Posts by vanillamint19

Quote from Blue2012

As far as Korea is concerned it's the other way around. Actors are considered A-list in Korea and Kang Dongwon is as big as it gets. And he's about to breakout in America. It's why it's the #1 story in Korea currently.

Whether Kpoppies like to admit it or not, idols will always be considered a level below actors in Korea.

Anyway, Kang Dongwon was under YG a long time until recently. So it's definitely possible they've known each other a while.

there’a a viral twt in korean and all koreans are on his ass in the qrts tho, bc of the huge age gap. Calling him cheap Leonardo Dicaprio and all lol.

I’m surprised to see people’s reaction in this entire thread.. he watched both BP and Kid Laroi, there’s a video of him leaving the main stage during Jisoo’s solo. And whyyy does it matter who he watched during coachella 😭😭

Congrats SVT! As a casual fan I cant wait to listen to the album! 😁

I think his trip is for jjk1, but the collab with Justin cant be crossed off for now bc they would have wanted to keep that collab secret (they can do both).

Elle Man Thailand has the pics back

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so... this guy really fly to SK for JK that time

a SK model and some photographers started following Jungkook during that period too.

Quote from ppiper

if anything dropped, it would be the next day lol

Supposedly first leak was from weibo and chinese fans said announcement on 29/3. I am hoping it will be later today though.

Quote from tetetete

I still can't find the source of the leak

Most prob CK themselves to create hype.

Sooo insanely proud of Jimin!!!

Dreamers was doing stable on top 10, On The Street rising steadily despite only having tiktok promo and Jay Park’s show… OP and their ignorance.

Quote from Yumeku

Like lulu said in the other thread.

SM owns less that 30 percent of dearU

if the end goal was dearU, they could have purchased the other 70 percent instead of buying SM to get the 30 percent

like its clear that wasnt the only thing they wanted

Let’s not forget the SM with Hybe proposal videos

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lbr if hybe agreed to give kakao the management rights despite institutional investors rumored to side with them, kakao will most likely give hybe what they want the most: the fan platform. Ofc hybe wanted the mngmnt rights too but since it’s a lost cause, they pick the thing they deem most worth it and it’s Dear U. It was rumored that in 2021, hybe was interested in SM bc of Dear U.

Quote from Onewbias

Damn. Good luck to SM being under Kakao's guidance.

As a Hybe groups' stan, I'm relieved (lmao) because it seems to be a win-win situation.

Kakao got SM for listing (Kakao Ent will be SM's parent company), Hybe got to monopolize the fan platform with Dear U merging with Weverse.

Hybe don't have hands on SM artists anymore so whatever happens in future will be Kakao's responsibility.

Hybe can now focus on their own groups or other investment with those profit made from selling the SM share to Kakao.

Best summary.

Quote from 134340Moonchild

HYBE would be better off if they took over the non music assets of SM (acting/TV production) and leave the rest to Kakao because it would be worthless to HYBE. HYBE has far more successful groups in their roster and they still are planning to debut even more soon. HYBE should still have stayed out of this because SM was never worth it.

the way you called it.

Quote from K-PL

LSM is the biggest winner. He got out of the mess with hundreds of millions.

Kakao and Hybe both lost. SM is a turkey that only has Aespa as a potential growth group. You only have a finite amount of investment capital that you can borrow, and that would be better investing in companies that have better potential like JYP, YG, Black Label.

HYBE gets platform collaboration deal and kakao can still block-buy their part of the shares so they can still get money.

Quote from pchromo4

Its possible Kakao isn't interested in management rights and just wants IP and distribution rights. If Hybe is willing to let SM keep its contract with Kakao, kakao might be fine with Hybe installing their own management governance. Just guessing based on how Kakao Ent handles their other subsidiaries (generally doesn't involve in management/staff).

yea. HYBE needs the management rights + artist roster since their goal is to become the next UMG. Kakao gets the distribution rights + artist IP for their webtoon etc. Next thing I wonder: how about kakao’s plan to list in the NASDAQ.

Wonder how the deal will look like and how it will benefit kakao esp since hybe has stated they would join hands with kakao IF they’re not interested in mngmnt rights.

This drama will soon end. What a crazy timeline.

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https://news.einfomax.co.kr/ne…leView.html?idxno=4257070

Hybe reviewing tender offer of 180,000 won per share

damn make up ur mind @/hybe.

or allfandomssuck was right, they’ll call jk to the studio after this to finish that damn album.

I think core fandom definitely weakens a bit, but that’s normal.

Quote from Onewbias

nah their situation doesn't look too positive now because it seems most SM minority shareholders are also SM stans at the end of the day seeing they didn't respond to Hybe's tender offer and how Align was able to win 20% of their votes easily by signed Katrina's photo cards last year . Hybe's website probably didn't help winning their trust either that's why they have changed the strategy to raising money now.

It's basically a money game at this point.

Hybe didnt win the tender offer bc sm’s share price was above the tender offer price most of the time. K ants (minority shareholders) mostly care about money, they wont sell to hybe when the current market price is higher, much beneficial to simply sell on the open market, even more with looming kakao rival tender offer.

The one who won the 20% with karina photocard was not Align, but Lee Sooman’s side. Align was still playing activist fund last year in order to improve SM’s governance (to oust LSM).

Anyway most minority s/hs are sick of kakao’s dirty tricks so way too early to tell. Tho it certainly favors kakao now bc with a price that high they’ll most likely succeed and hybe always plays by the book.

Edit: also more info on the karina pc, LSM tried to persuade minority s/hs using karina photocards but they failed and only managed to gather 22% proxy votes vs Align’s 30-ish % lmao

Quote from Onewbias

And people swore Kakao doesn't want management rights. They have obviously always wanted it since the beginning for Kakao Ent's IPO.

Hybe has 2 choices now: overpaying by counter-tender offer and go into more debt vs selling the share and gain 25% profit.

I have a bad feeling they won't chose the later

or keep the shares. if they’re lucky the minority shareholders can vote on them. keep them checked. i dont think they’ll back out.