Will (G)I-DLE leave CUBE Entertainment?

who knows? but it's true they actually don't need cube

I think so. With Soyeon, what do they need Cube for now? They are big enough.

I don't think they will. Some members might leave for another agency, but group activities will remain under Cube, if only because leaving Cube would raise more issues about name and music rights.

If we take a look at senior groups like Mamamoo or Apink, we could fear that the downside of this scenario would be less frequent group activities. But in the case of (g)i-dle, it's hard to figure out because they're in a quite unique position. It's rare for a girl group to be at their popularity's peak at this stage of their 7-year contract.

Now, some fans speculate/hope that Soyeon will establish her own agency. But I think it's too soon. She's not even 26yo right now. I feel like, if she ever does that, it'll be after she retires (at least partially) from idol duties.

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There is no a single reason to leave. Delulu nevies are the only ones who think they will.

Cube needs gidle. gidle needs cube. Otherwise they will become like Sistar, and cube will not have a flagship group.

However I think it will be more like blackpink arrangement, where they come back a lot less frequently.

Cube would need to disband itself if not for Gidle lol

Cube will do everything to prevent gidle from leaving, ranging from giving them lots of money and very favorable contract to threatening them about seizing their group name, song copyrights and all that stuff etc

Are they that big enough like bp to not need the company anymore? Don't think so

Cube only support for [G]I-dle is their connections to the industry. [G]I-dle by necessity has become Artistically and producing independent. [G]I-dle is unified and Cube's neglect is a problem. Setup for leaving.

interesting feedback from Yuqi that I just found, very apropos:

"We keep joking about the company. The joke was like “Ah (our contract is) only 1 year left”, but then the stock price fell! Company representative told us, "If you don't really mean it, stop talking.” Honestly, CUBE treats us very well and I feel that other companies may not treat us like this."

I think it's quite telling in these days when you see the big mess that is happening within Hybe between its sub-labels.

No

Maybe yes or maybe no. No big reason for them to leave and they got freedom to do their music. Manage music and company is two different thing and not everyone can do it. It better to stay and leave the management thing to cube so that they can focus on their music

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Cube needs gidle. gidle needs cube. Otherwise they will become like Sistar, and cube will not have a flagship group.

Sistar debuted under Starship in 2010 and disbanded under Starship in 2017, so it's not really the same situation.

After the Min Heejin circus, no companies will take Soyeon, and Yuqi will want to start a career in China

I actually do not think gidle need cube

But leaving an agency it's not easy, like some have give artists their full name and rights but I doubt cube will do that

So it will be tricky if they decide to go that route

I guess other option it's going the bp route if they want better individual promo ( but that means the group will have less focus)

Negotiating branding rights will be important.

Maybe they can negotiate an extension, but the girls will get the naming rights at the end.