3 Small Agency Girl Groups Exploding Right Now Kpop News
It’s always refreshing to see small K-pop agency groups rise to fame. This not only delights fans who never expected such success, but also changes the dynamics of the industry for the better.
Take btsFor example, they became the biggest boy band in the world without necessarily being backed by a big company. GREAT MUSIC (then known as BigHit entertainment) was only small when BTS debuted, and we all know the rest of the story.
Groups of girls, e.g. REMAINand it’s amazing to see this trend continue to grow as these three small agency girl groups are getting a lot of attention right now.
1. TripleS
The 24-member girl group has put a unique twist on K-pop by claiming that they aim to be the world’s first decentralized K-pop idol group. They were trained by MODHAUSa new South Korean label founded by Jaden Jeong. Triple S is their only group and the project is extremely ambitious.
TripleS introduced a new system where fans are responsible for the group and their activities. Members rotate between group, unit, and solo promotions selected by fans via NFT photocards.
Luckily, the uniqueness of their concept seems to have worked as TripleS received a lot of fan attention and tripled their sales in the first week. The group has also received a lot of praise on social media for their concept, music and content.
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Asian Acid Angel (ACCESS) ㅡ 17,760— KOREAN SALES (@koreansales_twt) February 21, 2023
2. LIGHTS
143 entertainment girl group LIMELIGHTS shocked everyone when they became the 6th best girl group.
The group consists of 3 members, MiU, suhyeetc Do it. They released two mini-albums, their pre-debut LIMELIGHTS, and their first official mini-album love happiness
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love happiness sold 35,961 units in 24 hours, meaning LIMELIGHT saw a 307% increase over its pre-debut sales. This success proves that in today’s K-pop scene, every group has a chance to succeed.
LIMELIGHT’s debut mini album LOVE & HAPPINESS sold 35,664 copies on day one (more numbers).
That’s an increase of over 307% of total pre-release mini-album sales.
— nugu promoter (@nugupromoter) February 17, 2023
3. FIFTY FIFTY
The newly founded girl group was there GRAMMY list of 10 K-Pop Rookie Girl Groups to Watch in 2023. They come from a label that is as young as the band, CATCH, and consist of four members, aran, bring it, Sainaetc sio
FIFTY FIFTY debuted their mini-album on November 18th last year The Fifty. Although relatively new to the scene, the GRAMMYs raved about the quartet’s sound.
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They called the four tracks that make up the album “dazzling‘ and didn’t hesitate to compliment each of them.
Tell Me begins the journey with what might be the perfect indie soundtrack, and quickly transitions into the synthpop of the pre-release Lovin’ Me and title track, Higher. By the time the fancier “Connection” comes out, you’re already won over by Fifty Fifty’s magical appeal.
— GRAMMY
The group has also received a lot of love from fans on online platforms.
So many kpop bands have “interesting” or downright raspy singers, it’s so different to hear that clean sound and your thank you pic.twitter.com/uczJY9LhxT
– mimi (@orbitskika) February 23, 2023
The success of these new small record label girl groups is likely to inspire more interns and employees to keep striving for success, regardless of agency size, and we’re all here to help.
