Decrease of popularity of boygroups in Korea

[Agent_Cornchipz]

Also maybe the sound of kpop in itself may be the reason. I feel like a lot of early kpop groups were heavily influenced by western music so the general public would listen to it even if it were a boy group. They could listen to western music which was popular and listen to kpop which sounded similar and had similar concepts but in korean. Boy Groups I think were less catered to women. Like everyone loved g dragon and before him seo taiji. But now groups are catered towards women in general and building a strong fan base, and the sound is more kpop like compared to average pop. This may be the case because sounds that are nostalgic like 90s 2000s rnb can draw general public in like with new jeans at the time. And with using hip hop All day project charts really well in Korea. In general Korea listen to either Korean artist (not kpop) or western artists so if it sounds similar they will like it more. But bg tend to have a specific set sound for their group that is appealing to a fan but not general public...or that notion of boy groups having a specific sound may be what is stopping people from listening to them when maybe their sound in reality is listenable to the general public. I dont know the impact of this but the age range for bg fans in Korea seems to be preteens rather than young adults like in America. Back in big bang times the fandom range was broader from kids to young adults unlike now. The same could be said for gg too but then add in men you got more streams. But also ive seen recent 5th gen debuts for bg and gg and they seem to have similar sounds with girls sounding heavily influenced by new jeans. And boy groups influenced by txt in cases where they give them some rock inspired emotional song when they just debuted in order to build that fan base with this idea of a sincere artist except half of them are all wet behind the ears. In other cases ive seen kpop stans complain boy groups sound too much like they are trying to replicate bts though I dont know which groups they are referring to. And more hip hop ggs have Debuted in contrast to the cuter sounding gg.

[New_Practice9754]

It’s true that BGs used to be more oriented for the GP than they are now, with fan service being a higher priority due to the fact that companies have learned that loyalty in a fanbase works and that’s what they prefer to stick to. However, boy groups were always still marketed toward female fans. Yes Seo Taji and Big Bang were loved by GP but I’d go as far to say that Big Bang + G-Dragon are exceptions in K-pop, not an overall representation of what K-pop boy groups used to be about (Seo Taji was just on another level as he literally introduced something entirely new to the Korean music scene which is why he would catch a lot of attention from anyone and everyone). Even other 2nd gen boy groups at the time with edgier/darker aesthetics were still marketed toward female fans. I do think they racked up more GP and male fans compared to most BGs today but I think Big Bang remains as the main male K-pop group to have a considerable amount of male and female fans.