K-netizens have compared the success of Jennie to Jihyo, sparking a heated discussion between the two artists' fandoms.

Here's what people are saying.

K-netz Compare the Success of BLACKPINK Jennie to TWICE Jihyo + Creates String Among ONCEs, BLINKs

Jennie released her first-ever English special single "You & Me" on October 6, exciting many fans. The idol also released a Coachella version of the song apart from its title track. While many were happy with the content, a debate ensued online.

On October 6, a netizen opened a discussion titled, "Looking at Jennie, I realized how much Jihyo flopped." The OP then elaborated that Jennie entered the charts despite not promoting the song and expressed how much BLACKPINK served as a "wall" in girl groups.

The author stated:

"Jennie didn't have a single promotion and what she released was just a fan song. However, it still entered the charts on No. 60 and is currently moving up. Meanwhile, Jihyo didn't even make it to the charts and fell to the 400th.

You can tell that BLACKPINK is the wall indeed and Jennie will absolutely enter the top 10 within a day."

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Netizens then commented how futile it was to compare the two idols, since according to several comments, they claimed that BLACKPINK is the top girl group in Korea and overseas. The netters also mentioned soloists such as Nayeon and Hwasa in the fray.

Read their comments below:

• "In Korea and overseas, BLACKPINK is the top one. Of course, it shows how severe the gap is when you compare them to TWICE."
• "Not only Jihyo, but when you think about the solos aside from BLACKPINK members or Hwasa, nobody does well once they leave the group."
• "Girl groups are all about seizing the general public. But (BLACKPINK) both have public and core fans. Their chart entries are always high, they can compete against A-list male idols."
• "Why would you compare Jihyo to Jennie? You can't even compare Nayeon to her."
• "You know what's funny? It's that flop JYP fans are trying to step on their class."

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In a separate forum, ONCEs (TWICE's fandom) were perplexed on why Jihyo was dragged into the quarrel out of the blue. Some called out the user for instigating a fanwar, while others remained their ground by laying out their own take regarding the two idols' impact.

• "Now why are they dragging Jihyo into this?"
• "This is probably OP right now."

• "The real question here is, why is admin doing this?"
• "The obsession with TWICE is real and weird."
• "There we go again, pitting two women against each other."
• "Even if we remove the 'which group is bigger' discourse, it doesn't change the fact that BP is a special case of each group member having good solo recognition and feedback."

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Written by Riely Miller