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K-Pop column 'Idology' lays out a timeline of all K-Pop generations from 1st through 4th

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Posted by Susan-Han Saturday, June 13, 2020

A K-Pop column by the name of 'Idology' recently published a full timeline of K-Pop's generations, starting with the founder of the 1st-generation H.O.T all the way through the new wave of 4th generation idols. 

In this timeline, 'Idology' categorizes the generations of K-Pop by creating sub-generations - the 1.5 generation, the 2.5 generation, and the 3.5 generation.

You can find 'Idology's full analysis of the generation timeline here.

  1. BTS
  2. Fin.K.L
  3. Girls' Generation
  4. H.O.T
  5. TVXQ
  6. TWICE
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Hottest2PMKhun
Hottest2PMKhun682 pts Saturday, June 13, 2020 0
Saturday, June 13, 2020

Damn, someone take me back to the "golden era" of kpop of 2009- SNSD, Big Bang, TVXQ, Shinee, 2pm, 2ne1, miss a, fx SUJU- damn, iconic songs were released that year!

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hiroonakamura
hiroonakamura7,609 pts Saturday, June 13, 2020 10
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pretty good divide, although some choices are weird. why are EXO and BAP in 3rd gen yet EXID and AOA in 2.5 (these two debuted later than EXO/BAP)

Also, personally I feel like 4th gen just started - like in 2019 or 2020 even. Groups like Loona, TXT, Gidle are all very late 3rd gen groups

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