Groups You Thought Would Have Disbanded By Now?

But, they are still somehow going?

1. fromis_9: The growth on this group. I remember when they were barely selling like 20k an album. I was worried about them for awhile. And now, they are selling over 50k in 2 days!?

2. Momoland: They got a national hit like 2 years into their debut, but then they kept falling down the charts. Then, they had those back to back scandals, and members kept leaving. When Yeonwoo left, I thought they were done for.

3. Dreamcatcher: Once upon a time, they were a nugu group who were revamping their image into a rock K-POP group. I thought it was a fool's errand and too gimmicky to last. And now, look at them. They have proven that K-POP groups can be successful with really strong international fandom power alone.

4. KNK: Tbh, they are at death's door. They are still pretty much nugu, 2 members have left, and one just went to the military.

5. KARD: I was excited about the idea of KARD, and they had a few catchy songs. But, they never took off in Korea, and they pretty much kept making the same song over and over again. They started gaining a decent sized fanbase in South America. Enough to even tour, but they were more concerned with breaking out in Korea. Now, they have a member in military service, they haven't really released any new music since. I honestly completely forgot they existed until I learned BM is releasing some solo music soon.

6. Weki Meki: The last of the groups to debut after P101 season 1. There was so much hope for these groups, and Yoojung was one of the most popular IOI members. Yeah...somehow, things just did not go to plan. I can't see Weki Meki renewing, and if they do, I feel like Doyeon or Yoojung won't.

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None because that's a weird thing to think about imo.

Really?

It's something I always think about when I constantly see a group not doing well. Especially if it's one I like.

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Noir...they just...stopped...doing shit once their leader Seunghoon Enlisted back in November 2020....

Thank god they haven't (knocks on everything wooden)

D-Crunch...AIG SUCKS TO HIGH HEAVEN...with the way AIG just got rid of 2 members in the 2 years they've been together and one just went on Hiatus suddenly when he's had no issues made me think they were falling apart. Apparently they are having a comeback soon, though there's been no word other than a minor tease...i really hope they don't disband though they are one of my faves

Yeah, it's never a good sign when group members just start leaving or if the group social media pages go silent.

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not disbanded but I thought some members would leave because they're with so many - seventeen

Omg, yeah. If Pledis manages to convince all 13 members to renew, then they are doing a damn good job. I don't think I have ever seen that in KPOP history.

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it makes no sense because like 3 members in noir know how to compose and arrange and write music so either they are just waiting on seunghoon or something, i know one was acting in a small chinese drama i think but otherwise it made no sense and now one of their main vocalists just enlisted so i'm like..if ya'll don't do shit when seunghoon gets back i'm throwing hands.

as for d-crunch something happened. because it was just the members b-day and 2 days later he's out of the group and the english speaking member is on hiatus...it was hella unexpected but this company is just flat out horrible.

Yikes. It's even worse in smaller agencies it seems. Most of the bigger companies are quick to keep fans updated if a member is leaving.

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Laboum and Brave Girls

Thank goodness I was wrong

Oh, I forgot about Laboum, which reminds me of April. I thought they may disband until Naeun started growing her acting career...and then that scandal happened, so I have no idea now.

And Brave Girls are really a huge success story. Like, I bet the members breathed such a HUGE sigh of relief when Rollin' unexpectedly blew up. How did that happen by the way? Was it from some viral clip?

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I'm glad that SF9 is going so strong (and even better) despite being a 3rd gen group with 9 members from a questionable agency FNC is.

They're reaching their 6th year in 2022 and no member left the group.

Yeeeaaah...

With the things that happened to CN.Blue and AOA, I feel like SF9 are in the best shape out of all of their groups. I'm still holding out hope Cherry Bullet releases even a moderately digitally successful song.

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The Rose! I wasn't sure if they'd survive their lawsuit against their company, especially while they had members go off to the military and then Woosung's solo did so well.

Thankfully, my worries were for nothing as they came back as a quartet once again.

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Yes! I love this! Especially when I think about how a lawsuit basically killed BAP.

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Tbh I'm expecting the disbandment notice for KNK any day now

Yeah...unfortunately.

KNK has had some of my favorite songs in KPOP history, so it really saddens me.