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• Hybe almost bought SM Entertainment (Hybe is now the new Big Hit, altho Big Hit is still a company under Hybe)
• People fought if BTS should go to the army and wished they wouldn't cause they all are delusional and think that BTS deserves better than rest of Korea ... luckly people started to shut up when Jin enlisted
• Hybe bought a few companies and shortly after they bought the comany of girlgroup Gfriend, they menaged that the girls disbanded. Hybe also fucked up with other groups as for example NU'EST cause after Hybe bought Pledis they fucked up and made NU'EST literally disband on their 10th anniversary in 2022
• Hybe also owns now the american company called Quality Control that has artists as for example Lil Yachti, Lil Baby,... and so on
• Since NU'EST disbanded everyone is now working as soloist, where JR decided to go by his realname Kim Jonghyeon now
• Big Bang most likly disbanded by now since T.O.P left YG and Seungri was kicked out of the group after his big scandal in 2019 and he was also 3 years in jail for that and ew Seungri has a GF now and I wonder how anyone can even like him now
• EXO had some beef with SM some weeks ago cause Chen, Baekhyun and Xiumin wanted to leave SM but SM said no, now they still have to be with SM (They wanted to leave SM, not EXO!)
• Lay is almost no more existent in EXO but still a member of the group on the papers
• Sunny of SNSD recently left SM
• Hongbin left VIXX in 2020 after some stuff was fd up trought edits and translations of one of his twitch-streams and yeah, still sad that he left VIXX cause of that
• Ravi had left Jellyfish (but not VIXX) and than opend up his own company where he had some people signed but most left I think. He later on signed Wheein of MAMAMOO who left RBW Entertainment but Wheein is still with MAMAMOO
• In 2023 Ravi was sentensed to 3 years of jail cause he tried to get around to not enlist to the army and is now also no more member in VIXX
• Chen of EXO is now married and has 2 children
• Bobby of iKON is now married and has 1 child
• Changmin of TVXQ is now married and has 1 child
• MOMOLAND disbanded
• After some freaked up scandal B.I left iKON and is now a soloist
• The same woman who freaked up with B.I also did the same to Wonho of MONSTA X and than he left (Literally on the day where they had a comeback) and Wonho is now a soloist
• iKON left YG
• GOT7 left JYP
• Instead of Produce 101, Mnet renamed their survival shows into Girls Planet and Boys Planet who resultet in girlgroup Kep1er and boygroup ZEROBASONE. The renaming of the show happend after the scandal with Produce before where it was claimed that they manipulated votes so other people would debut instead
• Produce 101 also aired 2 seasons in Japan by now in 2019 and 2021 under the name of Produce 101 Japan or short PDJ resulting in the boygroups JO1 and INI who are now part of Mnet since Mnet owns their Japanese company LAPONE ENTERTAINMENT. After this Lapone also debuted another boygroup called DXTEEN and since there will be a 3rd season of Produce 101 Japan to find a girlgroup, there are than 4 Japanese groups who belong to Mnet and cause of this they also sometimes apear on Korean TV
• Moonbin of ASTRO passed away earlier this year at the age of 25
• Jae had left DAY6 and boy he was quit odd shortly after he had left so I started to unstann him (and cause I don't even like his solo music)
• SM will not continue the curent NCT-system after they debut their last 2 groups, that means they are not more unlimited. It's said the 2 last groups added are going to be a Japanese and an American one. They also had 2 members that got added around 2021 but already were removed from NCT, but they will re-debut in SM's new boygroup called RIIZE
• There are now fully/partly AI made boygroups and girlgroups (I forgot the name of the girlgroup who was fully AI but there is a boygroup called SUPERKIND who has 2 AI members)
• After DAY6 JYP debuted their 2nd band called Xdinary Heroes
• The Japanese girlgroup XG is constantly going to be confused for KPop by a lot people since even tho they sing in English they curently live in Korea and so apear also on Korean shows etc. But since they are all Japanese and don't sing in Korean JPop-fans think they are clearly JPop and not KPop
• There are a bunch more former KPop-idols and former KPop-trainees now who debut in JPop-groups
• Most of BTS had their solo-debut by now
• Everyone of BLACKPINK had their solo-debut
• TOP MEDIA lost allmost all of their artists by now
• Jennie of BLACKPINK acted in a very controversial movie
• Jihyo of TWICE had dated singer Kang Daniel for around a year
• Momo of TWICE had dated Heechul of SUPER JUNIOR for around a year (And oh boy people hated Heechul for dating her, not only cause he is 13 years older than her)
• I think everyone of EXO had their solo debut by now
• Everyone of GOT7 had their solo debut
• Naeyon of TWICE had her solo debut
• The Japanese member of TWICE formed a group together
• JYP debuted a Japanese girlgroup called NiziU after having a Chinese Boygroup called BOY STORY and JYP is now casting people for a Japanese boygroup
• Hybe has a Japanese boygroup called & TEAM
• RBW formed a Vietnamese boygroup called D1VERSE but they disbanded in less than a year. RBW later on wanted to form a Japanese boygroup but all trainees except 1 ran away and instead of debuting their last trainee they don't do shit outside of sending him to multiple survival shows
• PSY owns his own company called Pnation now where he has some artists signed and also now his first own boygroup called The New Six (TNX)
• Hyuna was engaged with her boyfriend Dawn, but they broke up after being engaged for a year and are now just "friends"

still not that good

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BOBBY GOT MARRIED??? AND B.I LEFT IKON????

Yep

Also to ad on from the past like 3-4 years about former members of KPop-groups:

• U-KISS had a comeback with most of their former members, I think the only people who didn't re-joined had been Kevin and Jun (Jun joined the group a few years ago and left them after like 2 or 3, he was also a lot younger than the others)
• When Love left the KPop-group OnlyOneOf their member Mill also left fot a few months and wheni Mill returned from the hiatus, he was bald, so people found it very suspicious and belived something odd had happend with Mill and Love. People rumored that Love most likly left cause his dad told him that he was unhappy with what happend to his son, since he apparently didn't liked that OnlyOneOf acts LGBTQ in many of their MVs. Nobody knows what exactly made him leave, but that Mill looked a bit sad when returning and was bald, people think the company was hiding something and we never got to hear what happend.
• Chuu had to leave LOONA and it gave very mixed reactions, since she said things against her former company and so people had either thoght she was brave standing up against the BS of her company but others thought she was a rebell when doing so and felt unsure about her. I think she re-debuted as soloist since then
• It was said that former EXO Luhan, who is now extremly famous in China aparently married his girlfriend (Last time I tried to look it up after seeing a news side talk on it I found barly any proof, so not sure if engaged or fully married)
• Former EXO Kris was also sentensed to prison after a scandal where his ex. girlfriend and a row of other girls said he manipulated them into getting r/ped by him and apparently (not sure if its true) China wanted to sent him to Canada since he is a Canadian Citizen, to spend his jail time there, but his own mom (rumor tho) would've said he was dissowned by her hart times so he should stay in China and since she (said the rumors) didn't want him to go back to Canada and that she wishes he stays in jail where he comited his crimes
• The boygroup TO1 disbnded last year and one of their Japanese members called Renta is now member of the JPop byogroup OCTPATH instead and another of their members is now trainee under the company Beat Interactive (known for the acts A.C.E and Forestella)
• Lucas was kicked out of NCT because of a lot shit that happend, mainly by people trowing random rumors around like he would be a total playboy and fuck around with different girls or that he was hatting his members. SM sent him onto a hiatus for about 2 years and people wondered if he was really gone from SM or not, till he had his solo debut some months ago, but many people felt very unhappy for him comming back
• A row of former KPop idols aswell as Gunmin who is still member of B.I.G and some Japanese people had apeared on a Japanese survival show together and joined the winner group NIK, who debuted in the end of 2021 but NIIK disbanded in 2023 already. However most of the Korean member stayed together and are now in a JPop-project that is produced by Yonhak of Supernova (IDK if Supernova is still a thing, but the first time I ever heard of them was when in 2020 Yonhak made the Japanaese survival show G-EGG and than was involved into a scandal about illegal gambling in Japan where Japanese people wished he would go back to Korea cause they didn't liked what he did lol)
• Former TREASURE Mashiho re-debuted as JPop-singer this year
• TFN disbanded this year and their member Kevin is now aprentice in a hairsalon to become a hairdresser, some other members had been seen apearing at 1 Million Dance Studio since the group disbanded
• Rocky had left ASTRO and started a solo career

Oder stuff from the past few years:

• PENGATON didn't disband but the member have mostly left CUBE and Yuto debuted under a Japanese company as vocalist
• Yuta of NCT is working as actor in Japan, he was in about 3 movies so far alongside many famous Japanese celebrity
• JYP debuted a Japanese boygroup called NEXZ (The boy on my profile pic, his name is Naoya, was participant on the show, but was kicked out after the first episode and than joined a Japanese company where he debuted last year, the Japanese group is called MAZZEL and under the company BMSG)
• ATEEZ collabed on a song with the Japanese boygroup BE:FIRST
• EPEX collabed on a song with the Japanese group FANTASTICS
• CRAVITY became friends to Hayato of the Japanese boygroup ONE N' ONLY some years ago when they had been in Japan, now they apear on Hayato's radio show at least once or twice a year cause of thart lol
• The rapper Ash Island got married to the Japanese singer Chanmina this year and both are expecting a child
• Hybe has a Japanese trainee group called 24Kumi (no idea when they even are debuting)
• Mnet's Japanese company Lapone has now 5 groups since there are now 3 boygroups and 2 girlgroups, mainly with people who had been on the 3 seasons of Produce 101 Japan.
• NCT WISH, a Japanese group, is now the last one that was added to NCT. NCT isn't getting a new group since their concept ends wit this.
• SM is debuting a British boygroup soon with NO Asian members
• JYP and Hybe also do have foreign groups with mainly or only western members now, both have 1 American girlgroup
• KARA had a comeback after being disbanded for 8 years
• 2NE1 will most likly also come back soon
• Brave girls disbanded

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Yep

Also to ad on from the past like 3-4 years about former members of KPop-groups:

• U-KISS had a comeback with most of their former members, I think the only people who didn't re-joined had been Kevin and Jun (Jun joined the group a few years ago and left them after like 2 or 3, he was also a lot younger than the others)
• When Love left the KPop-group OnlyOneOf their member Mill also left fot a few months and wheni Mill returned from the hiatus, he was bald, so people found it very suspicious and belived something odd had happend with Mill and Love. People rumored that Love most likly left cause his dad told him that he was unhappy with what happend to his son, since he apparently didn't liked that OnlyOneOf acts LGBTQ in many of their MVs. Nobody knows what exactly made him leave, but that Mill looked a bit sad when returning and was bald, people think the company was hiding something and we never got to hear what happend.
• Chuu had to leave LOONA and it gave very mixed reactions, since she said things against her former company and so people had either thoght she was brave standing up against the BS of her company but others thought she was a rebell when doing so and felt unsure about her. I think she re-debuted as soloist since then
• It was said that former EXO Luhan, who is now extremly famous in China aparently married his girlfriend (Last time I tried to look it up after seeing a news side talk on it I found barly any proof, so not sure if engaged or fully married)
• Former EXO Kris was also sentensed to prison after a scandal where his ex. girlfriend and a row of other girls said he manipulated them into getting r/ped by him and apparently (not sure if its true) China wanted to sent him to Canada since he is a Canadian Citizen, to spend his jail time there, but his own mom (rumor tho) would've said he was dissowned by her hart times so he should stay in China and since she (said the rumors) didn't want him to go back to Canada and that she wishes he stays in jail where he comited his crimes
• The boygroup TO1 disbnded last year and one of their Japanese members called Renta is now member of the JPop byogroup OCTPATH instead and another of their members is now trainee under the company Beat Interactive (known for the acts A.C.E and Forestella)
• Lucas was kicked out of NCT because of a lot shit that happend, mainly by people trowing random rumors around like he would be a total playboy and fuck around with different girls or that he was hatting his members. SM sent him onto a hiatus for about years and people wondered if he was really gone from SM or not, till he had his solo debut some months ago, but many people felt very unhappy for him comming back
• A row of former KPop idols aswell as Gunmin who is still member of B.I.G and some Japanese people had apeared on a Japanese survival show together and joined the winner group NIK, who debuted in the end of 2021 but NIIK disbanded in 2023 already. However most of the Korean member stayed together and are now in a JPop-project that is produced by Yonhak of Supernova (IDK if Supernova is still a thing, but the first time I ever heard of them was when in 2020 Yonhak made the Japanaese survival show G-EGG and than was involved into a scandal about illegal gambling in Japan where Japanese people wished he would go back to Korea cause they didn't liked what he did lol)
• Former TREASURE Mashiho re-debuted as JPop-singer this year
• TFN disbanded this year and their member Kevin is now aprentice in a hairsalon to become a hairdresser, some other members had been seen apearing at 1 Million Dance Studio since the group disbanded
• Rocky had left ASTRO and started a solo career

Oder stuff from the past few years:

• PENGATON didn't disband but the member have mostly left Pledis and Yuto debuted under a Japanese company as vocalist
• Yuta of NCT is working as actor in Japan, he was in about 3 movies so far alongside many famous Japanese celebrity
• JYP debuted a Japanese boygroup called NEXZ (The boy on my profile pic, his name is Naoya, was participant on the show, but was kicked out after the first episode and than joined a Japanese company where he debuted last year, the Japanese group is called MAZZEL and under the company BMSG)
• ATEEZ collabed on a song with the Japanese boygroup BE:FIRST
• EPEX collabed on a song with the Japanese group FANTASTICS
• CRAVITY became friends to Hayato of the Japanese boygroup ONE N' ONLY some years ago when they had been in Japan, now they apear on Hayato's radio show at least once or twice a year cause of thart lol
• The rapper Ash Island got married to the Japanese singer Chanmina this year and both are expecting a child
• Hybe has a Japanese trainee group called 24Kumi (no idea when they even are debuting)
• Mnet's Japanese company Lapone has now 5 groups since there are now 3 boygroups and 2 girlgroups, mainly with people who had been on the 3 seasons of Produce 101 Japan.
• NCT WISH, a Japanese group, is now the last one that was added to NCT. NCT isn't getting a new group since their concept ends wit this.
• SM is debuting a British boygroup soon with NO Asian members
• JYP and Hybe also do have foreign groups with mainly or only western members now, both have 1 American girlgroup
• KARA had a comeback after being disbanded for 8 years
• 2NE1 will most likly also come back soon
• Brave girls disbanded

No no no. You cant just come here and say anything. 2 days ago Brave Girls said they will come back.

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Min Heejin got crowned as the official mother of kpop by koreans

Others will catch you up on what has all changed.

I will just mention what hasn't , "IU is still killing the charts"

Now you can log off and come back again in 2029, she will still be the constant.

Newjeans debuted

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its been like 4 years LOL

dude, you better don't know. Run, run away...

You missed the debuts of aespa, NewJeans, IVE, LE SSERAFIM, XG, KATSEYE and 2NE1's comeback. I'm sorry you missed out on so much, but breaks are necessary.

There also are some quite good dramas:

Hyuna&Dawn's debut, break up and Hyuna's marriage to JongHyun, who watched the videos produced by no other than the Burning Sun producers.

NewJeans didn't put their heads down to HYBE. They're putting up a fight that is so beatutiful to see happening.