New Rookie Groups Have K-Netizens Admitting They Don’t Recognize Any

Goyang Stadium in Ilsan, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi Province will host the 30th Dream Concert on October 19.

The theme this year is ‘Dream Rookie,’ and many rookie ensembles will perform. K-pop fans can vote for their favorite rookie group in the “Dream Rookie” poll. The current results show POW leading with 13.28% and XODIAC close behind with 11.56%. BEWAVE, SEVENUS, HORI7ON, ONE PACT, PRIMROSE, TIOT, X:IN, and NOMAD complete the top ten. Many Korean netizens were astonished by the number of rookie groups that debuted after the irregular results. Netizens admitted to not knowing most of the groups in several comments. One Korean netizen said, “There’s so many.” “I only know two teams.” “I only know TripleS.” “I only know 1 team…” “I don’t know any of these teams.” “I only know POW and TripleS.” “Where did all these rookie groups come from?” “I know Candy Shop.” “They’re numerous… I thought I was a K-pop addict, but I only knew two teams.” “I know two teams.” “K-pop is fierce… I only know 3 teams.