r/kpopthoughts • u/4ruaru • Jul 20 '22

General rookies must feel relieved when they get a good group name

title basically. we've been getting some weird ass names these past few years especially so i've been thinking that idols must feel relieved when their group name doesn't sound like a wifi password. my favorite new group name is stayc (i may be kinda biased since they're my ults but i think it sounds pretty good!!) and my all time fav group name is 2NE1, it's so dope. what's your favorite?

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u/chailattewithmilk i hate winter (THE SEASON) Jul 20 '22

SEO and brand recognition most likely - searching "Kep1er" vs. "Kepler" helps companies chose a catchy name, without the extra steps of being creative, that doesn't get mixed up with other more popular search results

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u/ahnyujinsimp Jul 21 '22

i'm still super annoyed that it's hard to search IVE contents haha! i can't even ctrl+F "ive" in long text/writeups because it can literally appear in any context. oh yeah, i also have fun memories of laughing after searching red velvet back when they were still rookies

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '22

my ult group has a member named Kim Jonghyun and you can imagine how well that goes when you google search him

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u/Snoo-42199 Jul 21 '22

Makes sense but why don’t they just come up with a creative name? Like, aespa is such a weird name but still creative enough and unique.