Groups that will disband, renew their contracts or leave their agencies soon

[juhli]

Groups that debuted in 2014 will reach the end of their 7-year-contract in 2021, so contract renewal or disbanding talks should start soon. Here are the groups:

1. Red Velvet

Comments

[myrrhcat]

RV haven't used their full "image" yet, their visuals are still refreshingly pretty
hey netizen #2 what the fuck does that mean

laboum and sonamoo are done i think, lovelyz will not technically disband but we won't see them together as a group anymore, mamamoo unfortunately will stay together, and obviously rv aren't going anywhere

[vintage_boom]

i read that as code for they don't look like hag yet so they can have another comeback, as a treat.

[broadcities]

ugh yeah that comment also hit me the wrong way. happy to hear that these women in their 20s are still appeasing to you netizen #2!!! ugh

[aures]

i also read it as that they are still looking young enough, they are not "used up" yet (as in: old)

[vintage_boom]

I agree with netizen 7 and I'd add GOT7 to that but I think all of RV will depend on how wendy recovers an injury like that might make you rethink shit. JYPE is proving to be a better agency then they were even 4 years ago with their approach to artists wellbeing so unless a better offers on the table they'll stay.

hotshot are sadly already dead and YGE really fucked up during the enlistment not letting her release things so they'll likely bounce.

[ohmylol]

what do you think is going to happen with EXO?

[vintage_boom]

lol god exo. i thought I had a reasonably good idea but that was before we had baby exos in the world and a pandemic hit

the thing I think that gets left out of re-signing convos is that unlike smaller idols there are very few places that will be able to meet their contract requests or standards of treatment (in terms of facilities available to them/getting their name thrown in for potential jobs not comeback frequency)

so anyone who leaves is likely going to be doing it because they really want to build something on their own or they want to move into a more niche agency for their career plans and possibly take a pay cut on the deal.

[Spoiler (click to open)]rn I think

[ohmylol]

I honestly don't know, i believe almost all will stay because what you say plus Baekhyun, Chen and Suho got his solos and the connections the company has but with better conditions, people are saying that they could have their own label like SuJu and that would be ideal but idk

regarding Lay, like you say, he already has a career in China so it will be easy for him to leave but at the same time if he hasn't left after all this time and still does things that connect him to the group (like talk about them and publish things about them and the members do the same) then i guess he truly likes the other members and/or has loyalty, about Kyungsoo i assume he will focus on his acting career and if he stays having some activities with the group? he is one of the most popular members so SM would be very stupid to let him go.

Why do you think Chanyeol and/or Suho could leave?

[dior_chic]

Sonamoo is a GIVEN it’s over, bye 👋 TS (unless someone foolishly resigns, I expect them to all sprint outta there)

[dior_chic]

Also on the topic of Sonamoo, their debut style in Deja Vu would’ve fit right in today with the current girl crush trend

[lightframes]

Truly ahead of their time 😔

[dior_chic]

Seriously!! And then they switched over to cuter songs they were following the trend instead of leading it :( by the time they started getting more interesting in their concepts like ‘I (knew it)’, they were left behind 😩

[juhli]

I could see Youngjae leaving Got7 and Wendy leaving Red Velvet. Also, just because they are 8 members, I think there will be at least one member of Lovelyz who doesn't re-sign. The company made it kinda clear with the solos that they are only holding on to Kei and Sujeong really.

[babyjenkski]

SM will hold on to RV to the best of their ability.
GOT7 seems happy with JYP.
MMM will renew.