy tbh

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Kpop was already really popular even before BTS and Blackpink, and was probably going to get some mainstream attention in the West eventually, with or without them.

In fact, I remember predicting like a year before BTS got big that a Kpop group could hit big in the U.S (although BTS wasn't who I imagined it would be at all). Point is, Kpop was on an upward trajectory and it was obvious some group or another would eventually rise to take the position, just like one will rise to do the same after BTS and Blackpink. Kpop is still a niche, which means it still has room to expand, even if it hits a plateau for a while or does so slowly.

idk if you're to trust if you think another bg than bts would had the chance to become this big

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there is nct, seventeen, skz, etc to carry

you mean them 3 = 1 BTS?

No, you're severely underestimating BTS.

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Kpop was already really popular even before BTS and Blackpink, and was probably going to get some mainstream attention in the West eventually, with or without them.

In fact, I remember predicting like a year before BTS got big that a Kpop group could hit big in the U.S (although BTS wasn't who I imagined it would be at all). Point is, Kpop was on an upward trajectory and it was obvious some group or another would eventually rise to take the position, just like one will rise to do the same after BTS and Blackpink. Kpop is still a niche, which means it still has room to expand, even if it hits a plateau for a while or does so slowly.

BTS didn’t drop an album for 1.5 years and kpop still didn’t do shit.

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