The ‘Huge 4’ businesses – HYBE, SM Leisure, JYP Leisure, and YG Leisure – will likely be experiencing some stiff competitors this 12 months as they debut and promote new rookie teams.
HYBE
HYBE’s subsidiary label, Pledis Leisure, will debut the boy group TWS (which means ‘TWENTY FOUR SEVEN WITH US‘) on January 22 KST with their first album ‘Glowing Blue.’ The six-member group marks Pledis’s first boy group in 9 years since Seventeen’s debut in 2015, which has earned them the moniker ‘Seventeen’s youthful brother group.’ They’ve already pre-released their prologue monitor “Oh Mymy: 7s” on January 2.
BE:LIFT Lab, one other HYBE subsidiary, plans to debut the rookie woman group, I’LL-IT, fashioned via final 12 months’s JTBC audition present ‘R U Subsequent?,’ within the first half of the 12 months. HYBE can be getting ready for the debut of KATSEYE, a multinational woman group comprising six members fashioned via final 12 months’s ‘The Debut: Dream Academy,’ a contest collaboration with Geffen Information. Whereas the debut date has but to be confirmed, they’re slated to debut inside the 12 months via three way partnership HYBE x Geffen Information.
SM Leisure
SM Leisure will conclude growing NCT models with the launch of the ultimate NCT unit, NCT NEW TEAM (tentative title), centered on the Japanese market and comprising of members chosen via ‘NCT Universe: Restart.’ The members lately accomplished a pre-debut tour throughout 9 cities in Japan and launched the pre-debut single “Palms Up” final October.
SM’s new woman group, set to comply with Women’ Era, Pink Velvet, and aespa, can be anticipated to debut in 2024. Following the success of aespa, SM is pushing ahead with the ‘SM 3.0’ period via a brand new woman group. Initially, former chairman Lee Soo Man revealed the company was getting ready a lady group aiming for debut within the fourth quarter of 2023, however the debut timing was delayed.
As SM’s subsequent woman group is extremely anticipated, there have been on-line rumors about which women will likely be debuting via the group. Nevertheless, the company’s rookie improvement group responded that they’re unfamiliar with the ladies being named, creating additional thriller as to who will likely be in the ultimate lineup.
JYP Leisure
JYP Leisure is unleashing numerous teams each domestically and internationally. The woman group VCHA, in collaboration with Common Music Group‘s Republic Information, is poised to debut on January 26. Fashioned via the audition program ‘A2K,’ they are going to be making their debut via the only “Women of the 12 months,” and are mentioned to have an idea combining America’s music market requirements and the top-notch know-how of the Ok-pop music scene.
In Japan, JYP will introduce the boy group NEXZ, born via a joint audition program ‘Nizi Challenge Season 2‘ with Sony Music Japan. In China, the company plans to unveil a China market-focused boy group undertaking named PROJECT C, composed of trainees from JYP China. Significantly, NiziU, born via ‘Nizi Challenge Season 1,’ has gained recognition not solely in Japan but in addition in Korea, elevating expectations for the actions of NEXZ and PROJECT C.
In South Korea, the boy group JYP Loud (tentative title), chosen via the SBS audition present ‘Loud,’ is awaiting their debut within the second quarter. Whereas P NATION‘s group THE NEW SIX (TNX), who have been fashioned via the identical program, debuted in Could final 12 months, JYP underwent an in depth preparation interval, spending about three years getting ready with an goal to succeed Stray Children’ high boy group status. As JYP Leisure is at present in a ‘golden period’ of record-breaking income, anticipation is excessive for what this new group will likely be like.
YG Leisure
YG has already launched the woman group BABYMONSTER, who debuted with “BATTER UP” on November 27. Initially generally known as a seven-member group, they debuted as a six-member group with out Ahyeon, reportedly as a result of well being causes. The “BATTER UP” music video skyrocketed to the highest of YouTube‘s trending charts and set new data, together with essentially the most views inside 24 hours for a debut music video.
BABYMONSTER has but to have definitive actions, however they plan to start out them via the launch of their second single “Caught In The Center” on February 1. They may also launch their first mini-album in April, releasing music in a bi-monthly cycle which was beforehand unprecedented for YG artists.
BABYMONSTER is YG’s first woman group after seven years, following high world woman group BLACKPINK. Consideration is on whether or not BABYMONSTER will develop into the ‘monster rookie’ that their title implies.
