It will be interesting to see the success at the beginning of the new year (Kep1er)

It will be interesting to see the success at the beginning of the new year (Kep1er)

新年初頭（始め）の活躍が見もの（Kep1er）

Garupura “Kep1er” debut AL “reservations exceeded 200,000 copies”



★　 "Kep1er" is a girl group that was born from the survival show "Girls Planet 999", which reached its final on October 22nd of this year. Groups from survival programs are characterized by the fact that they have already gained many fans even before their debut. “Kep1er” also seems to have succeeded in attracting fans of the program.


By the way, looking at the recent performance of new groups, ``aespa'', who debuted last year, released their 1st mini album ``Savage'' in October of this year, which recorded 400,000 pre-orders. Starship's new girl group IVE, which debuted on the 1st of this month, recorded sales of 150,000 copies in the first week of release.


♦(Korean online community reaction)


▼"It's been amazing since their debut album. It looks like it's going to do well."
▼“Not 100,000 pieces? 200,000 pieces? That’s a jackpot.”
▼ “Isn’t 200,000 copies the best in history?”
▼ "Is it true? I'm a fan of Kep1er, but I can't believe it. I wish it were true."
▼“It seems like there are a lot of overseas fans”
▼"I think the number of overseas fans is at the highest level ever for a group that came from a survival program."



I thought the survival show had suffered a lot of damage from the IZONE scandal.
However, it seems that was not the case. It seems that K-POP's ever-expanding popularity around the world has absorbed it.
A new girl's reservation was ``200,000 tickets.'' Isn't that even IZONE's reservation?
This turned out to be amazing.
Maybe "Kep1er" should be grateful to aespa and IVE.


For the past few years, girl groups have remained active under the control of TWICE and BLACKPINK.
Just when it looked like IZONE would catch up and overtake them, their fate awaited them: they would become smeared with the pus they were carrying and disappear.


It seems that this upheaval, so to speak, has become the energy that the new generation of girls are looking forward to. This energy helped the activities of the new girls, aespa, and at the same time created a trend that encouraged the rise of new girls towards the vacant land left by IZONE.


The reason why TWICE has been constantly active this year must be because they don't want to lose the vacant land left by IZONE to new forces.


Of course, the IZONE (former) forces were not sitting idle. IZONE did not reunite, but while Eunbi and Yuri made their solo debuts and made their presence felt, the powerful maknae duo of Wonyoung and Eugene, whose movements were attracting attention, formed the group IVE and made their girls' re-debut. It was.
Moreover, she is now on the verge of becoming a rival to aespa, who has shown overwhelming success and is at the forefront of the new generation of girls.
Rather than trying to outdo each other, this is nothing but an energy that is trying to team up and take over the top position of girls, which has been dominated by TWICE and BLACKPINK, all at once.
To put it simply, the rising popularity of both groups has expanded the opportunities for the new generation of girls, and they are succeeding in attracting the attention of fans.


"Kep1er" will also enter this situation from the beginning of the year.
If they can continue to compete with IVE for popularity, beyond the ``200,000'' pre-order, the unifying force of the 4th Generation Girls will become even stronger.
There is no way that TWICE and BLACKPINK will back down.
Usually, girl groups make a dash at the beginning of the year.
This year is almost over.
I would like to pay attention to how much "Kep1er" will be a hit at the beginning of the new year.



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