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Girl Groups Now: 4th and 5th Generation

From newcomers Katseye, Babymonster and Illit back to Le Sserafim, NewJeans, Ive, Aespa and I-dle, past the end of Unis, and out to the full list of girl groups.

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This course begins with Katseye, Babymonster and Illit — girl groups formed in 2023-2024 — then steps back to the already-established Le Sserafim, NewJeans, Ive, Aespa and I-dle. It passes Unis, which ended its run in 2026, before reaching the full list of South Korean girl groups, measuring how fast this generation turns over.

  1. 1KATSEYEK-POPグループOpens with Katseye, a Los Angeles-based global girl group formed through Hybe and Universal.
  2. 2BABYMONSTERK-POPグループMoves to Babymonster, the seven-member group formed by YG, starting a label-by-label survey of new girl groups.
  3. 3ILLITK-POPグループContinues to Illit, the five-member group Belift Lab formed through a survival competition show.
  4. 4LE SSERAFIMK-POPグループLe Sserafim, from Hybe's Source Music label like Illit, places Hybe's girl groups side by side.
  5. 5NewJeansK-POPグループNewJeans, also formed by Hybe's ADOR, marks a central axis of the 4th-generation lineup.
  6. 6IVEK-POPグループShifts to Ive, from Starship Entertainment, a leading 4th-generation group outside Hybe.
  7. 7AespaK-POPグループContinues to Aespa, SM's group built around a metaverse concept, adding another 4th-generation act.
  8. 8I-dleK-POPグループCrosses to I-dle, from Cube Entertainment, noted as a self-producing group that succeeded outside the big four labels.
  9. 9UNISK-POPグループUnis, formed by a survival show and disbanded in 2026, shows that formation and disbandment are both part of the same industry.
  10. 10LList of South Korean girl groupsK-POPグループEnds at the full list of South Korean girl groups, placing every name seen so far within a much larger landscape.

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