Fourth-Generation Male Idol’s Frustration Over Girl Groups Being More Popular Sparks Debate
A community board post about TXT Yeonjun’s past confession regarding male idols receiving less attention than female idols resurfaced online and garnered attention from netizens.
Previously, he was a guest on GOT7 BamBam’s Bam House YouTube channel.
Host BamBam asked, “The gap between the second and third generations was long, but it doesn’t seem like it for third and fourth-generation groups. How does it feel to do activities as a fourth-generation group? I think it’s different from us.”
Yeonjun felt that it was hard promoting as a fourth-generation male idol group.
As a fourth-generation group, I feel like it’s a bit difficult. Male idols get less attention, which is unfortunate, and I hope that male idols receive more spotlight.
— Yeonjun
BamBam agreed, stating that this was a similar feeling that all male idols have had for a long time and that male idols always longed for attention from the public.
Yeonjun hoped that many people would also listen to male idol music too.
If you look at the charts, they are mostly girl group songs. Although their songs are good, male idol groups also have a lot of really good songs, which is a bit disappointing.
— Yeonjun
Netizens were divided in the comments, with some disagreeing with his opinion.
- “I think male fans not being into male groups is a big factor.”
- “True…seems like they can’t catch the general public.”
- “Female fans like both girl and boy groups, but male fans tend to only like girl groups…so I think girl groups have the advantage over the general public.”
- “Also, the style of male idol groups isn’t appealing to the male public these days…for example… crop tees.”
- “For male groups, second-gen was a core and general public fanbase, and starting with third-gen, it was just core fandoms, so for fourth-generation, the core fanbase has already been split into so many different fandoms; I can understand why he feels like that.”
- “But boy groups make more money so…”
- “But since male groups were more popular in the past, the times have changed.”
- “I think male groups have a right to be disappointed because even though they produce music and dance while singing live, they still can’t beat girl group visuals…”
- “Honestly, I think boy groups had the upper hand all this time, and starting with the fourth-generation girl groups have finally gained the spotlight.”
- “I agree with the comment above…they are finally getting the attention they deserve.”
- “Hmmm.”
- “But instead, male idols have better records for album sales. They have a core fandom with power. In order to gain the public’s support, they need to have songs that are easy with a killing part, but compared to girl groups, boy groups songs tend to be much more complicated.”
What are your thoughts on this? Do you agree with Yeonjun?
