If Mother (MHJ) Had a Company and Money to Burn...

Not even in a fantasy world would f(x) get back together

Actually I already imagined a company made by MHJ where she would have acts like NJZ, Krystal, Taeyeon and maybe even V in it .

For her older groups, I don't think she would linger that much. She prefers to live in the present or in the future. And she is also an executive producer in the end, i'm sure she could work on some of sm's act's projects as such. I don't think she would limit herself to only her artists.

Her BG was also on the way. And i'm pretty sure she would have later on also debuted a more indie, edgy girl group just like f(x) at their time so she can experiment without restriction and push a dominantly alternative image and musical direction. maybe something more indie rock, indie sleaze style, trip hop or gothic; away from the y2k image and hip hop/drum&bass sound ...

"bUt mHj cAn'T sTeAl aDor, tHaT's iMpOsSiBlE, oNlY aN iDiOt wOuLd bElIeVe + wall of text and self quotes"

Hiakuryu's soul

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I can see her doing that. Restricting herself to one sound or concept would be foolish, amd would stifle her creativity.

Indie rock, but also something even like Shibuya-kei, might be an interesting route for her. Going for something like Shibuya-kei would open listeners to a genre that has pretty much died off after the 90s. The way singers sang was unusual, and is something I could see her interested in, along with taking inspiration from Japanese music over other decades. Even a bit of City pop thrown in, too.

shibuya key's a great idea actually . specially knowing how much mhj loves bossa nova...

i'd say that plus with more southern gothic (mitskiest), 90's brit rock and trip hop influences. with some art pop elements but more boldly indie if you get what I mean...

that would be SUCH an intresting and eclectic mixt!

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There's this group called Lush, who were a rock group in the 90s, who I think would be perfect as a sound for MHJ 😉

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lush_(band)

Also, as for garage, collaborating with the likes of Sugababes would be great since the group has gone back to their roots since they reform 😊

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugababes

I'd love there to be a collar between them and NewJeans 😍😍😍

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You know what? I was actually thinking that NJZ making some shibuya kei influenced songs would be great too . like for example, newjeans also had elements of bossa nova like in right now and I could also see them have some shibuya kei influenced tracks as well.

newjeans also explored more city pop, funk genra as well with bubble gum so you can clearly see that they have some japanese influences. specially if they release songs for the japanese market!

I feel like MHJ really wants to do everything with NJZ like starting from the roots and explore all kind of genras, but with a more main art/dream pop & garage & hip hop sound. like she wants to explore all genras with them, she wants to do everything and give them everything.

i think njz is her anthology kind of group. her masterpiece.

but what i was trying to say is that her next gg might be more boldly and unapologetically indie focused. pushing out more experimental indie songs as singles and just having a more 'focused' musical identity maybe. less cameleon kind of ... like a mistki/radiohead/bjork kinda influence...

Interesting thought but one has to wonder why she didn't just start her own company way before this, she's respected enough that it shouldn't be that hard to get investors to form some nugu trainee money scam .

I remember someone saying she is good at launching groups but not maintaining them, at first I disagreed but now I am actually questioning my disagreement

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I remember someone saying she is good at launching groups but not maintaining them, at first I disagreed but now I am actually questioning my disagreement

Well one thing for sure is that she loves starting new projects .

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Interesting thought but one has to wonder why she didn't just start her own company way before this, she's respected enough that it shouldn't be that hard to get investors to form some nugu trainee money scam .

According to her, starting a new company would take too much time and trouble.

She wanted a shortcut stategy with an established organization to lunch her LONG awaited gg (rv debuted in 2014!) she was crafting in her mind for years.

NJZ is literally the project of her life.

She thought hybe would be the best tool to reach the best outcome for her project specially after the way Bang talked to her and promised her to 'Build her world'.

That really worked because what she wanted most after decades of working in sm was total creative freedom.

You have to understand that she was the most demanded, respected and thought out creative in the field. As soon as news of her leaving SM came out, many people wanted to poch her.

And well Bango gave her the best offer .

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I've listened to Bjork before, and I like her music. Not listened to Mistki, and only a bit of Radiohead.

mitski, radiohad and lana are my all time goats btw . if you like sad experimental music you should give it a try .