Looking back on 2021, it has been another amazing year for the KPOP industry yet again, from stunning debuts to addictive song releases. We simply can’t wait to check out what’s in for us, KPOP fans, in 2022!

Here are 2 groups that we believe you should look forward to in 2022! 

1. ATEEZ

Members: Seonghwa, Yunho, San, Yeosang, Hongjoong, Jongho, Wooyoung & Mingi

Although ATEEZ has already been named the leader of the 4th Generation KPOP groups several times, the team continues to soar to greater heights early into 2022!

The 8-member boy group had just completed their world tour ‘The Fellowship’ in the US and they have successfully sold out majority of their stops for the concert. More stops were planned in Europe but have been postponed due to the pandemic situation. (Hopefully Singapore and Malaysia will be included in their world tour stops one day!)

On 31 January 2022,  ATEEZ also released a new track, ‘Don’t Stop’ through the platform Universe. Although the team has been overseas for their world tour since mid-January, new achievements continue to follow them wherever they are!

‘Don’t Stop’ has ranked #1 in the iTunes Charts in at least 21 regions, including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia! The song also debuted at #1 on the Worldwide iTunes song charts and this certainly is a huge achievement for a young 4th generation KPOP group!

ATEEZ has showed that the future of KPOP is indeed very bright and we are very much looking forward to ATEEZ’s activities in 2022!

Check out one of ATEEZ’s legendary Immortal Song performance below: 

2. IVE

Members: Gaeul, Liz, Wonyoung, Yujin, Leeseo & Rei

Another group to look forward to in 2022 are the monster rookies IVE! The group also consists of former IZ*ONE members Yujin and Wonyoung.

1,2,3,4,5,6,7, you make me feel like eleven!~ It took IVE 7 days to achieve their first win and the girls have a total of 11 music show wins till date!

Debuted on 1 December 2021, the STARSHIP Ent. rookie girl group has been making headlines for breaking the record to be the fastest girl group to achieve a music show win after debut.

Visual, vocals, dance, rap, style and charisma, the rising rookie girl group has them all and they have proven to be able to show duality through their strong performances! 

Check out some of IVE’s performance videos below!

Pure IVE vs Girl Crush IVE:

NCT U Boss Cover:

SOLO Cover by IVE REI (also our personal favourite!) :

We will look forward to the activities of both groups in 2022! Do share with us on our socials if there are other groups that we can anticipate for this year.

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