#rookie girl groups

[yume-fanfare]

obsessed with all of these queer women npcs as of late. ensemble girls 2.0 but it revolves around the apparently existing all female ES when akira

heres what we are going to do for ES 2 (or 3 i guess its 3). we let miss ideasama open her all-female idol company. she quits rhylin and it Bankrupts. love wins. hashidate amano helps sponsor said company so they will actually have a friendly-enough ? relationship with eichi. maybe even manage a coexistence of sorts (since amano is both friends with eichi and rich enough that he can't overpower her) (idea is already cooler than eichi and has money for it too). AND we bring negi back somehow. please. or at least hitsugi have him as a lead producer.

[dylanconrique]

thinking about how angela and nyla both had their daughters in s5, and how lucy needs to jump on the train and have a little girl of her own so i can have a new generation of rookie girl's running around stirring up all kinds of trouble for all three of their parents, and overall just having the best girlhood experience growing up together, having sleepovers and being silly.

[kanerallels]

Every day I wake up and remember how much I already miss the Bishop-Bradford-Lopez trio from season one of The Rookie

[dumbasswhatever]

Bts fans are so chronically hobbyless...........

[apple-grass-and-smiles]

After a few hours and some serious examination of The Rookie tag I can definitely say that the fandom consensus is: WILL SOMEONE PLEASE SUPPORT LUCY CHEN?!

[ihessiot]

🐰 NewJeans - OMG || their mv issues

[writingslytherin]

Anyone have some small discord writing groups? I'd love to write with an intimate group of people again. I'd also be willing to facilitate if there's enough interest!

ex. Gossip Girl, Scooby-Doo, Friends, Disney, Harry Potter, Supernatural, Criminal Minds, the Rookie, ect

[gg-mvs]

RED VELVET - ROOKIE

Don’t smile when you look at other guys

As if you’re my boyfriend, you got mad at me

Every morning, you come to pick me up baby

‘Cause you’re worried someone’ll take me away

[bomnun]

there’s an article going around that blue box are predicted to debut a new boy group in the second half of 2023, but it seems to be from an outsider who hasn’t even been in contact with them so 🤷🏻‍♀️ it seems to probably be based on what blue box said in february (that they’ll debut both a new bg and gg in 2023)

[irriscord]

221001 Twitter

[shadowetienne]

Etienne’s Top Fives of 2022: Kpop Edition - Girl Groups

Now we’re on to Girl Groups!  If you want to see what else I’ve already done in these Top Fives, you can look at the Roundup Post. You can find that post linked in my “The Hoard of Interests” (it’s an about me), and if you want to request any Top Fives that aren’t already on the list, feel free! I will answer any asks about that, but may or may not choose to fill requests based on if I feel like I can make a good list.

I had a much easier time with this list than Boy Groups, probably mostly because the last couple years have seen me losing several long term favorite girl groups (CLC, Lovelyz), so there’s more space in these lists for new groups or groups that had been hanging out in the peripheries of my interest for a while to jump up places. That also means that there are some groups high on my list that I don’t know that much about other than really liking their music so far.

If a girl group has had subunits or members doing things solo, I consider that part of the group’s body of work for the year as long as they’ve also done some full group stuff. If only a subunit has been active, they’d probably get considered a girl group for the sake of this (unless they’re a duet, in which case they’d be considered that), and if only solos have been active, then they’d go in with solos.

The list with representative MVs is under the cut!

Here’s a shoutout to the girl groups that made my preliminary list with their MVs that I watched from this year (in the order I wrote them down over the course of the year): Mamadol (“Wooah HIP”), Viviz (“Bop Bop!” / “Loveade” / “Rum Pum Pum”), (g)i-dle (“Tomboy” / “Nxde”), Ive (“Love Dive” / "After Like"), bugaboo (“Pop” I’m so sad they’ve disbanded), Lightsum (“Alive”), Fromis_9 (“Stay This Way”), and Purple Kiss (“Nerdy”).

5) KARA

Look, Kara was one of my favorite girl groups when I very first got into Kpop back in 2011. This song is so very them while still showing how they’ve grown and matured over the years. What a spectacular 15 year anniversary comeback! I kind of hope that this is the start of them doing more stuff together again in the future, but I’m not holding my breath. I love “When I Move” so much, and I love that they’ve been performing a ton of my old favorites of theirs on shows.

Biases: Gyuri

4) Dreamcatcher

I’ve been on the verge of getting seriously into Dreamcatcher for some time now. I consistently like their music, and I think that “Maison” (above) and “Vision” (https://youtu.be/jKrJBVLnRiM) both being such incredible songs, and them still going strong when I’m losing other groups that I’ve liked for a long time is a sign that it’s the time to really dig into their stuff and get to know them better. They’ve got such good music, and I already know that I really like some of the members individually. If you are a mutual who likes Dreamcatcher, throw me some of their behind the scenes stuff or variety shows or something so that I can learn more about them?

Biases: Handong, Jiu

3) WJSN

It’s been a good year for them in terms of recognition, though a bit of a rough year for one of my biases (Dawon). Overall though, their music this year has been so good! “Last Sequence” (above) was a brilliant showing of their voices and ability and just the kinds of really good songs they make. The album as a whole was also so good, but most of all, I loved “Stronger” (https://youtu.be/f-SwNrl2ax4 a live version), Dawon and Yeonjung’s song. Dawon being on the composition/writing/production team for this song, and just delivering something so very heartfelt and compelling, that really uses her amazing voice in conjunction with Yeonjung’s, was what I really needed from her return. Honestly, it’s one of those songs that might be even better live than in the studio recording.

Biases: Dawon, Luda

2) Rocket Punch

It’s weird to have Rocket Punch be one of my longer term favorite girl groups now, considering my brain definitely labels them as a pretty new group still. I loved both “Chiquita” (above) and “Flash” (https://youtu.be/oAbhfMWvcZs) and the B-sides that came along with them. They’ve got such a distinctive style, and I love how consistently good their music is. I feel like I don’t have enough to say here, but I just enjoy their music, and choreo, and dynamics as a group so much!

Biases: Suyun, Yunkyoung

1) Billlie

I really fell in love with their music this year! I liked them a lot at debut, but as they’ve continued to build that body of work, they’ve had this absolutely delightful off-beat pop-rock sound that really works for me. They’re incredibly talented, and “Ring Ma Bell” (above) is probably one of my favorite songs this year! I’m excited to get to know the group better as they continue to grow in their career.

Biases: Haram, Suhyeon

I would love more people to talk girl groups with! And if there are any girl groups that you think that I might like based on the ones that I’ve mentioned here, feel free to send recommendations my way.

[dylanconrique]

i deserve a DOD parallel of tim taking care of his very drunk girlfriend and helping to escort her out the bar and into his truck.

[blessyouhawkeye]

people on twitter arguing to decide which fourth gen groups are the modern day 2ne1/snsd/wonder girls or blackpink/red velvet/twice as if any of these new girlies have that power.

[ladyelainehilfur]

bro June's comeback lineup is STACKED, I'm SO excited

[tbzhub]

[365neon]

wait. 5th gen kpop has started now????