aespa was literally hated back then with multiple accusations, hated because of their ai-concept and being compared with senior groups. the only privilege i see that they're under SM. you can't deny aespa is the most popular 4th group nowadays their song still on charts 3 months in a row. if international popularity, aespa isn't just popular in china and korea but also in south-east countries like indonesia and many more. popularity means GP and aespa got that.
honey~it's not like being under hybe is a heaven!!
Enhypen also were hated by armys...people say they support enha but actually not all of them at all!!!
And the fact that 80% of kpopers cancelled enha after the bullying drama that sunoo'solos bring where even korean public was by enha side.....u may not know that but kpopers those days sent a hundred of dead messages to a boy aged 15 years old "niki"
So easpa weren't the only one being hated...enha too suffered a lot from it~
And talking about the south-east countries....actually it's the same for enha
The fact that TTA chose enhypen as one of the most popular groups in the world,being nominated as the only rookies in the list for the top10 awards for these countries can say it all!!
On the previous voting....they were in top3 in Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Mexico, USA....And they won on the Philippine category in TOP1 against exo- -ls and qualificated to the final round ~
They always trends there in every event....sometimes we suddenly find the members trending in those countries only after dropping a selca on twitter~
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.well...that's it...wish u a good day~☆