LOONA Set To Break Up, Fans Boycott Their Record Label

[Main Pop Girl]

Vulture just posted an article talking about the recent downfall of K-pop group LOONA and it's an interesting read!

TL;DR: LOONA's agency Blockberry Creative allegedly fired member Chuu a few months ago after she disputed her contract, under which the girls were apparently losing money and payments were being withheld. The other girls followed her lead in deciding to leave the agency, and so the agency tried to rush out an album release before they left, but after fan pressure they are now indefinitely postponing it 👀

I genuinely feel there hasn't been a proper big K-pop girl group in years and shit like this is why they aren't ever getting to the big leagues. These K-pop agencies and labels need to learn to work with their artists instead of trying to control their every move. It's sad when you think of how excited people were over LOONA when they debuted and now they're just kind of fading

What are your thoughts?

[Cypher]

I hope Twice stays together for a long time.  

[Kipper]

https://www.allkpop.com/article/2023/02/blockberry-creative-confirms-reports-of-petitions-to-ban-loona-members-activities

What an amazing company 🥰 Imagine putting more energy into destroying your group than ever trying to support them in the first place

[Capsule]

Universal Music Japan allegedly intends to file for exclusive management rights of the group. They apparently have some sort of clause in their contract that states that the group has to continue to fulfill their Japanese contract despite what may happen with their Korean contract/label. This would basically mean that ALL TWELVE original members could be made to come back together as a group in Japan for at least 3 years.

https://www.allkpop.com/article/2023/02/universal-japan-has-reportedly-filed-to-obtain-exclusive-management-rights-of-girl-group-loona

[Main Pop Girl]

42 minutes ago, Capsule said:

Universal Music Japan allegedly intends to file for exclusive management rights of the group. They apparently have some sort of clause in their contract that states that the group has to continue to fulfill their Japanese contract despite what may happen with their Korean contract/label. This would basically mean that ALL TWELVE original members could be made to come back together as a group in Japan for at least 3 years.

https://www.allkpop.com/article/2023/02/universal-japan-has-reportedly-filed-to-obtain-exclusive-management-rights-of-girl-group-loona

That actually sounds like kind of a promising deal. I don't know how the members feel about it or how they'd be treated at Universal, but I would hope that with a bigger company like that you'd have a little more oversight of some of these shady tactics

[Dax Diameter]

 

[Main Pop Girl]

6 hours ago, Dax Diameter said:

 

I'm happy to hear it! Hopefully they can start work on a Japanese project while all these legal things gets sorted out in Korea.