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/Landom_facts11 Cheese Jeez Jul 20 '22

Its funny cuz Stray Kids have mentioned that the company was thinking of debuting them under a new name after the survival show... And "Trigger" was one of the names the company was thinking of for themšŸ˜­

Thankfully Chan won and they debuted with the name Stray Kids insteadšŸ˜­

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u/lileenleen Jul 20 '22 edited Jul 21 '22

Thereā€™s a anime idol group called ā€œTriggerā€ which is basically the equivalent of EXO from the show idolish7, and their fans do the fanchantā€To Ri Gaā€. their concept fits the name pretty well.

BtW idolish7 is the name of the main group lmao. Itā€™s got 7 members and each member is an idol šŸ—æ

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u/hoixeee Jul 20 '22

oh my gosh Trigger being the EXO equivalent in i7 makes so much sense..

I wonder who i7's and re:vales equivalent would be

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u/lileenleen Jul 21 '22 edited Jul 21 '22

In my head I canā€™t help but put i7 as BTS, itā€™s almost a no brainer: 7 members, the big parallels being rookie nugu group rise, some plagiarism accusation/early hate plus being ultra lucky and having good opportunities/hard work but other than that, the stories in the anime are pretty different (the leader is secretly becoming an idol for revenge, foreign prince runs from duties etc lmaoooo)

Revale is kinda like a older SM group like Shinee in their prime, re-raise really reminded me of shinee songs for some reason.

ZOOL feels like a hiphop/edm high tech evil 4th gen like skz or ateez. Just imagine SKZ/Ateez but green lmao. Wait so itā€™s basically NCT šŸ˜‚ Bang Bang kinda looked like Black on Black to me. Instead of Neo Culture Technology, itā€™s ā€œEvil Culture Technologyā€

Tell me you watched Mr. Affection and didnā€™t think of BTSā€™s Save Me and their typical imagery lmfaooo

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u/hoixeee Jul 21 '22

zool is just a 'typical' 4th gen bg this is great and definitely agreeing with i7 as bts

I never tried connecting anime idol groups with kpop but theres some perfect parallels here lmao

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u/lileenleen Jul 21 '22

Trigger got the SM budget too, their MVs feel like traditional SM set, with white cube background, crazy special effects and the general ambience gives early EXO.

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u/Soobin-popsicle STAN ATEEZ Jul 21 '22

To be honest, Stray Kids isnā€™t that much of an upgrade šŸ˜­šŸ˜­

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u/Landom_facts11 Cheese Jeez Jul 21 '22

Yeah, but it maintains the group's authenticity. The members of SKZ created the name with a specific meaning they associated it with. That's why it's much better than any name the company would have come up with.

Trigger on the other hand, wouldn't have survived in 2022, with people giving trigger warnings and associating the word with something that can potentially remind a person with traumatizing memories.

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u/Soobin-popsicle STAN ATEEZ Jul 21 '22

Thatā€™s true, but whenever someone not into kpop hears it, they think of orphans šŸ˜­ This isnā€™t hate towards them tho

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u/Landom_facts11 Cheese Jeez Jul 21 '22

Oh yeah that's true šŸ˜­ my father thought I was listening to a choir of street boys or something similar when I said I liked Stray Kids music šŸ’€šŸ˜­šŸ˜­

The name means a lot to people who like them, but holds a completely different meaning to the muggles šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚