Kaleidoscope 2022: 5 K-pop Group Debuts That Cares This Year

NewJeans (ADOR)

JAKARTA - The world of K-pop is growing from year to year. The more ways to present new groups, the more music releases are released every year.

It's not a mistake, but this confirms the K-pop that dominates the world's music scene. Apart from BTS and BLACKPINK, many groups have gained international attention even though they don't come from big agencies.

Among a number of names, this year there are five groups that debuted and stole the attention through the music they presented. Listen here:

ATBO is the newest K-pop group initiated by IST Entertainment. His name stands for At The Beginning of Originality which begins with a dream. They officially debuted with the song Monochrome (Color) on July 27, 2022. The music video has been watched more than 21 million times.

At the end of 2021, the agency opened sales of Blind Package for the latest album from a girl group that debuted in 2022. JYP revealed Jinni (excluding this month), Jiwoo, Kyujin, kayuoon, Bae, Haewon, and Lily as members of NMIXX.

NMIXX's debut, O.O. on February 22 received a pros and cons when it was first released. Collisions between genres in NMIXX's songs were deemed unsuitable. However, the criticism began to disappear when NMIXX released the single Dice which further highlighted the vocal abilities of the members.

Kep1er is the winning group for the Girls Planet competition in 2021. Like NMIXX, their debut, Wa Da Da, has received sharp criticism from the public. Especially when it was released, this song did not rank the top as much as any other debut.

Apart from that, the name Kep1er is referred to as the group most mentioned on TikTok, as well as their popular song on Spotify. Within 11 months, the Wa Da Da Da music video has seen 144 million fans.

LE SSERAFIM comes like a complete package. Their debut, FEARLESS, which confirmed the group name (LE SSERAFIM) means upside down IM FARLESS) makes this HYBE LABELS group not to be missed.

This is coupled with the strength of each individual: Sakura, Chaewon, wrong Yunjin, Kazuha, Eunchae who have their own charisma. The development of this group was even more pronounced when they released their newest single, ANTIFRAGILE.

The presence of NewJeans is something fresh, pioneered, as well as impressive. Starting from concepts, debuts, to promotions, you could say NewJeans shifts the K-pop system that has been around for a long time. Debuting with Attention, releasing videos with stories related to Hype Boy, coupled with choreography with Cookie - NewJeans in control of today's music market.

Recently, they obtained All Kill because of their latest song, Ditto was ranked first on all South Korean music charts. The year 2022 is just the beginning of a brilliant NewJeans career.