The Miserable Fate Of NUGU Kpop Groups

[@tessa6356]

I mean... at this point it’s really hard for a group to stand out if they arent from a big company. Not saying it’s impossible but considering the amount of monster rookies (aespa, itzy, enhypen, skz, txt, etc) came from big companies are scary. Every year the competition to debut and to stay relevant in the industry is harder and harder, i wish nothing but the best these ‘nugu’ groups

[@BeBossTV]

Yeah. It's good to know that at least these groups all got to debut and be idols, still luckier than trainees who never debut.

[@Noelciaaa]

That Jackie Chan group could've had a martial arts concept tho... Idk why they didn't, that would certainly make them stand out and be talked abooy

[@remyp.7374]

@@Noelciaaa Well K-tigers Zero did have the martial arts concept and they barely had any attention from the public :/

[@johndoe-qj8wp]

Sometimes I feel like we only call them Monster rookies because they come from big companies. Like we don't follow them because they are pretty or talented but because they are from the big companies. Dont kno if i make sense. (not saying they are not talented)

[@cindy_carat5057]

@@johndoe-qj8wp I totally get what you mean and I have the same thought. because thinking about this, would you call a group from a very small company monster rookie?

[@kobayashiharuno]

the fact that Hotshot remained a nugu group even after Produce 101 S2 and The Unit is beyond me. they disbanded without getting any proper recognition.

[@yoonhana5548]

Hotshot wouldnt be a nugu gp if a&a planned them better, taehyun had bare fans coming in after jbj and sungwoon return, isn't one of hotshot member got into UNB? Sungwoon should've just returned to hotshot just like minhyun tbh, hotshot had done pretty well in 2018 tbh

[@auliahutami4848]

@@yoonhana5548 yeah right. I think Sungwoon might be would want to be back in hotshot if their company put more effort to promote them. Maybe he didn't want to be screwed again. Its sad they wasted talented people like taehyun, sungwoon, timoteo, and other members

[@aisyatulbalqis9646]

@@yoonhana5548 agree

[@earthshuman3864]

Bad management Bad pramotion Bad luck All of them are reasonable for them to be nobody

[@Luniel11]

Yes bad promotion and bad talent

[@obbl1gato]

@@Luniel11 hotshot did have talent and sungwoon is really popular, but who knows why

[@Luniel11]

@@obbl1gato the reason why is very simple they lack sales. They lack sales due to a small fan base from being unpopular. They are unpopular because of lack of promotion and huge competition from other big groups.

[@rakshitasingh6574]

Nd Small agencyyy too😔

[@thebelloperson3414]

yeah all of them are also from smaller companies it harder that way

[@m1nyoungi]

i literally stan b.i.g... they've been around for almost 7 years and they're still pretty much nugu 🥴

[@yogabagaba8289]

Yeah exactly, it’s a shame they have such great vocals that aren’t recognized, Huhu I still remember their song “Hello” from like 6 years ago it was unique, to say the least haha

[@bruskydu]

Yeah this group debuted around the same time as Got7 and I felt like they share similar concept at the time.

[@natan380]

Benji used to be quite popular though

[@Godongo]

Same!

[@kibum4606]

love ur pfp

[@manasvirodi7891]

There is always a reason why a group is underatted like lack of promotions, not given proper training and more. Nice video 😊

[@BeBossTV]

Thank you for watching! :x

[@minxxz1287]

no not always

[@mariamskoreanstory4164]

Not always.. See victon for reference.. They were/are so underrated but they are one of the most talented groups I've ever seen.

[@minxxz1287]

@@mariamskoreanstory4164 true

[@farahas8979]

@@mariamskoreanstory4164 yeah ik even if they re not underrated a lot now they still deserve a lot of attetion Lets just hope for the best for our victonies❤❤

[@sakurakitana3087]

I definitely Remember Hot Shot & JJCC!!🙁

[@ipw6fp]

It sucks for Baba because they had a great song (see I'll be Pretty) in the works for their next comeback and their lineup for it at at the time was one of their strongest (2 vets and 4 rookies instead of 1 and 5). Even so, they had 2 members leave and disbanded/renamed before the comeback 😩

[@Kim-Jong-Un_SupremeLeader]

Thats why if you want to be kpop only audition to popular Companies like Jyp, Yg, Sm & Nokor!

[@luciagianquitto4010]

I don't agree: Onlyoneof debuted under 8D Creative which is a sub unit of pledis entertainment and they are doing great!

[@easypeasylemonsqueezy530]

@@luciagianquitto4010 I agree they r legendary .....libido is such a stereotype breaker

[@luciagianquitto4010]

@@easypeasylemonsqueezy530 YEEESSSS! Those guys know what they want and they are doing it!

[@m_justnotleest]

What about BTS? They weren't even from Big 3

[@luciagianquitto4010]

@@m_justnotleest and bighit almost had to fire them because of economic issues

[@TheBilayer]

One thing for sure the support they receive is very minimum. Everything is from snatch, no long history company to support. When we talk about long history company , they know the procedure. Luck also play a factor.

[@aprils1888]

I mean these groups were pretty alright, all things considered, they had MVs and stuff and some of them even had physical albums... and in the NUGU world, these are MAJOR!!! If we go to the most NUGU groups in the NUGU world, we can name groups like S2U, 2Wentys or Tamisa. I find, digging for info about underrated girl groups very entertaining!

[@rosalily5137]

i feel like dreamnote should be included they deserve better though...

[@aprils1888]

@@rosalily5137 I mean DreamNote all things considered, is pretty good. I remember the small, very devoted cult that formed back when they debuted... I was in it lol. DreamNote would be pretty popular if it wasnt for their company, but! I heard that DreamNote is preparing for a comeback, so I hope for the best!! Actually while I'm writing this comment, did you also notice how S.I.S's name was dropped in the middle of the video, but they didnt say anything more about them, I found it pretty weird xd

[@rosalily5137]

@@aprils1888 I NOTICED TOOOOO And...hol'up. They are having a comeback??? WHEN?? *proceeds to rocket across room in excitement*

[@aprils1888]

@@rosalily5137 I heard rumors and some members changed hair colors, so I do think it's coming! Probly like June-July

[@rosalily5137]

@@aprils1888 ooohh yaaaayyyy

[@goku_lovesu7496]

I'm really lucky to be an Army. BigHit gave their all promoting BTS even though they are near bankruptcy. And now they are the Kings of K-pop. Couldn't be more prouder.

[@bhumi_s1744]

Same i proud to be a armyblink that our groups are most famous around the world 💜🥺

[@niya_luvs]

Me too!💜

[@Moonlight_Aria]

Love JJCC they were my favorite group. I listen to their songs all the time back in middle school.

[@PBWK]

I wish KPOP fans would understand what happens to all these teenagers who end up in failed groups. A lot of them are then fished by con companies which either just steal their money or convince them to become hosts or hostesses at bars or karaoke bars where they are molested or raped. Not just the girls. Even the boys. Legit groups like SM JYP YG etc go through their abusive training processes which Kpop fans seem to just frown on but still tune in to watch those highly filtered videos. They need to know that Kpop is a business that has a lot of shady entry doors and not just a high school collection of extracurricular activity clubs.

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Yeah as someone who stans 24K they’re still up and running (debuting in 2012 which was a big year for boygroups debuting) but have had more than 20 almost 30 lineup changes and they’ve never made it big

[@muzammilameen9667]

I think companies decision of making groups debut so early is quite rough,You know some trainees still required sometime to be perfect in some cases,However hard luck is the major factor for example though Bts was already famous in some countries and korea had no expections but I think Dynamite is the major reason for making them spotlight not in some countries but worldwide 💜💛💜💛

[@kiaradenese1272]

I think the song that got BTS famous everywhere around the world was DNA

[@onceblink4495]

Bts was already famous worldwide with DNA 2017...dynamite just boosted it

[@bellachan5413]

They are already popular worldwide even before releasing Dynamite. It think after Dynamite more western actress or artists admires them

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

It was actually DNA and Fake Love that got them popular worldwide. But dynamite introduced BTS to where countries are new to kpop or know very little

[@wowwhatwasit]

That why debuting on big 3 is also kind of a blessing

[@onceblink4495]

Yep!

[@club1entertainmentofficial]

I'm a Holics fan and yeah it's true that some members are HORRIBLE singers BUT there are members that if they practice a little more can be actually famous Idols

[@dzeren_7151]

JJCC really had tons of potential and it didn't lack in visuals too. Their debut did bring a lot if fans but the lack of proper promotions and good management once again failed the group. They hardly showed up at any variety shows despite having the skills and zero to none promotions. The company only depended on jackie chen's name for the group to survive and that was not enough.

[@catfish1752]

I think the main reason why they are not successful is because of bad production and not a small company,There are many small idol from small company that become successful,Like example,Apink,Gfriend,Mamamoo,Bts and many more

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Yes and most of these group’s company (Example: LipBubble) threw them away and didn’t care about them and mistreated them

[@laris.official]

Underrated Girl Groups/Rookie Girl Groups those are the only two ways they're being called, as far as I know...

[@Huangraisy]

THIS VIDEO WAS SO SHADY HELPHASJDHK😭💀

[@rajniprasad4861]

Omg Johwa from Baba is just 1 day older than me we both are 15 years old👻 Awww thank you so much y'all for these 15 likes😊😋👻

[@Carolina-bw6gy]

There is a lot of videos here on youtube of people watching the nugu with less of 1million views and yeah...most of the companys dont train or produce so badly the songs or the music video is bad😭😭😭😭 You will never know of they are a diamonds of vocals, rap and charisma if you never heard of them at all

[@fulgatus]

8:05 WAIT ARENT THEY SUPER JUNIOR WHAT

[@m_justnotleest]

I think hotshot Should've been a successful group 🦋

[@Lizoutdid]

I'm crying when I saw neonpunch

[@imbabey]

other nugu groups that are still active and deserve support👉 withus Black Level Triger BZ-BOYS

[@Miomena]

Oh I know hotshot and and Fire from JJCC is one of my Favorite Songs ever! I feel Bad for All the people Who could not make their dream Real:(

[@MiKi-sx3tt]

I think now, if new group wants to standout they really have to try new concept

[@march8452]

I know HOTSHOT and they have a very good music their music is always in my playlists but it's still sad for me to know about this.

[@AnDi-wd5zh]

Not me still jamming to Jelly by Hotshot 4 years later 😔

[@moonrocksanha7677]

I feel so bad for HOTSHOT. They tried very hard so that they can get attention. But it is very hard to get attention if groups are not from big companies though they are talented . And also their company didn't promote them. At these times i feel ASTRO is doing well though came from small company with very little promotion. We must not disrespect any group . They go through a lot and debut. Debuting under a group is big thing. I have huge respect for every kpop idol.

[@kchill6925]

I can't believe you guys are seing this now. This channel loves to insult idols and to cover that up the person says something nice after. Why do we even give this yt channel attention?

[@eurekaHalcyon]

I knew hotshot because of taemin and kai, and jjcc because of jackie chan

[@aex2309]

For Me I Think its Playback. all of theiir songs are so good but Coridel failed them

[@Bunbunribbun]

I loved lip bubble

[@Mxddy160]

I LOVE LIP BUBBLE-

[@love4trollz]

A member of lip i le I’d re debuting in a new group called eite

[@rizwanamrahim]

4:48 BLACKPINK choreography right???? Choreo by Paris Geobell.....................

[@blackpinkwilldisbandforhat6988]

Sad reality and it scks😕 We shld appreciate them for not guving up

[@pruitsrajak8901]

for everyone, this hate account belongs to blinkonce stayforever, she created this account to hate around and right after she got exposed with it, she started to act nice with it to save herself now, same thing she did with a few other hate accounts too, like DTWYHNTSG and obey karaja, same with her first account blink_once, her other "stan" accounts are t chandra, suhani khosla, i stan a crackhead community etc, she even bought fake subs for some of them in hope that looking popular would save her her other hate accounts are jisoo solo stan ot1 is the best, vasundhara ramanathan, BLACKPINK PAVED THE WAY, vkook is real, bitter sweet etc etc

[@nonsense3819]

April nugu

[@calypso3928]

⭐️ The literal translation of 누구 (nugu) is “who?”

[@jayantioraon615]

Yess

[@jayantioraon615]

@pessimissimo 😂😂no

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

New kpop fan problems

[@kittycatcuties]

4:02 wtf so I did hear that correctly "while it remains unclear as to whether the company forced her to have such an annoying vocal *and chubby figure* " what the actual- can we stop bodyshaming?

[@duhenriq]

talking about people’s skills are one thing, but calling the girl chubby was so low tho..?!?!?!

[@breezyfeer]

Yeah she was just mean to the girl groups

[@charlie.3396]

Who did she call chubby?

[@jeanneann3545]

this channel is always mean to the idols appearance. very apparent jealousy

[@lily3323]

@@jeanneann3545 yes I notice she’s weird for that

[@anurashrestha4599]

@@charlie.3396 4:04

[@salankritagogoi7212]

The whole Hotshot thing hurts me so much. The members are actually really talented individuals who would have made is really big with right management. Like they has super talented dancers and vocalists, visuals, creative power and crazy stage presence. They company really fucked them up with bad promotion

[@basundharabasumatary3880]

it also has to do with the money but yaH the management wasn't really good eh?

[@faith6833]

"Chubby figure" . . . absolutely ridiculous

[@aprils1888]

4:35 LIPBUBBLE actually debuted as a seven-member girl group (Hanbi, Eunbyeol, Mirae, Seoryn, Haea, RyuA, & Ina), Winy was added later on, after RyuA (Sion), Ina & Mirae left the group [the latter one only temporally]. Also Lia & Ella, joined the group later on for their first comeback. Actually, Eunbyeol & Hanbi, joined The Unit after the groups debut. Also, the MV has little views, because it's a re-upload, the original was deleted when Zenith shut down all the group's socials (the OG one had like 400K, I mean it's not like an AMAZING number of views... but still...)

[@byeol_mmd]

Same happened with PURPLEBECK. Their debut song CRYSTAL BALL's MV almost reached 1M when they decided to delete it and reupload it because they changed distributor or something. Now I think it doesn't even reach 100k

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@byeol_mmd yeah currently at 140K

[@PdPiper-wn2nb]

00:40 -> BaBa 02:27 -> Holics 04:20 -> Lipbubble 06:00 -> Hotshot 07:29 -> JJCC

[@myunili]

Thanks ! 🥰

[@rakshitasingh6574]

Thankyouuuu❤️♾️

[@syneco.1982]

Wait- I remember putting JJCC in my notes when I first saw them so that I can search them later but I forgotten about it

[@LizzieShiro]

I’m at the Lipbubble segment and the girl with the pigtail braids is adorable. Gives me Pippy Longstocking vibes. I mean that in a nice way.

[@mihanni2214]

Thats Hanbi! She was their main rapper, lead dancer, and maknae. She was also on The Unit

[@lmaooof8452]

She’s a backup dancer now unfortunately ;/ she back-up danced for UNC’s “Winsome” MV. It hurts even more because one of the members of UNC is a former LipBubble member as well, Winy!

[@CoCo-ov9eb]

They bullied lipbubble so hard in 2016, I feel so bad for them,

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@CoCo-ov9eb yes and disbanded them to make room for Z-Boys and Z-Girls

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@CoCo-ov9eb which sadly also both disbanded

[@JaneJannie]

ugh, this is freaking sad..... and I'd been thinking JYPE are mistreating their groups in promotion... I've started to think that JYP is an angel (comparing with the management of that groups)

[@utatwt8688]

Ikrr

[@utatwt8688]

@Jenny Buljatin Angel of embarassing himself.

[@sarwath_fatimee3865]

he is better than those doesn't make him angle he is still worst than others

[@staymadboo3902]

No one is worse than TS Entertainment or Stellar’s company. TS didn’t even pay some of their idols and even a group a dorm with no toilet.

[@kcio3erene307]

jay wHy pEe is so cool

[@Whitneygraciedolly]

I'm a simple woman. I see Lipbubble and I click

[@goldenmangoe]

Hotshot is just pure representation of bad management. The members got tons of attention after the survival shows. Sungwoon is an extremely popular solo artist now. After Taehyun got popular and they had a great comeback with jelly, they had so much hype, they should’ve pushed it and went all in. Sadly they didn’t. They had so much potential and the public favored several of the members, I think if the company just owned up that Sungwoon left and pushed on with the hype they got in 2018, they could’ve made it. They haven’t really disbanded yet but most of the members are doing other things or military. I was able to attend their fan sign in their last promotion, they were all so humble and kind and appreciate of their fans (I’ve been to many and this was the first group where all the member gave off that vibe). I hope we can see more from them in some way in the future

[@Godongo]

It may not be necessarily the management but maybe they just don't have the funds?

[@stacy6484]

fyi,, sadly hotshot did end up disbanding earlier this year :(

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Actually Hotshot disbanded earlier this year

[@apricot6443]

Calling the girl chubby was too far

[@kannawoon6889]

HOTSHOT is a living proof that even it has VERY talented members but with a shitty agency binded them, well, they can’t do anything. At the very beginning of Hotshot debut era, they are quite popular actually, due to Timoteo already had his own fans during his trainee era with other Exo members, but then the shitty agency sent them to promote to China & Japan instead of focusing on made their fanbase in Korea stronger first. Their comebacks after PD101s2 & The Unit were so good tho! Btw, Hotshot wasn’t debuted under Stone Music Ent. They were under Oscar ent, which then change their name to Ador & Able, then change again to Starcrew Ent (until now). You mentioned the member’s name wrong.... it’s Yoonsan (San) not Junhyuk... You already mentioned Choi Junhyuk at first though..... It’s also Hojung not Hosung......

[@oz1128]

I bet if you are the "management company" you wouldn't do any better...it the easiest to blame the company for the so called "fans"

[@nakazora]

The industry is so overly saturated that it's hard for most groups these days to stand out unless their sound/concept is really unique. That with bad management/promotion these guys didn't even had a chance.

[@alphaq725]

imagine dropping out of school and leaving your entire life behind to debut only to get almost no recognition

[@myungjunssmile3409]

Did you say chubby figure? That girl was not chubby. I stopped watching at that point. Ridiculous.

[@NippyBooks]

It's ALWAYS a bad sign if groups have member changes. Name one group that has success now that had members leave and new ones coming in. You can't right? Adding members, okay. Red Velvet did it and NCT of course does it. But having members leave just to be replaced never plays out. Especially if not one original member is left, like in 24K for example. (Not sure if they are still a thing) But I remember them very well. They had talented members and if the company would've played their cards right they would be somewhat popular and successful now. Instead, members got kicked out for the dumbest reasons, the CEO lied to no end and it got to the point not a single original member was left and they called the new line up still 24K...for a few changes I played along but I should've left right after they put BIGONE on hiatus and never mentioned him again until the CEO suddenly put out a statement years after and said he betrayed everyone in the company and group...

[@TheRealPatacsil]

I became a fan of Hotshot and JJCC back then with their debut albums but then I just move away.

[@utatwt8688]

Ye

[@scoupseyelashes8824]

why?

[@aprils1888]

Yurim (HOLICS) was really funny tho xd... Also I think HOLICS disbanded, they've been awfully quiet recently... or they just lost like half of their members again lol Also idk how I feel about the 'chubby' comment.

[@fritzi855]

Same, that was kinda unnecessary

[@melaniejager6286]

it was way off actually

[@johny-oh-daddy9740]

I was a big fan of HOTSHOT and i was so sad when i heard that they disbanded. They had so much talent and the company just wasted it.

[@queenofcats9240]

Same here! They disappeared one day and the whole time I was really worried about them!

[@ShredPhred]

The kpop industry is saturated with groups. Not easy to differentiate your group from the others. If there's hope for any if these wannabe groups, they could take inspiration from the Brave Girls and to some extent Crayon Pop, 2 groups that suffered through low promotion exposure but conducted a "guerrilla marketing campaign" that could be seen as successful now. If you believe in karma, then all those low pay military base shows the Brave Girls did are now paying off.

[@KPOPBYTES]

The hotshot made my heart 💔 because I know that group a 2 year back & they were really good but all fate 😔 & jjcc prince mak has an KZbin channel and he had said about idols struggles also

[@aprils1888]

OMG YES BABA!!! BaBa are the QUEENS of line-up changes, it's cool to listen to someone talk about unpopular groups, instead of everybody talking about the same five groups!

[@utatwt8688]

Yep

[@bhumi_s1744]

Which five??

[@ELmayberry]

hmm... 🤔

[@mitalijagetia867]

@@bhumi_s1744gotta be among blackpink bts exo twice NCT stray kids red velvet probably cause they are the only names people know these days

[@reshmamane7340]

All the groups were bop in there own way just ppl didnt see them I saw another group like these all group they were (Great Guys ) there songs are all bop . They had almost disbanded in 2020 but suddenly a girl posted on insta about these guys and I was curious so I looked upon these total bops ...😢👍😍😙🖒

[@emjeyyz3491]

Totally!! Touch by Touch is a bop

[@Noelciaaa]

Imo frequent member changes and lack of activities is what makes impossible to get into these groups. I used to rly like Pink Fantasy but the member rotation was too high and there wasn't much subbed content like variety shows etc to get to know the members so my attachment faded overtime...

[@Somnembule]

All the member who left exept Sanga hada good reason. They are also really active since the start of 2020. You should have waited a little longer. As a LUVIT for the content part I can tell you I am deeply satisfayed

[@sajsakura]

Company plays a big role in a group's success too. You really need INVESTMENT in order to bring the group to the top or at least to a level where you can build fanbase. There are sooooo many groups out there that we just dont know at all, it is a very competitive market ://

[@92_ichi]

JJCC members were on Produce 101 S2 & Mixnine right? One of them said something about doing part time job as a construction worker, cmiiw.

[@rimbaandra9590]

Who is the member that join produce 101 s2?

[@92_ichi]

@@rimbaandra9590 Chanyul & Hadon (Yul & Sanchung)

[@trex3613]

Try harder and never give up. Bts, iu, ateez, gfriend, mamamoo, etc started it from bottom also from small agency.

[@kiaradenese1272]

I liked in this video that you actually found groups really underrated unlike the same ones all the time but you body shaming the girl saying her chubby figure was done purposely and her bad vocals was kinda disrespectful. You could’ve just not mentioned her weight and you could’ve been lighter on feedback about her vocals.

[@boppop8703]

NUGU looks kinda weird in English, but when u write it down 누구 means ‘Who’ and that just sounds so mean ;; gosh…

[@iamcute7487]

Tf is stone music doing? Their parent company is literally one of the biggest broadcasting station in Korea? Also if one made it to the top maybe he should talk about the group more? Or idk

[@iamcute7487]

Same with jjcc. It feels like some big companies saw a way to get a new cashcow and wanted to ride the fame without even knowing or committing to what they're entering

[@ontoLovingMyself]

I can feel baba s fans it's like our school they change there teachers every month

[@kc3621]

You realize you're adding views to all of these groups cause we need to see it with our own eyes.😁

[@strawberrymellow8894]

Your point

[@kc3621]

@@strawberrymellow8894 glad shes doing it cause it's interesting asf. I thought I knew a lot of kpop groups, apparently not.

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@kc3621 well I guess ur new to kpop! Well if u only know BTS and black pink then shame on u!

[@ChooaBunny]

Hotshot being so unknown makes me so sad, they're extremely talented and hard working, alre good looking, were in survival shows and still somehow didn't become famous. It's a shame that sometimes things don't work out no matter how hard you try.

[@teutuber7936]

i think you should watch out for the terms you use on your vids. some words you used are very hurtful words..

[@kara431]

I LOVED JJCC. Their song "At First" still gives me goosebumps. HANDS DOWN one of the absolute best kpop songs imo

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Same newer nugu groups include: • DKB (Little brothers of Brave Girls) • 24K 2021 (This year 24K re debuted with a new lineup. All of the members from the original 2012 lineup are gone. All of the newer members joined 2016-2019) • Saturday • E’Last • BAE173 (They’re labelmates with another nugu group called Dia) • LUCY (K-Rock band) Edit: the only one who is starting to successfully leave nugudom is DKB and Lucy

[@suyeesia7770]

Yes

[@guadalupemontoya1819]

Lucy is doing pretty good for a kband.

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

@@guadalupemontoya1819 yeah

[@chelseaharridass4531]

I have been a huge kpop fan for more than 3 years and it's so shocking that I never knew about these groups!? I only knew about Hot Shot .

[@outlaw2725]

this reminds me so much of 5urprise, noone really knows them as a kpop group they were never popular but the members themselves are self-standing actors now with the gen public knowing their faces but almost no one knows they were idols. maybe it was them being smart and using the light of their career to have better paths ahead but they literally turned from nugu idols to v famous actors

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

I’m late but which actors are they and how popular are they in terms of acting

[@outlaw2725]

@@gwenmloveskpopandmore From my perspective ill list them from most popular to least in the public eye: Seo Kang-joon, Lee Tae-hwan, Gong Myung, Kang Tae-oh, Yoo Il but if you look up their names you can see all of them have their acting gigs of course some are more susccesfull but all had roles in dramas/movies which were popular when they were airing.

[@kingtaeyeonie7908]

i found jjcc in 2015 and i am so sad that their potential never got really appreciated :(

[@바보Queen]

NUGU's train and work just as hard as big groups, spending hours practicing... sad that it leads to nowhere, i just realized nugu means who

[@socoa8579]

yo wtf, why is this channel so aggressive towards these groups? especially with the nugu girl groups, i mean it's not their fault they didn't succeed just because they weren't well trained or had low quality in their MV's, because the company is suppossed to take care of that. Also making comments about the body of one of those girls... that's disgusting.

[@sleepyjoe4529]

It's sad but most of these groups never had a shot. They're mostly B-tier visuals with poor vocal or dancing abilities...

[@staymadboo3902]

A lot of disrespect in this video.

[@Dervis128]

I think that one of the saddest nugu stories is Queen B'z. They originally debuted as a group called Pop CON, then changes names, agencies, and concepts, but it didn't work. They quietly released music for over 7 years without getting any real recognition. However, for over 7 years, there was never a line up change, which I think is pretty cool. The girls could REALLY sing, and had huge talent though.

[@domidomi498]

I remember them. They deserved to be well known group.

[@aprils1888]

OMG I SAW LIPUBBLE AND I RUN!!!!! IM HERE!!!! I LOVE LIPBUBBLE!!!!

[@erikascencen]

They are debuting in new group but i cant podt a link because it gets deleted

[@aprils1888]

@@erikascencen I know Eunbyeol is in Maka'Maka, Yebin in YOURS and that Ella & Lia, both debuted solo. And I heard rumors that like half of the LIPBUBBLE members joined JZ Factory. Is this what you meant? If you have any other news PLEASE share!

[@marijesauthenticchannelenj9437]

I think they all didn't have a fair chance to begin with, it's those agencies who only think of money, & i've heard they r not even treated respectfully by them, no wonder they r going away, they should hook up with HYBE, they know how to do it right! Look at BTS, PD Bang & Rm know the word respect.

[@krisca7658]

Bang PD is a good CEO, he bet his everything to BTS.

[@hEhE-fj8jm]

Ngl but many nugu groups don't get enough attention because of their company's popularity. People only pay attention to the famous companies groups and don't pay attention to the smaller companies. Although some groups are not talented enough I agree (Not trying to be rude) but I think the main problem of these groups not getting enough attention is us.

[@sanchitasahana4649]

I have noticed one thing ...that ZMC (Zenith Media Contents ) actually disbands their old groups so that they can promote their new Groups.....They disbanded Luluz for Zest ... afterwards ZMC disbanded Zest to promote Lipbubble and Wanna.B ....Again after few years ZMC disbanded Lipbubble and Wanna.B for Zstars(Zgirls and Zboys)....And Last year ZMC abounded Zstars for starting a new project on creating Japanese kpop girl group.... Even being a GalaxZ(fan of Zstars) I always hated this company ...For me ZMC is so far the worst company of in whole of kpop industry (Zstars/Zpop are now in the hands of Divtone Entertainment .....)

[@vanillaryyjj]

I'm a bit late but I'd still like to give my input. I was a fan of Lipbubble even predebut and I remember a ton of people thinking they had a lot of potential and trust me they had. I was in a group chat with about 30 other fans, international, who enjoyed them and I was probably one of the most informed about Lipbubble, I was one of the first people to find the name of the first newly added member and also the only one who knew they had won an award once (don't ask me which one it was), I was also the one who posted clips of them being in a kdrama. I didn't see a lot of the similarities in their Popcorn mv with a lot of other mvs especially because the concept was just not rare but people ate them alive and didn't give them a second chance. They were hated on for quite everything, even for doing a cover of a famous dance choreography. The member changes and the hate made it very difficult for me to stay with them but I stayed with them until the end. There was a time where fans were thinking the girls filmed their first mv on themselves, with their phones. It wasn't easy for them but I tried my best to enjoy the time I had with them and still check up on the members. I also truly hope the girls had fun spending time with a few of their fans. I don't think the girls are to blame, rather the concept if kpop itself. It's hard to stand out, no one is interested in new concepts that are unusual but if you do a similiar concept you either get compared or people don't pay you any attention. There's a sea of kpop groups and barely any groups make it out alive.

[@sivavarshini]

Ohhh.. I really remember jjcc , they're only Korean idol band come and performance mine concept in my city on first time it's unbelievable never forget them😭 they're have good music but people never get that sadly.....

[@MiroMiii]

I was a really big fan of hotshot and jjcc, and i knew most of the ggs too. It's just really unfortunate knowing a lot of older and underrated groups, its both a blessing and a curse because you get good music but also the frustration of it not taking them anywhere.

[@diaverna]

I used to be a fan of Hotshot :')

[@spoonrice3934]

In case people are curious on what happened to LipBubble members, Mirae occasionally posts on her instagram but seems to be doing fine, Eunby is under MAKA MAKA(a new group so please support them!), Hanbi is in a dancing company, Haea is in YOURS(a new group which is still predebut(?) they post the kpop trainees learn about * videos), Ina joined a new geoup called ALLS GIRLS but their fate is unknown(probably never going to debut), Ryua was in SATURDAY but left , Lia and Ella are TWINKLE cheerleaders, Seoryn is a popular youtuber/dancer(the most successful of the group with 149k followers), and Winy is doing acting/dancing. Overall the girls were really talented and are more successful after the group but it’s still sad to see their potential as a group be destroyed due to a bad company that was bankrupt.

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Their company rebranded and threw them away to make way for Z girls and Z boys

[@gwenmloveskpopandmore]

Which sadly unofficially disbanded btw

[@alphaq725]

they wasted their time :/

[@Hypagemie]

Just so you know.. I know basically all the rookie groups from 2020/21 and I probably like them all too! I love Rookie groups and I know how hard it is for rookies so I tend to want to support them even more. I wouldn’t say any group would have a fanbase of 0 :/ I also liked Hotshot. They weren’t that unpopular I’m sure. Their company did not promote them well :( I feel so bad that their company disbanded them. You should of added that they recently disbanded. I am glad Sungwoon is successful as a solo artist. The others deserved better tho.

[@aisyatulbalqis9646]

I'm a kpop fans for more than 10 years and always support nugu groups but sorry, I never heard any of the girl group in this video. I'm a hotshot and jjcc's fan. It is so regretful they didn't get enough recognition

[@luciagianquitto4010]

4:58 i saw a blakpink dance practice that was identical

[@soosboo9106]

I think it's actually a cover of blackpink

[@krisca7658]

Original choreo is from The Royal Family. Blackpink just did a cover.

[@lipokienlalkr2482]

Blackpinks one is also a cover 🙄

[@rmsdimples8533]

Gurl i only remembered 3-5 i forgot the other 2 group names😭

[@Notnugupromoter]

You’re kinda mean

[@alphaq725]

none of it is their faults, it's entirely on the management

[@alitchimaera]

Thats why the group like BTS Gfriend and other who success without they come from big company