Tuesday, February 11, 2025

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"Haneul's dream is (IVE's) Jang Woyoung. She always asked me to buy her Jang Wonyoung's merchandise. No matter what show it was, if Jang Wonyoung appeared, she would stay up late just to watch the live broadcast. Even when her younger sibling wanted to watch Pororo, she insisted on watching Jang Wonyoung. Every item and gift she owned was Jang Woyoung-related. If there's anything I would like to ask, if any IVE's staff sees this, I would be really grateful if Jang Wonyoung could say a warm word of farewell to send Haneul off."

In front of Haneul's portrait, who was known to love IVE's Jang Wonyoung very much during her lifetime, lay an IVE photocard.

At the funeral hall, there was also a condolence wreath sent under the name 'Singer IVE.'

A recalled, "She liked her so much that whenever Jang Wonyoung came out on TV, she would watch it live." A continued, "Haneul’s dream was Jang Wonyoung."

Visitors continued to arrive at the funeral hall to pay tribute to Haneul who became a star.

I’m truly sorry, but if possible, please write a small message of remembrance, like ‘Haneul-ah, become a beautiful star.’ It’s okay to mention her name. She was born on 22 October 2017.

Haneul’s father cautiously made a request in an interview, saying she loved Jang Wonyoung so much, and the condolence wreath was sent immediately.

Haneul, let's meet again as a beautiful star.

theqoo

-This is truly heartbreaking...

-Haneul, I hope you can listen to Wonyoung’s voice and be happy even as a beautiful star.

-She was a baby DIVE...ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-Haneul-ah, may you become a beautiful star and have only happy dreams.

-Wonyoung must be heartbroken too… Haneul-ah, become a beautiful star.

-I can’t believe this... My heart has been so heavy since yesterday… Haneul-ah, rest peacefully in a beautiful place. I’ll always remember your smiling face.

-Oh my ㅠㅠㅠ The way her father spoke so calmly makes it even more heartbreakingㅠㅠ

-Haneul-ah, become a beautiful star and may all your dreams come true there.

-Haneul-ah, have fun playing among the beautiful stars.

-ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅜㅠ Haneul, I hope you become a beautiful star and be happy ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-Haneul-ah, may you meet only beautiful things in the stars and be happy. You were in a lot of pain, weren't you? Don't be in pain anymoreㅜㅜ

-Haneul-ah, become a beautiful star and be happy there.

-She was so young... There must have been so many things she hadn’t experienced yet. It’s heartbreaking… Haneul-ah, become a beautiful star.

-This is really heartbreaking... IVE just recently released a new song. She should've been having fun listening to it right now... Haneul-ah, may you become a beautiful star.

-She was born in 2017… She was just a babyㅠㅠ Haneul-ah, become a beautiful star.

IVE sends a condolence wreath to the funeral hall after seeing an interview with the late Kim Haneul’s father

tvN’s drama 'Signal' is set to return with second season in 2026, 10 years after its first season.

tvN and TVING announced this plan at the "CJ ENM Content Talk 2025" event held at the CJ ENM Sangam Center 1st Floor Talent Studio in Mapo-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 10th. The drama 'Signal', which aired in 2016, is a crime thriller that follows detectives from the 1980s and the present who communicate through a walkie-talkie to uncover unsolved cases. Despite crime dramas being a non-mainstream genre at the time, 'Signal' became one of tvN's biggest hits. There were many fans who wanted a second season before the end of the first season, and the second season has been confirmed to air next year, a decade later after its first season.

The new season will be titled 'Second Signal,' and lead actors Kim Hyesoo, Cho Jinwoong, and Lee Jehoon will all be starring in it. In a video message, Kim Hyesoo shared her excitement, saying, “I’m thrilled to be able to present a new season of a series that received so much love. All the actors and staff will do their best in filming."

theqoo

-I haven't watched 'Signal' yet, but now I have a reason to watch it.

-I was actually rewatching it these daysㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ Finally!!!

-Ah, please don't mess it up.

-I really hope Season 2 is goodㅜㅜ

-Didn’t they say it was coming this year??ㅠ But at least we’re getting it.

-We’ve waited 10 years, and they’re only giving us 8 episodes? That’s meanㅠㅠㅠ

-It has been 10 years??? No way…

-Oh my god, this is crazy. Finally!!!

-2026 is still so far away.

-Now I have a reason to stay alive until next year.

-I’m actually tearing up. I just finished rewatching it yesterday…ㅠㅠ Do you have idea how many times I’ve rewatched 'Signal' over the past 10 years?

-Most Season 2s end up being boring, so please, just make it as good as Season 1.

-Hul... I thought it was this yearㅜㅜ But it's next year??

-Ah, I have to rewatch Season 1 ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-I was hoping for it to be released in the second half of the year, but it's next yearㅠㅠㅠ

Signal Returns After 10 Years… Season 2 to Air Next Year

 

The first line is indeed 'These words don’t mean I want to start over again',

but even reaching out to an ex seems like they still have lingering feelings.

theqoo

-It feels more like reminiscing about someone in memories… Rather than lingering feelings, it's more like hesitating to call but ultimately never doing it...?

-It seems like they're just thinking about the memories since they know too well that they can't get back together again.

-If you're still thinking about your ex and even consider giving them a call, then in my opinion, you definitely still have feelings for your ex... Knowing that the relationship is over by logic is a separate matter.

-It seems like they still have feelings, but they know they shouldn't, so they're just holding themselves back.

-At first, I thought it was just about missing an ex, but the more I listen, the more it sounds like they actually want to reach out and still have feelingsㅋㅋㅋ

-They still definitely have f*cking feelings. But they know their exes don't feel the same, so they're trying hard to move on.

-Why would you reminisce if you have no lingering feelings? ㅋㅋ

-It seems like instead of missing their exes, they just miss the time when they were still together with their exes.. They just miss the moment, not the exes.

-Not being able to forget and still thinking about your exes is lingering feelings.

-They’re just not reaching out because they know their exes no longer have feelings and have completely moved on.

-It sound like they're pretending to have no lingering feelings when they're actually full of them.

-'These words don’t mean I want to start over again'? What a f*cking lieㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-If they had no lingering feelings, they wouldn’t even reminisceㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ If you really moved on, the most you’d say is, "Yeah, I dated them once," and that’s it.

-It sounds like they're just lingering feelings about that time in their life.

-It doesn't feel like they have any intention of getting back together, it just feels like they're reminiscing about the person they were when they loved their exes.


Do you think DAY6's "You Were Beautiful" has zero lingering feelings?

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Lee Sumin

'05 liner
Turns 21 this year

theqoo

-It looks like they’re debuting this year.

-It seems like the company is the one who's actually leaking these pictures.

-I was wondering why they're being so hasty, but now I see why... They must be really confident in this girl group.

-She's pretty, looks like she’s tall.

-She looks like Luda in the first picture and Shin Seulgin in the second and third picture.

-Lee Sumin isn’t even a super unique name, it’s pretty common. How did people even find the right Lee Sumin and release these pictures/?

-She looks like someone from MEOVV.

-Wow, she doesn’t seem to have had any work done, and she’s gorgeous.

-She’s really pretty. I'm looking forward to this girl group.

-I’m curious about the other members too.

-Starship is seriously lucky.

-Starship really knows how to pick their idols.

-Are they debuting already? Starship... This is impressive.

-Where do they keep finding all these pretty girls?

-How can someone born in 2005 be 21 years old?








 

Starship upcoming girl group member already has her yearbook pictures surfacing online

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Monsta X's Kihyun, a senior artist in the same company, nickname is Kiki.

Starship has already used Kiki's nickname for his concert merchandise and personal merchandise.

The username he uses in his messaging app is also Kiki, and even his official content series is titled Kiki Trip.

Kihyun is set to be discharged from the military next week and Monsta X is holding an individual fan meeting after his discharge.

The fan meeting is titled after his content series, which means the company has been officially using 'Kiki' all this time, and now they're stealing it for their new girl group's name? They're not any different from gangsters.

I'm adding this after reading the comments.

If another company named their upcoming group 'Kiki', I wouldn't have said anything. But since it's the same company, I'm bringing it up. 




theqoo 

-This seems like a noise marketing strategyㅋㅋㅋ The way they keep writing 'Kiikii' in every article makes it even more obvious.

-I understand why fans are so upset... The company officially sells merchandise using his nickname and now they're suddenly using it for a new girl group...;;

-If it was another idol's, maybe people would let it slide. But since they're from the same company, this is too much.

-;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; How can they do this to an idol under the exactly same company?

-I was going to say, "It's just a nickname, what's the big deal...?" but it turns out that an idol from the same company has already been using te nickname and even selling merchandise with the name. This is seriously messed up.

-This is like SM Ent. debuting a girl group named 'Tengoo' or YG Ent. debuting a girl group named 'Jaendeukie' and saying 'The spelling is different, so it's fine'

-Sure... Companies can name their group 'Kiki', but they are from the same company... It just doesn't make sense.

-I'm not even a fan of Monsta X, but this is definitely unethical. What are they thinking?

-They gave IVE such a pretty name, and then this...?

-…..That is the nickname of my love... My bias... Kihyun. They even sold official merch with it…

-Hul... Are they kidding me??

-Wow... Doing that in the same company is basically mocking...

-This must be for noise marketing.

-'Kiikii' is way too much of a nickname, it doesn’t fit as a group name.

-Why are they doing this in the same company???? It's even harder to understand

The reason why Starship naming their new girl group 'Kiikii' is shady

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Starship's upcoming girlgroup 'KIIKII' '06 liner Lee Soobin

This girl who was just recently revealed to be Starship's trainee was previously rumored to be an SM's trainee. Starship is currently receiving criticism for using 'SM rookie girl group' to go viral.

An SM Ent.'s staff left a comment on one of those posts

''05-liner Lee Soojin, who was just revealed to be SM Ent.'s trainee today'

SM Staff: 'Who... Is this...? I've never seen her before'

It is really SM Ent.'s development team staff. 

A Theqoo user who accurately predicted the situation:

'Whoa... When one of SM Ent.'s staff commented 'Who?', Theqoo users already knew she was a trainee from a mid-tier agency who's going to debut soon'

'The mid-tier agency must've deliberately spread the rumor that she was an SM trainee. And it turns out to be true'

Who would've thought that mid-tier agency would turn out to be Starship...?

theqoo

-Starship has always had this kind of image, so I'm not surprised.

-Why is Starship acting so cheap like this?

-Why are people hating on SM Ent? They're the victim here.

-Starship did it again...

-Apparently, the rumor that she was an SM trainee started because of some foreign fans.. Since then, she was known as SM trainee. So why is SM is the victim here? And why is Starship being the one accused of this?

-I thought she was an SM trainee until now...

-IVE cleansed Starship's image... But this is what Starship was originally like.

-It's Starship, so I'm not even surprisedㅋㅋㅋ

-I forgot that Starship was originally famous for this kind of thing.

-They could have just promoted them as IVE's sister group...

-They're one of the agencies that rigged Produce, so it's not even surprising...

-IVE is already so popular... So they would've gotten attention just by saying she was IVE's junior. This kind of marketing strategy is so cheap.

-I'm getting secondhand embarrassment.

-Ah... At least don't get caught... I'd understand if it was a no-name agency, but Starship...?

-Does Starship have to go that far? It's cheap..

Starship's upcoming girl group viral marketing strategy sparks buzz on Theqoo

Monday, February 10, 2025

 On the 10th, SM Entertainment announced that its consolidated operating profit for last year was 87,535,080,000 KRW, a 22.8% decrease from the previous year.

During the same period, revenue increased by 3% to 989,925,80,000 KRW.

However, net profit decreased by 99.4% to 465,070,000 KRW.

https://naver.me/xNL6G0lK

theqoo

-Is it because NCT members are going to the military?

-Huh? The company's situation is really bad...

-They must have made a lot of investments.

-Is this even possible?

-Is it really possible for a company's net profit to decrease by 99.4%?

-Weren’t they super active last year?ㅋㅋㅋ How is net profit only 400 million KRW… What did they spend their money on?

-Was there any issue last year?

-Wait, is this real and not an error?

-Where did all their money go?

-Isn't it an error? Didn’t SM artists do really well last year?

-Did they not do enough tours...? They seemed to be doing well last year, though. Where did they spend their money on?

-This is even worse than HYBEㅋㅋㅋ

-400 million KRW?? Not even 4 billion KRW???

-SM seems to be constantly releasing stuff non-stop, and yet they only made 400 million KRW????

-Didn’t Aespa and RIIZE do well last year?

SM Ent., operating profit of 87.5 billion KRW last year ... 22.8% decrease from the previous year

Music LINE-UP Preview

January 8: RIIZE Single - Hug 

January 22: NCT WISH Single - Miracle

February 14: SMTOWN Full Album - 2025 SMTOWN: The Culture, The Future

February 24: Hearts2Hearts Single

1Q25:
Mini album - SEULGI, TEN
Single - Naevis

2Q25:
Full album - DOYOUNG, MARK, RIIZE
Mini album - KAI, IRENE&SEULGI, WayV, TEN (JPN), Aespa, NCT WISH
Single - SUPER JUNIOR-L.S.S (JPN), SHINee, Naevis, Hearts2Hearts


Concert LINE-UP Preview

January 4 to February 23
2024-25 WayV CONCERT [ON THE Way] - Hong Kong, Macao, Seoul - 4 shows

January 11 to January 12
SMTOWN LIVE 2025 [THE CULTURE, THE FUTURE] - South Korea - 2 shows

January 18 to March 30
NCT 127 4th TOUR 'NEO CITY - THE MOMENTUM - South Kore, Indonesia, Thailand, U.S., Canada, Japan, Taiwan - 18 shows

January 18 to March 3
2025 YESUNG CONCERT [It's Complicated] - South Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Macao, Taiwan - 7 show

January 25 to January 26
2025 SUHO CONCERT <SU:HOMME> ENCORE - South Korea - 2 shows

January 25 to March 15
2025 MINHO CONCERT <MEAN: of my first> - Taiwan, Japan, Macao, The Philippines - 5 shows

January 28 to March 6
TOHOSHINKI 20th Anniversary LIVE TOUR ~ ZONE ~ - Japan - 10 shows

January 28 to March 16
2024-25 AESPA LIVE TOUR ~ SYNK: PARALLEL LINE ~ - U.S., Mexico, Canada, U.K., France, The Netherlands, Germany, Spain, South Korea - 16 shows

February 8
R.B.R DAY FOR NEW YEAR (RIIZE) - South Korea - 2 shows

February 15 to February 16
2025 CHANYEOL LIVE TOUR <City-scape> | Epilogue - South Korea - 2 showss

March 7 to March 29
TAEYEON CONCERT - The TENSE - South Korea, Taiwan, The Philippines - 5 shows

March 21 to March 23
2024 NCT WISH ASIA TOUR LOG in Seoul - South Korea - 3 shows

2Q25:

2024 NCT WISH ASIA TOUR LOG - Macao, The Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand - 8 shows

NCT 127 4th TOUR 'NEO CITY - THE MOMENTUM' - Japan, Macao - 6 shows

2025 YESUNG CONCERT [It's Complicated] - Japan, Malaysia - 4 shows

TAEYEON CONCERT - The TENSE - Indonesia, Macao, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong - 7 shows

SMTOWN LIVE 2025 [THE CULTURE, THE FUTURE] - US., Mexico, U.K. - 3 shows

theqoo

-Naevis...? Twice in one quarter....?

-RIIZE's full album!!!!

-I'm waiting for WISH💚

-Doyoung's 2nd album... Exactly what I wanted.

-SM's songs are always good, so I'm looking forward to the new songs.

-Is there really a demand for Naevis...?

-Kai got pushed back to the 2nd quarterㅠㅠ It's okay, just make it with high-quality

-Finally, Mark's solo album!!!!!!!!

-💚There's a SHINee single 💚

-Isn't Naevis Aespa? Who's singing?

-Who is Naevis?? Is Naevis a separate group apart from Aespa??

-Yay... It seems like SHINee's single is going to come out on their 18th anniversary.

-I'm excited to see what concept Kai's solo will be.

-I'm so pissedㅠ Kai got pushed back...

-Dream is probably coming in the 3Qㅠㅠ I'm waiting!!

SM Entertainment’s Q2 2025 Artist Lineup Revealed

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https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/108/0003301971

ADOR makes a request to the press to use the name NewJeans instead of NJZ.

ADOR stated, "NewJeans members have announced plans to use a group name that was not agreed upon with ADOR, causing confusion among reporters. The exclusive contracts between NewJeans members and ADOR still remain legally valid, and claims that it has been terminated are unilateral assertions."

They continued, "We have filed for an injunction to affirm ADOR's status as the group's management company under the exclusive contract, along with a lawsuit to confirm the validity of the exclusive contract, and we are currently awaiting the court's decision. We ask reporters to use the official team name 'NewJeans' when writing articles as it is the legally recognized name under the contract," emphasizing the importance of exclusive contracts in the entertainment industry.

ADOR said, "We ask for your cooperation in ensuring accurate news coverage. We will do our best to put an end to the confusion as soon as possible and continue to deliver great music and content."

The following is the full statement from ADOR:

Hello, this is ADOR.

We would like to address regarding the use of NewJeans' group name.

On February 7, the NewJeans members announced plans to use a group name that was not agreed upon with ADOR, causing confusion among reporters and resulting in numerous inquiries.

The exclusive contracts between NewJeans members and ADOR still remain legally valid, and claims that it has been terminated are unilateral assertions.

We have filed for an injunction to affirm ADOR's status as the group's management company under the exclusive contract, along with a lawsuit to confirm the validity of the exclusive contract, and we are currently awaiting the court's decision.

We ask reporters to use the official team name 'NewJeans' when writing articles as it is the legally recognized name under the contract.

We ask that reporters, who understand the importance of exclusive contracts in the entertainment industry more than anyone else, cooperate to ensure accurate reporting.

We will do our best to put an end to the confusion as soon as possible and continue to deliver great music and content.

theqoo

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ This is legendary pathetic behavior.

-Goosebumps.

-Make the same request to CNN~~~ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ NJZ fighting!

-Weren't they the ones who said they were going to discard NewJeans and start afreshㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Go ahead and do it!!!

-What makes you think you have the rights to request that? NJZ🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 What kind of nonsense request is this?

-Who do they think they are?? NJZ is not even their artists anymore. So why are they still trying to tell the girls what to and not to do?

-Truly evil.

-This is honestly creepy. They’re like crazy stalkers. Why won’t they stop when the members clearly don’t want this?

-They’re probably going to keep harassing the girls nonstop...

-NJZ sounds way cooler anyway.

-Why are they so f*cking obsessed? Our Angels will win.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Ah this is so funny ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-It makes sense though. The girls are still under contract, so technically, they're still NewJeans.

-Who do they think they are?? So clingy.

-Shut up, ADOR.

ADOR: "Please use the name NewJeans, not NJZ"