2024 will be here before we know it, with the end of the year only a few weeks away. With the new year in mind, K-Pop fans recently took to an online forum to discuss the ages of some of the biggest groups in the industry, and how old they’ll be turning in 2024. The list was made with the Korean age system in mind, meaning that groups that debuted in 2023 will be going into their second year, groups that debuted in 2022 will be going into their third year, and so on. By those standards, here are the ages that 40+ K-Pop groups will turn in 2024, as well as fan reactions!
1. 2nd Year
RIIZE | SM Entertainment tripleS (debuted February 13, 2023) BOYNEXTDOOR (debuted May 30, 2023) ZEROBASEONE (debuted July 10, 2023) RIIZE (debuted September 4, 2023)
2. 3rd Year
NewJeans | ADOR Kep1er (debuted January 3, 2022) NMIXX (debuted February 22, 2022) LE SSERAFIM (debuted May 2, 2022) CLASS:y (debuted May 5, 2022) NewJeans (debuted August 1, 2022) FIFTY FIFTY (debuted November 18, 2022)
3. 4th Year
IVE | Starship Entertainment MIRAE (debuted March 17, 2021) EPEX (debuted June 8, 2021) Billlie (debuted November 10, 2021) IVE (debuted December 1, 2021)
4. 5th Year
ENHYPEN | BELIFT LAB CRAVITY (debuted April 14, 2020) TREASURE (debuted August 7, 2020) STAYC (debuted November 12, 2020) aespa (debuted November 17, 2020) ENHYPEN (debuted November 30, 2020)
5. 6th Year
TXT | BIGHIT MUSIC ITZY (debuted February 12, 2019) TXT (debuted March 4, 2019) DKZ (debuted April 24, 2019) AB6IX (debuted May 22, 2019) CIX (debuted July 23, 2019)
6. 7th Year
Stray Kids | JYP Entertainment fromis_9 (debuted January 24, 2018) Stray Kids (debuted March 25, 2018) (G)I-DLE (debuted May 2, 2018) ATEEZ (debuted October 24, 2018)
7. 8th Year
THE BOYZ | IST Entertainment ONF (debuted August 2, 2017) Golden Child (debuted August 28, 2017) THE BOYZ (debuted December 6, 2017)
8. 9th Year
BLACKPINK | YG Entertainment ASTRO (debuted February 23, 2016) NCT 127 (debuted July 7, 2016) BLACKPINK (debuted August 8, 2016) NCT DREAM (debuted August 25, 2016) SF9 (debuted October 5, 2016) PENTAGON (debuted October 10, 2016)
9. 10th Year
SEVENTEEN | Pledis Entertainment OH MY GIRL (debuted April 20, 2015) MONSTA X (debuted May 14, 2015) SEVENTEEN (debuted May 26, 2015) DAY6 (debuted September 7, 2015) iKON (debuted September 15, 2015) TWICE (debuted October 20, 2015)
10. 11th Year
Red Velvet | SM Entertainment Red Velvet (debuted August 1, 2014) WINNER (debuted August 17, 2014)
11. 12th Year
BTS | BIGHIT MUSIC BTS (debuted June 12, 2013)
12. 13th Year
EXO | SM Entertainment BTOB (debuted March 21, 2012) EXO (debuted April 8, 2012) VIXX (debuted May 24, 2012)
Here’s how netizens are reacting to this list!
