[NB] SM unveils plans for a new boy group debut this year

[Youahaen]

SM unveils plans for a new boy group debut this year

Article: SM planning to debut new boy group in the second half of the year

Source: Idol Issue via Instagram

1. [+452] How about you take care of NCT first, and stick in Haechan and Mark for Dream promos too...

2. [+566] Don't make me start swearing and take care of NCT. Until when are you going to ignore the opinions of your consumers;;;;;

3. [+281] What about our NCT...?

4. [+95] Guess that's a pause on NCT's infinite expansion

5. [+55] Pisses me off, take care of NCT instead;;;;;

6. [+32] What's the NCT Tokyo and Hollywood auditions..? I'm already starting to tear up

7. [+18] NCT Tokyo.. Hollywood..?? How much more can they expand?

8. [+10] I guess we should be glad NCT isn't being expanded again..

9. [+9] What's with the NCT auditions on the list? Are they picking more members..?

10. [+127] And why isn't there a 127 comeback scheduled for the second half of the year? 

11. [+21] They better screw off with that NCT Hollywood Tokyo audition crap

12. [+14] Take care of NCT first

13. [+11] Please give NCT more promos and put them on more varieties

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source: netizenbuzz

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 17, 2022 by Youahaen

[Morgan]

ALREADY? wow...maybe it'll be another NCT unit?

[jeong jaehyuns boyfriend]

As much as I love NCT, it would be cool to have a male version of aespa also with 4 members... and in the same kind of universe...

[Walmart Goddess]

They have never created a boy band that is worth stanning imo.

And Aespa will not do good in America. They don't have an image that's relatable. And if they try to pay their way to chart again like SuperM, it will be just sad.

[Banana Republican]

14 minutes ago, Walmart Goddess said:

They have never created a boy band that is worth stanning imo.

And Aespa will not do good in America. They don't have an image that's relatable. And if they try to pay their way to chart again like SuperM, it will be just sad.

This desperation to push a group down the west throat and become the next Blackpink is the main culprit of so many girl groups today releasing messy girl crush atrocities.

Edited May 17, 2022 by Banana Republican

[frozentear]

36 minutes ago, Walmart Goddess said:

They have never created a boy band that is worth stanning imo.

And Aespa will not do good in America. They don't have an image that's relatable. And if they try to pay their way to chart again like SuperM, it will be just sad.

Yeah for you. But TVXQ and EXO were definitely worth stanning for many others.

Edited May 17, 2022 by frozentear

[love]

i mean..maybe i'm not deep enough into the nctzen side of twt rn but…an album + repack album every year per unit (minus wayv) is still decent treatment, no?  idk if they’re expecting the same amount of comebacks in their 6th year as they had during their rookie days or what…maybe there’s more to it than that though idk

i'm interested in what type of sound/concept they’ll go for if they want to differentiate themselves from nct

[Ghosty]

ok but what about sungchan and shotaro, lol

[Winter Bear]

Just make the OG NCT U line permanent and promote them! 

[Walmart Goddess]

46 minutes ago, Banana Republican said:

This desperation to push a group down the west throat and become the next Blackpink is the main culprit of so many girl groups today releasing messy girl crush atrocities.

They should innovate, not imitate if they want to stand out.

People outside Asia have diverse taste. Some people like tanner skin or more striking features. It just seems like another case of taking what people like in Korea and expecting it to catch on in a completely different market. It failed them before too many times

[DurararaFTW]

Can Sungchan and Shotaro please get a unit before they move onto a new thing?

[himi]

Sungchan and Shotaro crying in the corner as we speak

 

Jokes aside, I'm looking forward to it. Hoping for a different sound than NCT. 

[Thigh-high feminist]

I'm not understanding the outcry for NCT, YOU CAN'T SWING A DEAD CAT WITHOUT HITTING A NCT UNIT! And the comebacks seem to come annually (i guess, i don't follow alllllll the units). 

Are people screaming because 2 out of 96 haven't gotten their fair share (and that does suck for those 2 but NCT isn't done...its just time for them to pass along the front bb seat)?

I just pray this new group isn't all androids cause Lee Sooman still hovers.

[sinnfb]

I want to be excited about this because SM has an eye for charisma and vocalists but it's hard to be optimistic considering how they insist on releasing the messiest, most busy title tracks that leave me with little to no desire to check the rest of the group's music. Also considering how Next Level and Savage were so successful, I'm afraid they are going to push this type of sound even more. 

[RussianRoulette]

Has it been confirmed that the new boy group isn’t NCT related? I could have sworn they said last year we are getting a new NCT unit this year, is this not them?

I don’t follow that deeply into NCT since there’s so many members, but I feel like some of the members have been dropping hints at a new project. If this is the new unit I’m personally predicting Sungchan, Shotaro, and Yangyang to be in it

[Youahaen]

4 hours ago, Ghosty said:

ok but what about sungchan and shotaro, lol

 

4 hours ago, DurararaFTW said:

Can Sungchan and Shotaro please get a unit before they move onto a new thing?

There's also rumors/plans about NCT Japan and NCT Hollywood .

 

59 minutes ago, RussianRoulette said:

Has it been confirmed that the new boy group isn’t NCT related? I could have sworn they said last year we are getting a new NCT unit this year, is this not them?

I don’t follow that deeply into NCT since there’s so many members, but I feel like some of the members have been dropping hints at a new project. If this is the new unit I’m personally predicting Sungchan, Shotaro, and Yangyang to be in it

There's actually been many infos and plans about new SM boygroup debut. This group unrelated to NCT. 

But there's also plans/rumors for NCT Japan and NCT Hollywood (pls see the twt above). So those NCT members will probably get to be in those mentioned NCT units.

Edited May 17, 2022 by Youahaen

[Jikrytae]

SM should change their name to SF, because they're a sausage fest. 

[Thatoneuser]

As much as I love all the NCT members and the group itself, I do think making NCT a thing was a mistake. Should have just debuted the older members as a large group then debuted dream as another group. 

[LostChild]

5 hours ago, Winter Bear said:

Just make the OG NCT U line permanent and promote them! 

You mean the lineup with three members who will soon have to serve in the military ? Sounds like a genius idea.

6 hours ago, love said:

i mean..maybe i'm not deep enough into the nctzen side of twt rn but…an album + repack album every year per unit (minus wayv) is still decent treatment, no?  idk if they’re expecting the same amount of comebacks in their 6th year as they had during their rookie days or what…maybe there’s more to it than that though idk

i'm interested in what type of sound/concept they’ll go for if they want to differentiate themselves from nct

I guess this release system is fair to 127 since several members will soon have to enlist and it gives the others time for their individual activities but it's forgetting that despite being a six year old group, Dream still has potential of growth and the members are very young. Dream should be promoted by SM like JYP is promoting Stray Kids and Hybe is promoting TXT and Enhypen, they're literally in the same age range. Now is not the time for them to be shelved.

And let's not even talk about WayV and Sungchan and Shotaro's lack of a fixed subunit.

Btw, people can forget about this new boygroup being sonically different from NCT. SM is hell-bent on a particular type of sound since 2020. I'd be shocked if this group escapes the Frankenstein song formula. Though it won't prevent SM stans from blindly stanning them anyway.

[Bitoku]

I think aespa will do well in the west. They are similar to blackpink.

The boygroup could be just another nct unit. Tho i can see them trying to recreate another exo, maybe with less members.

[Sana Nana]

Gosh Time flies. I remember people complaining about NCT promotion news. Fans were like, "How about ____ group?" And now, commenters were all about them. Lol

[spicyssamu]

Finally. I like NCT, but I wnat to see something different please. SM is great at making boy groups imo, so please a SHINee/EXO style group! Visuals and vocals please and not too many members..

 

A big girlgroup wouldve been great too, since Im honestly not a huge fan of the aespa lineup, couldve suited more members.

[SAY21QUEENS]

i hope it is not another nct unit but a separate group with new faces. we need that from sm

[Morgan]

23 hours ago, Walmart Goddess said:

They have never created a boy band that is worth stanning imo.

And Aespa will not do good in America. They don't have an image that's relatable. And if they try to pay their way to chart again like SuperM, it will be just sad.

Shinee exist

10 hours ago, Bitoku said:

I think aespa will do well in the west. They are similar to blackpink.

The boygroup could be just another nct unit. Tho i can see them trying to recreate another exo, maybe with less members.

I don't see it.

[AngelaonMars]

On 5/18/2022 at 1:08 AM, Walmart Goddess said:

They should innovate, not imitate if they want to stand out.

People outside Asia have diverse taste. Some people like tanner skin or more striking features. It just seems like another case of taking what people like in Korea and expecting it to catch on in a completely different market. It failed them before too many times

I don't see how aespa is similar to Blackpink? Just because they both have 4 members so now SM is imitating YG? lol I don't get why people say SM is copying YG when in terms of music, SM is wayyy ahead of YG. SM's sounds are more adventurous and innovative. YG just sticks to their easy selling hype music with the same structure and genre. SM is also more creative in song-writing and musical/vocal arrangement. aespa's music is nothing like the easy-to-listen-to club-bangers of Blackpink's. But because of that, aespa will not get the same hype as Blackpink's in the west.