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K-pop girl group tripleS recently released their fourth album, ↀ. More specifically: tripleS recently debuted its fourth subunit group, LOVElution, which just released its first album after tripleS’s previous three subunit groups—AAA (standing for Acid Angel from Asia), KRE (standing for +(KR)ystal Eyes), and Acid Eyes (combining both AAA and KRE)—had released their debut albums, spread out over the course of the past year. A subunit is essentially just a subset of members from a larger group that, usually temporarily, promotes separately with its own music—except, unlike the usual group that has subunits, tripleS as a whole has yet to release a track together, unless you include the mini-album, Assemble, that included 10 of the eventual 24 members. If this sounds convoluted, that’s because it is, even by modern K-pop standards. The group tripleS eventually will be composed of 24 members, but as of right now, only 16 have been officially revealed. LOVElution includes eight of those 16

TripleS And The Rise Of K-Pop Girls' Crypto-Capitalism | Defector Skip to Content Music TripleS And The Rise Of K-Pop Girls’ Crypto-Capitalism By Kathryn Xu 11:51 AM EDT on August 23, 2023 159 Comments Add Defector to Google A screenshot from tripleS LOVElution’s “Girls’ Capitalism” | YouTube A screenshot from tripleS LOVElution’s “Girls’ Capitalism” | YouTube K-pop girl group tripleS recently released their fourth album, ↀ. More specifically: tripleS recently debuted its fourth subunit group, LOVElution, which just released its first album after tripleS’s previous three subunit groups—AAA (st

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