It does seem like they could have something up their sleeve but at the same time I remember T-ara dropping hints at getting back together after they left MBK and then one day they stopped and started sounding like they were done which with Hybes position as a company and how corrupt Kpop can be it's probably best to not look into it unless they are actually able to pull something off.Am I reading too much into Sowon's message?
"We're going to end our official GFRIEND, but we're not done. As always, it's hard for me to tell you everything."
That sentence makes me have hope that perhaps they wish to continue together but right now they can't release information.
Idk, based off on their letters, It doesn't seem like that would happen. I think overall they will be okYeah, i think ill hv to hope tat Kim Sojung, Jung Yerin, Jung Eunbi, Choi Yuna, Hwang Eunbi and Kim Yewon can hv a second start after May 22nd. Maybe they'll all use their own names after this or new stage names. Wondering if Yerin can keep using her own name after this, Hmmm? or if she'll use a stage name instead. I foresee confusion for Eunbi, Yuna and Yewon if they dont come up with new stage names tho. 2x Eunbi has a lot of same name idols/stars i think, as do Yuna n Yewon.
You can't trademark someones name but they might be able to trademark Yerin on its own so she'd have to either use her whole name as her stage name or come up with something else entirely if they went down they route.Yeah, i think ill hv to hope tat Kim Sojung, Jung Yerin, Jung Eunbi, Choi Yuna, Hwang Eunbi and Kim Yewon can hv a second start after May 22nd. Maybe they'll all use their own names after this or new stage names. Wondering if Yerin can keep using her own name after this, Hmmm? or if she'll use a stage name instead. I foresee confusion for Eunbi, Yuna and Yewon if they dont come up with new stage names tho. 2x Eunbi has a lot of same name idols/stars i think, as do Yuna n Yewon.
Tats wat i was thinking of as i read that Ha:tfelt was Yeeun in Wonder Girls, but maybe to avoid confusion with Yeeun in CLC? Like Yeeun doesnt violate any copyrights JYP holds for Yeeun, rite?You can't trademark someones name but they might be able to trademark Yerin on its own so she'd have to either use her whole name as her stage name or come up with something else entirely if they went down they route.
I got no idea if JYP owns Yeeun as a stage name but it is correct that she changed her stage name to Ha:tfelt but another reason for that might be if she didn't want to use her family name as part of her stage name.Tats wat i was thinking of as i read that Ha:tfelt was Yeeun in Wonder Girls, but maybe to avoid confusion with Yeeun in CLC? Like Yeeun doesnt violate any copyrights JYP holds for Yeeun, rite?
So maybe Yerin might just use a stage name to enforce her rights or sth for her post SouMu work/releases if any. Wonder if her nickname in Niyam Niyam, Yenni/Yennie is also trademarked by SouMu/herself? Jessica Jung used her own name, but like you said she added Jung which wasnt used by her in SNSD, same for Tiffany Young, but Seohyun n Sooyoung used substantially same names except Sooyoung used Choi Sooyoung, whereas Seohyun pointedly DID NOT use Seo Joohyun, so im loast at this point.
Tldr: i rambled on n got lost, losing the point i was tryin to make, srry.
Few idols go by full name tho, as every wikipedia article seems to cite monomym as common stage name. Exception as above Jessica Jung n Tiffany Young. Not sure abt Krystal tbh. Amber goes by Amber Liu but Luna kept her stage name?I got no idea if JYP owns Yeeun as a stage name but it is correct that she changed her stage name to Ha:tfelt but another reason for that might be if she didn't want to use her family name as part of her stage name.
Yerin could go by Jung Yerin if she wanted to but it does come back around to what she'd be comfortable having as a stage name although the benefit to using your real name is that you can't lose the rights to the name so that makes it harder to end up powerless when it comes to rights.
thanksGfriend also posted Japanese letters which I added to the OP under the Korean ones if anyone wants to read them
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