Should Gugudan and Weki Meki be afraid to do more cute concepts? (1 Viewer)

[jasque]

I mean... they somewhat have a fandom, but shouldn't be more natural for them to try something more cutesy, instead of keep "flopping" with girl crush?

I think there's some room for it.

And it worked for Cosmic Girls and even DIA got a music show win (not that Woo Woo was fully cute but still, and it was The Show lol).

 

[Abeamus]

Well music show wins are mostly down to timing, like Loona could get their first win at any comeback but if they keep running into groups bigger than them then they're gonna keep getting blocked.

Whether girl crush is a good way forward likely not since it seems to be limited who people like it from like outside of the Big 3 and Cube I can't recall a girl group building on girl crush.

 

[jasque]

Well music show wins are mostly down to timing, like Loona could get their first win at any comeback but if they keep running into groups bigger than them then they're gonna keep getting blocked.

Whether girl crush is a good way forward likely not since it seems to be limited who people like it from like outside of the Big 3 and Cube I can't recall a girl group building on girl crush.

It seems with girl crush you either do good from debut or you dont at all

I think these companies are too comfortable with the little they still have...

 

[Belgizen]

Gugudan and Weki Meki have to look at pleasing their Korean audience first. That's where the money is.
Gugudan had an awesome debut song and a lot of Koreans loved. Bet then they had a girl crush concept as their cb, that's where they lost the fans.
You see, a 1st cb is very important because that's when fans know if they like your sound or not, thus creating a loyal fanbase.
By changing their sound, people weren't interested and turned their backs to them.
Then they tried again with a cute concept and they got a bit of attention but the damage was done. They then had another girl crush concept.
You need consistency, especially when you try to make it big against big3 companies.
Gugudan seems to want to please both Korean and international fans but this is not the way:
better to choose one concept and have a loyal fanbase instead of fans who will listen to your cb once in a while.

For Weki Meki. I kinda like their songs solely because they're catchy. The IOI members only get pushed and the rest of the members: not memorable, sorry. They don't stand out. They desperately seem to want to cling to their girl crush or teen crush or whatever it is categorized under, but the gp doesn't like it. They have to change their concepts a bit and experiment rather than clinging on the concept, trying to make it work.
I didn't even know they had a comeback after their Lucky album.

Tbh I'm sad that Gugudan didn't keep their debut song concept. It was something new, never done before, and they could've grown this concept. It's kind of princess-y and I've seen a lot of people now wanting a group with such a concept to see what it would bring. Sad, cuz they could've been the leader in the concept and maybe started a whole new hype/concept-genre.

 

[Belgizen]

like Loona could get their first win at any comeback but if they keep running into groups bigger than them then they're gonna keep getting blocked.

This is true. It's a huge game of luck.
But, generally, LOONA gets seen as "those girls from the rich company".
Their fanbase internationally is MASSIVE, but in Korea, they don't have that much of a hype behind them, sadly.

 

[Belgizen]

even DIA got a music show win

As for DIA, they did have cute songs but overly cute songs
Now they found the golden way in-between

 

[jasque]

As for DIA, they did have cute songs but overly cute songs
Now they found the golden way in-between

Woo woo is also very good

Im not a big fan of their past releases

 

[Belgizen]

Woo woo is also very good

Im not a big fan of their past releases

Yea, I loved Mr. Potter and I liked Cathy/Huihyeon from P101.
I wanted to Stan only to find out they didn't continue the Mr. Potter route and going back to overly cute songs.
So having Woo Woo made me like them again.

 

[jasque]

Gugudan and Weki Meki have to look at pleasing their Korean audience first. That's where the money is.
Gugudan had an awesome debut song and a lot of Koreans loved. Bet then they had a girl crush concept as their cb, that's where they lost the fans.
You see, a 1st cb is very important because that's when fans know if they like your sound or not, thus creating a loyal fanbase.
By changing their sound, people weren't interested and turned their backs to them.
Then they tried again with a cute concept and they got a bit of attention but the damage was done. They then had another girl crush concept.
You need consistency, especially when you try to make it big against big3 companies.
Gugudan seems to want to please both Korean and international fans but this is not the way:
better to choose one concept and have a loyal fanbase instead of fans who will listen to your cb once in a while.

For Weki Meki. I kinda like their songs solely because they're catchy. The IOI members only get pushed and the rest of the members: not memorable, sorry. They don't stand out. They desperately seem to want to cling to their girl crush or teen crush or whatever it is categorized under, but the gp doesn't like it. They have to change their concepts a bit and experiment rather than clinging on the concept, trying to make it work.
I didn't even know they had a comeback after their Lucky album.

Tbh I'm sad that Gugudan didn't keep their debut song concept. It was something new, never done before, and they could've grown this concept. It's kind of princess-y and I've seen a lot of people now wanting a group with such a concept to see what it would bring. Sad, cuz they could've been the leader in the concept and maybe started a whole new hype/concept-genre.

Yoojung is a waste in girl crush Imo

She, doyeon and Sei would fit more something at least strong but still cute

 

[Abeamus]

It seems with girl crush you either do good from debut or you dont at all

I think these companies are too comfortable with the little they still have...

It's possible but at the same time some groups last very surprising amounts of time who pull less like Stellar lasting nearly 7 years so who knows what it takes.

This is true. It's a huge game of luck.
But, generally, LOONA gets seen as "those girls from the rich company".
Their fanbase internationally is MASSIVE, but in Korea, they don't have that much of a hype behind them, sadly.

Hype doesn't count for much, CLC had both at various points and look how long it took them meanwhile you have Momoland who were nugus and not only did they win on just 1 hour of charting on Melon and not even 10k album sales but they won on a public music show which is unbelivably dumb luck.

 

[Belgizen]

Yoojung is a waste in girl crush Imo

She, doyeon and Sei would fit more something at least strong but still cute

Or just a neutral concept
something between the 2
maybe elegant

 

[joshuaology]

As long as the music is good, I don't care

 

[jasque]

Or just a neutral concept
something between the 2
maybe elegant

Even Love bomb, the rap part is fierce

For Yoojung it would have to be the opposite though xd

 

[RandAlThor]

For we me i love IDLYG always have.
Gugudan played too much. I do not under stand why agencies keep messing with concepts.
Twice and BP are ballpark the same concept every single time
gfriend after the fingertip trip is ballpark the same.
every one who played around RV included clc gugudan dia ect has struggled.

 

[kuro]

Yea, I loved Mr. Potter and I liked Cathy/Huihyeon from P101.
I wanted to Stan only to find out they didn't continue the Mr. Potter route and going back to overly cute songs.
So having Woo Woo made me like them again.

woowa brought me back to them lol, I left after mr.potter too

 

[SnowWhite]

Weki Meki sold 50k albums with the girl crush debut concept. It is not abt the concept. They did well because of the pd 101 hype back then. The hype is now gone and its kinda late for blowing up either concept they go with.

 

[RandAlThor]

Weki Meki sold 50k albums with the girl crush debut concept. It is not abt the concept. They did well because of the pd 101 hype back then. The hype is now gone and its kinda late for blowing up either concept they go with.

to both points. Early Physical sales is more of a lagging indicator. How the previous song did or previous hype drive it much more than the songs in most cases.
Pristin also did 40k + but dropped to 27k after wee woo and pristin V did 20k.


gugudan debut @ 20k did 29 for act 2 then dropped back to 20k , 20k act 5 crashed and burned at 9k. So every girl crush change has hurt them. Not good and yet Jellyfish is still promoting them.

 

[Drew_B]

Gugudan doesn't need to change a thing. They are freaking awesome.

 

[Belgizen]

woowa brought me back to them lol, I left after mr.potter too

Yea I'm glad they now don't go back to their cutesy songs. They do better with this sound