Posts by HyosHelianthus

Quote from babydoll23

I think LSF needs better title tracks... each track that they've chosen so far hasn't blown up in the way that it should've. Look at Eve, Psyche, and Bluebeard's Wife... clearly that should've been the title track and followed up by unforgiven. Antifragile is the same... it was GOOD but wasn't better than HYPE BOY, Attention, etc.

I completely agree. Unforgiven just felt like a worse version of Antifragile whereas Eve, Psyche, and Bluebeard's Wife fit LSF's concept while still being different from their first two comebacks!

I'm not really surprised. Back when I only listened to Twice, the only other GG names I'd hear recommended to me were either 3rd gen groups, (G)I-DLE, or NewJeans. I was aware of other groups because they'd show up in my recommended, but I'd never see someone personally reccomending them. Le SSerafim is obviously very successful but I've had the impression that NewJeans is the more popular of the two for a while.

Plus, after familiarizing myself with more GGs I think NewJeans is just leading a shift in musical trends rn. Like Le SSerafim's music is loud with a lot of belting in some songs. Their discography feels at home with 3rd gen. A lot of other 4th gen girlgroups also make music that would feel at home in 3rd gen. NewJeans, on the other hand, has a quieter, more R&B sound and after their success more groups have been releasing music with a similiar vibe (like NMIXX).

I suspect something similar will happen with 5th gen. Groups will release NewJeans-esque music and gain a lot of success, but eventually people will get bored and then either a new genre will become popular in kpop for the first time or an old genre will come back. Whichever girlgroup initates the new trend will become the most successful.

I was kinda hesitant going into Closer because I liked most of the other b-sides better but this performance really sold me on the song!! I hope she performs it again!

I'm excited to see the choreo (although I wish it was Wishing On You instead)

Quote from icyruios

So AKFlops, can you name all members of

• BlackPink
• Twice
• Mamamoo
• Red Velvet
• Gfriend
• Oh My Girl

• (G)I-DLE
• ITZY
• aespa
• IVE
• LE SSERAFIM
• New Jeans
• NMixx
• StayC

I can name Twice, BlackPink, (G)I-DLE, ITZY, IVE, LE SSERAFIM, and NewJeans pretty confidently.

For Mamamoo I think it's Hwasa, Moonbyul, and then two other girls. Red Velvet has Wendy, Irene, and three other girls. Aespa has Ningning, Winter, Karina, and a fourth girl who's name is escaping me. NMixx has Lily, Sullyoon, Bae, the one that starts with K, and then two other girls. The rest I'm completely clueless on.

Very easy bop!! The chorus especially was amazing to listen to!

I think Talkin' About It or maybe Wishing On You will be my favorites from this track! But I think everything sounds really good and I'm excited to hear the full thing :>

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And speaking of debuts, MiSaMo was also announced and debuted in the June-July time frame. All three members did seem to get a boost in followers, but this was relatively short-lived it seems. I suppose that people just don't care as much about Japan-only releases?

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I think a part of that may be because Masterpiece, at least in my opinion was mainly targeted towards J-Onces. Twice as a whole focuses more on maintaining a fanbase that will consistently pay for their work over trying to draw in new listeners, but with Japanese releases it's especially so.

Masterpiece had one performance on Music Station and a showcase that literally only allowed people in the Japanese Twice Fanclub to join. No TV interviews, afaik. So I wouldn't really expect a high influx of new followers. The people they were marketing to (J-Onces) already knew who they were. Sure, I'm sure many new people were introduced to MISAMO, but that wasn't the focus of their marketing.

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An update: As we can see in the charts below, Jihyo has surpassed Chaeyoung in Instagram followers. As of July 31st, their follower counts were 9,376,232 versus 9,374,876.

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I'm curious if Jihyo will experience an even larger increase in followers once she actually debuts, as was the case with Nayeon. Will Chaeyoung ever be able to overtake Jihyo again?

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Are there any members who are at risk of being surpassed? It doesn't seem like it.

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I think Jihyo will certainly recieve a boost in followers when her solo debut drops, but whether it will match Nayeon's depends on if "Killin' Me Good" goes viral on Tiktok (I'm still 50/50 on if it does). Pop's virality introduced Nayeon as an artist to people who'd never even heard of kpop, let alone Twice. I have no doubt that Jihyo's solo will be successful, it sounds really good so far, but will it reach non kpop listeners? I hope so, but we'll have to wait and see.

As for if any members are at risk of being surpassed? Considering POP's virality allowed Nayeon to gain over a million followers in a month, Jihyo could surpass Sana but only if "Killin' Me Good" goes viral. Either way, I don't think Chaeyoung will be able to overtake Jihyo regardless unless she herself has a solo debut.