I’m likely going to irk some people, but come on…Gen 4 didn’t start until 2019/2020. I get we think the generation has changed, but it makes no sense. Nothing has changed in the past 5/6 years to being in Gen 5. Think of it like this, BTS’ debut in 2013 ushered in Gen 3, because of how much they changed the industry from Gen 2. Let alone that, there is a grace period between each generation, which 2012 is a good year to show this, because of groups like EXID, Fiestar, and other groups from 2012 were still similar to groups like Sistar, Dalshabet, Girls’ Day, etc., which started to change a couple years after debut with groups like Red Velvet and GFriend. The only other way a generation will be brought in, is that the next generation of idols, this case Gen Alpha has to exceed the number of Gen Y & Z idols of a group, which hasn’t happened in any recent group yet, because that age isn’t old enough for most k-pop groups. With that, it’s obvious that no group has ushered in Gen 5 and that Gen Alpha isn’t the common idol debuting age yet. So this is how the timeline looks: Gen 1: 1990-2004 Gen 2: 2005-2012 Gen 3: 2013-2019 Gen 4: 2020-2025/2026 Gen 5: 2026/2027 - Onward I really wish everyone would stop saying it’s Gen 5 and stop rushing the Generations, especially since they don’t get classified until after they start. submitted by /u/Adamsmoberly [link] [comments]
