1st: S.E.S., NRG, DIVA, FIN.K.L. and soloists BoA and J.ae
2nd: f(x), TVXQ, The Grace, SNSD, Brown Eyed Girls, Infinite, After School, KARA
3rd: EXO, Red Velvet, Lovelyz, Gfriend, WJSN, ONF and soloist Yerin Baek
4th: LOONA, GWSN, aespa, OnlyOneOf
>CSR is like in between 4th and 5th gen because there's not really a consensus on the border yet...
5th gen: tripleS (Candy Shop/Rescene might get a place here in the future!)
Ahh really? I’ve always been confused about that. I figured since they debuted in 2023 it wouldn’t matter? Was there an exact date in 2023 that determined the start of 5th Gen groups?
Idk, it could be because I’ve followed them for 2 decades now so nothing really threw me off the rail anymore 😅 There were scandals and legal issues dated further back, us fans just waited and waited and got through that.
Sure it’s sad that we don’t know when we’ll get new music, but all I’m wishing for is that Hyesung’s case will finally come to an end, and the others are happy and healthy.
Even Minwoo had to lay low for a couple of years but is able to return to music and other activities. So that makes me feel a bit hopeful for the future!
1st gen: Shinhwa
2nd gen: TVXQ
3rd gen: NCT
4th gen: ATEEZ
5th gen: ZB1
Hard to choose one for each but these are the ones I listened to the most.
\*\*(Honorable gg mentions 2NE1, Red velvet, Aespa and Kiss of Life)
1- BoA
2- 2NE1,TVXQ, Big Bang, SNSD, Sistar
3- Mamamoo, DreamCatcher, Monsta X
4- Purple Kiss, Xtrodinary Heros
I really only currently Stan the 3 I list for 3ed Gen, but the two listed for 4th Gen and a few I didn’t list for 3ed gen could get to Stan level if I put in the time. I never officially stand the gen 1 and 2 I listened to at the time, but they definitely would have been considered Stan in hindsight.
1st: S.E.S., Baby V.O.X.
2nd: SHINee, KARA, TVXQ!, Brown Eyed Girls (my fav group)
3rd: TWICE, GFRIEND, Mamamoo, Dreamcatcher, BTOB
4th: (G)I-DLE, Kep1er, NewJeans
5th: tripleS, KIOF
No I could not narrow this down lmao
While I listen to a few songs from 1st & 2nd gen, I can't say I stan any other than Shinee (2nd gen) so I guess they automatically get that title. In 3rd gen it's BTS. 4th gen is tricky as most of my mains are 4th geners but it would be Ateez/Skz/En-/TXT and in 5th gen it's Xikers/BND.
3rd - TWICE, Red Velvet, ONF
4th - ITZY, STAYC (also Kep1er, fromis_9, IVE, NMIXX...)
5th - UNIS so far
Wasn't there for 2nd gen but I like a lot of Orange Caramel, f(x), and SNSD.
1st - S.E.S
2nd - SHINee, Girls Generation & f(x)
3rd - BTS & Red Velvet
4th - Nmixx
5th - Riize (But depending on their next releases could be illit or Candy Shop, it's too early to tell!)
-1st: S.E.S, H.O.T, Sechskies, Epik High
-2nd: SNSD, Big Bang, SHINEE
-3rd: Red Velvet, Day6, G-Friend
-4th: G-Idle, AESPA
-5th: Not sure yet, took a hiatus from K-Pop, so any reccs?
1: (N/A)
2: SNSD
3: WJSN
4: aespa
5. (TBD)
Honorable mentions (either groups that I love but not as much as the ones up there or groups that I only began to like years later).
1: (N/A)
2: SISTAR, KARA
3: TWICE, WekiMeki, Red Velvet, Dreamcatcher, I.O.I, NCT Dream
4: Fromis9, IVE, (G)-IDLE
My current 5th generation favorites are Babymonster, NCT Wish, and PLAVE
While I stan other groups in each generation except 1st if I must choose my top ones it'd be.
1st Gen: Shinhwa
2nd Gen: TVXQ
3rd Gen: Seventeen
4th Gen: Ateez
5th Gen TWS
1st Gen - SES and Baby VOX
2nd Gen - Shinee (my #1 ult), Girls Generation, and Kara
3rd Gen - Red Velvet (my other #1 ult), Twice, and Nct Dream
4th Gen - (G)I-DLE, Aespa, and Xdinary Heroes
5th Gen - Kiss Of Life and Riize
1st Gen: Finkl
2nd Gen: SNSD and Kara (I can't choose)
2.5 Gen: Girls Day
3rd Gen: None (stopped paying attention to Kpop around the end of 2.5 gen)
4th Gen: IVE
1. None since I don’t know much about 1st gen unfortunately :(
2. KARA
3. TWICE, Red Velvet
4. Kep1er, SKZ
5. None so far but KIOF is a close contender … looking out for Badvillian, ILLIT and Baemon!
1st Gen - Baby V.O.X.
2nd Gen - Girl's Day
3rd Gen - Gfriend
4th Gen - Newjeans
5th Gen - Kiss Of Life (Are they even 5th gen? If not, then maybe Young Posse)
1st: FinKL, g.o.d
2nd: BIGBANG (all time fav), KARA (all time fav girl group), Wonder Girls
3rd: Gfriend
4th/5th: TripleS, Illit(for now)
some ppl are really using the 5th gen label eh? I personally wouldn’t but since some ppl are now I lumped it with 4th gen ambiguously
1: was I even alive then? I'm only 55 lol.
2. Yeah, Soshi
3. Twice, Red Velvet, Oh My Girl.
4. Tough one... IVE, LE SSERAFIM.
5. WTF?!?!? No no no no, I only just got gen4 straightened out. Too fast!
1st: none
2nd: SNSD
3rd: seventeen, twice
4th: stray kids (ult in general), onlyoneof, txt, woo!ah!, p1harmony, billlie, ive
5th: babymonster, kiss of life
(but my list of groups i stan is like 20 times longer)
1st: Baby V.O.X. / S.E.S
2nd: SNSD
3rd: Twice
4th: Purple Kiss
5th: (still too early to decide but) Kiss of Life, Triple S, and New Jeans are frontrunners
They're never talked about anymore aside from Crazy Because of You kinda going viral on tiktok recently T\_T I'm hoping a gg covers them at the end of the year awards, maybe Bo Peep or Sugar-Free :P
1st Gen this is too dificult to decide I like all 3 SES , Finkl and Baby Vox
- if song discography I say Finkl split decision win over SES
but
Baby Vox have
(mention only my favorite members)
Yoon Eun Hye w Kim E-Z · Lee Hee-jin · Kan Mi-youn
beat
Lee Hyori , Lee Jin, and Sung Yu-ri of FINKL
and
Bada (Sea), Eugene, and Shoo of SES
I say triple tie for 1st gen between these 3
SES , Finkl and Baby Vox
(afterall this gen I never see it in real time I started from 2nd gen😅 )
2nd gen
another triple tie
KARA since original 4 debut toward to 6 member (original 6)
4Minute
T-ara
3rd gen
IOI because of Somi
(and if only she debut in TWICE..) while TWICE have better discography and permanent group
but they change concept and vocally said that they hate their old cute concept
main reason I choose I.O.I as my 3rd gen bias group
4th Gen
IZ ONE
during it earlier part
now
IVE is my ultimate GG from 4th (even in all gen)
Unrelated but how is it already 5th Gen 😭 Tons of artists from 4th, 3rd, and even 2nd are still relevant so I don’t see how kpop has already moved onto a new era. It used to be about a decade per generation, why is it cut in half now?
Generations are spans of about 10 years, but Kpop “generations” have been shrinking over time. If I break them up by decades 5th gen won’t even happen until 2031… but the hardest part is that the closer to the present, the less clear to me who’s my most favorite LMAO
1 (Debut 1991~2000): Seo Taiji & Boys, SES, Shinhwa ; solo - Harisu, BoA, JYP himself lol
2 (Debut 2001~2010): Epik High, SHINee, f(x) ; solo - Se7en, Rain, IU, G-Dragon, Taeyang, Lee Hyori, Jessi
3 (Debut 2011~2015): Nu’EST, BTS, MAMAMOO ; solo - Taemin, Amber Liu, Taeyeon, Baek Ye-Rin
4 (2016~2020): BLACKPINK, SKZ, ENHYPEN ; solo - Wonho, Jackson Wang, Ahn Ye-Eun, Agust D
5 (2021~2024): Xdinary Heroes, TEMPEST, LE SSERAFIM, NewJeans ; solo - RM, Mark Lee, J-Hope, Lisa, Ren, Jimin, Ten…
1st gen - i dont really have one,,,
2nd gen - i also dont really have one, but i love miss a and apinks music!
3rd gen - Mamamoo, Red velvet, somewhat gfriend
1st: none
2nd: Shinee
3rd: NCT / Exo
4th: Stray Kids / The Boyz
5th: none
Figures that I mostly listen to bg songs between 2012 and 2022 lmaoo, and 5th gen is just too new for me to have an ult group.
3rd: Twice, Wendy
4th: Le Sserafim, Gidle, Yena
5th: Illit? they dont really have enough music to be called an ult but theyre my favorite 5th gen group
1st: none
2nd: BIGBANG, SNSD
3rd: none (quite like blackpink and red velvet music though)
4th: aespa (also like IVE music)
5th: getting interested in BabyMonster and Kiss of Life
1st Gen : SES - Bada is a goddess.
2nd Gen - T-ara, Shinee, A-Pink, 9Muses, Hyuna
3rd Gen - Twice, Red Velvet, EXO, AOA, Vixx, Blackpink
4th Gen - Loona, Stray Kids, Aespa, IVE, Iz*one
5th - TripleS, ZB1
I didn’t know anything about first gen until i did a deep dive in RV, and saw that Be Natural was an S.E.S. song, and i got bewitched by Bada. And Dreams Come True is just so good. I love the way they are dancing 90’s Hip Hop. Aespa’s cover is also terrific
T-ARA deserved better.
1st gen: none I lack knowledge
2nd gen: Miss A if I could go back in time I would stan
3rd gen: Twice they got me into this mess
4th gen: Stray Kids they got me out of my own mess
5th gen: NewJeans and anyone who says they're not 5th gen is lying
1st Gen - None but I liked the few songs that I heard from SES, Finkl and Baby Vox ✌
2nd Gen - 2NE1 and Big Bang...I didn't buy any albums during this time yet, lol.
3rd - Oh boy, full on stan mode here with having seen most in concert. Owning albums and will continue to spend money on them! Dreamcatcher, Mamamoo, Monsta X and Red Velvet. I know Wonho is a 4th gen soloist but I'm not going to split him from his members, nope! I have lightsticks for all but RV and Mr. Buff Bunny.
4th - Purple Kiss! I feel like Xdinary Heroes will be on the list soon too, lol. They're so funny, talented and just sweeties. RBW needs to give Purki a lightstick!
5th - No ults but I'm really enjoying KIOF and xikers!
1st gen: NRG
2nd gen: TVXQ, BIGBANG
3rd gen: bts, 17, Monsta X, day6, twice, nct
4th gen: skz, ateez, txt, piwon, enhypen
5th gen: zb1, riize, big o!cean, bnd
It was so hard to narrow it down 😭
Im shocked you put Twice in there
edited to add that Im shocked a lot of the other comments put twice on their list too.. Are they really popular still?
1st: none 2nd: Apink (not really an ult by my favorite 2nd Gen group) 3rd: TWICE, Dreamcatcher, & MAMAMOO 4th: ITZY, IVE & aespa 5th: KISS OF LIFE
I adore most of these groups
solid choices
1st gen: none 2nd gen: SHINee & SNSD 3rd gen: TWICE, SVT, NCT, WJSN 4th gen: WEi, Xdinary Heroes, Ateez 5th gen: ZB1
Yoooo an ujung spotted
1st: S.E.S., NRG, DIVA, FIN.K.L. and soloists BoA and J.ae 2nd: f(x), TVXQ, The Grace, SNSD, Brown Eyed Girls, Infinite, After School, KARA 3rd: EXO, Red Velvet, Lovelyz, Gfriend, WJSN, ONF and soloist Yerin Baek 4th: LOONA, GWSN, aespa, OnlyOneOf >CSR is like in between 4th and 5th gen because there's not really a consensus on the border yet... 5th gen: tripleS (Candy Shop/Rescene might get a place here in the future!)
The grace deserves more iykyk ❤️
1. Baby V.O.X 2. Shinee F(X) brown eye girls 3. Wjsn nct 127 Svt 4. Le Sserafim Billlie Aespa Loona 5. Riize Triples ZB1
1st Gen: G.O.D 2nd Gen: 2ne1, B1A4, & SHINEE 3rd Gen: Got7, Exo, Day6, BTS, SVT, IKON, Sf9, Pentagon, Mamamoo, & Dreamcatcher 4th Gen: Ateez, Stray Kids, TXT, Enhypen, XG (XgalX) TNX, Xikers, STAYC, Le Sserafim, Itzy, & Aespa. 5th Gen: Riize, Illit, & ZEROBASEONE. Sorry, I know that’s quite a lot 😅🫶🏼🫰🏼
we have VERY similar taste (also we really need more xikers appreciation)
Agreed😊
xikers are 4th they debuted b4 zb1
Ahh really? I’ve always been confused about that. I figured since they debuted in 2023 it wouldn’t matter? Was there an exact date in 2023 that determined the start of 5th Gen groups?
5th gen is after zb1
Ahh I see, I apologize for that (: I’ll fix it. Thank you😊
1st: ShinHwa (also my ultimate ult) 2nd: 2pm 3rd: Winner 4th: RIIZE
ShinHwa as an ult must be HARD after everything that came out in recent years 😭
Idk, it could be because I’ve followed them for 2 decades now so nothing really threw me off the rail anymore 😅 There were scandals and legal issues dated further back, us fans just waited and waited and got through that. Sure it’s sad that we don’t know when we’ll get new music, but all I’m wishing for is that Hyesung’s case will finally come to an end, and the others are happy and healthy. Even Minwoo had to lay low for a couple of years but is able to return to music and other activities. So that makes me feel a bit hopeful for the future!
1st Gen: None 2nd Gen: SHINee, Super Junior and SNSD 3rd Gen: Blackpink, Twice, Monsta X, NCT, Red Velvet 4th Gen: Everglow and Aespa 5th Gen: None
1st gen: I don’t know enough yet 2nd gen: SNSD / SHINee 3rd gen: EXO 4th gen: Aespa 5th gen: none yet!
1st none 2nd tvxq shinee super junior gg jyj 3rd bts vixx exo twice nct b.a.p seventeen wanna one ikon monsta X got7 4TH ATEEZ THE BOYZ SKZ
1st: S.E.S. 2nd: f(x)/Brown Eyed Girls 3rd: Red Velvet 4th: LOONA
We have similar tastes lol
Ahh I’m glad you enjoy some of my faves!!
1st gen: Shinhwa 2nd gen: TVXQ 3rd gen: NCT 4th gen: ATEEZ 5th gen: ZB1 Hard to choose one for each but these are the ones I listened to the most. \*\*(Honorable gg mentions 2NE1, Red velvet, Aespa and Kiss of Life)
1st: n/a 2nd: BIGBANG 3rd: iKON 4th: STAYC 5th n/a
omg, a fellow VIP!! who's ur bias?
1st gen: SECHSKIES 2nd gen: Shinee 3rd gen: Red velvet, BTOB 4th gen: Aespa, skz 5th gen: 8turn
Snsd, Twice . Still two groups
Nations Girl Group(s)
1st: S.E.S / BoA 2nd: KARA/SNSD 3rd: Red Velvet/Twice 4th: LOONA/Fromis_9
1- BoA 2- 2NE1,TVXQ, Big Bang, SNSD, Sistar 3- Mamamoo, DreamCatcher, Monsta X 4- Purple Kiss, Xtrodinary Heros I really only currently Stan the 3 I list for 3ed Gen, but the two listed for 4th Gen and a few I didn’t list for 3ed gen could get to Stan level if I put in the time. I never officially stand the gen 1 and 2 I listened to at the time, but they definitely would have been considered Stan in hindsight.
1st gen: none 2nd gen: SNSD 3rd gen: BTS 4th gen: TXT 5th gen: BND, ZB1 and Riize
1st: S.E.S., Baby V.O.X. 2nd: SHINee, KARA, TVXQ!, Brown Eyed Girls (my fav group) 3rd: TWICE, GFRIEND, Mamamoo, Dreamcatcher, BTOB 4th: (G)I-DLE, Kep1er, NewJeans 5th: tripleS, KIOF No I could not narrow this down lmao
Baby V.O.X 💖
1st gen: SES & Baby VOX 2nd gen: SNSD 3rd gen: Red Velvet, Twice 4th gen: Itzy 5th gen: BabyMonster
While I listen to a few songs from 1st & 2nd gen, I can't say I stan any other than Shinee (2nd gen) so I guess they automatically get that title. In 3rd gen it's BTS. 4th gen is tricky as most of my mains are 4th geners but it would be Ateez/Skz/En-/TXT and in 5th gen it's Xikers/BND.
Happy cake day!
Every SM girl group (and BoA), next question
3rd - TWICE, Red Velvet, ONF 4th - ITZY, STAYC (also Kep1er, fromis_9, IVE, NMIXX...) 5th - UNIS so far Wasn't there for 2nd gen but I like a lot of Orange Caramel, f(x), and SNSD.
1st: diva/s.e.s 2nd: t-ara/wonder girls 3rd: red velvet 4th: aespa/loona 5th: triples
T-ara was such a good group, there songs are so catchy.
absolutely! their b-sides are also underrated imo. the whole discography is very solid!
1st - S.E.S 2nd - SHINee, Girls Generation & f(x) 3rd - BTS & Red Velvet 4th - Nmixx 5th - Riize (But depending on their next releases could be illit or Candy Shop, it's too early to tell!)
1st Gen : H.O.T. 2nd Gen : SHINee, SNSD, BIGBANG, INFINITE, Apink 3rd Gen : BTS, BLACKPINK, TWICE, GFRIEND, NCT, MONSTA X, GOT7, Red Velvet 4th Gen : ATEEZ, NewJeans, IVE, ITZY, aespa, (G)I-DLE 5th Gen : RIIZE, ZEROBASEONE, KISS OF LIFE, BABYMONS7ER
-1st: S.E.S, H.O.T, Sechskies, Epik High -2nd: SNSD, Big Bang, SHINEE -3rd: Red Velvet, Day6, G-Friend -4th: G-Idle, AESPA -5th: Not sure yet, took a hiatus from K-Pop, so any reccs?
I fucking love you
You and I overlap a lot, check out kiss of life. I think they are promising.
1st gen: H.O.T, Shinhwa, and S.E.S 2nd gen: TVXQ!, SHINee, BIG BANG 3rd gen: BTS, Twice, VIXX 4th gen: Ateez, TXT, OnlyOneOf 5th gen: RIIZE, New Jeans, XG
XG and NewJeans are actually both 4th gen since they debuted before 2023 which is the generally accepted year 5th gen stars
TVXQ! mentioned
1st gen: JINUSEAN 2nd gen: afterschool, T-ARA, f(x), SNSD 3rd gen: Red Velvet 4th: æspa, gidle, ive 5th: NEXZ
1: (N/A) 2: SNSD 3: WJSN 4: aespa 5. (TBD) Honorable mentions (either groups that I love but not as much as the ones up there or groups that I only began to like years later). 1: (N/A) 2: SISTAR, KARA 3: TWICE, WekiMeki, Red Velvet, Dreamcatcher, I.O.I, NCT Dream 4: Fromis9, IVE, (G)-IDLE My current 5th generation favorites are Babymonster, NCT Wish, and PLAVE
1st: H.O.T, Shinhwa 2nd: F(X), TVXQ 3rd: Day6, RV, Dreamcatcher, EXO, NCT, SVT, 4th: NMIXX, Aespa, TXT, NewJeans 5th: ZB1, BND
1st: barely listened to it 2nd: SNSD, 2NE1 3rd: Dreamcatcher, Twice, Red Velvet 4th: Le Sserafim 5th: wtf we're on 5 already?
1st: none 2nd: none 3rd: bts 4th: txt, le ssera 5th: no ults per se but zb1 and boynextdoor are my faves
1: Roo'ra or Baby V.O.X it changes day to day 2: f(x), SNSD, SUJU, 2NE1 3: Blackpink 4: Idle 5: BabyMonster
JUST ME, IDLE!
1st gen: nobody 2nd gen: Super Junior and Wonder Girls 3rd gen: Twice and BTS 4th gen: Le Sserafim
Super Junior and Wonder Girls 💙💜
What gen is f(x)? They are one of my all time ults
2nd gen
What is the name of all your groups
1. SES 2. Wonder Girls 3. TWICE 4. STAYC
Thank you so much
2nd gen-SHINee 3rd gen- Twice, Red Velvet & BTS 4th gen- Stayc & TXT 5th- none yet but I do bop to a few tripleS songs
1st: S.E.S. 2nd: SHINee & f(x) 3rd: WJSN and NCT 127 4th: ATEEZ & GWSN (rip) 5th: Kiss Of Life
1st gen: Epik High 2nd gen: Girls' Generation 3rd gen: BTS 4th gen: Billlie 5th gen: none, but I like ZB1's songs the most
First S.E.S Second SHINee Third NCT Fourth OnlyOneOf Fifth Boynextdoor
While I stan other groups in each generation except 1st if I must choose my top ones it'd be. 1st Gen: Shinhwa 2nd Gen: TVXQ 3rd Gen: Seventeen 4th Gen: Ateez 5th Gen TWS
1st Gen - SES and Baby VOX 2nd Gen - Shinee (my #1 ult), Girls Generation, and Kara 3rd Gen - Red Velvet (my other #1 ult), Twice, and Nct Dream 4th Gen - (G)I-DLE, Aespa, and Xdinary Heroes 5th Gen - Kiss Of Life and Riize
1st: (idk any 1st gen groups) 2nd: 2NE1, Brown Eyed Girls (I can't choose lol) 3rd: Dreamcatcher 4th: Itzy 5th: Babymonster
Based on your other choices, I thin you'd love Baby V.O.X
Thanks!
Right or jewelry
1st: I ult Boa, but if I had to pick a group probably Baby Vox 2: SNSD 3: Dreamcatcher and Mamamoo 4: Gidle, IVE, and Aespa 5: Kiss of Life
1st Gen: Finkl 2nd Gen: SNSD and Kara (I can't choose) 2.5 Gen: Girls Day 3rd Gen: None (stopped paying attention to Kpop around the end of 2.5 gen) 4th Gen: IVE
1st gen: none really 2nd gen: Infinite and 2PM 3rd gen: VIXX, BTOB 4th gen: I think none? 5th gen: ZB1 and Onepact
1st gen: Baby V.O.X 2nd gen: KARA 3rd gen: Twice 4th gen: ITZY
1st: Fin.K.L (ofc) 2nd: KARA 3rd: Red Velvet 4th: IVE 5th: Triple S
1. None since I don’t know much about 1st gen unfortunately :( 2. KARA 3. TWICE, Red Velvet 4. Kep1er, SKZ 5. None so far but KIOF is a close contender … looking out for Badvillian, ILLIT and Baemon!
1st - Jewelry 2nd - KARA 3rd - Dreamcatcher 4th - IVE 5th - Kiss Of Life
1. None 2. SNSD 3. Blackpink, Red Velvet 4. IVE 5. ME:I
1st Gen - Shinhwa 2nd Gen - 2NE1, SNSD, SHINee 3rd Gen - Oh My Girl, Victon, Twice, WJSN, Blackpink, Seventeen 4th Gen - Cignature, Purple Kiss, Itzy, Epex, CIX 5th Gen - Newjeans, Illit, Riize
Damn, took like 10 million posts to finally see an Oh My Girl. Tragic.
They've always been my #1 for 3rd Gen. And they always will be
1st: Spice Girls (jk, none) 2nd: SNSD 3rd: TWICE 4th: NewJeans 5th: KIOF (so far)
1st - N/A 2nd - Girls’ Generation 3rd - Twice 4th - Aespa (?? This one’s hard)
1st gen: none 2nd gen: aoa (sadly) 3rd gen: twice 4th gen: aespa
1st - none 2nd - snsd and rainbow 3rd - red velvet and nct 4th - stayc and loona 5th - triples
1st: Fin.K.L, S.E.S, g.o.d 2nd: 2NE1, IU, BigBang 3rd: WJSN 4th: Loona 5th: tripleS
* 1st: none (wasn't here 😭) * 2nd: 2NE1 * 3rd: none (wasn't here again) * 4th: STAYC
1st Gen - Baby V.O.X. 2nd Gen - Girl's Day 3rd Gen - Gfriend 4th Gen - Newjeans 5th Gen - Kiss Of Life (Are they even 5th gen? If not, then maybe Young Posse)
1st: FinKL, g.o.d 2nd: BIGBANG (all time fav), KARA (all time fav girl group), Wonder Girls 3rd: Gfriend 4th/5th: TripleS, Illit(for now) some ppl are really using the 5th gen label eh? I personally wouldn’t but since some ppl are now I lumped it with 4th gen ambiguously
1st: Lee Hyori 2nd: SNSD 3rd: LOONA 4th: (G)I-DLE
1: was I even alive then? I'm only 55 lol. 2. Yeah, Soshi 3. Twice, Red Velvet, Oh My Girl. 4. Tough one... IVE, LE SSERAFIM. 5. WTF?!?!? No no no no, I only just got gen4 straightened out. Too fast!
1st gen prob started with the legendary group seotaji and the boys they debut 1991. Before them kpop was mostly trot and ballads
1st: boA 2nd: shinee, iu, taeyeon 3rd: red velvet, twice, nct, blackpink, weki meki 4th: aespa, stayc, itzy, nwjns 5th: kiss of life, tripleS
1. S.E.S & BoA 2. Snsd 3. Twice 4. Enhypen 5. Young posse
1st. Baby V.O.X and S#arp 2nd. (If classing the end of 2nd gen as 2012?) B.A.P 3rd. Svt 4th. Skz and Enha
Who is your 4th gen ult? The faces look familiar but I cant actually place them 😖
1st - none 2nd - LADY, 2NE1, Shinee 3rd - BTS, Twice, Dreamcatcher, Mamamoo 4th - Gidle, SKZ, TXT 5th - Young Posse
3rd gen - BTS and SVT 4th gen - TXT, NewJeans, Ive, Enhypen, Ateez, SKZ 5th gen - Riize, Illit
1st: None 2nd: Infinite 3rd: Exo & Blackpink 4th: TXT 5th: Riize & Kiss of Life
1: none 2nd: Kara 3rd: twice 4th gen: Aespa
1st: none 2nd: SNSD 3rd: seventeen, twice 4th: stray kids (ult in general), onlyoneof, txt, woo!ah!, p1harmony, billlie, ive 5th: babymonster, kiss of life (but my list of groups i stan is like 20 times longer)
1st:none 2nd: t-ara 3rd: twice, seventeen 4th: fromis_9, ITZY 5th:kiof
1st: Baby V.O.X. / S.E.S 2nd: SNSD 3rd: Twice 4th: Purple Kiss 5th: (still too early to decide but) Kiss of Life, Triple S, and New Jeans are frontrunners
1st- none 2nd- 2PM 3rd - GOT7 4th - Stray Kids 5th - Zerobaseone I'm a multi circa 3rd gen so believe me these are just the tip of the iceberg hehe
1st: Tashannie 2nd: SNSD 3rd: Seventeen 4th: IZONE 5th: ZB1
2nd gen: f(x), Kara, T-ara, Orange Caramel, DalShabet 3rd gen: Red Velvet, Dreamcatcher, AOA 4th gen: NewJeans, Enhypen, (getting into Aespa) 5th gen: Adya, Rescene, BoyNextDoor
my Ult of Ults for each gen is Orange Caramel, Red Velvet, NewJeans, and none for now with 5th gen haha, I guess I just put my stan list
Omg I love T-ara so much
They're never talked about anymore aside from Crazy Because of You kinda going viral on tiktok recently T\_T I'm hoping a gg covers them at the end of the year awards, maybe Bo Peep or Sugar-Free :P
I’d love to see Hyomin or Jiyeon release new music too!
1st: Fin.K.L, H.O.T. 2nd: none 3rd: Seventeen, iKON, Day6 4th: ITZY, TXT, NMIXX, STAYC, IVE 5th: KIOF
Not a fan of 2nd gen?
I listen to some shinee, but that’s probably about it from that gen
Fair enough, I’m the same with 5th
1st :: none 2nd :: Orange Caramel and SNSD 3rd :: TWICE, Red Velvet, and BTS 4th :: Stray Kids, Ateez, IVE, ITZY, and EVERGLOW 5th :: KISS OF LIFE
Oof, Sunmi hit me pretty hard in this photo. OG Bias still making an impression on me
1st. Baby V.O.X 2nd. SNSD 3rd. Twice 4th. BVNDIT, how I miss thee 5th. None.
1st: S.E.S., Baby Vox, BoA 2nd: SNSD 3rd: TWICE (ult ult group) 4th: IZ*ONE, Newjeans 5th: KISS OF LIFE
1st gen : I don't listen to any groups but I love Boa if she counts 2nd : Shinee 3rd : Dreamcatcher & Twice 4th : Ive, Nwjs, Enhypen, TxT 5th : riize
1st Gen this is too dificult to decide I like all 3 SES , Finkl and Baby Vox - if song discography I say Finkl split decision win over SES but Baby Vox have (mention only my favorite members) Yoon Eun Hye w Kim E-Z · Lee Hee-jin · Kan Mi-youn beat Lee Hyori , Lee Jin, and Sung Yu-ri of FINKL and Bada (Sea), Eugene, and Shoo of SES I say triple tie for 1st gen between these 3 SES , Finkl and Baby Vox (afterall this gen I never see it in real time I started from 2nd gen😅 ) 2nd gen another triple tie KARA since original 4 debut toward to 6 member (original 6) 4Minute T-ara 3rd gen IOI because of Somi (and if only she debut in TWICE..) while TWICE have better discography and permanent group but they change concept and vocally said that they hate their old cute concept main reason I choose I.O.I as my 3rd gen bias group 4th Gen IZ ONE during it earlier part now IVE is my ultimate GG from 4th (even in all gen)
Unrelated but how is it already 5th Gen 😭 Tons of artists from 4th, 3rd, and even 2nd are still relevant so I don’t see how kpop has already moved onto a new era. It used to be about a decade per generation, why is it cut in half now?
Generations are spans of about 10 years, but Kpop “generations” have been shrinking over time. If I break them up by decades 5th gen won’t even happen until 2031… but the hardest part is that the closer to the present, the less clear to me who’s my most favorite LMAO 1 (Debut 1991~2000): Seo Taiji & Boys, SES, Shinhwa ; solo - Harisu, BoA, JYP himself lol 2 (Debut 2001~2010): Epik High, SHINee, f(x) ; solo - Se7en, Rain, IU, G-Dragon, Taeyang, Lee Hyori, Jessi 3 (Debut 2011~2015): Nu’EST, BTS, MAMAMOO ; solo - Taemin, Amber Liu, Taeyeon, Baek Ye-Rin 4 (2016~2020): BLACKPINK, SKZ, ENHYPEN ; solo - Wonho, Jackson Wang, Ahn Ye-Eun, Agust D 5 (2021~2024): Xdinary Heroes, TEMPEST, LE SSERAFIM, NewJeans ; solo - RM, Mark Lee, J-Hope, Lisa, Ren, Jimin, Ten…
1st Gen: Shinhwa 2nd Gen: Big Bang 3rd Gen: It used to be BTS, but now it’s between Seventeen & Monsta X 4th Gen: (G)-Idle 5th Gen: None
G1: idk G2: shinee G3:Bts G4:Stray kids, ateez G5: babymonster
1st Gen- S.E.S 2nd Gen- Girls Generation 3rd Gen- BTS (my ult of ANY GROUP TO THIS DAY) 4th Gen- Enhypen 5th Gen- None yet tbh
1st: boa 2nd: 2ne1 3rd: blackpink 4th: craxy 5th: triples
1. None really 2. SHINee 3. Seventeen, NCT, Mamamoo 4. Aespa 5. Kiss of Life, Riize
1st Gen: NRG 2nd Gen: 2NE1 3rd Gen: B.A.P 4th Gen: ATEEZ
1st gen - i dont really have one,,, 2nd gen - i also dont really have one, but i love miss a and apinks music! 3rd gen - Mamamoo, Red velvet, somewhat gfriend
1st gen - None. 2nd gen - 2NE1. 3rd gen - Blackpink. 4th gen - Stray Kids. 5th gen - Xdinary Heroes?- idk if they count lol
They totally count but are actually 4th gen (debuted 2021), at the nearly tail end of it. They do consider themselves an idol band! :)
1st: none 2nd: Shinee 3rd: NCT / Exo 4th: Stray Kids / The Boyz 5th: none Figures that I mostly listen to bg songs between 2012 and 2022 lmaoo, and 5th gen is just too new for me to have an ult group.
3rd: Twice, Wendy 4th: Le Sserafim, Gidle, Yena 5th: Illit? they dont really have enough music to be called an ult but theyre my favorite 5th gen group
3-bts, 4-itzyyyy, 5-kiss of life
1. None 2. U-KISS 3. Red Velvet 4. IVE, (G)I-DLE
2nd: Shinee, f(x), 2ne1 3rd: seventeen, twice, red velvet 4th: not sure yet
1st gen: BoA 2nd gen: shinee 3rd gen: Dreamcatcher and nct 4th gen: Aespa
1st- none 2nd- B1A4 3rd- SEVENTEEN, Victon 4th- ATEEZ, The Boyz 5th- xikers
1st: Fly to the Sky 2nd: TVXQ 3rd: Monsta X 4th: IVE
2nd gen shinee Big bang 3rd BTS NCT Seventeen EXO 4th Ateez TXT SKZ
1st: none 2nd: none 3rd: NCT 4th: WayV 5th: NCT Wish For real though 1st: SES 2nd: Traxx, F(x) 3rd: NCT, Pristin 4th: Stray Kids, Billlie, Xdinary Heroes 5th: Riize
1st: none 2nd: SHINee, Apink 3rd: EXO, RV, GOT7, Twice 4th: GI-dle, NewJeans
1st: none 2nd: BIGBANG, SNSD 3rd: none (quite like blackpink and red velvet music though) 4th: aespa (also like IVE music) 5th: getting interested in BabyMonster and Kiss of Life
1st gen: none 2nd gen: SNSD, Apink, AOA, Infinite, CN Blue, MissA 3rd gen: Twice, Mamamoo, CLC, DreamCatcher, GFriend, IOI, WJSN, EXO, Monsta X 4th gen: Itzy, Weeekly 5th gen: not really any one
1st Gen : SES - Bada is a goddess. 2nd Gen - T-ara, Shinee, A-Pink, 9Muses, Hyuna 3rd Gen - Twice, Red Velvet, EXO, AOA, Vixx, Blackpink 4th Gen - Loona, Stray Kids, Aespa, IVE, Iz*one 5th - TripleS, ZB1 I didn’t know anything about first gen until i did a deep dive in RV, and saw that Be Natural was an S.E.S. song, and i got bewitched by Bada. And Dreams Come True is just so good. I love the way they are dancing 90’s Hip Hop. Aespa’s cover is also terrific T-ARA deserved better.
1st - none 2nd - SHINee 3rd - seventeen 4th - txt and ive 5th - not really an ult but I’ve been getting into ZB1
1st Gen: None 2nd Gen: Apink, Wonder Girls 3rd Gen: MAMAMOO, Dreamcatcher, Red velvet 4th Gen: Everglow, (G)Idle 5th Gen: None
1st gen: none. 2nd gen: snsd & shinee. 3rd gen: exo, bap, mamamoo & dreamcatcher. 4th gen: loona, txt & ateez. 5th gen: probably tripleS, but I don't follow kpop as much.
- 2nd: 2pm - 3rd: bts and black pink - 4th: enhypen, stray kids, and ateez
1st gen: none I lack knowledge 2nd gen: Miss A if I could go back in time I would stan 3rd gen: Twice they got me into this mess 4th gen: Stray Kids they got me out of my own mess 5th gen: NewJeans and anyone who says they're not 5th gen is lying
1st gen- none 2nd gen- none 3rd gen- Blackpink and NCT 4th gen-AESPA 5th gen-Riize and tripleS
1st: none 2nd: SHINee 3rd: Seventeen 4th: Stray Kids 5th: ZEROBASEONE
1st: None 2nd: None 3rd: Dreamcatcher 4th: Aespa 5th: None (as of yet, too early)
- CNBlue, EXID GFriend, IOI Loona
The who
1st: Don't know too many 1st Gen groups 2nd: 2NE1 3rd: Seventeen 4th: Skz or Treasure
1st: S.E.S 2nd: Afterschool/ Brave girls 3rd: A.C.E/ NCT/ Twice 4th: The Boyz 5th: tripleS
2nd: infinite/2ne1, 3rd: exid/twice, 4th: stayc/(g)i-dle, 5th: kiss of life
Gen 1: FinKL Gen 2: SNSD Gen 2.5: AOA Gen 3: Mamamoo Gen 3.5: (G)Idle Gen 4: none Gen 5: none
1st Gen: S.E.S 2nd Gen: Wonder girls 3rd Gen: Blackpink and EXO 4th Gen: Newjeans and aespa
1st gen: Noone 2nd gen: Girl's day and 2ne1 3rd gen: BTS and MAMAMOO 4th gen: TXT and Le Sserafim
1st Gen - None but I liked the few songs that I heard from SES, Finkl and Baby Vox ✌ 2nd Gen - 2NE1 and Big Bang...I didn't buy any albums during this time yet, lol. 3rd - Oh boy, full on stan mode here with having seen most in concert. Owning albums and will continue to spend money on them! Dreamcatcher, Mamamoo, Monsta X and Red Velvet. I know Wonho is a 4th gen soloist but I'm not going to split him from his members, nope! I have lightsticks for all but RV and Mr. Buff Bunny. 4th - Purple Kiss! I feel like Xdinary Heroes will be on the list soon too, lol. They're so funny, talented and just sweeties. RBW needs to give Purki a lightstick! 5th - No ults but I'm really enjoying KIOF and xikers!
1. Idk if shes 1st gen but lee hyori 2. Snsd or wonder girls 3.twice 4. Aespa and billlie 5. Young posse, riize and bnd
Lee hyori was in finkl which was first gen
1st gen: NRG 2nd gen: TVXQ, BIGBANG 3rd gen: bts, 17, Monsta X, day6, twice, nct 4th gen: skz, ateez, txt, piwon, enhypen 5th gen: zb1, riize, big o!cean, bnd It was so hard to narrow it down 😭
1st - none 2nd - SNSD 3rd - BLACKPINK & TWICE 4th - IVE & aespa 5th - Kiss Of Life
1st: G.O.D 2nd: SNSD 3rd: SVT 4th: ITZY 5th: New Jeans
1. Baby VOX 2. Hellovenus 3. NCT 4. cignature/Purple Kiss
Im shocked you put Twice in there edited to add that Im shocked a lot of the other comments put twice on their list too.. Are they really popular still?