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what a year for my little kpop bubble! captain, it's february
life has been keeping me tired busy so I'm still mostly staying in my little bubble of favorites, but even that has been... eventful lately. so lemme write down some random recent thoughts.
• oneus signed with another company AS FIVE!!! not super surprised that they decided to stick together, but kinda surprised that rbw has been so accomodating at the same time? simply put, I think rbw just doesn't have much to lose letting them go (they're not the bigger earners, rbw clearly has no interest in investing in them anymore, whatever dumbass plans rbw has don't include them...). even then, I'm still very pleasantly surprised that they let them keep their name AND sold their entire IP to the new company. that's amazing. I think onf did something similar recently too, right? I think I saw something about that.
• ...and sorry to make everything about tbz but that only makes me more mad at ist for being so fucking greedy until the end, and at fuckass deobis for making such a fuss about onehundred wanting to buy tbz's IP. I know right now we're all watching the onehundred boat sink, but in pure business terms, the former company selling the IP gives the group a lot more wiggle room for setlists and future music/merch releases than having to pay royalties forever. now essentially tbz is chained to two sinking boats, because their name and music are still owned by ist (or whoever tf bought ist's catalog, I don't remember the name), so yeah. may all ist directors and ceos suffer through stepping on legos and kicking furniture with their pinkies for the rest of their miserable lives, amen!
• I actually liked the sound for idle's new song!! at the same time, though... I don't mean to sound hateful, I like the group and the girls, but god, is this the most bare minimum commercial song trying to appeal to the lgbtq+ community I've seen in a while lol I always roll my eyes at "you're from the right or from the left". is this REALLY the right time for "we're all human regardless of political opinions, let's all be friends <3" statements? fuck the right, bro. anyway, the song is nice to listen to, and I like the vibes/editing in the MV. it's just a pity that it's so shallow when it could've really been something interesting.
• with them split into different agencies and doing different things, I haven't been able to keep up with mamamoo's activities but whenever I get a glimpse of what they're doing, I get happy for them. hwasa enjoying huge success is amazing! proof that all they need is the right opportunity to make it really big. also, solar looked so cute for the sugar musical!!! god, imagine seeing her in a musical... the dream...
• I've realized that unfortunately, if I want to be informed about some idols like the purplekiss girls I should probably be more active on instagram... sighs... I opened it these days to discover kittib is now super religious ??? idk if I want to keep opening that app?????? it's either instagram or reddit in some cases, though.
• wjsn is HAVING A COMEBACK????????????? no idea if they're promoting it but there's even gonna be an mv which is... more than I was expecting at this point, wow.
• needless to say, tbz's situation is so depressing and infuriating... I was scared that this year wasn't gonna be as easy as deobis were hoping for at the turn of the year, but man, I wasn't counting on the company sinking completely and taking their artists with them. I'm sure tbz will find a way out of this hell, they're resilient af and they want to be on stage, but I'm a little scared about the circumstances... if they'll be able to stay together at all, or if this is the beginning of the end... whatever the case, I'm staying with them through it all. I love you, boyz.
• oneus signed with another company AS FIVE!!! not super surprised that they decided to stick together, but kinda surprised that rbw has been so accomodating at the same time? simply put, I think rbw just doesn't have much to lose letting them go (they're not the bigger earners, rbw clearly has no interest in investing in them anymore, whatever dumbass plans rbw has don't include them...). even then, I'm still very pleasantly surprised that they let them keep their name AND sold their entire IP to the new company. that's amazing. I think onf did something similar recently too, right? I think I saw something about that.
• ...and sorry to make everything about tbz but that only makes me more mad at ist for being so fucking greedy until the end, and at fuckass deobis for making such a fuss about onehundred wanting to buy tbz's IP. I know right now we're all watching the onehundred boat sink, but in pure business terms, the former company selling the IP gives the group a lot more wiggle room for setlists and future music/merch releases than having to pay royalties forever. now essentially tbz is chained to two sinking boats, because their name and music are still owned by ist (or whoever tf bought ist's catalog, I don't remember the name), so yeah. may all ist directors and ceos suffer through stepping on legos and kicking furniture with their pinkies for the rest of their miserable lives, amen!
• I actually liked the sound for idle's new song!! at the same time, though... I don't mean to sound hateful, I like the group and the girls, but god, is this the most bare minimum commercial song trying to appeal to the lgbtq+ community I've seen in a while lol I always roll my eyes at "you're from the right or from the left". is this REALLY the right time for "we're all human regardless of political opinions, let's all be friends <3" statements? fuck the right, bro. anyway, the song is nice to listen to, and I like the vibes/editing in the MV. it's just a pity that it's so shallow when it could've really been something interesting.
• with them split into different agencies and doing different things, I haven't been able to keep up with mamamoo's activities but whenever I get a glimpse of what they're doing, I get happy for them. hwasa enjoying huge success is amazing! proof that all they need is the right opportunity to make it really big. also, solar looked so cute for the sugar musical!!! god, imagine seeing her in a musical... the dream...
• I've realized that unfortunately, if I want to be informed about some idols like the purplekiss girls I should probably be more active on instagram... sighs... I opened it these days to discover kittib is now super religious ??? idk if I want to keep opening that app?????? it's either instagram or reddit in some cases, though.
• wjsn is HAVING A COMEBACK????????????? no idea if they're promoting it but there's even gonna be an mv which is... more than I was expecting at this point, wow.
• needless to say, tbz's situation is so depressing and infuriating... I was scared that this year wasn't gonna be as easy as deobis were hoping for at the turn of the year, but man, I wasn't counting on the company sinking completely and taking their artists with them. I'm sure tbz will find a way out of this hell, they're resilient af and they want to be on stage, but I'm a little scared about the circumstances... if they'll be able to stay together at all, or if this is the beginning of the end... whatever the case, I'm staying with them through it all. I love you, boyz.
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but yeah, it's crazy to think we were all so hopeful and optimistic literally a year ago... we had just had the b land, tbz princesses, the new album was coming... sighs. a small update is that apparently (?) the members have deliberately stopped using fromm. younghoon is using instagram stories to give his daily "bbangdam bbangdam" messages, jacob announced he'll be using discord to communicate for the time being (but updating his fromm bio to let us know when he'll be online, so he can access it), and eric just hasn't been online in a couple days. those three were the most frequent users, alongside chanhee, who sent messages normally on february 13. he hasn't been back yet so I'm not sure if they're all really stopping with fromm or what... jacob and eric also opened personal weibos! randomly lol
if you ever need screenshots or links on twitter, feel free to ask me! you can dm me on discord too, I can send you through there (I'm the door emoji person lol). I completely understand not using twitter and I also know how much it sucks that the entire kpop fandom is still there :( by god, we WILL leave that godforsaken place someday...
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aw thank you!! :') i will keep it in mind! i actually do remember that you're the door emoji because when i joined the server i was like "oh yeah, i remember the post explaining this" lol. one day we will all be free of the former bird app...
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