News X1 Disbands (1 Viewer)

[BlingyBlinger]

Weren't they JUST saying that X1 was going to resume activities? This is just depressing, these kids had so much potential.

 

[Myco]

Weren't they JUST saying that X1 was going to resume activities? This is just depressing, these kids had so much potential.

Yeah, apparently they even send out fan goods? Just confusing,maybe something happened for them to suddenly decide to disband, wonder what will happen to IZ*ONE now

 

[Jimimis]

WHATS GONNA HAPPEN TO MY BABY???????

 

[Peach]

Did anyone expect otherwise? Even if they would have continued, their reputation as a group was tarnished, no awards shows would have included them (their fans were merely used for clout) even if they had 5 comebacks and sold well, they wouldn't get CF's, zero zip zilch nada. It's unfair but what's the point of keeping around a group that will be boycotted by people in the industry. And I'm saying it as someone whose UB went through exact same thing so I know very well how it feels. :/

 

[Darkseid]

Holy fuck I wasn't expecting this, especially after they announced IZ*ONE will resume activities. Wtf??

 

[blueberries]

This is so sudden

 

[BlingyBlinger]

Did anyone expect otherwise? Even if they would have continued, their reputation as a group was tarnished, no awards shows would have included them (their fans were merely used for clout) even if they had 5 comebacks and sold well, they wouldn't get CF's, zero zip zilch nada. It's unfair but what's the point of keeping around a group that will be boycotted by people in the industry. And I'm saying it as someone whose UB went through exact same thing so I know very well how it feels. :/

You're right. Hopefully they'll have good luck going back to their groups/solo/joining new groups. I think Wooseok and Seungwoo at least should be fine and Seungyoun can do well solo too. Just gotta hope for the others ;n;

 

[RandAlThor]

Yeah, apparently they even send out fan goods? Just confusing,maybe something happened for them to suddenly decide to disband, wonder what will happen to IZ*ONE now

from the article it seem contract negotiations broke down.
They wanted all of the members and agencies on board... That did not happen.

 

[Suzy]

I'm not familiar with the group but I feel so bad for the members. The group had so much potential. I hope they can debut again in their own groups and do well.
And I feel so bad for the fans. They literally just announced a few days ago that they would continue promoting so the fans were so happy but now this... I wonder why they bothered to even say they will continue with promotions if they were just going to disband them in the end.

 

[Bopper]

Hopefully the member’s companies protect them for the time being against rumours and stuff. Oh, and take mnet to the cleaners.

 

[Darkseid]

I'm not familiar with the group but I feel so bad for the members. The group had so much potential. I hope they can debut again in their own groups and do well.
And I feel so bad for the fans. They literally just announced a few days ago that they would continue promoting so the fans were so happy but now this... I wonder why they bothered to even say they will continue with promotions if they were just going to disband them in the end.

I guess it was just CJ and MNET announcing that without consulting with all the sub labels, seems not everyone agrees with this so here we are. I really hope IZ*ONE is safe.

 

[RandAlThor]

You're right. Hopefully they'll have good luck going back to their groups/solo/joining new groups. I think Wooseok and Seungwoo at least should be fine and Seungyoun can do well solo too. Just gotta hope for the others ;n;

Not sure about the boys but i am Sure the Korean girls are perma screwed if they disband.

Both groups need to work thru this. 6 months a year no one will care.
If your selling in the numbers that they were and are. Deals will come.

Big bang personally broke the law no one cares. dude just sold a zillion shoes.

I think the boys screwed up disbanding. This serves the kids who got left out much less than them continuing and making money.
Basically the kids who got screwed get screwed again for free.

The only people happy will be the haters and scalp hunters. They never cared about the group or any of the boys any ways.

 

[Peach]

I'll write it here because it's actually scary how much power companies can have over people in Korea. CJ E&M blocked Daniel from ever appearing on their shows simply due to his previous company being under CJ E&M and he dared to defy them. He was never nominated for M Countdown after his comeback. Another issue is Korean certain news sites having the power to eradicate an idol from industry, by putting out news that are considered defamatory, if you don't know a thing about idol you'll think it's all true by just reading these news and you'll make your own judgment based on that. Plus, a lot of these newspapers and TV channels in Korea sponsor certain music awards, such as GDA. JTBC has a deal with CJ E&M, it's not some kind of conspiracy theory, that the reason why Daniel didn't win anything is because he lacked sales/digitals, it's because of who he is. They only nominate people for sake of having a list, not because they were ever going to be a fair. I mean, look at GDA winners from Produce alumni, both Chungha and Jaehwan are under companies affiliated with CJ E&M.

Now, with X1 is the exact same issue, except the ones doing the blocking are not CJ E&M, but the ones who oppose them. Daniel is lucky to be a solo singer and to win his court case but despite getting all the CF's and such, he still struggles to be invited to the award shows and other certain events, you can sell 1 million albums and it wouldn't matter if you're never going to win from the get go because of your background. I think in this case it'd just be safer to restart all over again than to be that group who's always associated with rigging, I also feel sorry for the members, but do you think they actually want to continue like this? Having a dedicated fandom is just not enough if all you can do is print albums and put them out for fans but to have them blocked from everywhere else. :/

 

[yeji]

omg so sudden

 

[RandAlThor]

I'll write it here because it's actually scary how much power companies can have over people in Korea. CJ E&M blocked Daniel from ever appearing on their shows simply due to his previous company being under CJ E&M and he dared to defy them. He was never nominated for M Countdown after his comeback. Another issue is Korean certain news sites having the power to eradicate an idol from industry, by putting out news that are considered defamatory, if you don't know a thing about idol you'll think it's all true by just reading these news and you'll make your own judgment based on that. Plus, a lot of these newspapers and TV channels in Korea sponsor certain music awards, such as GDA. JTBC has a deal with CJ E&M, it's not some kind of conspiracy theory, that the reason why Daniel didn't win anything is because he lacked sales/digitals, it's because of who he is. They only nominate people for sake of having a list, not because they were ever going to be a fair. I mean, look at GDA winners from Produce alumni, both Chungha and Jaehwan are under companies affiliated with CJ E&M.

Now, with X1 is the exact same issue, except the ones doing the blocking are not CJ E&M, but the ones who oppose them. Daniel is lucky to be a solo singer and to win his court case but despite getting all the CF's and such, he still struggles to be invited to the award shows and other certain events, you can sell 1 million albums and it wouldn't matter if you're never going to win from the get go because of your background. I think in this case it'd just be safer to restart all over again than to be that group who's always associated with rigging, I also feel sorry for the members, but do you think they actually want to continue like this? Having a dedicated fandom is just not enough if all you can do is print albums and put them out for fans but to have them blocked from everywhere else. :/

The problem is they can never run from this. They will always be members of the 'rigged ' group.
They are far more likely to have success in the og group than leaving it.
If it gets to the crazy point CJ E&m have more money that most of the other companies if they want to play hardball. It will get bloody.

 

[Peach]

You're right. Hopefully they'll have good luck going back to their groups/solo/joining new groups. I think Wooseok and Seungwoo at least should be fine and Seungyoun can do well solo too. Just gotta hope for the others ;n;

I think they'll do better in EVERY other situation than this. I never believed in CJ E&M's fair compensation, if anything this is the fairest thing they can do for these boys and save them from the agony that is being blacklisted by the industry.

 

[potato]

Nooo

They had so much going for them... Why..

 

[Abeamus]

For people surprised let me remind you of the article a while back saying not everyone in the group wanted to continue.

It sounds like that caused the breakdown and CJ ENM screwed up by announcing X1 would be continuing prematurely.

I don't think this has any reflection on Iz*One and they will promote for the remainder of their contract.

 

[Peach]

The problem is they can never run from this. They will always be members of the 'rigged ' group.
They are far more likely to have success in the og group than leaving it.
If it gets to the crazy point CJ E&m have more money that most of the other companies if they want to play hardball. It will get bloody.

I mean, let's be fair, how many people can name members of X1? Most non-stans can't. They won't associate Yohan with X1 if they won't know he was a member of X1 to begin with because they know only X1 and not the names of the members. And Wanna One was far bigger in the eye of Korea's public but still most people knew just Daniel and few other members regardless of the popularity so I believe they'll be fine, it's not their fault, it's all CJ E&M's fault for becoming greedy after seeing the success of the first two seasons. :/

 

[eclipsoul]

i wasn't following them at all but this is so sudden... i feel really bad for the members.