GFriend's handwritten letters spark rumors of one-sided contract terminations by their agency

we might never know since i'm sure they can't talk about it due to some nda or something...

Whether or not they were forced to leave, I wish them the best in their future

jeez so basically someone decided to jettison Gfriend and just yeet them out the door?

Whoever did that needs to yeet themselves out the door. This is unacceptable.

Taking everything together, it honestly kind of looks like that, but gfriend was source's only money maker. It's hard to believe they would throw them away for a gg whose success isn't guaranteed in the least bit, even if they weren't doing as well. The circumstances are very suspicious tho... I kind of think source was just broke as hell.

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Article: "GFriend's handwritten letters...goosebumps (more letters in the link)"

Source: Pann

These are all the handwritten letters from GFriend members so far but they're all the same as withdrawal letters written by April's Hyunjoo and Bolbbagan's Woo Ji-yoonㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

It's as if the agency unilaterally informed the members of the contract terminations and told them to write a letter urgently and told them "We need to prepare a rookie girl group now so get out..? ㅠㅠ

1. [+296, -8] Not once do they mention why the group got disbanded or what their plans are for the future...basically confirms they were unilaterally notified of terminations..ㅠㅠ
2. [+207, -25] I think the rumors that GFriend was pressured by someone to leave are true..
3. [+104, -1] It's not like they can use the group name either because the agency recently registered their name as a trademark
4. [+102, -2] This feels like another Cube Beast situation..? Is it just me? I get the feeling that Source is just another piece of s*** agency
5. [+87, -3] The real sauce in those letters is the fact that none of them have plans for the future...it's almost like they wrote them in a hurry..
6. [+82, -2] Yuju cried so hard on her way home from work...that alone says a lot, no?
7. [+58, -2] You can tell they were forced to disband. It's not just one or two weird things about those letters ㄹㅇ;;; It's like they had something heavy on their chests when they wrote thisㅅㅂ

I am so mad about this. Source should not treated Gfriend like they are throw away goods. I feel so bad for the girls.

It seems odd from both sides. They both seem blindsided? Source is making refunds for some fansigns and buddy memberships, and gfriend is featured in the museum and sowon was a docent for it. I don't know at first I thought they wanted to follow different paths, but now it's getting weird like someone just decided on it last minute.

If they did just kick out Gfriend in favor of their new gg I just have to ask why they'd think that's a good idea? I feel like less people would want to stan the rookie group that got a beloved sunbae disbanded

If it was a forced disbandment from HYBE/Soumu, I'd not feel like checking their next GG, as if they can ditch such accomplished group in such unceremonial manner, I don't think they would treat their next one well. Maybe if Soumu disappears within HYBE, whoever is in charge of the GG may be less shitty. Still such a disappoint way to end their legacy. I mean if this was their target, there are so many better ways to do it. They could have kept 1 member as a token legacy. Shitty move, but it would be less baffling than how this was handled.

It is still odd and we may only know anything close to the truth after years if there is no whistleblower.

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If they did just kick out Gfriend in favor of their new gg I just have to ask why they'd think that's a good idea? I feel like less people would want to stan the rookie group that got a beloved sunbae disbanded

I doubt the ngg has anything to do with it, but i wouldn't be surprised if we get news of them in the next few weeks. The day glam disbanded they debuted gfriend.

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The day glam disbanded they debuted gfriend.

Oh really? Didn't know about this. Interesting, considering Glam's story.

This thread just reminded me how shitty I feel about what happened to Gfriend.

I still can't believe it. They had so many more years left in them.

I been saying Source prolly didn't wanna renew

Yes definitely, but the worst is that they trademarked their name. Just why???

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I doubt the ngg has anything to do with it, but i wouldn't be surprised if we get news of them in the next few weeks. The day glam disbanded they debuted gfriend.

I didn't know about that GLAM thing at all.

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Yes definitely, but the worst is that they trademarked their name. Just why???

Yeah, this doesn't happen to artists that leave in good terms afaik.

Yikes! SM wouldn't do this to their artists.

HYBE = How You Banish Everyone

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Yikes! SM wouldn't do this to their artists.

HYBE = How You Banish Everyone

cries in Jessica