I Thought that The Third Gen GGs..

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it's a vicious cycle really...I don't think this will be different for the 4th gen or 5th gen even...life as an idol is super short ... it's kinda understandable as it is mostly teeangers and young adults who spend time and money on their idols...as they grow up they loose interest and move on

older groups simply are not as atractive to young ppl because the whole idol culture heavily focuses on selling love and pure image...it's barely possible with idols who are in their 30s

it's better to focus on acting and variety shows if you wannaave a longlasting career in k-entertainment business

At the same time, members in Idol group don't really have the time to spend much more time as idol either, at least when you are a member of a group. I mean, if you debut at age 20 and seven years later you are 27 with very little private life. If you want to date and have a family it's time to get going at age 27, sure you can wait some more years. But for girls getting close to 30 I would guess they would start to feel a bit "stressed" being a member of a Idol group making it difficult to date and have relationships.

I can see Red Velvet, WJSN and Oh My Girl renewing. Not sure about the others but I hope so.

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Red Velvet - 50/50, slightly leaning on the side of renew. Maybe Joy slightly leaning to not renew.

I'm like 80% sure RV already renewed

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I'm like 80% sure RV already renewed

Weren't there rumours about Wendy leaving? Or was it debunked already? (I really hope so)

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The queastion is, do the groups really want to go on after seven years? I think many members are happy to end it after about seven years and get a more normal life.

But the thing is, what will most of them do after being idols? Its not like all of them can successfully go solo

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But the thing is, what will most of them do after being idols? Its not like all of them can successfully go solo

They could shift to variety shows or MCing ...they could also open their own business if they have enough money and ideas or good advisors

Dreamcatcher will be the last standing gg just like Apink

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But the thing is, what will most of them do after being idols? Its not like all of them can successfully go solo

Sure, it's probaly a mixed feeling, many have a hard time after quiting their idol life. But..... is it not better to try to find a new type life and working career at 27 than when you are +30?

I can understand if it's a really popular group that can earn a lot of money if they go on a couple of more years, but if it's an average middle group that don't earn that kind of money, is it really worth it? It's probably only the members of the groups like Twice, BP, Red Velvet and that kind of groups that earn the big money.

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I can see Red Velvet, WJSN and Oh My Girl renewing. Not sure about the others but I hope so.

A story a while ago had most of the members of OMG already renewed their contracts, Mimi and someone else had not, as of the time of the story.

WJSN will lose more members, but they should be ok until 2023, they debuted in 2016.

RV should already be at the end of their 7 year contract.

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Weren't there rumours about Wendy leaving? Or was it debunked already? (I really hope so)

Yeah it's been debunked

Blackpink will re-sign. They are at the top with YG, risking all that money to go sign elsewhere would be dumb.

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not everyone agreeing on blackpink disbanding

I think they'll all resign

They've only had like one album

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I'm sure they will

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balckpink, twice and red velvet will all crumble into pieces

balckpink will disband

blackpink will be fine, so will twice and red velvet

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me being very angry at YG

i get he has a special promotion technique blah blah but i am fucking livid at this man. do you know how many comebacks Twice has had compared to them (and they only had a two comeback headstart so it's not that substantial)? MANY. A LOT. And YG does this stupid shit where he wants to save them and preserve the hype. FOR WHAT? FOR WHEN? TIME IS FLYING! PEOPLE ARE CHANGING!

How long does he think this can last?

pretty sure yg knows this tactic isn't working. They did the same thing for 2ne1, did more harm than good. And now Blackpink, it isn't a promotional tactic. It is literally "I don't know how to manage my groups".

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Blackpink will re-sign. They are at the top with YG, risking all that money to go sign elsewhere would be dumb.

Jennie is gonna do more than well wherever she goes. She’s a household name in Korea at this point. Jisoo has a good chance of being very successful since she’s made to be an actress and Korea loves Rose’s voice. The only person not gonna have the same hype like in her group is Lisa since we all saw how her solo was treated there.

I don’t see BlackPink resigning with YG. I don’t see Rosé or Jennie staying, I think they are the members who wants to release music the most and YG isn’t that company.

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I was happy for a sec, then I saw that spoiler

Do you want to die today ?

just cherish the one nice moment, even if it was only for a second