The fate of former girl group members who still decide to pursue music

Ha:tfelt (a.k.a. Park Ye-eun) just released a new music video last week, so you should probably link that one instead:

I quite like the song, which is definitely a bit more mainstream than most of her other releases.

probably trying to ride the havana/despacito train

tbh minzy's song was so disappointing- she was my bias in 2ne1 (a very unique group) and now shes out here releasing bland, dated tracks its like

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tbh minzy's song was so disappointing- she was my bias in 2ne1 (a very unique group) and now shes out here releasing bland, dated tracks its like

yup. She’s just releasing music she loves but it ain’t working out. Her and a lot of these women are very tough.

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sadly 90, maybe even 95% of former girl group members that are now soloist not only not get attention from fans and media, but also they have low budget MV's with songs that don't appeal to GP

Ah does it happen often? Why don't they get better mv's and gp friendly songs? Is the lack of interest coming from the gp or the company or fans?

yeah I don't like it I want popular acts to release latin inspired songs

I think only twice did it and it has been well received so far

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sadly 90, maybe even 95% of former girl group members that are now soloist not only not get attention from fans and media, but also they have low budget MV's with songs that don't appeal to GP

It's not only gp, even I as a gg stan struggle to get behind most of what former group members turned soloists release. Once they leave the agency system and go indie, it's rare for them to release interesting material. There's a few exceptions like Dalshabet Subin but overall their stuff is quite uninspired, boring.

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the thing is imagine if you are in SM, JYP or YG, but then after 7 years (sometimes even earlier) you move to a smaller agency, and I'm not talking about high-end, mid-high agency but like seriously small one, less known, or sometimes even new one...

Sunmi is a good example of how to not mess things, keep good relations with former agency and even release songs together - as she did with JYP.

It's always better to go solo when you still are a member of active and popular gg, and participate in group comebacks than to wait 7 years and then go solo...

Thank you! Do you think an female idols who have been idols for say 7-10 years could compete with a newer gg, if both release hits? Who'd have a more stable career amongst the two?

Why do they have to leave the big 3? And are the big 3 in general good with solo promotions for their older solo gg members?

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Thank you! Do you think an female idols who have been idols for say 7-10 years could compete with a newer gg, if both release hits? Who'd have a more stable career amongst the two?

Why do they have to leave the big 3? And are the big 3 in general good with solo promotions for their older solo gg members?

In Minzy's case, YG was NEVER going to give her a solo, and 2NE1 was neglected. 2NE1's last song was 2014, and she was trapped in her contract until she left in 2016. She literally had to leave if she ever wanted to release music again. Her big problem is that she went to a tiny agency and then left them to found her own agency, and her releases have been inconsistent and undersupported since.

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yup. She’s just releasing music she loves but it ain’t working out. Her and a lot of these women are very tough.

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sadly 90, maybe even 95% of former girl group members that are now soloist not only not get attention from fans and media, but also they have low budget MV's with songs that don't appeal to GP

it's a whole shame- even CL my charisma queen isn't doing as well as she should be

It's sad most of them aren't having success with their individual careers. Even Sistar members who were digital monsters aren't having successful solos

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They don't need to leave, usually all members of girl group get contract renewal offer, the thing is many of them is either tired to be in group, they are bit greedy to earn "more money" which is biggest mistake because they never will get more money lol, another reason might be that they don't want to split money from individual CF's with group members... there is also a factor of being tired of same environment you know you are trainee, then you debut under agency sometimes you are like 10-12 years or even more there... so they need a change. something fresh, new opening.

but overall if you look at Taeyeon she is still in SM and she drops bop after bop, and her MV's are beautiful

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or they can leave just like Sunmi left JYP but stay on good terms in a way that he invited her for song

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I could mention Hyuna or Jessi which both were in groups previously but well they are in P Nation which is PSY's agency, so another big one...

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Tysm! I'm sorry if I'm asking a lotta questions but in case these idols want more money and they reject contract renewal. What other avenue will make the same amount of money as their idol career? Like what do they leave it for in hopes of earning more money?

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In Minzy's case, YG was NEVER going to give her a solo, and 2NE1 was neglected. 2NE1's last song was 2014, and she was trapped in her contract until she left in 2016. She literally had to leave if she ever wanted to release music again. Her big problem is that she went to a tiny agency and then left them to found her own agency, and her releases have been inconsistent and undersupported since.

Thats really sad. She's such a talented girl. Could she possibly sign with a big agency again?

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In Minzy's case, YG was NEVER going to give her a solo, and 2NE1 was neglected. 2NE1's last song was 2014, and she was trapped in her contract until she left in 2016. She literally had to leave if she ever wanted to release music again. Her big problem is that she went to a tiny agency and then left them to found her own agency, and her releases have been inconsistent and undersupported since.

Plus she was never as popular as the other members.

Even in SNSD, of the girls that have released solo albums/songs, only Taeyeon has had any impact on the charts. The others are not as well supported. (2 of them are doing well with acting).

Bom was the one with huge solo career potential. She could have been as big as taeyeon or bigger but she went no where.

Group success doesn't translate to solo success. Life isn't as nice without the group if u aren't popular member with the gp

Sadly enough, most female (and male?) K-pop artists struggle to have some degree of success and popularity with making music after they left the group and the company.

Even the ones that were hugely popular before, doesn't mean they'll be able to maintain this into their solo career.

There are maybe a few exceptions (Chungha, Sunmi, Kang Daniel), but those are more exceptions to the rule.