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Why have all the groups to come out of IOI not been successful?


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IOI as a collective was extremely successful, so why have all the groups that have IOI members failed to find success post-IOI? DIA is doing the same as they were before IOI, and Gugudan has failed to break through the surface as well and aren't doing well sales wise. WJSN hasn't done well despite having added Yeonjung and being from starship, and they even promoted their most recent song for about 2 months due to it's lack of success.

 

Despite the hype and promotion, Pristin's debut wasn't a success, they haven't gotten recognition from knetz and sales wise they did far below par as was expected.

 

So why is this happening? Wouldn't the former IOI members bring success to their groups? Did knetz stop caring about them after the group disbanded?

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because you guys have unrealistic expectations. most groups from non-big 3 companies don't hit it big right from debut. give them a few more comebacks before labelling them as unsuccessful.

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um theyre doing alot better than they would have if those ioi members werent in their groups. im pretty sure half the people that pay attention to gugudan/cosmic girls/pristin/dia are only there for the ioi members. i wouldnt even know DIA or gugudan if it wasn't for chaeyeon and sejeong etc

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um theyre doing alot better than they would have if those ioi members werent in their groups. im pretty sure half the people that pay attention to gugudan/cosmic girls/pristin/dia are only there for the ioi members. i wouldnt even know DIA or gugudan if it wasn't for chaeyeon and sejeong etc

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Despite the hype and promotion, Pristin's debut wasn't a success, they haven't gotten recognition from knetz and sales wise they did far below par as was expected.

Wait... they sold more than 7,800 albums and it's like the 2nd day of their debut.

 

What's par then?

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i guess just because people like ioi it doesn't exactly mean they'll like the groups the ioi members debut in. take snsd for example, their a popular well known group but it seems like only taeyeon's solo songs have done well.

 

also i don't get the whole "they come from small companies" thing, if they didn't appear and perform in pd101 or ioi (a popular show and project group) then i'd agree. besides i don't think people expected them to get like 30 roof hits in one day.

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IOI fandom was essentially split 8 different ways, so you can't expect any branched off groups to have as much support as IOI did. And all of the groups are doing relatively well for rookies from non big 3, and certainly they've all benefited from having an IOI member. 

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there are a couple of misconceptions you have about how Kpop works.

 

 

1) SNSD was a not top group when they launched. Gfriend was not popular when it launched. Miss A and 4minute were popular at launch but it didn't last. You don't know which groups will and will not end up successful until at least 2 years into debut to get an idea of how popular they will be. by 4 years you will know whether the group will be a "success." that's not just lip service. top groups like EXID or Girls Day couldn't have been called until year 4

 

2) 1 group being popular doesn't IN ANY WAY indicate that members of that group will be successful in another format just because the group was popular. Was Seohyun or Hyoyeon's debut "successful"? Was Minah's solo successful? IOI was popular because of its format, its variety show and its songs. A few groups, mainly from SM or YG had enough of a fanbase to guarantee that all its own releases will be successful no matter how crap because of fan support and underhanded payoffs but even when its individual members branch out... not enough of the fandom generally goes with it to ensure its success every time. It depends entire on that particular song and promotion.

 

with IOI you're talking about a group that was popular and a fad. they had a fandom but not anything huge, it was being propped up by widespread public support. honestly there wasn't enough diehard IOI fans to ensure that even ONE group could be guaranteed success from IOI's fans (minus the casual public that supported IOI). how then if you split the support like 6 different ways can you GUARANTEE that ALL those additional groups would be successful? they can't.

 

nor were any of the IOI girls established stars like Suzy or Taeyeon to drag enough fans to guarantee success. these are all ROOKIES just getting started. the public was charmed and intrigued by a couple but even in the subset of diehard fangirls none of these rookies had that kind of superstar drawing power... and the "success" of a girlgroup they anchor would have to reach waaay beyond pangirls but the general public. being in IOI gave every group a lift but it didn't guarantee anything.

 

the question is WHY did you expect any groups that had IOI members to automatically be successful? that's a false and childlike assumption.

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