So... Do you think kpop gg gen is entering its final stage

[hynapia]

Like other people have said cute/fresh, girl crush/badass and sexy/sensual concepts have always coexisted. For example:

Cute/Fresh: OMG's Nonstop, Weeekly's Tag Me, Cignature's Nununana

Girl crush: Basically most Mamamoo/Blackpink/Gidle/Everglow/ITZY releases, Loona's So what

Sensual/Mature: Irene&Seulgi's Monster (plus some RV's velvet releases), Gfriend's Apple, A Pink's releases since I'm so sick

And it's not only these 3 concepts. WJSN and Izone do magical/fantasy concept (Twice's More&More kinda falls into this category too), Weki Meki/Cherry Bullet/Rocket Punch are "teen crush" (that mix of cute and girl crush), Dreamcatcher has a dark fantasy concept, Nature's last concept was dark/horror, etc. There's a lot of variety nowadays, actually.

Edited July 19, 2020 by hynapia

[hynapia]

37 minutes ago, Gerimolda said:

I think it's a little unfair to lump Mamamoo and the girl crush groups together. They only have like 3 title tracks in their entire discography that are a little close to "girl crush" (Egotistic, Gogobebe and Hip) 

And that's being very generous because Gogobebe is not even girl crush? Like how. That's just Mamamoo's sound. I don't see it badass or dark enough to be girl crush. It reminds me of their 2016 songs.

And I see elemements In Loona So What, Gidle, Everglow, Itzy, BP, etc that I can't see in Hip. If you listen to girl crush songs like WJSN Catch Me, Cherry bullet Hands Up, CLC songs, you can find common sounds and so many clitches in the MVs that I just don't see in Hip. 

Hip is tougher than previous songs but I don't see it as classic and proper Girl Crush.

Also difficult to offer a Girl crush image releasing a MV like Gleam and promoting Waggy and Ten Nights, especially the former. 

Honestly, I didn't know how to categorize them. I lumped them in the girl crush category because they always give off this strong, fierce and empowered image but it's true their MVs usually don't have typical girl crush elements like CLC, BP, G-idle, Loona, ITZY, Everglow, etc. But at the same time their concepts aren't cute either, or magical/fantasy or even sexy/sexual, so I guess mature in general? Idk how to define their style tbh.

Edited July 20, 2020 by hynapia