Redvelvet disbandment/indefinite hiatus....

Quote from icyruios

SM don't disband groups, they just put groups on indefinite hiatus and give fans false hope that they will return

Exactly. SM basically does the equivalent of ghosting when it comes to their groups.

At this point I'm not expecting a OT5 comeback this year.

the amount of company stans outnumber the real RV fans in RV fandom

and those company stans already jumped ship to the new SM GG

I'm hoping the keychain incident was just the usual fandom overreaction to an intern messing up not bad news.

Since rv members and an sm spokesperson confirmed they'd be having a comeback I feel its the former.

They will definitely come back. Why is everyone forgetting they had two major incidents one of a member almost dying and another for a scandal. And this whole “fans left” talk is bullshit. I have never been the big fan of rv and didn’t keep much with them but during this hitaus I have discovered a lot of their great content. I would consider myself a new fan that became one during hiatus. I am pretty sure if they have a cb their fans will increase not the other way around.

Quote from I-dont-cAre

Nowadays that’s not the case, Aespa has potential but they’ll be competing with their counterparts not the likes of bp and twice. It takes more time and effort to build a brand of the group now and losing a brand that could be in top3 ggs after a cb is just crazy.

i agree until i see this sentence.

Imo, Red Velvet had bigger competition with Twice and Blackpink around, plus a bunch of 2nd gen GGs which are still popular.

Whereas now aespa just need to compete with ITZY, GIDLE which are not yet at the top. They have bigger chance to overtake these groups than Red velvet could overtake Twice (then) and Blackpink (now)

Quote from I-dont-cAre

The fandom is still sizeable they just trended a tag in top5 ww + me and my fellow ggs enthusiasts are there for them.

people said something like that, just like what you just said back then for fx

and for some times they stop trying moved on to new SM girlgroup

history will repeat itself, i hope im wrong tho

I feel like the members are also getting frustrated now. Sm taking their sweet time to make the announcement. They better not disrespect rv like that.

I still have my hopes that RedVelvet will comeback

They might have one comeback at best. But after tarnishing her image, maybe Irene wants to quit being an idol and get married to SHINee Minho already, they've been hinting at it

I will say, their postponement of RV's comeback is interesting. You know they must have already completed their new song/album. So you get the feeling that they really still don't think the dust has settled with Irene's situation. And how much will they wait before they determine it's better to just go forward with the 4 girls.

Quote from I-dont-cAre

Yup this is what I’m saying. Aespa brand won’t be able to compete with bp and twice just yet but rv can ( might not sell as high but they could chart similarly and create social media buzz)

My point is aespa have higher chance to emerge as #1 in 4th gen era as compared to RV emerge as #1