Has the music of the Korean boyband lost its popularity?

Recently, more and more people might have noticed that girl groups seem to be more popular than the fourth generation boy groups. Not only are their songs sweeping the charts on major music sites, but their sales are also not inferior to boy groups. Their performances are very impressive.

In fact, this situation is not only apparent to the general public, but also to the artists themselves. For example, TXT member Yeon Jun mentioned on BamBam's online show that he felt regretful because the public now only focuses on girl groups.

When BamBam asked about his feelings about activities as a fourth-generation group, Yeon Jun then responded, "To be honest, activities related to the fourth generation... I think it's a little difficult, and the fact that today's male idols receive less attention makes me feel regretful."

Yeon Jun sighed, saying that most of the songs on the music charts are by girl groups. He praised, "Indeed, the songs by girl groups are all very good, but boy groups also have many good songs," indirectly expressing his hope that the songs and works of boy groups could be recognized by more people.

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Yeon jun's remarks quickly sparked a wave of discussion, but some netizens believe that the reason why fewer and fewer people are listening to boy bands is because of their music style, which is discouraging the public from wanting to listen to their songs.

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A post on the nct forum stated "To be honest, if people refuse to listen to boy bands' songs, NCT is largely responsible." The person described casually hearing a certain song on the road, and because they couldn't figure out a clear style, the song just came off as quite noisy. The more they listened, the more tired they became. They continued "I saw them singing strange raps on TV, so I just turned it off and didn't listen anymore."

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After the post was exposed, it immediately sparked a wave of discussion among netizens. The post also accumulated 100,000 clickthroughs, with some netizens agreeing by saying, "I indeed don't listen to songs from boy bands due to NCT and Stray Kids, but since their songs became successful, many people began to follow along, and this is probably what gradually forms the prejudice against boy band songs." Commenters added things like, "NCT and Stray Kids are really the epitome of this type," "I also think he's telling the truth, the public obviously chose not to listen to the boy group that SM launched after EXO," "I really can't figure out what the song is about," and "The really noisy one should be ATEEZ."

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"But some netizens are also wondering 'When has it ever been NCT's fault?', 'Isn't the person who wrote this article the problem?' 'Honestly, I used to be prejudiced like this, but now I often listen to StrayKids' songs.' and refute that it's not always the fault of a certain group. The discussion is very heated.