Netizens are fiercely debating over what the “Biggest 3rd-generation K-Pop girl group hit song” is.
The candidates are:
1. TWICE’s “Cheer Up”
2. BLACKPINK’s “DDU-DU DDU-DU”
3. Red Velvet’s “Red Flavor”
4. GFriend’s “Rough”
5. Momoland’s “Bboom Bboom”
Many netizens were largely divided between TWICE’s “Cheer Up” and BLACKPINK’s “DDU-DU DDU-DU”. Others also pitched in their thoughts on comments on the remaining candidates.
Some said:
– “In all honesty, the representative 3rd generation girl group is TWICE and their representative song is ‘Cheer Up’. The entire country was crazy about ‘Sha-Sha-Sha’.”
– “The only song on this list that won ‘Daesang’ and ranked #1 on the yearly chart was ‘Cheer Up’.”
– “‘DDU-DU DDU-DU’ is the most viewed K-Pop girl group MV of all time. Isn’t that enough to prove that it was ‘DDU-DU DDU-DU’?”
– “No K-Pop girl group song has topped Melon’s yearly chart since ‘Cheer Up’.”
– “It’s not an exaggeration to say that ‘Sha-Sha-Sha’ was the most popular phrase of that year.”
– “It depends on the factor you are using to compare. To put it simply domestically cheer up is the biggest hit song by a 3rd gen Kpop girl group. But worldwide, DDU-DU-DUU-DU is the biggest”
– “When it comes to representing a generation, you can’t only look at charts or views. It’s about the general public’s awareness, and when it comes to that, it’s ‘Cheer Up’.”
– “Everyone remembers ‘Cheer Up’ being the song that always came on during school festivals, school events, and all kinds of big gatherings.”
– “‘DDU-DU DDU-DU’ is the girl group song that made K-Pop global.”
– “‘DDU-DU DDU-DU’ was the biggest hit song in all of Asia that year.”
– “2016 was a legendary year for 3rd generation girl groups. ‘Cheer Up’ and ‘Rough’ ranked #1 and #2 on Melon’s yearly chart.”
– “‘Rough’ was legendary. GFriend managed to climb their way up to the top from a small company and didn’t lose against the big 3 groups.”
– “Of all the songs here, ‘Red Flavor’ is the song that still plays where ever you go in the summer.”
– “Interestingly, ‘DUDU-DU DDU-DU’ ranked lower than ‘Bboom Bboom’ on the Korean charts.”
– “In 2nd-generation, each of the top girl groups have one song representing them (Wonder Girls ‘Tell Me’, Girls’ Generation ‘Gee’, and 2NE1 ‘I Am The Best’), so I think these five songs are representative songs by the top 3rd-gen girl groups.”
– “Out of those 5, I’d say Red Flavour is the song that has the biggest cultural impact.”
– “It’s more like TWICE opened the 3rd generation and BLACKPINK closed it. Just like how EXO opened it and BTS closed it for boy groups.”
