Is TWICE Girls' Generation II?

Is TWICE Girls' Generation II?

The short answer to that is: there can never be a "Girls' Generation II."

Let me elaborate on a more serious note. Netizens have criticized JYP Entertainment's newest hot girl group TWICE for being too similar to Girls' Generation, and they have gone as far as accusing JYPE of copying the concepts of Girls' Generation. You can check out the details in allkpop's article here.

Concerning their outfits, they've only "copied" Girls' Generation once with the cheerleader outfits. Let's be honest here: even the most avid fan of Girls' Generation has to admit that no one girl group has ownership of cheerleader outfits. I say that netizens are overreacting here.

However I think they overreact even more: when I first heard of the rookie girl group TWICE and saw their debut group photo, Girls' Generation didn't even come to mind. Yet netizens are criticizing their pose for that picture because it's similar to Girls' Generation's picture for their album "GENIE". The only similarity in the pose is that they're all standing. Last time I checked, standing in pictures is very common. To tell you the truth, I've seen "better replicas" of Girls' Generation in other Asian countries, and TWICE does not come close to the severity of those other non-Korean girl groups.

Now regarding the concept for each member - I think this isn't copying either. TWICE has nine members, the same as Girls' Generation in the past. You can't expect all the nine members to have the same personalities. And having a "cute" concept or a "multi-talented concept" isn't anything unique that people should call them out for copying.

These netizens do not know the motives of JYP Entertainment just as much as I don't know its motives. Perhaps they are trying to follow the concepts and tactics for Girls' Generation because Girls' Generation is deservedly the Queen Group of K-pop. I don't think this is necessarily bad. As long as they don't start matching outfit styles and song concepts together and straight-out duplicating outfits, I don't see any replicating going on here.