Hey Subbies,
Welcome to Roaring 20s as they say. Unlike last year I think I will divide the year by Quarters (Q1, Q2, ...) because I think my predictions would cast a wider net. Also since I can now be more productive and not mess up my home's watch time lol. Who knew my PC electromagnet field would be on the same frequency as the tv antenna. Also, take a look at last year's list, all bold ones are actually comebacks but Kpop hasn't dived into all those suggestions I painstaking had to look up.
Anyways, since I am following American music of that era let's look at 2002. That year Avril Lavigne won a Moon Man for the best new artist and Kelly Clarkson won the first season of American Idol, and a lot of collaborations like Ashanti had done. At the Grammys U2 won the Album of the year for "Walk On" and Alicia Keys won Song of the year for "Fallin'" And, companies could take the Disney route and cultivate acts like Britney, Christina, or Justin. Basically, R&B, Pop, and Rock were thriving but Techno was slowing down to make way for EDM.
I think South Korea Music Industry should focus on the Western markets (ie. BTS, BP, Aespa recent promotions in the USA), as well as, Japan while also showing more love to South East Asia markets like India, Indonesia, and the Philippines. But politically I don't know if that will be possible based on the current S. Korean administration's policies towards certain countries. We will probably see more solo acts or multi-talented artists (i.e modeling, singing, and acting) thrive since the world will be going into an economic slump for possibly a couple years. The top 5 companies will probably survive or have small financial and production setbacks. History doesn't repeat but definitely rhymes and about 20s years ago the 1st Gen acts were fading from popularity till the golden years of K-pop so we might see a "K-pop Renaissance" similar to the Disney Renaissance in the future. Let's look at BoA who from what I remember came out with"Listen to your heart" and "Valenti"(the Japanese version came out a year later). Also, Rain had like a Dad comeback recently but in 2002 he had a comeback with "Bad Guy/Man." Personally, I hope Rain can be a mentor to someone like Wonho. I also hope DreamCatcher gets their first win and more and more k-pop fans are widening their ears towards other parts of the mainstream. While I was writing this a K-pop commentator came out with a video on the future of K-pop and they shared some of the same sentiments and conclusions. I think a certain group(s) will be a tall tell sign if K-pop will be able to thrive or just survive. Anyways onto the list...
Next-Gen K-pop Monster Rookies Groups will be debuting at the end of this year into Q1-Q2
Kep1er / Queendom 2 contestant
JYP's BLIND Package Group - (JPYn) NMIXX
Starship's IVE
HYBE's Girl Group
Possibly YG's Girl Group - Baby Mons
VIVIZ (Formerly 3 members of GFRIEND) / Queendom 2 contestant
KWN
The remaining I*ZONE will possibly debut as a soloist/group and possibly new boy groups as well. And JYP really made another band group but I wish Xdinary Heroes the best but I'm side-eyeing the company really hard.
Q1 - January to March
- Victon
- Dreamcatcher
- Cravity
- AB6IX
- Elris
- Astro (Jinjin & Rocky| Moonbin & Sanha )
- Rocket Punch
- VeriVery
- BVDVIT
- JYP Artists: NMIXX
- AT06
- AZER
- MAJORS
- CIIPHER
- PURPLE KISS
- MIRAE
- NTX
- W.O.A
- Cherry Bullet
- LOONA - A Ego driven concept / Queendom 2 contestant
Q2 - April to June
- Astro
- Hyuna
- VeriVery
- Chungha
- Kang Daniel
- Brave Girls
- Golden Child
- IU
- MCND
- BVNDIT
- SM Artists: Part 1- EXO/ CHANYEOL, Red Velvet /Seulgi,
- YG Artists - IKON, Winner, Debut
- TXT
- TRI.BE
- Kingdom
- Seventeen + World Touring
- JYP Artists: Twice should do solo/subunit activities, especially the vocalist and rappers.
- AB6IX
- Hot Issue (disbanded)
- EPEX
- Lightsum
- JUST.B
- OMEGA X
- The Boyz
- cignature
- EVERGLOW
- T1419
- ATEEZ
- PIXY
- LOONA - Refreshing song / Queendom 2 contestant
- KARD - All for reunited so please support them
Q3 - July to September (KCON is Back)
- SF9
- Cravity
- DreamCatcher
- The Boyz
- AB6IX
- Golden Child
- Astro
- Rocket Punch (Korean & Japan promo)
- VeriVery
- Chungha - 88 rising performance / KAMPLA /2nd Studio Album
- Kang Daniel (Japanese promo)
- Dawn
- IVE
- SM Artists: Part 2 - KYUHYUN, Taeyeon (Queendom Host/ KAMP-LA)
- YG Artists: Part 3 WINNER, Blackpink
- ONF
- Oneus
- A.C.E
- Wonho
- CUBE Artists - BTOB/Huta, Pentagon, Lightsum
- W.A.O
- AKMU
- CIX
- Weeekly
- GWSN
- Blackswan
- B.I
- ATEEZ
Q4 - October to December
- VeriVery
- Seventeen
BVNDIT - JYP Artist
- LOONA - Holiday Ballad
- Golden Child
- Lightsum
- AILEE
- Astro
- CL
- MCND
- GWSN
- KARD
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