With the new year dawning, expectations have been rising for what new groups the audience could expect in the upcoming year, and public attention has gradually been focusing on two groups: SM Entertainment‘s EXO and TS Entertainment‘s B.A.P.
In a highly-viewed posting on Nate Pann that drew over 35,000 views at press time, a netizen posted a side-by-side comparison of the two groups and compared then to the legendary rivalry betweenSechskies and H.O.T, the two biggest groups at the turn of the millennium.
“EXO looks like a combination of DBSK and SHINee,” exclaimed one commenter, while others compared B.A.P to a “style reminiscent of Big Bang and hip hop”.