[theqoo] JAPANESE GIRL GROUP COSMOSY IS K-POP’S 6TH GENERATION?… A GENERATION OF K-POP THAT LACKS DIFFERENTIATION

The girl group Cosmosy, consisting of all Japanese members, debuted on December 31st last year and referred to themselves as the “6th generation.” This girl group, created by a Japanese agency with a K-pop style, has presented a new generation theory as it aims for the Korean market. Before the term “5th generation” could even fully settle in, the K-pop market was already introduced to the arrival of 6th generation groups.

H.O.T, Girls’ Generation, BTS, NewJeans, and now Cosmosy?

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As the turning points in the industry and market have often marked the dividing lines between generations, many in the industry and critics believe that the 4th generation began with the major changes brought on by the pandemic. The girl group renaissance led by aespa, which debuted in November 2020, followed by LE SSERAFIM and NewJeans, is considered one of the main characteristics of the 4th generation. However, since generations aren’t always clearly defined by specific time points, some see the start of the 4th generation around 2018.

The term “5th generation” in K-pop started to be used when CJ ENM’s subsidiary WakeOne debuted the boy group ZEROBASEONE […] in 2023. This group claimed the emergence of a new generation just three years after the 4th generation, overturning the previous pattern where a generation typically lasted 7-8 years. Since then, boy groups like BOYNEXTDOOR, TWS, and RIIZE, as well as girl groups like ILLIT, BABYMONSTER, and KISS OF LIFE, have often been classified as 5th generation.

Is Multinational Culture a Differentiating Factor?

In the absence of a clear distinction between the 4th and 5th generations, Cosmosy has declared the arrival of the 6th generation just a year and a half later. The agency […] explained to the press, “To emphasize a distinct identity from 5th generation groups, the term ‘6th generation’ was used for a group debuting in 2025.”

As the pace of generational shifts has accelerated after the 3rd and 4th generations, some argue that the meaning of distinguishing generations is becoming increasingly vague. In fact, some groups that appeared between the 3rd and 4th generations were dubbed the “3.5 generation,” and similarly, some view parts of the 4th generation as the “4.5 generation.” There are also perspectives suggesting that the distinction between the 4th and 5th generations is becoming irrelevant, as the 5th generation shares many traits with the 4th generation.

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source: https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/469/0000846437?sid=103

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1. Actually, we never even entered the 5th gen

2. You guys are J-pop, what do you have to do with generations?

3. nugu (t/n: comment in English) 

4. Nugu?

5. Nugu? Why is J-pop trying to meddle with K-pop 

6. The only answer is to not give any interest

7. Why are you?

8. It doesn’t open because you guys say it’s opened

9. The mediaplay is so dirty 

10. Who are they to bullsh*t like thatㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ