HELLOOOO WELCOME TO THE THREAD we are very happy to see you here and hope you feel comfortable enough to post whatever you want (mei and i often shitpost when something we like is released oops so anything is fair game tbh)
it depends on what you’re looking for!! exo is more vocally based than bts, so if you like bts for their rap then you might not enjoy exo. i still recommend giving them a try though!! their music is high-quality and also they were my first ultimate bias group ?
other groups:
shinee - idk how to describe their music since they’ve been around for a long time and have a lot of songs?? but i recommend the entire 1 and 1 album (title track is tell me what to do)
monsta x - imo the kpop group with music closest to bts in that their songs are very rap-heavy. i recommend the entire shine forever repackage; hero and beautiful are their most liked songs, but my personal favourite is fighter (which was also arranged by someone who does game ost’s)
block b - tentative recommendation since idk them that well, but you may have heard that their leader zico was friends with rm back when they were both underground rappers!! zico is also accepted as the best idol rapper and i THINK the group produces a lot of their own music like bts. i like nilili mambo and very good for their faster songs and be the light for their sweeter songs
blackpink - girl group!! i think lots of armys like them because they’re also geared towards hip-hop. but fair warning that they have relatively few songs (they debuted two years ago and have 9 songs) and their company is notorious for false promises and giving his artists extreme hiatuses
OTHER others:
bigbang - is on hiatus now, but bts (and basically every newer kpop group) looks up to them a lot
day6/dreamcatcher - great if you enjoy rock music. day6 is also a band and writes all of their own music
red velvet - extremely versatile group who have done all sorts of concepts, from sophisticated (automatic) to quirky (dumb dumb) to edgy (bad boy). their rap line isn’t good but their vocal line is amazing
(seventeen - ok i am obviously very biased but hear me out. they are nicknamed self-producing idols for their heavy involvement in the composition, production, and choreography of their songs—in fact, it was the only reason they were even debut, since their company was too poor to afford composers and choreographers—so you may like them if you admire bts’s involvement in their own songs. most of their title tracks have a fresh, youthful concept i rarely see from boy groups, but if that’s not your thing they also have don’t wanna cry and thanks, which are both edm)
sorry for the long post lmao i figured that it would be better to write too much than too little. again we’re happy to have you here and hope you enjoy exploring kpop
