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So much wasted potentional it's depressing tbh.
I'm glad that most of them are free now instead of rotting away in the dungeon. Still a gutpunch to read and think about tho.
I'm glad that most of them are free now instead of rotting away in the dungeon. Still a gutpunch to read and think about tho.
Pristin getting an official disbandment before After School sure was unexpected.
I hope the girls find some new agencies (and jobs) soon enough, thankfully they are fairly popular so they should be able to still have a decent career in entertainment (well, most of them at least)
I hope the girls find some new agencies (and jobs) soon enough, thankfully they are fairly popular so they should be able to still have a decent career in entertainment (well, most of them at least)
aw man aw man... so one of my favorite Korean groups of all time dropped some new music this past week!!!
it's Casker!
they released 2 songs, but only one is on youtube, go to spotify to check out the other song... they're both amazing!!
Spotify unfortunately does not have their 2nd and 3rd albums... which IMO are their best ones and solidified why I love the group so much!!
they're on itunes tho lol.
it's Casker!
they released 2 songs, but only one is on youtube, go to spotify to check out the other song... they're both amazing!!
Spotify unfortunately does not have their 2nd and 3rd albums... which IMO are their best ones and solidified why I love the group so much!!
they're on itunes tho lol.
Are u guys ready for some summer bops?
Fromis_9 got u covered!
WJSN joins the fight!
Aw, man. That's awful news about Hara. Hope she'll be okay.
Berry Good have inconsistent production/arrangement/engineering, crap videos, and mediocre choreography that matches their dance skills. But I usually love their songs.
Berry Good have inconsistent production/arrangement/engineering, crap videos, and mediocre choreography that matches their dance skills. But I usually love their songs.
Holy fuck what the hell? That's awful to hear. I hope she will pull through.
First Pristin disbands, and then Yuri goes and gets herself a nose-piercing...
This is the WORST WEEK EVER
FUCK
This is the WORST WEEK EVER
FUCK
I feel fuzzy inside knowing how CLC is greatly appreciated nowadays.
They deserve it, they have consistently put good music out there since debut and have been severely overlooked all these years despite having the talent, the visuals, the variety queens & the music. Itswhatshedeserves.gif
Yeah, even though Nu'est are now doing great as well, it's Mnet and Produce 101 that deserve the credit there.
I'm so, so ready.
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Nu'est and After School had a lot of comebacks, I honestly don't know what else could Pledis do for them? (Choose more mainstream concepts maybe?).
This "the company is evil" rhetoric is getting a bit old, and it seems is really easy to blame the company over any group flopping, but there is so much into it...
Initially they certainly did, but that doesn't account for the latter halves of their careers. It's especially egregious with Orange Caramel who was ridiculously popular and went the way of AS all the same.
That's not counting the absolute botchery that was the Hello Venus situation.
One group lapsing, sure.
Two... mmmm
Pledis is up to 4 with only one bounxkng back on merits not directly due to the company itself.
They may not be MBK or TS... but man, that track record is baaaaaaad
This is pretty fun.
Sad news about Hara. I hope she recovers and gets the support she needs
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After School have poor sales and were steadily declining since Shampoo, their biggest hit with 30k sales. Their last 2 releases were in the 10k range. They were probably getting more money from Nana's acting gigs at that point.
Orange Caramel numbers aren't any better with all their releases having sales bellow 10k and digitally doing just ok.
Hello Venus were never popular. Their most sold album was Would you have some tea?, wich sold 10k copies (released right before the split with Fantagio). Probably never were making benefits, and if they ever did, it would have to be split between 2 companies.
With Nu'est is hard to tell because sales numbers are probavly inflated now after the Produce 101 boom, but they had 7 korean releases before Produce 101.
These companies are not charity, and while I completely love groups getting 2, 3, 4 or how many chances to make a splash, I can't blame companies to decide to pull the plug at some point. But I understand the treatment Cube is giving to CLC might have spoiled us.
It's not just Cube "spoiling us" with CLC though. It's literally the story of all low to middle tier company who have a girl group who never ever managed to get any ROTY award nor to sell more than Pristin's lowest sales (Pristin V - 17k album sales) yet never gave up on them either. Laboum, Berry Good, Nine Muse, April, Stellar, Sonamoo, Bestie, Hello Venus, Spica, Dal Shabet all got more releases and an incredibly way longer career than Pristin got, despite struggling to reach 10k sales throughout their entire careers. Their companies didn't give up on them either, it's not a fucking anomaly to not give up on your own groups, wtf.
And I'm not even sure it's fair to compare things to Pristin V knowing how unit albums always sell less than full group albums, but Pristin's 1st album sold 40k (more than any Oh My Girl album ever) and their 2nd album sold sold 27k, roughly 4k less than Oh My Girl's Remember Me album. Imagine if WM decided to disband OMG tomorrow under the pretense they're not successful enough, and they don't sell enough albums, and try to argue how that would make any kind of sense, because it honestly wouldn't.
I don't know how that's so hard to understand, people would rather try and paint Pristin as flops in order to try to justify this mess, instead of looking at the numbers.
And I'm not even sure it's fair to compare things to Pristin V knowing how unit albums always sell less than full group albums, but Pristin's 1st album sold 40k (more than any Oh My Girl album ever) and their 2nd album sold sold 27k, roughly 4k less than Oh My Girl's Remember Me album. Imagine if WM decided to disband OMG tomorrow under the pretense they're not successful enough, and they don't sell enough albums, and try to argue how that would make any kind of sense, because it honestly wouldn't.
I don't know how that's so hard to understand, people would rather try and paint Pristin as flops in order to try to justify this mess, instead of looking at the numbers.
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It seems Taeha is leaving Berry Good because her contract just expired, two days after their comeback...?
Add bad timing to the list I guess.
Add bad timing to the list I guess.
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I already said that Pristin's case is an anomaly and something definitely went wrong. I was going over the other "mistreated" Pledis groups.
Fair enough then. I'm so tired of seeing people trying to pretend Pristin were utter flops in order to justify what happened to them all over the internet, I thought that's what was happening here, my bad.
Wow there's a Kpop thread.
Listen to the best Kpop album ever.
Listen to Coming Home, then the best song On&On, then the rest are amazing too.
Listen to the best Kpop album ever.
Listen to Coming Home, then the best song On&On, then the rest are amazing too.
Without Pinky. I'm starting to think that IOI is not going to comeback, and if it does, it'll be missing lots of girls.
Well apparently it's been stated that an ioi 6 month reunion is going happen and a new album? or Just a Rumor. Somi maybe not part of it because of her busy Solo schedule but who knows?
The I.O.I reunion is still a rumor at this point, it hasn't been confirmed. A rumor that, conveniently, always popped up every-time there was an announcement about Somi's debut. I'm sure the girls themselves are talking about doing a reunion at some point, but so far, not just Somi is going to be too busy for it, WJSN & Chungha are gonna be as well since they'll be having comeback soon or during the Summer.
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