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Originally posted by bowdown
Eastern girl groups, particularly Korean ones, are SUPER polished. The production value is just much higher. The choreography, the outfits, the training, everything is ALWAYS on point. They put endless hours and money into everything they do, so it's not surprising they slay more.
That being said, I'd say a lot of Western girl groups have much more vocal talent, like 5H and LM.
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A lot of K-pop groups intentionally don't focus on 4/5+ members all with great vocal talents. There's roles, so a 5 member group will have a main vocal, two sub vocalist, two rappers, one of who is a visual (the best looking one) and the other being the main dancer. So there's an intentional spread of talents so the group can get away with more things musically. With that being said, looking at groups like SNSD, f(x), 2NE1, SISTAR, and then going into the male groups, for the most part their main vocalists generally have better vocal talents than your Adele's and Beyoncé's. See: Taeyeon, Luna, Hyorin, Park Bom. (pre-like 2012/2011)