News Binnie of Oh My Girl, to use Yubin; real name Bae Yubin - as stage name from now on (1 Viewer)

[LoveYooShaSha]

WM Entertainment announces that Binnie of Oh My Girl has decided to change her promotion/stage name to her real name Yubin, full name Bae Yubin.
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[Abeamus]

The Soompi article translates it as follows

On January 19, WM Entertainment announced that she will be using this name going forward, stating, “Oh My Girl’s Binnie will change her stage name to Yoo Bin and continue her diverse activities.”

So seems related to her having begun her acting career and probably wants to build more of her brand around herself since that's a common thing to do as an actor like Hani uses Ahn Hee Yeon as well.

I'm surprised WM gave the green light to this as real names are harder to own than made up ones but it also gives me faith that WM are trying to do what they can to help the girls take the steps they feel their careers need.

 

[LoveYooShaSha]

The Soompi article translates it as follows

On January 19, WM Entertainment announced that she will be using this name going forward, stating, “Oh My Girl’s Binnie will change her stage name to Yoo Bin and continue her diverse activities.”

So seems related to her having begun her acting career and probably wants to build more of her brand around herself since that's a common thing to do as an actor like Hani uses Ahn Hee Yeon as well.

I'm surprised WM gave the green light to this as real names are harder to own than made up ones but it also gives me faith that WM are trying to do what they can to help the girls take the steps they feel their careers need.

tat makes sense, as i wondered abt this alla sudden, out of the blue, announcement.

tat makes me wonder a bit, as the other cuurent actress Arin also uses a stage name-so will she start going by Yewon, or r there too many actresses/celebs/idols by tat name already(tho there's 5 gg member yubins compared to 4 yewons).

n im optimistic abt the fact tat this was agreed to by WMEnt - with 70% of WMEnt being sold to RBW- it seems to be good(?) overall for OMG, as the propitious agreement between RBW n Wheein remaining in Mamamoo portends a better future for Oh My Girl as an active girl group than other mergers/buyouts did in the past.

 

[Abeamus]

tat makes sense, as i wondered abt this alla sudden, out of the blue, announcement.

tat makes me wonder a bit, as the other cuurent actress Arin also uses a stage name-so will she start going by Yewon, or r there too many actresses/celebs/idols by tat name already(tho there's 5 gg member yubins compared to 4 yewons).

n im optimistic abt the fact tat this was agreed to by WMEnt - with 70% of WMEnt being sold to RBW- it seems to be good(?) overall for OMG, as the propitious agreement between RBW n Wheein remaining in Mamamoo portends a better future for Oh My Girl as an active girl group than other mergers/buyouts did in the past.

Well it'll probably depend on how serious Arin wants to take acting since if she's content with doing it more on the side then she wouldn't really need to change but from this announcement it seems that's where Binnies focus is.

I don't think RBW will interfere with Oh My Girl as they don't seem solely focused on money but more of a situation where if any of Oh My Girl wanted to try acting then WM being able to really support them is important like you see both Sowon and Yerin signed with acting companies for that reason since an idol company will have a harder time usually.

 

[LoveYooShaSha]

Well it'll probably depend on how serious Arin wants to take acting since if she's content with doing it more on the side then she wouldn't really need to change but from this announcement it seems that's where Binnies focus is.

I don't think RBW will interfere with Oh My Girl as they don't seem solely focused on money but more of a situation where if any of Oh My Girl wanted to try acting then WM being able to really support them is important like you see both Sowon and Yerin signed with acting companies for that reason since an idol company will have a harder time usually.

i was thinking more tat we dont know wat Hyojung, Seunghee, Jiho n Mimi's plans r going forward-whereas i could believe YooA could be more interested in solo music release/dance based activities: but still im optimistic tat WM under RBW would support Hj, Sh, Jh n Mm as well as the others, similarly to Mamamoo still including Wheein in the grp even if her solo activities r under The L1VE; at this point tats all i ŕlly care abt at minimum- Oh My Girl to exist n come together as 7 for cbs regularly(as well as hv as full as they prefer solo activities, whether under WM or not).

this business of binnie using her real name Yubin for acting as u construe being the main reason for this happening, n WM basically being ok with it gives me hope there's a future for at least 3 more yrs as OT7 Oh My Girl!!!

 

[Bopper]

All good with me, her stage name was a sort of nickname of her real name anyway so it’s not that huge of a change.

 

[Abeamus]

i was thinking more tat we dont know wat Hyojung, Seunghee, Jiho n Mimi's plans r going forward-whereas i could believe YooA could be more interested in solo music release/dance based activities: but still im optimistic tat WM under RBW would support Hj, Sh, Jh n Mm as well as the others, similarly to Mamamoo still including Wheein in the grp even if her solo activities r under The L1VE; at this point tats all i ŕlly care abt at minimum- Oh My Girl to exist n come together as 7 for cbs regularly(as well as hv as full as they prefer solo activities, whether under WM or not).

this business of binnie using her real name Yubin for acting as u construe being the main reason for this happening, n WM basically being ok with it gives me hope there's a future for at least 3 more yrs as OT7 Oh My Girl!!!

Well I think you can kinda tell by what they've been attempting to do so far since WM has been letting them try other things like Binnie and Arin have with acting but so far none of the others have really explored which I'd think they have had the opportunity although I don't think I could really see Seunghee wanting to not be an idol as you can tell being an idol means a lot to her.

After Gfriend I will wait and see what happens about Oh My Girl since I didn't think Gfriend were treated poorly either but the ending made a massive difference in my thoughts about that so while WM seems to be good overall we'll see if that still holds up when it comes to contracts as we have yet to hear anything about Oh My Girls contracts which are due in April.

 

[LoveYooShaSha]

Well I think you can kinda tell by what they've been attempting to do so far since WM has been letting them try other things like Binnie and Arin have with acting but so far none of the others have really explored which I'd think they have had the opportunity although I don't think I could really see Seunghee wanting to not be an idol as you can tell being an idol means a lot to her.

After Gfriend I will wait and see what happens about Oh My Girl since I didn't think Gfriend were treated poorly either but the ending made a massive difference in my thoughts about that so while WM seems to be good overall we'll see if that still holds up when it comes to contracts as we have yet to hear anything about Oh My Girls contracts which are due in April.

1st) Hyojung recently had been active in variety/mcing/hosting in 2020 till 2021 i noticed but less so later on. she might be on track to be mc/host of variety shows if she wants.
2) seunghee seemed always, i thot to be on track to be a solo singer/comedy performer/variety star smh. she always struck me as funny either naturally/practiced rlly hard at it(maybe ever since her younger days as a child performer{which i hvnt ever seen, just knew abt}).
3) mimi n jiho i hv no idea wat they might get up to post-OMG/idol careerr or simultaneously; i think the rest i wrote abt above.

my take on WM re: OMG is guarded hopefulness regarding re-signing n remaining as active 7-member idol grp. notwithstanding wat happened to my other fave last yr, b4 now i was just being an ostrich with my head in the sand going i cant hear anything-preparing for the worst. same for rv, tho they might hv re-signed (this word as used in kpop is so mind twisting as in my country it usually means leaving the company -resigned in stead of re-upping for more yrs under new contract, anyway tats a tangent).

my pov now is after RBW buying 70%, Wheein leaving RBW but technically remaining in Mamamoo; as with Naeun the same in Apink; i hv hopes tat WM will try their utmost not to alienate OMG n tat all 7 will remain in an active OMG. Tats my optimism slipping thru n i cant help it. if it doesnt happen the way i hope, then the double whammy of 2 stan ggs technically disbanding will be a blow, but hopefully the first will hv cushioned my heart against further shocks n i will survive it. i might suffer for a bit. but lets wait till its confirmed one way or the other b4 i go there. anyway i believe ill survive.

 

[Abeamus]

1st) Hyojung recently had been active in variety/mcing/hosting in 2020 till 2021 i noticed but less so later on. she might be on track to be mc/host of variety shows if she wants.
2) seunghee seemed always, i thot to be on track to be a solo singer/comedy performer/variety star smh. she always struck me as funny either naturally/practiced rlly hard at it(maybe ever since her younger days as a child performer{which i hvnt ever seen, just knew abt}).
3) mimi n jiho i hv no idea wat they might get up to post-OMG/idol careerr or simultaneously; i think the rest i wrote abt above.

my take on WM re: OMG is guarded hopefulness regarding re-signing n remaining as active 7-member idol grp. notwithstanding wat happened to my other fave last yr, b4 now i was just being an ostrich with my head in the sand going i cant hear anything-preparing for the worst. same for rv, tho they might hv re-signed (this word as used in kpop is so mind twisting as in my country it usually means leaving the company -resigned in stead of re-upping for more yrs under new contract, anyway tats a tangent).

my pov now is after RBW buying 70%, Wheein leaving RBW but technically remaining in Mamamoo; as with Naeun the same in Apink; i hv hopes tat WM will try their utmost not to alienate OMG n tat all 7 will remain in an active OMG. Tats my optimism slipping thru n i cant help it. if it doesnt happen the way i hope, then the double whammy of 2 stan ggs technically disbanding will be a blow, but hopefully the first will hv cushioned my heart against further shocks n i will survive it. i might suffer for a bit. but lets wait till its confirmed one way or the other b4 i go there. anyway i believe ill survive.

Variety shows are common for idols to appear on though and there's even been times where a group has appeared on a show one of the members is the MC of so they don't really take away from the idol schedule especially a slower schedule like Oh My Girl has taken on. Seunghee would do well in an entertainer role no doubt about it but you can tell how much being an idol means to her since she cried the day Oh My Girl debuted, when they got their first win and even when they got their first public win as well as like when they were on Weekly Idol with Loona and Gowon mentioned Coloring Book being the era that got her into Oh My Girl how Seunghee couldn't hold her emotions then due to how hard that era was so I'd be surprised if she's going anywhere.

The thing with Mimi as well as Hyojung is they both have their own Youtube channels and especially with Hyojung it was one of the reasons she moved out to focus on her Youtube channel so it's possible that's the direction they'd take if they aren't active in Oh My Girl but that's something that's so hard to tell. Jiho I think actually isn't possible to tell any direction for her since she really hasn't given much of an indication and I don't think she'd have trouble getting opportunities so it might just be a case where she's content with being a member of Oh My Girl.

For me I'll wait and see what happens since after EXID and Gfriend I've learnt that no matter how close a group is or how good the company seems to treat them that you still have absolutely no idea what'll happen in the end but I assume we'll find out soon enough what is happening with Oh My Girl as we should have some news by March I would think.

 

[LoveYooShaSha]

Variety shows are common for idols to appear on though and there's even been times where a group has appeared on a show one of the members is the MC of so they don't really take away from the idol schedule especially a slower schedule like Oh My Girl has taken on. Seunghee would do well in an entertainer role no doubt about it but you can tell how much being an idol means to her since she cried the day Oh My Girl debuted, when they got their first win and even when they got their first public win as well as like when they were on Weekly Idol with Loona and Gowon mentioned Coloring Book being the era that got her into Oh My Girl how Seunghee couldn't hold her emotions then due to how hard that era was so I'd be surprised if she's going anywhere.

The thing with Mimi as well as Hyojung is they both have their own Youtube channels and especially with Hyojung it was one of the reasons she moved out to focus on her Youtube channel so it's possible that's the direction they'd take if they aren't active in Oh My Girl but that's something that's so hard to tell. Jiho I think actually isn't possible to tell any direction for her since she really hasn't given much of an indication and I don't think she'd have trouble getting opportunities so it might just be a case where she's content with being a member of Oh My Girl.

For me I'll wait and see what happens since after EXID and Gfriend I've learnt that no matter how close a group is or how good the company seems to treat them that you still have absolutely no idea what'll happen in the end but I assume we'll find out soon enough what is happening with Oh My Girl as we should have some news by March I would think.

interesting points as i hvnt kept up with mimi n hyojung being youtubers.

as for the rest, only thing i hv any comment on rn is after rv n gfriend basically hvg no indication beforehand, ill wait till there's an announcement abt OMG either way. id be kinda slightly devastated if they dint continue but my heart is already kinda scabbed up from Yerin not continuing in Gfriend rn; i was rlly hoping for a 2nd season of her mukbang show Nyam Nyam but its kinda low probability at this point along with ot6 gfriend future reincarnation. which is why im sentimentally putting my hopes on 3 more yrs of ot7 omg, at the very least.

 

[Abeamus]

interesting points as i hvnt kept up with mimi n hyojung being youtubers.

as for the rest, only thing i hv any comment on rn is after rv n gfriend basically hvg no indication beforehand, ill wait till there's an announcement abt OMG either way. id be kinda slightly devastated if they dint continue but my heart is already kinda scabbed up from Yerin not continuing in Gfriend rn; i was rlly hoping for a 2nd season of her mukbang show Nyam Nyam but its kinda low probability at this point along with ot6 gfriend future reincarnation. which is why im sentimentally putting my hopes on 3 more yrs of ot7 omg, at the very least.

Gfriend continuing probably depends on winning the trademark or not, they still support each other strongly like all the members made Instagram stories showing support for Yujus solo but idk if they'd have the heart to recreate the group without being named Gfriend or Buddy since even just Eunha, SinB and Umji are struggling with that when it comes to Viviz and that's a new unit.

 

[LoveYooShaSha]

Gfriend continuing probably depends on winning the trademark or not, they still support each other strongly like all the members made Instagram stories showing support for Yujus solo but idk if they'd have the heart to recreate the group without being named Gfriend or Buddy since even just Eunha, SinB and Umji are struggling with that when it comes to Viviz and that's a new unit.

ill rlly miss yerin+sinb the most as smh together they imprinted strongest on me; tho we can still hv Eunha, Sinb n Umji together for a few yrs, but im gonna miss Yerin being ard the others most of all.

Yuju, Sowon n even Yerin on their own would be a consolation for me, but yeah-the biggest thing i miss from all the videos/interactions iv watched is just Yerin being Yerin with Sinb n the others; its indescribable. just gonna miss SinRin most of all.(even the lost yr 2021 is a gaping hole in my heart).

 

[Abeamus]

ill rlly miss yerin+sinb the most as smh together they imprinted strongest on me; tho we can still hv Eunha, Sinb n Umji together for a few yrs, but im gonna miss Yerin being ard the others most of all.

Yuju, Sowon n even Yerin on their own would be a consolation for me, but yeah-the biggest thing i miss from all the videos/interactions iv watched is just Yerin being Yerin with Sinb n the others; its indescribable. just gonna miss SinRin most of all.(even the lost yr 2021 is a gaping hole in my heart).

I'm going to miss seeing Sowon and Yerin as much since they've gone into acting and I don't watch dramas so I'll see them less than Yuju and Viviz but I understand that they didn't get the opportunity to do this under Soumu because they wanted to focus on the group image instead of letting the girls build any kind of solo brand and show what they could do in other areas.

I'm just going to take whatever they are happy doing right now since after not even knowing if any of the group would stick together last year and especially seeing Yerin then Sowon then Yuju sign to other companies it seemed like they'd go in separate directions so even Viviz was a shock to me but a welcome one and having seen what Yuju did with her solo I am excited for what Viviz can do.

 

[LoveYooShaSha]

I'm going to miss seeing Sowon and Yerin as much since they've gone into acting and I don't watch dramas so I'll see them less than Yuju and Viviz but I understand that they didn't get the opportunity to do this under Soumu because they wanted to focus on the group image instead of letting the girls build any kind of solo brand and show what they could do in other areas.

I'm just going to take whatever they are happy doing right now since after not even knowing if any of the group would stick together last year and especially seeing Yerin then Sowon then Yuju sign to other companies it seemed like they'd go in separate directions so even Viviz was a shock to me but a welcome one and having seen what Yuju did with her solo I am excited for what Viviz can do.

i kinda got the feeling tat Yerin seemed less enthused on stage during 2020, especially during Apple performances-idk tho maybe its just my impression of her expression compared to previous comebacks. it wasnt just 1 time either, maybe across multiple performances; it could hv been covid-restrictions/lack of audience, direction musically, or anything rlly or i was just plain wrong!! Sowon i hv no inkling, tho when disbandment/non renewal was announced i wondered if her controversy affected her decision(since filming at tat place wasnt her decision). the rest it seems obvious they want to continue their musical careers so im not gonna speculate more. ill just appreciate tat we hv Yuju solo n VIVIZ.

 

[Abeamus]

i kinda got the feeling tat Yerin seemed less enthused on stage during 2020, especially during Apple performances-idk tho maybe its just my impression of her expression compared to previous comebacks. it wasnt just 1 time either, maybe across multiple performances; it could hv been covid-restrictions/lack of audience, direction musically, or anything rlly or i was just plain wrong!! Sowon i hv no inkling, tho when disbandment/non renewal was announced i wondered if her controversy affected her decision(since filming at tat place wasnt her decision). the rest it seems obvious they want to continue their musical careers so im not gonna speculate more. ill just appreciate tat we hv Yuju solo n VIVIZ.

It could have just been her trying to be more serious for the concepts like Hyojung who smiles like during almost every performance wouldn't smile at all during the more serious performances on Queendom. I highly doubt she was over being an idol though since they all posted about Gfriends 7th anniversary but Yerin went out of her way to make a video just for Buddies about it so it's clearly something that is still on hers and Sowons minds even if they've stepped more into the life of an actress.

I think the circumstances that they've ended up in is just as a result of them being shown the door by Hybe and that both Gfriend and Buddy meant a lot to them to the point where I think the only reason Eunha, SinB and Umji stayed was because they only really wanted to be idols while the others were interested in doing acting in Sowon and Yerins case or being a solo artist in Yujus case. As I mentioned earlier that I think if Soumu gets the trademark despite the challenge to it then what we have now is probably the best we're going to get since the fact Viviz were so desperate to think about naming their fans BudE shows just how much they value the old names.

 

[LoveYooShaSha]

It could have just been her trying to be more serious for the concepts like Hyojung who smiles like during almost every performance wouldn't smile at all during the more serious performances on Queendom. I highly doubt she was over being an idol though since they all posted about Gfriends 7th anniversary but Yerin went out of her way to make a video just for Buddies about it so it's clearly something that is still on hers and Sowons minds even if they've stepped more into the life of an actress.

I think the circumstances that they've ended up in is just as a result of them being shown the door by Hybe and that both Gfriend and Buddy meant a lot to them to the point where I think the only reason Eunha, SinB and Umji stayed was because they only really wanted to be idols while the others were interested in doing acting in Sowon and Yerins case or being a solo artist in Yujus case. As I mentioned earlier that I think if Soumu gets the trademark despite the challenge to it then what we have now is probably the best we're going to get since the fact Viviz were so desperate to think about naming their fans BudE shows just how much they value the old names.

im mostly just going by the difference between 2020 n pre-2020 (tat i noticed in late 2020), in the case of Yerin, since i pay special attention to her since starting to bias her with her joyfulness n infectious happiness during her mukbang show Nyam-Nyam. it wasnt just tat but her previous strong woman prrsona too. it just seemed she was tired of it all by some of the performances i was watching in 2020(i might hv to go n rewatch the gfriend online concert to chk if it was as far bk as tat or after, during Mago cb. to me her usual joyful spiritedness wasnt in view/or disappeared at times. again i could be wrong. but it just seems telling (to me) tat the 2 oldest are going into acting; maybe if they were interested they woulda/coulda joined Big Planet Made as well, depending on their individual contracts but alas it dint happen. maybe bpm ent was created too late or sthg else. i notice it has signed only already debuted artists so far who left other agencies, no trainees yet. ofc its too soon for them to hv new trainees IF they plan to train n debut new idols/grps. all inn all, im glad BPM gave/created a chance for VIVIZ to exist so i cant/wont judge anyone for their choices, my heartbreak over no more gfriend rn is my own personal sadness to overcome/live with. they all hv made their choices for their own sakes n deserve every success n happiness therefrom.

 

[Abeamus]

im mostly just going by the difference between 2020 n pre-2020 (tat i noticed in late 2020), in the case of Yerin, since i pay special attention to her since starting to bias her with her joyfulness n infectious happiness during her mukbang show Nyam-Nyam. it wasnt just tat but her previous strong woman prrsona too. it just seemed she was tired of it all by some of the performances i was watching in 2020(i might hv to go n rewatch the gfriend online concert to chk if it was as far bk as tat or after, during Mago cb. to me her usual joyful spiritedness wasnt in view/or disappeared at times. again i could be wrong. but it just seems telling (to me) tat the 2 oldest are going into acting; maybe if they were interested they woulda/coulda joined Big Planet Made as well, depending on their individual contracts but alas it dint happen. maybe bpm ent was created too late or sthg else. i notice it has signed only already debuted artists so far who left other agencies, no trainees yet. ofc its too soon for them to hv new trainees IF they plan to train n debut new idols/grps. all inn all, im glad BPM gave/created a chance for VIVIZ to exist so i cant/wont judge anyone for their choices, my heartbreak over no more gfriend rn is my own personal sadness to overcome/live with. they all hv made their choices for their own sakes n deserve every success n happiness therefrom.

The way I see it is that Sowon, Yerin and Yuju probably wanted to do the paths that they are on now but they didn't want to leave Gfriend behind to do it however that's what happened and if the names mean a lot to them which it appears it does then I would have advised against just sitting around as doing nothing hurts their brand and the trademark would take at least a year likely if not more. As for why they didn't join BPM well for one BPM was only established in July while Yerin had already joined Sublime in June and even then Soyou who was BPM 1st artist only joined in September and August was when both Sowon and Yuju signed to their existing companies so there was really no reason for them to have faith they could get something going and from what Viviz said it sounds like it was a journey for them still.

Ultimately we'll just have to see what paths they take as it's possible Sowon or Yerin really take a liking to acting and want to really go for it which BPM would have a harder time supporting them in while Yuju would be an easier sell since I assume the main thing for her would be an agency that gives her the freedom to work as an artist however no idea about any contract details and we still have yet to see if BPM will even treat Viviz right as they haven't actually done anything to judge yet so have to wait and find out.