Pros and cons of each 4th gen boy group

[angy]

In my perspective 

Stray kids
Pros:

• Have a signature sound;
• Self produce to make all members fit the songs:
• Good at live singing and performances;
• Have some really solid work;
• Above average talent level for 4th gen standards.

Cons:

• Their self made lyrics can be cringy - bang chan;
• Formulatic title tracks;
• The mix of 2 words to name albums/songs got old quick;
• Inconsistent quality of albums.

Ateez
Pros:

• Great performers - Hongjoong main slayer;
• Interesting and unique concept in general, not just for 4th gen;
• Above average talent level for 4th gen standards;
• Distinct pirate music identity with some solid bops.

Cons:

• Piercing vocals can cause headaches - Jongho mostly;
• You gotta be in the mood to listen to at least half of their discography or else you can get earache.

Enhypen

Pros:

• Good dancers;
• Solid discography (ignore future perfect);
• Interesting and unique concept for 4th gen standards;
• Extremely entertaining pre debut reality show.

Cons:

• During their encores, they all sound like Sehun in the Sketchbook performance of Love Me Right;
• Get into a scandal every 2 weeks;
• Weird group and fandom dynamics.

TXT
Pros:

• Solid discography if we ignore their emo phase;
• Quite likable members;
• Interesting and unique concept in general, not just for 4th gen;
• Easy on the ears.

Cons:

• They sound like they're holding a sneeze everytime they sing - all of them;
• They give the vibe of being hybe's failed attempt to recreate their own shinee.

 

What about you? What are your thoughts?

Only included the *at least semi relevant groups fyi

[Zack Morris]

hmmm how to do this without being mean

Stray kids
Pros: cohesive sound and albums, they have a strong rap line, I.N. and Felix

Cons: Music made for a specific group of people, noisy , recent title tracks are meh compared to back in the day

Ateez
Pros: excellent live performers, know how to work a stage, great variety talent…they’re a fun group watch with great chemistry, they NOW have very cohesive albums

Cons: Title tracks are meh compared to back in the day, need new producers because they need to explore more genres, it’s kinda one note now

Enhypen
Pros: Have good music with very solid bsides, Sunwoo is adorable, Drunk-Dazed + Go Big or Go Home are SOTYs 

Cons: Weird fandom and group dynamics [2], they don’t have many strong vocalists and this dragged their earlier songs down in quality 

TXT
Pros: very likeable members, they have good title tracks and their earlier albums were excellent, nice visuals/concepts and pretty physical albums (their photocards are pretty too)

Cons: the Hybe vocal processing special, kinda feels like they lost their identity after that whole Lovesong thing 

THE BOYZ
Pros: likable members, have fun and creative variety content, excellent music, excellent visuals, a very cohesive group a la EXO

Cons: title tracks kinda fall flat now, IST stunting any and all possible creativity concept-wise, terrible solo stan problems / fandom in-fighting

Edited August 9 by Zack Morris