Is Somi joining Teddy’s new girl group?

Quote from HardcoreBLINK

Lol no

The plans were always her going solo

How are you so sure? People were very surprised at the time that she decided to go solo.

They didn't think of the possibility that she was temporarily going solo until Teddy's next group was ready.

Quote from HardcoreBLINK

Cause she said so herself lol

said what, exactly?

Quote from pamyu-pon

the timing is different. both WY and Sakura debuted in new groups after izone disbanded

same is ioi members before.. somi already had her debut as soloist so debuting in a group now would be like she's regressing..

"her debuting in a group again would be kinda strange? the rest of the group would be like her back up dancers forever."

I was addressing the second point. If Ive aren't seen as WY's backup dancers then why would they see the other girls as Somi's? Especially when the girls in Teddy's new group will probably stand out just like BP members. For the first point, maybe a little at first, but people will accept it very quickly. Not an issue.

Quote from LovenRose

If Somi was gonna debut in a group she'd have stayed with JYP.

There's no way they'll add her.

She probably didn't stay in JYP because they are bad with solo activities. If she joined Itzy it would have been a guaranteed pay cut. Teddy's groups don't have that problem.

Quote from pamyu-pon

WY and Sakura didnt debut as soloists before joining they current group

imagine if chungha debuted in a new group now

and if girls of new teddy's group stand out just like BP members i dont see why they need somi

to me it doesnt make sense that she left jyp to go solo just to debut in a new group again 3 years later. what's the point?

If Chungha said she would still release solo work it would not be that strange. Her age (26) would be a bigger issue.

Any group would benefit from having Somi. She's one of the best centers and arguably the best face (kpop position) in the business.

I said this a couple times so far, but the difference is between JYP and Teddy. If Somi joined Itzy she would have lost her solo brand deals, which is how she makes most of her money, now and back then. JYP only likes the girls doing group deals, especially rookies. It would have been a bad financial decision. Teddy is the opposite. He pushes the girls to get as many solo deals as possible. He also has better brand connections than JYP. Literally, almost all the work Somi has done this year has been for brand deals.

Take a look at the video in the OP. I was surprised when I first heard it because she didn't say she wanted to go solo, she said that there was no one at TBL to debut with.

"why did you make a solo debut?"

"when I left my old agency for the new one, I was the only one there."

Quote from IVE-SS

her solo career flop so hard u know

Are you being sarcastic? Somi had a hit last year.

Quote from Bpsosoro

I mean idk she would overshadow the other members. They’d have to do a lot to promote them

They need to promote them anyway, and Somi would help.

Added TLDR to OP.

TLDR: There is evidence that Somi might have left JYP because she didn't want to join a JYP group, not because she wanted to go solo. She joined TBL because Teddy is great with solo endorsements. She went solo because TBL trainees were not ready and she needed to stay in the public eye, but when they are ready she might join the group.